Company updates

Travel technology provider Amadeus has underlined the importance of addressing global passenger health verification needs with technology.

Attica Group has launched a new ferry connection between the port of Thessaloniki and islands of North Aegean and the Cyclades.

Greek airline SKY express is launching direct, daily flights from Athens to the island of Rhodes as of March 15.

Celestyal will start its 2021 cruises on May 29, instead of late April, after Greek authorities announced plans for the reopening of tourism by May 14.

Greece’s 2020 tourism campaign, “Greek summer is a state of mind”, clinched two awards at the Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival.

Singapore Airlines will be the world’s first airline to pilot IATA’s Travel Pass mobile app for digital health verification.

VLM Travel, a DMC based on the Greek island of Andros, will present its new services and tourism activities during the ITB Berlin NOW 2021 virtual tourism expo.

Greek hospitality consulting company rapidbounce has launched new apps for its partners in the field of tourism, F&B and customer services.

Greek car rental company Avance will take part in the ITB Berlin 2021 travel and tourism expo that is scheduled to run online during March 9-12.

The necessary protocols and guidelines for air travel this year must defined to help tourism restart, according to AEGEAN CEO Dimitris Gerogiannis.

Capsule T, Greece’s first travel and hospitality accelerator, will organize an international three-week bootcamp for European startups in June.

The Ionion Sails has launched its new website, inviting sailors from all over the world to explore the Ionian Sea.

Over the last decade, Greek startup companies have raised $6 billion, according to research carried out by Marathon Venture Capital.

The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has created a new passenger disembarkation platform for emergencies at the Piraeus port.

Royal Caribbean International will be the first cruise company to offer sailings from Israel for travelers that have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Amadeus and IAG have partnered to distribute the airline group’s NDC offering – including British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling – to travel agents through the Amadeus Travel Platform.

Kourtis Contract is giving tourism professionals the opportunity to virtually walk through its furniture Showroom without the need to enter its physical premises.

Amadeus and Microsoft have entered a partnership that will harness cloud technology to innovate new solutions and create smoother travel experiences in the future.

The “Europe focus” of Lufthansa Group’s leisure travel program for summer 2021 will be on Greece and the Canary Islands.

The Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki, northern Greece, is getting ready to open its doors to discerning guests this spring.