Awards Travel+Leisure: Santorini’s Mystique Voted Among 5 Best Resort Hotels of Greece by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 Mystique, a Luxury Collection Hotel, is among the 5 Best Resort Hotels of Greece, according to readers of Travel+Leisure. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Awards Creta Maris Beach Resort Receives ECARF and HACCP Certifications by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 Having the health and needs of its guests and employees as its top priority, Creta Maris Beach Resort, in Hersonissos, Crete, was once again awarded with the ECARF Seal of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news The Telegraph Features Naxos as Ideal Family-friendly Destination by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 UK influential newspaper The Daily Telegraph reveals the reasons why Naxos is an ideal family-friendly destination for British holidaymakers, in an extensive travel feature. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Summer in Athens Promises Events for All Tastes by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 More than 100 music, theater and film events promise to keep you on your toes during the 2016 Summer in Athens, which kicks off this week and runs through to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greece Tourism Sees Growth Potential in Chinese Market by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 Greek Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura believes that there is great potential to increase tourist arrivals from China to Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greece: Authorities to Begin On-site Tax Inspections in Tourist Areas by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 Greek authorities will begin inspecting tourist destinations across Greece and businesses that are known to be in violation of tax law. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats International Arrivals to Greece Down 6.2% in January-March by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 International arrivals to Greece dropped by 6.2 percent in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period in 2015, according to a border survey conducted by … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news American Journalists, Bloggers get First-hand Experience of the Dodecanese by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 A group of American journalists and bloggers recently toured the islands of Rhodes and Kos within the framework of a press trip organised by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Interviews Interview: Runner Dean Karnazes invites all to join the ‘Lifestyle Movement’ named ‘Navarino Challenge’ in Greece by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 Supporting the “Navarino Challenge” event for the fourth year in a row as ambassador, Greek American ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes this September will be in Messinia and Costa Navarino once … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Awards Travel + Leisure Magazine Reveals 2016 Best Resort Hotels in Greece by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 The readers of Travel + Leisure Magazine recently selected their Worlds Best Award winners and have formed the list of the Best Resort Hotels in Greece. Three resort hotels on … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news New Visit Meteora Promo Video Inspires, Excites by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 Three minutes of the Meteora experience feature in a new video released by destination managers Visit Meteora in collaboration with the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) as part of its … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Survey: Corfu ‘Overshadows’ Mykonos as Gay-friendly Beach Destination by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 The Greek island of Corfu was placed third in a ranking aimed at identifying Europe’s most gay-friendly beach destinations. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Spetses Classic Yacht Regatta Adds Sea Conference to Agenda by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 The importance of safeguarding the sea environment was part of the 6th Spetses Classic Yacht Regatta, which took place on the Saronic island on June 18-21, and which explored blue … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
lovegreece.com Pioneering Greeks: Steve Vranakis, Google Creative Lab’s Executive Creative Director by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 This week the Pioneering Greeks column introduces Steve Vranakis, the Executive Creative Director at Google Creative Lab. His team in Google has launched some of the campaigns that have changed … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Land Transportation Greek Rail Workers Announce Strike Until Tuesday, July 12 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 Railway services in Greece will not operate from Friday, July 8, until Tuesday, July 12, due to strike action announced by employees in protest of the government’s plans to privatize … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Lesvos Feels Brunt of Refugee Influx, Tourism Figures Nosedive by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 Lesvos sector professionals are seeing their efforts die out as the ongoing refugee influx has taken a toll on local tourism, with June figures down by 67.89 percent, 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Lufthansa to Launch Broadband Internet on Short- and Medium-haul Flights by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 This October, the first Lufthansa short- and medium-haul aircraft will take off with broadband internet on board. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News ‘If Others Care, Then You Too Will Care’, Ecoweek’s Head E. Messinas Says by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 Environmental “brainwash”, that, in two words, would best describe what Ecoweek is all about. The founder of the initiative, a very busy Elias Messinas, spoke to the Greek Travel Pages … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news ‘Closer to Greece’: AEGEAN Puts Samos, Ikaria and Lemnos in the Public Eye by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 AEGEAN’s “Closer to Greece” initiative this month is dedicated to three islands of the northeast edge of the Aegean: Samos, Lemnos and Ikaria. These three “star destinations” will be introduced … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary ‘Greek Gastronomy Guide’ Marks Six Months of Taste by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 It’s true… a person’s heart is through his stomach, and that’s what the Greek Gastronomy Guide is out to do: make you fall in love with Greece not through its … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
