Awards

The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies honored the best travel agency brochures and websites during the 27th International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia last November.

Qatar Airways was recently named “Airline of the Year” for its outstanding in-flight product and operational excellence, at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards 2011.

Travel Plan stood out last month at the 76th Thessaloniki International Fair and was honored with an award for the functional and aesthetic appearance of its stand.

Sofitel Athens Airport was recently honored at the Athens College Theater with the title “Team of the Year: Customer Service-Front Line” at the National Customer Service Awards 2011, organized by the Greek Customer Service Institute for the second consecutive year.

Readers of the Greek version of the Condé Nast Traveller magazine were called to vote for their favorite hotels, tour operators, airlines and spas for 2010 as part of the Readers’ Travel Awards: an internationally-recognized mark of excellence within the travel industry.

In late June the Ambassador of Austria in Athens, Dr. Michael Linhart (right), honored Antonis Stergiotis, president and CEO of Club Hotel Loutraki SA and manager of Club Hotel Casino Loutraki, with a gold medal.

Qatar Airways was honored once again for its Business Class and earned premier accolades at two separate award ceremonies in Dubai.

Athens International Airport (AIA) recently awarded airlines that recorded the highest passenger development in 2010, during the 11th Airline Marketing Workshop.

The Manessis awards ceremony was held for the second consecutive year and winners were chosen based on tourist preferences and Manessis standards.

International Publications Ltd, publisher of Greek Travel Pages (GTP), was included last month in the “Strongest Companies of Greece” community, according to the rating score of ICAP Group.