XENIA VILLAS is a privately owned chain of villas with private pools in Greece. We provide the best possible service to our clients for over 10 years of dedicated and specialiased service for self catering villas in summer resorts. We have acquired 16 villas across Greece, which are all managed directly by XENIA VILLAS offering a consistent service in all our properties, in order we have exceeded
our guests expectations. Following the extensive feedback we receive from our clients every year, we know the expectations of every guest looking into a luxury and relaxing holiday in a private swimming pool-summer house, either by travelling with the family , or with friends as well as for couples. XENIA VILLAS AND BEDSBANK.COM consist of a group of Hospitality Management professionals, and it is managed by George Papadopoulos acquired academic background in London South Bank University on Hotel Management, and occupied senior management positions in the Hotel and Travel industry, within international organisations including: TUI UK (Thomson Holidays), Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Hilton International, Millennium and Copthorne Hotels, youtravel.com, Aquis Hotels and Resorts. WHAT WE CALL XENIA:
We honour exactly the same concept and rules as well as the importance of XENIA as started and existed in Ancient Greece. Xenia (Greek: ξενία, xenía) is the Greek word for the concept of hospitality, or generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home. It is often translated as "guest-friendship" (or "ritualized friendship") because the rituals of hospitality created and expressed a reciprocal relationship between guest and host. The Greek god Zeus is sometimes referred to as Zeus Xenios, meaning he was god of, among other things, travelers. This created a particular religious obligation to be hospitable to travelers, but guests also had responsibilities, beyond reciprocating hospitality. Xenia consists of three basic rules:
•The respect from host to guest. The host must be hospitable to the guest and provide them with food and drink and a bath, if required. It is not polite to ask questions until the guest has stated his/her needs.
•The respect from guest to host. The guest must be courteous to their host and not be a burden.
•The parting gift (xenion, ξεινήιον) from host to guest. The parting gift is to show the host's honor at receiving the guest. Xenia was considered to be particularly important in the ancient times when people thought gods mingled amongst them. If one had poorly played host to a stranger, there was the risk of incurring the wrath of a god disguised as the stranger. It is thought that the Greek practice of theoxenia may have been the antecedent of the Roman rite of Lectisternium, or the draping of couches. The policy of xenia also includes the protection of travelling bards. They would receive hospitality in the form of a place to sleep, food, and often an assortment of gifts in turn for entertainment and news from other parts of the ancient world. The safety of these bards was believed to have been secured by the aegis-wielding Zeus, and any violation of xenia would put the violator at the mercy of either Zeus or any lower god that he saw fit to enforce the unwritten code.
