Event News

Some 2,000 exhibitors from 120 countries have registered so far for the ITB Berlin NOW 2021 virtual event scheduled to take place during March 9-12.

An exhibition of rare artifacts dating back to 1821, the year that Greece revolted against the Turkish occupation, has opened at Athens Airport.

Greece will be the honored country at an international art exhibition that will take place this year in Hainan, China, during February 8 – December 8.

The Travel Trade Athens 2021 event, held to promote the Greek capital and drive tourism growth, will be held in hybrid form in April.

Fourteen Greek institutions will participate in the Greece 2040 Forum, an event organized by the Greece 2021 Committee that will map out the country’s potential in the next 20 years.

The Greek Culture Ministry has announced that the “Greece-China Year of Culture and Tourism” events will kick off in May and run through to May 2022.

The European Travel Commission (ETC) and Eurail have launched a joint competition for the Best European Rail Tourism Campaign 2021, as part of the European Year of Rail (EYR) initiative.

Enterprise Greece and the Greek Health Tourism Council Elitour plan to join forces to promote Greece as a tourism destination that offers health and wellness services.

Leading sports industry professionals from Greece and abroad will “meet” at the upcoming “Front Runners in Sports Management 3.0” web conference scheduled for January 21-23.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is starting the new year with the election for the position of Secretary General for the 2022-2025 term.

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis will attend the UNWTO Global Tourism Crisis Committee’s first meeting of the year, which will take place in Madrid, Spain.

The European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (FEG) and Clio Muse Tours are organizing 30 educational webinars on dark tourism guided tours.

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt has announced the launch of a year-long campaign by the US Mission to commemorate the 200 years since the Greek War of Independence.

An impressive life-size replica of Athens’ Herod Atticus Odeon, made exclusively of ice, is on display at the Harbin International Ice & Snow Festival in China.

The World Tourism Organization and Sommet Education are organizing the Hospitality Challenge Pitch, a series of online events focusing on the future of tourism.

Athens, Greece, welcomed the New Year with a live-stream virtual light and fireworks show amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Greek travel agents honored GNTO Secretary General Dimitris Fragakis with an award for merit for his contribution to the promotion of Greek tourism in 2020.

A total of 209 Greek tourism enterprises in 2020 had the opportunity to participate in leading international virtual tourism fairs with the support of the GNTO.

The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to bring new trends in travel and tourism, emerging from the desire of travelers for safe and vivid experiences.

The GNTO promoted Greek destinations to the Chinese market through a social media campaign held by Sina Weibo.