Events

The city of Rethymno on Crete will host the 6th Cretan Diet Festival and feature the island’s most popular products such as wine and olive oil.

Europe Congress is organizing the “MeetingPlanners Russia 2017” event, aiming to establish synergies between Russian CIS and Asian buyers and suppliers.

Athletes from across the globe will take to Messinia in Greece, during October 13-15, to participate in the 5th “Navarino Challenge” sports tourism event.

The Cycladic island of Syros hosted more than 2,500 athletes, coaches and attendees from eleven countries, during the 2nd Syros Trimore Triathlon.

“Digi Hotel”, one of the main events of Greece’s upcoming Xenia 2017 tourism trade show, will inform Greek hoteliers on everything they need to know about the digital world.

Elliniki Etairia and the Municipality of Epidavros are inaugurating the “Greek Paths of Culture” and are inviting all to a series of festivities at the Epidavros Ancient Theater.

Amateur and professional photographers are invited to take part in the #MyBlue photo contest and share the beauty and importance of the Greek sea.

The Creta Maris Beach Resort on Crete recently celebrated the Blue Flag eco-label award it won for 2017 with an official flag-raising event.

The Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki recently hosted a group of Italian wine-expert journalists and gave them the grand tour of its vineyards and winery.

In less than two weeks runners and swimmers will gather on Patmos in Greece to participate in the sacred island’s first sports tourism event “Patmos Revelation”!

Hoteliers on Crete in Greece were recently introduced to Travelife, the internationally recognized sustainability certification scheme for the tourism industry.

The International Day for Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) will be celebrated on June 27, as designated by the United Nations General Assembly.

Challenges, goals and strategy were the focus of talks between Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President Yiannis Retsos and opposition New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Celestyal Cruises and ThinkBiz are organizing the “CruiseInn” entrepreneurship competition, which will focus on tourism, gastronomy and the maritime industry.

New technologies and social media have contributed to Greece’s promotion as a year round destination, according to secretary general for tourism, Evridiki Kourneta.

Les Roches Global Hospitality Education and the Glion Institute of Higher Education on June 23 will host their first “Open Day in the Athens Riviera”.

The Alkyon Resort Hotel & Spa for the third consecutive year supported the Panhellenic Fairy Tale Competition – Aesop Awards 2017, held recently in Athens.

As part of the #GirlGanginMykonos campaign, HotelBrain and Calzedonia hosted 12 international fashion bloggers on Mykonos and triggered the interest of 10 million followers.

Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura applauded the significant contribution of the South Aegean Region to the development of tourism in Greece.

Important information on the history of Greece’s tourism industry can be discovered at the new Tourism Museum that has opened its doors in Athens.