Awards

Cologne-based Germanwings was recently ranked second most punctual airline in the world out of all airlines evaluated in a Europe-wide comparison carried out by American online service Flight Stats.

The world’s foremost safety and product rating website, AirlineRatings.com, has announced Air New Zealand as its Airline of the Year for 2014.

The new website of Athens International Airport (AIA) was recently honored for its innovative design, user-friendly navigation and interactive creativity with the travel website golden “Ermis” award in the “Digital …

A restaurant on Santorini, Greece, made it onto The Daily Meal’s second-annual 101 Best Restaurants in Europe list that honors the bounty of fine cuisine that can be found in …

The Creta Maris Beach Resort on Crete was honored at the recent 2014 Environmental Awards in Athens, in the category of “Sustainable Business,” by Boussias Communications.

Greece’s popular island of Santorini has been ranked by the readers of the newspaper USA Today and 10Best as one of the 10 winners in the recent “Prettiest European City” …

Aldemar Hotels & Spa was recently honored at the 2014 Environmental Awards in Athens, in the category of “Renewable Energy.”

Vaggelis Stouraitis, captain of the “Prevelis” ship of ANEK Lines, was recently honored for his excellent cooperation with the Thera Port Authority, Santorini.

Greek ferry company Blue Star Ferries and MSPS Corporate Affairs, were honored for the corporate social responsibility program “Traditional Occupations” at the Ermis Awards ceremony held recently in Athens.

Greek travel agency MidEast Travel & Tourism was recently honored with two new awards by leading international airline companies.

The European Commission has launched a new Award designed to celebrate and promote best practices for nature conservation in Europe.

The president of Sani Resort, Stavros Andreadis, was honored as the 2013 Pioneer Entrepreneur at the recent Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Gala for Greece.

Greek online travel agency Travelplanet24 won the Gold Award for the company’s best practices in developing activities abroad, at the 3rd E-volution Awards ceremony held 10 December in Athens.

Metropolitan Hospital in Athens, Greece, was recently certified at the level of excellence in medical tourism among other international hospitals worldwide.

Excellence in Greek travel and hospitality will be rewarded next year at the new Tourism Awards 2014.

Small Cyclades Lines was voted the “Best Passenger Line of the Year 2013” at the 10th Annual Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards 2013 that celebrated achievements in the Greek maritime …

The Poseidonion Grand Hotel on Spetses shined at the 2013 Boutique Hotel Awards held recently at the Marble Arts Hotel in London,UK.

Chania recently collected its eighth award for another promotional video of the city’s tourism campaign “Chania-a journey to your senses.”

Etihad Airways enjoyed stunning success at this year’s World Travel Awards, taking top honors for the fifth year in a row.

Five-star Aldemar Royal Mare on Crete has once again been recognized at “the Oscars of the travel industry” – the 2013 World Travel Awards – held recently in Doha, Qatar.