Awards & Recognitions

The Peloponnese shined at the ITB Berlin trade show last week as the region’s new promotional video won third place in the 2013 “Golden City Gate” awards in the “Countries and Regions” category.

The Sonia Village Hotel located in Chalkidiki came in first place and was honored for reducing its environmental impact and offering greener tourism at the RELACS award ceremony held last week during the ITB Berlin trade show.

Four Greek hotels, two in Athens and two on Santorini, are included in the 2013 compendium of the top-rated 500 hotels around the globe, as selected by Travel + Leisure magazine’s best hotel experts: its readers.

For the second consecutive year, Etihad Airways won the award for Fastest Growing Airline in the Middle East at the Athens International Airport (AIA) Airline Marketing Workshop.

Athens International Airport (AIA) recently honored Cyprus Airways with the “Best of the TOP-10 Airlines” award during an award ceremony that took place during the 13th Airline Marketing Workshop held on 14 February at the airport.

Athens International Airport (AIA) awarded airlines that recorded the highest passenger development in 2012, during the 13th Airline Marketing Workshop held at the airport on 14 February.

Nana Beach all inclusive resort on Crete, operated by Karatzis S.A., was recently honored with the “Top 100 Hotel Award” by German travel agency network RTK.

German airlines Lufthansa was recently honored with a 5-Star ranking for its First Class product and service package, according to the latest Skytrax Star Ranking review.

The Met Hotel in Thessaloniki recently received a “2013 Top Travelers’ Choice” award from TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel review site.

Manessis Travel recently held an award ceremony for the Top 10 Hotels of 2012. Winners of the awards are chosen based on tourist preferences and Manessis standards.