Company updates

Sommet Education has announced an agreement to become the majority shareholder of DUCASSE Education, a network of world-renowned schools by celebrity chef Alain Ducasse.

TÜV Hellas (TÜV Nord) has carried out the inspection and certification process of the 19 new lifts of the Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens.

One of Pelion’s leading tourism attractions, the legendary “Moutzouris” steam-powered train will be up and running this weekend after routes were cancelled in the previous month.

Aiming to promote enotourism, Attica wine producers and related businesses have joined forces to create the Attica Wine and Food Experience network.

Celestyal Cruises accounts for 70 percent of all home porting activity in Greece, according to the company’s CEO Chris Theophilides.

Mouzenidis Group’s turnover for 2018 came to 350 million euros driven by the improved performance of its companies Ellinair, Mouzenidis Travel and Grekodom.

Seventy percent of available rooms at Thomas Cook’s new family-focused Casa Cook hotel in Chania, Crete, have already been sold.

Global cruise giant MSC Cruises expects 20 percent growth in Greece and Cyprus in 2019, on the back of a 72 percent rise in 2018.

IATA and Star Alliance recently renewed their collaboration on traveler document verification to improve the passenger experience.

The Hilton Athens in the Greek capital recently celebrated the milestone 100th anniversary of Hilton, the global hotel chain.

Minoan Lines is among the top Corporate Superbrands in Greece for 2018-2019, in the Transportation category, as voted at this year’s “Superbrands 2019” awards.

The Porto Palace Hotel Thessaloniki is welcoming summer with the opening of its “Ursa Minor Roof Top Bar Restaurant” on June 6.

Greek national carrier and Star Alliance member AEGEAN is celebrating 20 years in the air since its first flight in 1999.

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has launched its new daily Athens-Muscat route between Greece and Oman.

The Istoria Hotel on the Greek island of Santorini is included on Condé Nast Traveller’s “Coolest New Island Hideouts for 2019” list.

Grecotel Hotels & Resorts has been honored with the gold award at the Impact Bite Awards 2019, for offering unique hospitality experiences through cutting edge technologies.

The game-changing Celebrity Edge, the new state-of-the-art ship of Celebrity Cruises, recently visited Piraeus as part of its first-ever cruise to the Mediterranean.

International airline Emirates is offering Greek travelers the chance to fly on its iconic A380 aircraft until September 30.

The North Aegean islands of Ikaria, Lesvos, Samos, Chios and Limnos recently went viral through the new digital travel campaign of “Wanderlust Greece”.

AEGEAN recorded a 7 percent increase in its total passenger traffic and consolidated revenue at 172 million euros in Q1 2019.