Event News

Athens is among the nominees for the European Film Location Award 2019, with the voting process extended until January 20.

Thousands of Athenians and visitors ushered in the New Year during a big party which was held on December 31, at central Syntagma Square.

The Municipality of Athens will ring in the New Year at Syntagma Square with plenty of entertainment that will include lots of music, fun, dancing, lights and fireworks!

Amadeus held events for its partners in Greece and Cyprus to inform on the NDC standard and the latest developments in the travel industry.

The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos has granted honorary Greek citizenship to American actor and Oscar award winner Tom Hanks.

The night sky of Athens was illuminated in a spectacle of lights during the “Night of Wishes” event held on Christmas Eve at Kotzia Square.

The Life Gallery athens hotel in Ecali celebrated its 15th anniversary with a grand party that included an outstanding music program and a motorcycle display.

Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens invites its guests and the public to a program of events and activities to celebrate the festive season.

The potential of extra virgin olive oil, Greece’s most prized product and export, was featured during a tribute event held recently in Kalamata, marking World Olive Oil Day.

The Christmas traditions of Alexandroupolis will be on show at Athens International Airport during December 23 and 24.

Condé Nast Traveller readers in London recently had the chance to learn all about Greece’s thematic forms of tourism.

The Municipality of Athens is inviting the city’s residents and visitors to party down at Syntagma Square during December 21-22 at its Glasshouse Project.

Ways of enhancing Greece’s tourism competitiveness and extending the season were discussed at the first meeting of the Regional Tourism Council, held in Athens.

The City of Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) recently held a fam trip in the Greek capital for 15 Chinese MICE professionals.

The Navarino Challenge 2019 sports tourism event is holding an online “Love Auction” for a good cause with the contribution of popular international athletes.

The Xenia 2019 hospitality trade show in Athens this year attracted 32,000 visitors from all sectors of the Greek tourism industry.

The Stavros Niarchos Park in Athens is inviting all to explore four new light installations, which are part of its Christmas decoration.

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis invited American entrepreneurs to invest in Greece during this year’s Capital Link Forum held in New York.

Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on December 10 turned on the lights to city’s 17-meter tall Christmas tree at Syntagma Square.

Greek travel startup GuestFlip won a 10,000-euro award after participating in phase 1 of Capsule T, Greece’s first travel and hospitality accelerator.