Awards

The readers of Travel + Leisure Magazine recently selected their Worlds Best Award winners and have formed the list of the Best Resort Hotels in Greece. Three resort hotels on Santorini and two on Crete make up this year’s top 5.

Sofitel Athens Airport was recently recognized as a top performing hotel based on guest reviews as it received the “Guest Review Award 2015” from popular travel website Booking.com.

Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki was honored at the prestigious business excellence event “Diamonds of the Greek Economy 2016” held in Athens in late June and attended by the elite of Greek businesses.

Athens International Airport (AIA) was ranked as Europe’s leader among small- to medium-sized airports for its efficiency, during the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) 20th anniversary world conference held recently on Rhodes

Neptune Hotels on the Greek island of Kos has been awarded with the international Blue Flag certification for the 14th year in a row.

Creta Maris Beach Resort located in Hersonissos, Crete, has been named in the “Top 50 All Inclusive Resorts” in the world for 2016 by Hotels.com, a leading online accommodation booking website.

Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki won five awards at the World Luxury Spa Awards 2016 held recently at the Grand Hotel Kronenhof Pontresina in Switzerland.

The Region of the South Aegean has announced that it will be a candidate for the “European Region of Gastronomy 2019” title, an important initiative that will highlight and give international visibility to the quality food offer of the Aegean islands.

Historic Hotels of Europe (HHE) is inviting past guests and discerning travellers to vote in its fifth annual awards, honouring excellence among almost 500 historic hotels in 18 European countries.

A Greek film featuring George Corraface won the silver prize at the Baku International Tourism Film Festival (BITFF) which took place in the Azerbaijani capital last week.