Awards

Applications are now open for the World Food Travel Association’s 2018 FoodTrekking Awards, benchmarking excellence in food and beverage tourism.

Piraeus was honored as an “URBACT Good Practice City” for its Blue Growth Initiative by URBACT III, the European program for integrated urban development.

AEGEAN has received the “Fast Travel Gold Award” by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for providing self-service solutions to its passengers.

Costa Navarino, located in Messinia in the Peloponnese, was recently honored with “‘Europe’s Responsible Tourism Award 2017” at the 24th World Travel Awards.

AEGEAN was recognized as “Europe’s Leading Regional Airline” for the third time for its high-quality services at the World Travel Awards 2017.

Hilton Athens has been awarded as Greece’s Leading Business Hotel for the third consecutive year at the prestigious World Travel Awards 2017.

Online travel company Expedia has honored Aqua Vista Hotels for boosting the bookings of the Spiliotica on the Cliff unit, one of its members in Imerovigli, Santorini.

Mideast Travel was honored as “Greece’s Leading Destination Management Company” for the fourth year running at the World Travel Awards.

HotelBrain was honored as Europe’s Leading Hotel Management Company for a third year in a row at the prestigious World Travel Awards 2017.

Athens was announced as the “Emerging Culture City of the Year” by the Leading Culture Destinations Awards, also known as the Oscars for Museums.

Athens Airport was awarded the “Fast Travel Gold Status” by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for adopting IATA’s “Fast Travel” projects.

Yachts-Sailing.com received a Silver award at the first Peak Performance Marketing Awards 2017 that took place in Athens.

The Greek National Tourism Organization’s video “Greece – A 365-day Destination” won a Special Award at the 6th Zagreb Tourfilm Festival.

The Acropolis Museum in Athens is among the top in the world, ranking 8th on the list of the 2017 Travelers’ Choice Awards for Museums by TripAdvisor.

Greece scooped the “Best Video in Europe” award at the UNWTO Tourism Video Competition 2017 with its “Greece – A 365-day Destination” production.

Athens International Airport (AIA) was honored as a “Merit Winner” for its “Internet of (noisy) Things” application at the WITSA 2017 Global ICT Excellence Awards in Taipei, Taiwan.

Nineteen Greek beaches that had been honored with the quality “Blue Flag” award in May were recently dropped from the 2017 list.

Greece ranked second “Star Destination for Family Holidays” at the Star Awards 2017, organized by UK’s “Travel Bulletin” magazine.

The Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation have received the prestigious 2017 Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award.

The Hellenic Wrestling Federation recently honored Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura for her contribution to sports.