Awards

Nikolaos Koklonis, the president and founder of Greek online travel booking company AirFastTickets, was recently honored by the Association of Corfu in Piraeus with the 2013-2014 Person of the Year …

Etihad Airways was honored with the prestigious Airline Market Leadership Award at Air Transport World magazine’s 40th Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards held recently in Singapore.

Athens International Airport (AIA) recently honored airlines that demonstrated the fastest development and succeeded in recording the highest increases in passenger numbers in their scheduled services during 2013.

Greece’s Naxos ranked sixth best island in the world in the TripAdvisor 2014 Traveler’s Choice Awards. The largest island of the Cyclades group also ranked number two in the best …

Naxos, Milos, Kefalonia, Santorini and Paros have been named among the 10 best islands in Europe for 2014 by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel review site.

Cavo Paradiso, an Ibiza-style open-air mega club on the Greek island of Mykonos, was honored recently during the EMITT 2014 tourism exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, for its contribution to tourism.

Nana Beach Hotel on Crete, Greece, was recently honored in the 2014 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice awards in the category of Top 25 Hotels for Family in Greece.

Costa Navarino in Messinia, the Peloponnese region of Greece, is one of the three finalists in the “Destination” category of the prestigious 2014 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards.

The Met Hotel of Chandris Group, located in Thessaloniki, was honored once again with the Travelers’ Choice 2014 award by leading travel review site TripAdvisor.

Astra Suites, located in Imerovigli on Santorini, was included among the “Top 25 Small Hotels in the World,” according to Tripadvisor’s recently announced 2014 Travelers’ Choice awards.

The UNWTO recently announced the winners of the 2013 Ulysses Awards For Innovation. Now on its 10th year, the awards celebrate outstanding contributions in the field of tourism across the …

Greek tourism’s best practices and the most innovative initiatives launched by the country’s enterprises will be rewarded this Spring at the upcoming new tourism awards.

TripAdvisor has announced Greece’s 25 top hotels for 2014 based on the reviews of millions of travelers.

The Lindos Blu hotel on the island of Rhodes in Greece is included in the top 10 of the world’s best hotels for 2014 based on the reviews of millions …

UNWTO has awarded CNN’s Richard Quest the 2013 UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement, in recognition of his work as a business journalist reporting on the tourism industry.

Twenty-one Greek hotels were among the 400 most popular hotels worldwide recently honored with the HolidayCheck Award 2014.

Qatar Airways was named “Best Business Class” at the 25th Annual Best in Business Travel Awards USA Awards 2013, held recently in Los Angeles.

South African Airways (SAA) has been awarded the 4-Star Airline ranking for 2014 by Skytrax for the 12th year in a row.

The Aegean Islands in Greece have been selected as one of the “10 Best Wine Travel Destinations for 2014” by Wine Enthusiast magazine in their January issue.

The Anazoe Spa in Costa Navarino recently picked up two titles in the global Spa Traveller Awards 2013.