Background
Alexandros Skourletis was born and raised in Athens, Greece in a French Catholic home. He was the son of Dimitrios Skourletis and Louise De Louisiana Sud.
Alexandros Skourletis was born and raised in Athens, Greece in a French Catholic home. He was the son of Dimitrios Skourletis and Louise De Louisiana Sud.
In the early 1920s, Alexandros moved to France where he studied Law and Political Science at the University of Paris.
The Skourletis family managed to get him out of prison, escaping execution. Professional After graduating from the University of Paris, Alexandros Skourletis focused on his career in the Hearth sector to later buy and manage a restaurant and nightclub, in Paris, France. Having grown his entrepreneurial skills in Paris, Alexandros returned in late 1930s, in Greece and opened a restaurant in Kolonaki, Athens, named “Alex”.
The restaurant soon became the “it” place of the city where many distinguished personalities chose to dine.
When the Axis occupation of Greece during War World II ended, Alexandros Skourletis founded and managed three upscale hotels: “Trianon” and “Mon Repos”, in Athens and the hotel “Xenia”, in Ancient Epidaurus, near to the legendary Greek Ancient Theatre. In 1950 Alexandros Skourletis was elected President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels and remained as President until the Greek military junta, in 1967.
Furthermore, he owned the Bar of the Greek National Opera and he was Editor In Chief of the Xenia Magazine. Alexandros Skourletis’ vision for Greece combined with his creativity and brilliant entrepreneurial spirit were put into good use for the benefit of Tourism in Greece and Greek Tourism Education.
During the Axis Occupation of Greece, Alexandros Skourletis became a member of the resistance group “Midas 614” which was organised under the command of Major Ioannis Tsigantes In 1942, right after the arrest and execution of Ioannis Tsigantes by the Italian forces, Alexandros Skourletis was arrested and thrown into prison, sentenced to death. Alexandros Skourletis was also the Vice President of the Organization of Tourism Education and Training (OTEK) and a Board Member of the Greek National Tourism Organization.