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The Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens recently welcomed the Christmas holiday season with its annual tree lighting event.

The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization has launched a video competition, aiming to promote the city’s Christmas festivities in Greece and abroad.

Με την τελετή εγκαινίων την Παρασκευή 6 Δεκεμβρίου στις 6 μ.μ. θα ξεκινήσει τις εργασίες της η 6η Athens International Tourism Expo στο Metropolitan Expo.

“Greece is a safe destination,” said US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, following a US embassy travel warning concerning the Christmas holidays.

Greece is among the top five “outperforming destinations” in the first eight months of 2019, according to ITB Berlin and IPK International.

Austrian Airlines will add more Greek holiday destinations to its flight schedule for summer 2020, which will take effect on March 29.

A Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles is being set up by Greek lawyers, with the aim to offer legal support in Greece’s efforts to bring the sculptures …

A digital campaign for Chania, Crete, is among the actions of Marketing Greece’s “tourism partnership” for the destination’s promotion.

Greece has been named “Best Beach Holiday Destination” for 2019 at the Travel Awards of the National Geographic Traveler Russia.

The Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites & Spa on Santorini has been named “World’s Leading Boutique Resort” at the World Travel Awards 2019.

Integrated tourism platform NetSemantics will present its modern software solutions for travel companies at the 6th AITE Expo during December 6-8.

Με μεγάλη συμμετοχή πραγματοποιήθηκε το 7ο BTPF, η μεγαλύτερη B2B συνάντηση των επαγγελματιών του τουρισμού στην Ελλάδα.

Greece is exploring the possibility of the creation of clusters involving hospitals, medical centers and hotels to provide a full health tourism product to visitors.

In view of the start of the summer season, the Greek Tourism Ministry is considering the launch of training programs for the unemployed.

MEPs recently voted to elect the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen, allowing it to take office on December 1.

Combating climate change should be the European Parliament’s top priority, a new Eurobarometer survey reveals, highlighting youth-led climate protests as great influencers.

Lamda Development, the consortium behind the Hellinikon venture in Greece, released details on the much-awaited project in a report for its investors.

Online hotel bookings in Greece increased by 12.6 percent during the first nine months of 2019, compared to the same period last year, according to a report by Nelios.

Τhe Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is promoting Trikala, central Greece, and Kalavryta in the Peloponnese, to Dutch bloggers through fam trips.

For the second time in its history, Mideast Travel Worldwide was named the World’s Leading Destination Management Company at the World Travel Awards (WTA).