Awards

The Rigas Hotel on Skopelos, Greece, recently received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award for 2014.

Yiannis Boutaris, the mayor of Thessaloniki in Greece, leads a list drawn up by The Huffington Post that introduces eight mayors from around the world that are transforming their cities with flair and enthusiasm.

After intensive auditing, the Creta Maris Beach Resort in Hersonissos, Crete, has been honored with the Travelife Gold certification and is included among its peers within the Travelife Collection.

American news network CNN has provided an updated version of the world’s 20 most beautiful World Heritage Sites and the Acropolis of Athens came in second!

For the fourth consecutive year Swiss International Air Lines has captured the award of Europe’s Leading Airline Business Class at the 21st World Travel Awards, an annual ranking conducted by travel industry experts.

The Greek winners of the 21st World Travel Awards were announced on 2 August at the World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony 2014 held in Athens.

Travel news site Travel Pulse has included the Epidaurus in Greece among the most amazing ancient amphitheaters.

UNWTO has opened the call for applications for the 11th edition of the UNWTO Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism.

Costa Navarino in Messinia, Greece, was named winner of Europe’s Responsible Tourism Award at the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2014 that took place 2 August in Athens.

For the fourth time in a row, Lufthansa German Airlines was voted Europe’s leading Airline at the World Travel Awards 2014 on 2 August in Athens, Greece, following a voting process that involved 230,000 travel tourism and hospitality professionals worldwide.