Awards

Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” was highly commended at the World Routes Marketing Awards that took place during the 20th World Routes conference in Chicago, USA.

The Meliá Athens is one of the 67 hotels operated by Meliá Hotels International that form part of the TripAdvisor GreenLeaders program in Europe thanks to its sustainable business practices.

Etihad Airways is celebrating social media success after being named winner of the Best Emerging Airline on Social Media Award at the SimpliFlying Awards 2014, and for having reached one …

Ethiopian Airlines won the Passenger Choice Awards for “Best Airline in Africa” for the second time in a row at the APEX 2014 EXPO in the Anaheim Convention Centre in …

The readers of Condé Nast Traveller were asked to pick their favorite islands for holiday in 2014 and the Greek Islands ranked second best in the world following the Maldives.

Crete’s successful tourism campaign “Incredible Crete: Surprisingly yours!” was recently honored at the 6th International Festival of Tourism and Environmental Film Festival Silver Lake Tourfilm Festival – SILAFEST ’14.

The Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, ranks among the world’s top 25 museums on travel website TripAdvisor’s annual Travelers’ Choice awards for top museums in the world.

Athens, Greece, is one of the five winners in the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2014 Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve …

Hellenic Seaplanes has been selected as a National Champion representing Greece in the 2014/15 European Business Awards (EBA), a prestigious and independent awards competition, sponsored by RSM International.

During the summer, Greece received various industry awards and recognition for excellence in regards for sites, hotels, restaurants, sustainability, etc. The following are some of Greece’s most important accolades.

South African Airways (SAA) has once again scooped awards at the 2014 Business Traveller Africa Awards.

Greece is among the top 10 winners of the new Global Beachfront Awards that recognize countries with the most accommodation located directly on the beach.

The Rigas Hotel on Skopelos, Greece, recently received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award for 2014.

Yiannis Boutaris, the mayor of Thessaloniki in Greece, leads a list drawn up by The Huffington Post that introduces eight mayors from around the world that are transforming their cities …

After intensive auditing, the Creta Maris Beach Resort in Hersonissos, Crete, has been honored with the Travelife Gold certification and is included among its peers within the Travelife Collection.

American news network CNN has provided an updated version of the world’s 20 most beautiful World Heritage Sites and the Acropolis of Athens came in second!

For the fourth consecutive year Swiss International Air Lines has captured the award of Europe’s Leading Airline Business Class at the 21st World Travel Awards, an annual ranking conducted by …

The Greek winners of the 21st World Travel Awards were announced on 2 August at the World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony 2014 held in Athens.

Travel news site Travel Pulse has included the Epidaurus in Greece among the most amazing ancient amphitheaters.

UNWTO has opened the call for applications for the 11th edition of the UNWTO Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism.