Company updates

Athens International Airport (AIA) is hosting the “Tales of Athens” children’s exhibition, in collaboration with the Museum of Greek Children’s Art.

‘The a Hotels & Resorts’ group has appointed Valia Bourbi as the new director of sales of its Grand Serai Congress & Spa, located in Ioannina, Epirus.

The five-star Neptune Hotels Resort, Convention Centre & Spa, located on the island of Kos, has received four honors at the TUI Awards 2019.

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Europe has appointed Michael Thamm, Group CEO at Costa Group and Carnival Asia, as its new chairman.

A unique collection of Greece’s prime spa and wellness destinations can be found on the recently launched Best Luxury Spas online guide.

The Vivere a Plakes hotel, located on the island of Milos, for the fifth consecutive year has received the Guest Review Award by Booking.com.

Dimosthenis Broussalis, General Manager of DASC Branding, informs on just how important branding is as a factor for marketing an enterprise.

The Sofitel Athens Airport hotel, part of the Sofitel Group, has refurbished its luxury rooms and suites on the fifth and seventh floors.

Travelport has completed the onboarding of the first group of travel agencies to receive access to New Distribution Capability (NDC) content.

Mediterranean Hotels, a group of five- and four-star hotels in northern Greece, has selected to use the “Channel Manager” solution of HotelAvailabilities.

Marinet will present its integrated solutions for hotel promotion, marketing and sales, at this year’s HORECA trade show in Athens during February 8-11.

TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS, an organization that provides certification services, underlines how certification builds trust and enhances the reputation of tourism enterprises.

Air France will launch three new routes from Greece during the 2019 summer peak season: Paris Charles De Gaulle – Heraklio, Crete; Marseille – Heraklio; and Athens – Bordeaux.

Car rental company Avis Hellas broke all records in 2018, announcing 180 million euros in sales and 82.05 million euros in EBITDA profits.

Reveffect, a new generation revenue management company, which uses predictive analytics and data driven insights, has opened offices in Athens.

En Plo Boutique Suites, a hospitality property on Santorini, has received a “Recognition of Excellence” by HotelsCombined.

Regency Entertainment is planning to bring its casino, which is located atop Mt. Parnitha, to the northeastern suburb of Marousi in Athens.

As part of its 100th anniversary, British Airways has announced that it will be painting a Boeing 747 in the 1960s design of its predecessor BOAC.

Air France – KLM has appointed Yiannis Pantazopoulos as the airline group’s new sales manager for Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, effective February 1.

SiteMinder, a leading guest acquisition platform for the global hotel industry, will participate in the 14th International Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Show HORECA trade show in Athens.