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Visitors to Thessaloniki are giving the northern port city a thumbs up, awarding it a score of 8.2, with 95 percent saying they would return, a survey says.

TrainOSE has announced plans to create new tourist-interest routes by reinstating old train lines through public-private partnerships (PPPs).

“The return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece is a one-way street,” Greek Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba said during a workshop held in Athens.

Suburban railway services to the coastal town of Aigio in the Peloponnese, are set to start in August, and be extended to Loutraki.

Ryanair has announced the launch of a new service connecting Greece’s Aktion Airport in Preveza with Budapest for summer 2019.

The Golf Residences SA / Sbokos Hotel Group has announced its rebranding to Phāea Resorts, also unveiling a new corporate identity and logo.

Russian cosmonauts will carry out their post-flight rehabilitation at the Creta Maris Beach Resort on Crete, upon their return from the International Space Station.

Aiming to promote alternative forms of tourism, Louis Hotels recently hosted a team of cyclists that arrived in Paphos for the Cyprus Gran Fondo 2019 cycling race.

Η καινοτομία και η ανάπτυξη των ξενοδοχείων στο επίκεντρο των Sales Seminar, που διοργανώνει η Aqua Vista Hotels σε συνεργασία με πέντε σημαντικές εταιρείες του ελληνικού τουρισμού.

Passenger traffic through Greece’s airports increased by 9 percent in the first three months of the year, according to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

Thanks to increasing home-porting actions, the Cretan town of Heraklion marked a 39 percent rise in cruise traveler numbers in 2018 against 2017.

Greek company Aktor Concessions SA has been selected as the preferred bidder for the right to manage the Alimos Marina in southern Athens.

Marketing Greece has launched the new “Tourism Partnership for Kavala-Thasos” in efforts to further develop and promote the tourism offerings of both destinations.

The Interni Group in May will open two new properties on Mykonos: The Wild Hotel at Kalafati beach and Ftelia Beach Club at Ftelia bay.

Turkey-based leisure airline SunExpress has signed an agreement with TAL Aviation for its representation in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania.

This week, GTP Headlines introduces Georgina Parra, the sales manager of the Athens Marriott Hotel, located on Syngrou Avenue in the Greek capital.

Forum ανταλλαγής ιδεών και σημείο διασύνδεσης όσων σχετίζονται με το branding τόπου θα είναι το 4ο ετήσιο συνέδριο της Διεθνούς Ένωσης Branding Τόπου.

Hoteliers in Thessaloniki are expressing concern over the number of visitors and tourism-related revenue, which in 2018 came to 420 million euros.

The Greek government is considering handing over responsibility of short-term home sharing policies to local authorities.

A day after Paris’ 850-year-old Cathedral of Notre Dame fell to flames, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged that it will be rebuilt.