Company updates

Celestyal Cruises has unveiled a new global brand identity inspired by Greece and the Greek “Love of Life”.

The approval and distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine will help the aviation industry bounce back, according to Emirates Airlines President Tim Clark.

UK leisure travel group Jet2 has announced flights from Bristol Airport to a number of destinations, including Kalamata and Lesvos in Greece, for summer 2021.

Autohellas is once again proving to be resilient in a period of unprecedented crisis for tourism and the economy, says the company’s VP and CEO, Eftichios Vasilakis.

Cretan Investments Group Hellas has added the first hotel to its tourism portfolio by acquiring the Iti AKS Minoa Palace hotel on Crete.

Air travel may go back to pre-Covid-19 volumes sooner than expected – by 2021-22, Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary predicts.

Apple Leisure Group’s first three European hotels outside of Spain are located on the Greek islands of Crete, Corfu and Zakynthos, and have a total of 845 rooms.

The Grand Forest Metsovo in Ioannina, Greece, was once again named “Leading Landmark Hotel in Europe” at the World Travel Awards.

As of November 12, Lufthansa will begin conducting the first test runs for comprehensive Covid-19 antigen rapid tests on select routes.

The Lesante Blu Exclusive Beach Resort on Zakynthos has been announced as “Greece’s Leading Resort for 2020” at the World Travel Awards (WTA).

AEGEAN is maintaining its domestic flights and most of its international network during Greece’s second lockdown period.

The Greek government has approved the allocation of some 21 million euros for the relief of tour bus enterprises that suffered revenue loss due to Covid-19.

Volkswagen Group has announced a pioneering pilot project to transform Astypalea into the first smart energy and green island in the Mediterranean.

UK package holiday specialist Jet2 has suspended all flights and holidays to Crete and Rhodes in Greece until 2021, due to Britain’s Covid-19 lockdown.

Marriott International has appointed Satya Anand as its President for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Athens this year welcomed a number of new hotel properties despite weak demand in the tourism market due to the Covid-19 crisis.

AEGEAN has temporarily suspended its domestic and international flights to and from Thessaloniki International Airport “Makedonia”.

Accor, a global leader in the augmented hospitality sector, granted the ALLSAFE label to three of its hotels in Athens, Greece.

Hotels in Greece saw revenues nosedive through the end of September 2020 as a result of restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19.

More than 100 intercity KTEL buses have been released on the streets of Athens in efforts to ease crowding on public transport in the coronavirus era.