Company updates

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is expanding its flight network for summer 2018 by adding new destinations from Zurich to France, Ukraine and Poland.

Ryanair has confirmed that its new cabin bag policy will be delayed until January 15, 2018, to allow customers more time to adjust to the changes.

Greece’s popularity as a leading tourism destination is giving Athenian Brewery (AB) a much needed boost increasing revenue by 4.2 percent to 321.6 million euros in 2016.

Celebrity Cruises will welcome the 2019 summer season with five luxury ships and itineraries to 92 ports in Europe, including destinations in Greece.

TUI’s rebrand has been completed in 100 countries and now all of the company’s components have the global TUI master brand.

In efforts to foster strong direct relationships with independent hotels, trivago N.V. recently created the wholly-owned subsidiary trivago Hotel Relations.

The airlines of the Lufthansa Group in winter 2017/18 will be connecting 288 destinations in 106 countries with 24,922 weekly flights.

The Aktina Travel Group is standing next to the Panathinaikos Superfoods Basketball Club as its sponsor and official travel agent for the 2017/18 season.

Athens International Airport’s operator has announced plans to put 400 million euros into the upgrade of the airport, over the next five years.

Spanish short and medium haul airline Volotea has announced that it will launch a connection from Athens to Verona, Italy, in 2018.

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will launch eight new routes from Athens to Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova and Poland.

Fraport Greece presented its makeover plans for the Santorini Airport to tourism officials and local authorities, during an event recently held on the island.

Lufthansa was to officially confirm that it had inked a deal for parts of Air Berlin, raising in the meantime concerns by the International Airlines Group.

Caldera Yachting is supporting the women’s volleyball team of the Thira Athletic Federation (A.O. Thiras) on Santorini as its Gold Sponsor for 2017–2018.

International hospitality consulting company Horwath HTL recently entered the Greek tourism market through a partnership with Octane Management Consultants.

Royal Caribbean International is set to offer a new vacation experience and redefine family travel with the launch of its new ship “Symphony of the Seas” in 2018.

Iceland-based carrier Icelandair announced the launch of a new year-round service to Dublin, Ireland, from its hub in Keflavik, starting in May 2018.

Ryanair has announced that it will launch 23 new routes from Greece to European destinations for the 2018 summer season.

Goldair Handling is giving passengers a tour of its upscale lounges in the airports of Athens, Mykonos and Heraklion through its new “Our Gold Services” video.

Karatzis Group in May next year will open the new five-star Nana Princess hotel, adjacent to its Nana Beach, on the island of Crete.