Company updates

Airbnb has announced a global ban on all parties and events at its rentals, including a cap on occupancy at 16.

The Titania Hotel in Athens is reopening its doors with the health and wellbeing of its team and guests as its first priority.

Travel experiences booking platform Grekaddict has teamed up with HotelBrain Group to highlight and promote the Greek islands.

The European Commission has approved a Romanian loan guarantee of up to around 62 million euros in favour of Blue Air.

The MSC Grandiosa recently became the first ship from the MSC Cruises fleet to welcome guests back and depart for its first 7-night cruise in the West Mediterranean.

Air France and KLM are assisting their customers that need a negative Covid-19 test taken before departure to certain destinations.

Costa Cruises has announced two new itineraries for the restart of its cruises in September, which are reserved for Italian guests only.

Sabre Corporation has extended its global distribution agreement with United Airlines to provide travel agents access to the airline’s content globally through the Sabre travel marketplace.

Hanover-based TUI Group is seeing demand for travel returning and reported a 145 percent rise in bookings for summer 2021.

Qatar Airways’ operations in June accounted for 8.1% of international passenger traffic and 6.8% of air cargo traffic, according to data from IATA.

Travelport has extended its content and merchandising agreement with Air New Zealand, providing more than 68,000 travel agencies with real-time access to the airline’s inventory.

Costa Cruises is planning to restart its operations with the Costa Deliziosa on September 6, which will offer weekly cruises from Trieste to Greek destinations.

A 202-berth marina, part of the Elounda Hills tourism project to go up on Crete, has received the go-ahead following a joint ministerial decision.

MSC Cruises announced that it will soon resume cruises in the Mediterranean with Greek destinations included in its itineraries.

Triparound, a Greek travel-planning startup company, recently raised additional funding of $800,000 from a team of Greek and international angel investors.

The development of two new golf courses at Costa Navarino in Messinia, stretching over 150 hectares at Navarino Hills, is progressing according to schedule.

The ultra-luxury hospitality complex of Cavo Mare is open and welcoming guests to its safe nine luxury villas on the island of ​​Zakynthos.

Emirates has deployed its iconic A380 aircraft to the international destinations of Amsterdam, Cairo, London, Paris and Guangzhou.

Crete’s “Nana Princess” is on the list of the 25 Best Luxury Resorts in Greece for 2020 that was recently released by TripAdvisor.

Greek airline company AEGEAN and the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) are offering holiday packages, including flights and accommodation, to Greece’s Civil Protection staff.