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Reaching out to the tourist markets of the Middle East and promoting new partnerships with Arab world countries is a strategic choice of the Greek government, according to Alternate Tourism …

Greece’s national exhibition body TIF-Helexpo has announced that a new tourism expo, named the Greek Travel Show (Greek Holidays), will open in Athens in May 2017.

Despite dwindling revenue figures from tourism, hotels across Greece are seeing a 10 percent rise in earnings in the first nine months of the year, according to GBR Consulting.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis and his counterpart from Lesvos, Spiros Galinos, are in the running for the biennial World Mayor Award to be selected through online voting at WorldMayor.com.

The Municipality of Athens is calling all artists and art groups to do their magic and bring the landmark Kypseli Public Market back to life on November 5 through to …

Greek travel agents were updated on the latest developments involving Virgin Atlantic Airways during a special event held recently at the Hard Rock Café in Athens.

The Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, a leading spa resort in Greece and World Travel Award 2016 winner, will be among the spa specialists hosted in the Wellness Lounge of …

The non-profit child welfare organization Smile of the Child recently honored Spyrou Hotels with a certificate of appreciation for supporting free dental examinations for students on the island of Skopelos.

In order to enhance security and passenger protection during air transport operations, Turkish Airlines has launched a new inflight safety video, featuring filmmaker and social media phenomenon Zach King.

Oman Air Cargo has been awarded “Best Cargo Airline for Valuable Goods – North and East” at the India Cargo Awards 2016 held recently in New Delhi.

The tourism ministry in Greece is set to be upgraded into an independent entity following two Presidential Decrees signed by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras recently believed to be paving the …

Consumer confidence and improved services account for October’s bolstered economic sentiment (ESI) in Greece, a Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) survey recently showed.

Olympic Air will serve three air routes to remote Greek destinations as of April 2017 and for four years: Athens – Milos, Athens – Naxos and Athens – Sitia.

Hong Kong-based shipping giant Cosco has slated 140 million euros for works to be completed in 2017 in efforts to make the port of Piraeus a major cruise and transhipment …

Destsetters, a popular online travel platform, has introduced a new web application, which helps travellers choose their hotel based on what’s around it and always in accordance with their personal …

After five years of extensive refurbishment works, the five-star MarBella Corfu is ready to tell the world and will invite visitors to see for themselves during this year’s World Travel …

The South Aegean Region will once again give visitors to the World Travel Market (WTM) London 2016 a grand welcome once they reach the ExCeL Center entrance.

Air Transat, Canada’s leading holiday airline, has appointed Gold Star Aviation as its representative in Greece.

Thomas Cook Group plc, a leading leisure travel company, has announced that it will open its second hotel in Greece under the Casa Cook brand in July 2017. The second …

Celestyal Cruises has been recognized as the best value for money cruise line of 2016 by leading cruise reviews site Cruise Critic.