Awards

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has won the Airfinance Journal “Middle East Deal of the Year” award.

Blue Star Ferries’ ship “Blue Star Patmos” was honored in two categories of the annual ShipPax Awards during the 11th annual Shipping Ferry Conference of Swedish publication ShipPax Information held 23–25 April in Rotterdam.

Athens International Airport (AIA) won its 12th “Routes Europe” award in nine years at the 8th Routes Europe Forum, held in Budapest 12-14 May.

Le Club Accorhotels was recognized with top honors in two categories at this year’s Freddie Awards.

Greek restaurant “Spondi” in Pagrati, Athens, was recently announced in the top 100 list of the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants for the second consecutive year.

The Municipality of Marathon of the Region of Attica was recently awarded the European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) 2012/2013 accolade, which this year focused on accessible tourism.

The Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award recently announced the four winners for 2013 that will receive business start-up funding as well as mentoring and business support services.

The Met Hotel of Chandris Group recently received an ISO 22000:2005 Food Safety Management Systems certification by TUV AUSTRIA HELLAS.

Greece was recently honored as the best European holiday destination to travel to by air at the Zoover Awards 2013 ceremony.

Vista Events won the M&IT Industry Award for Best Destination Management Company (DMC) at the annual Meetings & Incentive Travel Industry Awards held recently at the Battersea Evolution venue in London, UK.