Awards

South African Airways (SAA) has again been given the green light by the youth of the country, by being voted the “coolest” domestic airline, at an annual reward ceremony where the hippest and happening brands are announced.

Greece next year can top the Blue Flag quality award list if efforts are made by both local authorities and tourism professionals, according to the president of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), Elissavet Hatzinikolaou.

Greece this year slipped one place to third spot on the Blue Flag quality award list after Spain and Turkey. In total, 395 beaches and 9 marinas in Greece have received the prestigious “Blue Flag” recognition.

For the ninth consecutive year, Etihad Airways has been named The Middle East’s Leading Airline at the World Travel Awards Middle East.

Panos Almyrantis is the first Greek hotel manager to be honored with the European Hotel Manager of the Year Award given at the general meeting of the European Hotel Managers Association (EHMA).

The Tudor Hall Restaurant of the King George hotel received two important gastronomic awards at the 2015 Golden Chef’s Hat Awards ceremony held recently in Athens.

Elia Beach, located on Greece’s gay-friendly island of Mykonos, is included among the eight most stunning “gay beaches” in the world, according to Destsetters, a Greek company that focuses on niche travel markets.

Santorini, one of Greece’s most popular destinations, has been honored this year as part of the 2015 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Islands, ranking as the fourth on the list of top 10 islands in the world and top island in Europe for 2015.

Athens International Airport (AIA) ranked top at this year’s Routes Marketing Awards that took place on April 14 at the historic Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Greece is one of the 28 award winners of the 2015 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards.