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The Greek government will be extending reduced VAT on tourism, culture and transport products into the new year.

Greece is set to be among the leading destinations of choice for upscale travelers in 2024.

Aiming to encourage investment activity, Greece is revising legislation that will simplify licensing procedures for port and marina projects.

HOTREC, the voice of European hospitality, welcomed the new EU short-term rental rules highlighting them as a “landmark step” to a level playing field.

Travel in the EU for business and pleasure picked up pace in 2022 compared to a year earlier.

ECTAA, Europe’s travel agents, and the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) will host a webinar on “Greening The Greek Experience” in December.

Celebrity Cruises has announced that the fifth ship in its award-winning Edge Series will be named Celebrity Xcel.

Το 22ο Navigator 2023 – The Shipping Decision Makers Forum συγκέντρωσε συνολικά 500 στελέχη από όλο το φάσμα του ναυτιλιακού πλέγματος.

Greece and the US agreed to set up a working group that will be responsible for addressing tourism issues.

EU lawmakers agreed on a draft regulation covering data collection and sharing to achieve transparency in the short-term rental market.

Passenger traffic at Athens Airport in October amounted to 2.74 million, 19.5% above October 2022, but also 18.9% higher than pre-COVID October 2019.

SKY express has joined the 25by25 initiative of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which aims to achieve a 25% increase in the number of women in senior positions in aviation …

Celebrity Cruises’ newest resort at sea – the Celebrity Ascent – in summer 2024 will sail to Europe offering Mediterranean cruises in Greece and Italy.

Norwegian announced its summer 2024 flight schedule, which includes a new connection to Corfu, Greece, from Riga as of May.

Aktina Travel Group has confirmed Sabre for its automation and multi-source platform proposition, which solves a fundamental problem of travel agencies in Greece: managing content fragmentation in an efficient way.

The 2023 UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize went to Australia’s Gunditjmara community.

Η webhotelier | primalres στο πλαίσιο της φετινής έκθεσης Xenia διοργανώνει το Travel Tech Forum Greece 2023, προσκαλώντας ομιλητές από εταιρείες που διαμορφώνουν τις παγκόσμιες τάσεις στον κλάδο του online …

Η Philoxenia στη φετινή της διοργάνωση υποδέχθηκε διπλάσιο αριθμό ξένων εμπορικών επισκεπτών σε σχέση με πέρυσι.

The Greek economy is set to make a ‘modest recovery’ in 2023 growing by 2.4 percent, before gradually moderating to 2.3 percent in 2024.

Tourism experts in Greece insist that overtourism is not affecting the country’s tourism sector.