Awards

The Acropolis in Athens won the title of Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction at the World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony 2014 held on 2 August in the Greek capital.

Air Transat was named Best North American Leisure Airline and ranked second in the world’s best leisure airlines at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards held recently during the Farnborough International Airshow 2014 held in the UK.

Santorini was ranked the best honeymoon destination in the world by the editors of US News.

The infinity swimming pool of the Cavo Tagoo hotel on Mykonos, Greece, is one of the eight best in the world, according to a list compiled by hotel comparison website Trivago.

The Region of Attica and McCann Athens recently won an Effie Award for the region’s advertising and tourism promotion campaign at this year’s Effie Awards Hellas 2014.

Athens International Airport (AIA) was recently deemed the most efficient airport in Europe in the small/medium-size airport category, according to the Global Annual Benchmarking Report of the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS).

The State of Qatar’s national airline, Qatar Airways, has been recognized in three of the top awards at the recent Skytrax World Airline Awards, including winning World’s Best Business Class for the second year in a row.

The Greek restaurants GB Roof Garden of the Hotel Grande Bretagne and the Tudor Hall of the King George hotel, both located in Athens, were recently honored through the Wine Spectator magazine’s annual Restaurant Wine List Awards program.

The 2014 Blue Flag officially flies over Drapanos Beach, making it one of the 11 beaches in Hersonissos, Crete, to have earned this prestigious environmental award.

Athens International Airport (AIA) has been nominated in this year’s World Routes Marketing Awards, which are highly regarded as the most prestigious awards in the industry as they are voted for and judged by the airline network planning community.