Athens News

The former Athens home of the one of the world’s greatest opera performers, Maria Callas, will be refurbished and once completed house the Academy of Lyric Art Maria Callas.

The Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens celebrated the beginning of the holiday season with its traditional Christmas tree lighting event in its lobby in a festive atmosphere.

The Ellinikon Experience Park has announced its 2022 Christmas program of events aiming to attract both residents and visitors of Athens.

Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis and NYC Mayor Eric Adams have signed a sister city agreement, which paves the way for joint initiatives in several fields including tourism.

Athens Christmas tree lighting marks the opening of dozens of holiday events in the Greek capital.

Athens is among the most attractive European cities for hotel investments in 2023, found a survey released by Deloitte.

The Acropolis Museum is inviting Athens’ residents and visitors to experience the upcoming holiday season by taking part in a number of festive events.

Condé Nast Traveller has included Athens as one of the cheapest and nicest European cities to visit in 2023.

INSETE, the Greek Tourism Confederation’s (SETE) research body, has launched a new digital tool kit to support tourism professionals and businesses in Greece.

Infrastructure upgrades, digital reform and sustainable best practices will best prepare Greece’s hospitality industry for the new era, says the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.

Greek travel and tourism associations have joined forces with the Municipality of Athens to promote tourism through a series of jointly organized events and initiatives.  

Twenty-five mayors from across the globe will meet in Athens to send out a message against antisemitism during the 2022 Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism (MSAA).

The Greek capital’s Omonoia Square will transform into a festive commercial and entertainment hub, sponsored by the area’s hotels and other businesses, for the holiday season.

The Acropolis Museum in Athens has announced new educational activities designed for schools and people of different backgrounds in Greece and abroad.

Athens will usher in the Christmas season on December 1 with a brilliant tree lighting ceremony on central Syntagma Square, launching this year’s 38-day program of holiday events.  

Average occupancy at hotels in Athens, Greece, maintained its dynamic in October with a 0.4% increase compared to pre-pandemic 2019.

French tour operators and travel agents were invited to discover off-season Greece and explore its city break options, during the annual Selectour conference in Athens.

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens has been hailed as one of 10 the most beautiful theaters in the world.

Greece is aiming to evolve into a remote work destination with authorities taking actions to facilitate the move, according to the conclusions of a conference by Marketing Greece.

Two historic 19th century buildings in Athens and Thessaloniki are to be restored to their former glory, according to the Greek Culture Ministry.