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Irish low-cost airline Ryanair on April 20 celebrated carrying 7 million passengers to and from Athens International Airport (AIA).

A workshop on sports tourism and how it can help extend the tourism season will take place on Naxos on April 24, prior to the Naxos Trail Race trail running …

Summer bookings from the United Kingdom to Greece for travel in 2017 are recording a double-digit increase over last year’s numbers.

Athens is among the world’s top 50 cities attracting millennials and first in terms of housing, scoring highest for cities with under 1 million inhabitants.

Two investors – an Abu Dhabi-based entity and a Greek group – have expressed interest in the island of Fleves in the Saronic Gulf, off Vouliagmeni Bay.

The American Society of Travel Agents is considering Athens as the next city to host the 2018 Destination Expo, among other candidate cities such as Hanoi, Aquamba and Tel-Aviv.

Aegean Airlines and its subsidiary Olympic Air transported a total of 2.1 million passengers in the first quarter of 2017, recording an increase of 5%.

3d leisure has been assigned to design premium fitness and wellness services for the guests of the MarBella Corfu Hotel, including personal training programs, yoga classes and pool activities.

Greece’s Coco-mat Hotels & Resorts has announced plans for the addition of a five-star, 90-room hotel to its Athens roster.

Greece’s islands will once again come into the spotlight through the Cyclades Trail Cup, which this year sees more destinations added to the sports event.

Respond on Demand has been appointed to select participants for the Hosted Buyers program of the new World MICE Day 2017 event in Qingdao, China.

TIF-Helexpo and Fiera di Roma recently signed a memorandum of cooperation, which foresees the establishment of common strategies in the exhibition industry.

An infrastructure consortium made up of GMR Airports Limited and GEK Terna placed a bid at 480 million euros for the construction and operation of the new Kastelli airport on …

The Greek tourism sector’s contribution to the GDP by 2027 will reach 54.7 billion euros or 23.8 percent, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.

A number of important deals were completed last year in the Greek hotel industry, while more international firms are looking into doing business in the country, according to a report.

Tourism expenditure from major outbound markets reflected an increasing demand for international tourism in 2016, with China, the U.S. and Germany as the world’s top spenders.

A new project expected to offer a brand new experience to visitors of the Zagori region through mobile apps and augmented reality has launched.

Mercedes-Benz Hellas is introducing the Dark Edition of the Vito Tourer, its luxury nine-seater van, to the Greek market.

Greek travel agency Smile Acadimos has received the ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system from inspection body TÜV Hellas.

Following extensive redecoration works, the Holiday Suites Arnis Street boutique hotel in Athens is opening its doors to visitors on April 20.