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= Divanis =

The start in the cheese-dairy
Divanis is a cheese-dairy in Trikala,Thessaly which operates since 1926.He is well known for the semihard cheese from sheep,goat and cow milk of the mountainous Thessaly.The cheese has a pure flavor of milk,with hints of nut,soft,pleasant texture,rich and full taste.It is an easy,daily cheese for every hour,really close to the taste preferences of the children,both desktop and ideal for tost,sandwiches,peinirli. In his modern time he chose the specialization in this product,aiming in the quality.Divani's products are available in many groceries and supermarkets while a large part is exported.

The changeover in tourism (1963-1979)
Aristotelhs Divanis,the owner of the Divanis cheese-dairy, had a meeting with the former Prime Minister of Greece, Konstantinos Karamanlis.This meeting changed his life.Mr Karamanlis urged him to get involved with tourism,something Mr Divanis did.He left trade and made his first hotel in Trikala with 65 beds and a private bathroom for each room.Then followed the hotels in Kalampaka in 1963 and in Larisa in 1974.The descent in Athens was a matter of time.In 1977 Aristotelhs Divanis cooperates with Mr Zafolia,a wealthy merchant of cheese.In 1977 they create Divani Pallas Acropolis and two years later they buy out Nina Pallas,which is renamed Divani Zafolia Alexandras.

(1980-2006)
A year later Aristotelhs Divanis buys alone, from the bussinesman Lembesi, Corfu Kanoni in Kerkyra.In 1986 the two partners take separate paths.It is the time when Spyros Divanis enters the world of business.So Zafolias keeps the hotel in Alexandras and Divanis the hotel in Acropolis, Athens.Spyros along with his father take the plunge and buy out from Gianni Theodwrakopoulo Caravel hotel.The amount of money was over 15 billion drachma.In 2006 Spyros bought another hotel in Kavouri next to Apollon, renovated it and from May 2006 is fully operational.

Today the Divani family has 7 luxury hotels,where over one thousand people work and the turnover according to the data of 2006 was 60 million euros and profits were 13 million euros.The most important is that the Divani family has no obligation to the banks,although for 10 years made some significant investments.Spyros Divanis thinks that the daily activity with the business is the one that has given fillip to the group and has managed the control of the expenses.