Company updates

Aiming to promote more Greek destinations to its passengers, Ellinair will feature the South Aegean islands in its inflight magazine “Anemos” until April 2019.

Turkish Airlines has welcomed a new era of Turkish aviation with the recent opening of the new Istanbul Airport.

Minoan Lines is amending its itineraries on the Piraeus-Chania and Piraeus-Heraklion routes, while preparing to adopt the new IMO Fuel Regulation.

The Hotelbeds Group has entered into a partnership with Millennium Hotels and Resorts, aiming to offer more options for travel services providers via its technology platform.

Sabre CEO Sean Menke analyzes the most powerful disruptions and shifts in the global travel industry.

UK tour operator Thomas Cook has announced the opening of four hotels in Greece – on Crete, Kos and Rhodes – in summer 2019.

Plans for a major tourism investment on Santorini by the Metaxas Group are still stuck on the drawing board due to a dispute with the island’s municipality.

Aiming to offer a high quality product within the Athens airline market, Greek carrier Ellinair set up a base at Athens Airport.

Greek hospitality experts Simple Way of Tourism (SWOT) will be managing the operations of a new Marriott Autograph Collection hotel on Mykonos, starting in 2019.

Athens-based EY ZHN Greece DMC has received the gold award for the “Best Team Building Program” at the HR Awards 2018 held in Athens.

The Castelli Hotel’s “Eucalyptos” restaurant on Zakynthos was included among Europe’s best for 2018 by the European Council of Enogastronomic Brotherhoods (CEUCO).

Seoul-based Korean Air has announced changes to its flight schedule for the 2018 winter season, which include the launch of new routes.

The luxury Hotel Du Lac Congress Center & Spa in Ioannina, Epirus, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary during a special event with partners and friends.

Alitalia has joined Sabre’s list of airlines that are implementing the Sabre Branded Fares solution, which provides travel agents and OTAs with access to enhanced branded fare functionality.

Celestyal Cruises will hold two unique cruises before the end of 2018 and offer authentic Greek entertainment onboard its “Olympia” ship.

Invel Real Estate Management Ltd and Dolphin Capital Partners have acquired 85.6 percent of the Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Porto Heli in the Peloponnese.

Reservations management company Vilotelia has opened its doors in Athens, offering an innovative set of tailor-made services addressed to apartments/rooms to let, villas and hotels in Greece.

Travelworks, a leading Greek Public Relations agency with headquarters in Athens and a newly established office in London, will exhibit in the new Agency Pavilion of WTM London 2018.

Louis Hotels is adding the “Ivi Mare” to its portfolio of luxury properties, which will open its doors in May 2019, in Paphos, Cyprus.

MSC Cruises has signed a memorandum of agreement with Fincantieri for the construction of four ultra-luxury cruise ships of a total value of over 2 billion euros.