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Two Greek resorts were among the winners of the 1st annual World Golf Awards that took place recently at Conrad Algarve in Portugal.

Crete’s Heraklion Port Authority was awarded for its public management at this year’s “Disrupt, Startup, ScaleUP” conference held at the Athens Concert Hall on 15-16 November, officially launching Global Entrepreneurship …

Global travel management and events company ATPI Group recently announced the purchase of international travel company Griffin, for an undisclosed sum.

Alitalia and Etihad Airways have confirmed that they have received merger clearance from the European Commission under EU Regulation No. 139/2004.

Athens-based hotels Grande Bretagne and King George recently organized the 2nd Bike Ride, Road to Awareness – Athens 2014 to raise money for UNICEF until the end of December 2014.

The renovated Crystal Lounge restaurant of the Athens Ledra Hotel has opened its doors and is offering a touch of Italian flair to Athenians and visitors to the Greek capital.

The lack of liquidity is one of the main problems the Greek hotel market is currently up against, according to the president of the Hellenic Hotel Federation, Yiannis Retsos.

As of 1 January 2015, hotels in Greece will receive authorization to operate in no more than 50 days from the day the necessary paperwork has been submitted for approval.

The establishment of a new annual school holiday period in Greece to boost domestic tourism has once again been suggested by the Hellenic Hotel Federation (POX).

Developing the northern port city into a prime conference tourism choice was the focus of “Destination Thessaloniki” held at this year’s Philoxenia exhibition.

A cultural channel via which countries and cities along the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) route will share ideas and work together is the aim of an agreement between the Greek …

A Greek beer produced on the Cycladic island of Tinos has been awarded silver at the prestigious European Beer Star held in Germany earlier this month.

Manessis Travel recently presented the company’s three new brochures that contain travel suggestions for long-haul journeys and for trips to Europe and Greece for the holiday season.

Germanwings, the low-cost subsidiary of Lufthansa Group, has launched its first ever flight to Cyprus.

Travelport has expanded its partnership with TravelClick. The expanded relationship will allow TravelClick to sell advertising products to hotels for display to the 67,000 Travelport connected travel agency customers around …

“2015 may be the year for tourism in Thessaloniki,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said Thursday, 13 November, following a meeting she had with the city’s mayor, Yiannis Boutaris, on …

Athens is geared up for two years of high growth as it presents a great opportunity for investment in nearly every hotel category, according to HVS, a leading consulting and …

Following the latest discovery made by archaeologists at the Amphipolis burial mound, a group of Greeks have released a new three-dimensional (3-D) video of its interior.

Promoting Crete as a leading tourist destination to the Chinese market and establishing strong ties between the two countries was the aim of a recent visit to China by Region …

Attracting tourists to Larissa was at the center of the region’s Hoteliers Association promotional campaign presented to international tour operators at the World Travel Market (WTM) earlier this month.