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The Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens officially welcomed the holiday season with the lighting of its Christmas tree in its festively decorated lobby area.

Greece offers attractive opportunities for investments in a number of areas, according to Germany’s ambassador, Jens Plötner.

The annual growth rate of incoming passenger traffic through Greek airports in the coming years is expected to rise by 5 percent.

The art of dry stone walling, practiced in Greece among other countries, has been included on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.

Home-sharing platform Airbnb has announced that it would begin testing prototype homes as soon as next year as part of its newly launched “Backyard” project.

Greece has been announced as the second most popular destination for family holidays by the Russian edition of the National Geographic Traveler magazine.

The travel and tourism products of the Region of South Aegean will be promoted in a number of major exhibitions in Greece and abroad in 2019.

Sabre has announced that Andreas Syrigos will take an expanded role to lead its Travel Network business in the Nordics, having already achieved tremendous growth during his leadership of Greece …

Mideast Travel has been announced as the “World’s Leading Destination Management Company (DMC) for 2018” at the World Travel Awards Grand Final.

Τα επίσημα εγκαίνια της 5ης Athens International Tourism Expo θα πραγματοποιηθούν την Παρασκευή 7 Δεκεμβρίου και ώρα 16.00, στο Metropolitan Expo.

A draft law covering thematic and special interest tourism, the upgrade of tourism training and the strengthening of entrepreneurship in tourism has been tabled in Greek parliament.

Greek hoteliers have reiterated their proposal for the establishment of an annual winter school holiday, dubbed “White Week”.

Marriott International revealed a data security incident involving the Starwood guest reservation database, which contains information on some 500 million guests.

Greece ranks high as an education destination for US students, with 4,351 visiting the country in the 2016-17 academic year, which is a 21.1 percent increase.

Cyprus Airways has signed an interline agreement with Qatar Airways, aiming to provide its passengers with additional flights to more destinations.

Tourism professionals from Epirus, recently visited The Netherlands as part of a promotional campaign to reach out to the Dutch market and boost tourism in 2019.

The Region of South Aegean is aiming to attract more Polish holidaymakers to Greece during the 2019 tourism season.

KLM has launched a new virtual reality service through its online travel magazine iFly, allowing viewers to “take a trip”, right from the comfort of their home.

The Hilton Athens hotel is inviting residents and visitors of the Greek capital to have brunch at its Aethrion coffee & lounge bar.

As 2018 comes to a close, the Greek Tourism Ministry issued an update on figures, which back positive forecasts for a record year in tourism.