Events

Greek hotel unit management group Aqua Vista Hotels was honored with five prestigious awards at the Tourism Awards 2017 ceremony held recently in Athens.

The Porto Carras Grand Resort won four awards – two gold and two silver – at the Tourism Awards 2017 ceremony held recently in Athens.

On the occasion of the Greek National Holiday on Saturday, March 25, entry will be free for all visitors at the Acropolis Museum.

Following its impressive performance over the past years, Greek hotel management company HotelBrain has made a strong start in 2017.

More than 40 venues around Athens will bring art closer to the people as the “documenta 14: Learning from Athens” art show is ready to kick off.

The fifth edition of the sports tourism event “Navarino Challenge” will take place October 13-15 in Messinia and Costa Navarino in the Peloponnese.

Greece joins the Europe-wide public reading of The Odyssey, which will bring together hundreds of people in France and abroad for the Odyssee 24 event.

Greek female tourism professionals – owners of accommodation enterprises, family-run businesses, restaurants, tavernas, shops and stores, as well as government officials – made their presence felt at this year’s ITB …

New cruise products and theme-based experiences were on the agenda of Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura’s meetings at the Seatrade Cruise Global conference.

The Poseidonion Hotel and the island of Spetses will welcome the Spring Classic Car Rally Philpa (Friends of Old Cars) for the fourth year.

The NJV Athens Plaza in the Greek capital will once again participate in Earth Hour and switch off its lights for climate change action.

It was a sunny Sunday in Athens on March 19, when over 21,000 runners hit the streets to test their strength at the 6th Athens Half Marathon.

Athens’ two central hotels Hotel Grande Bretagne and King George will turn off their lights on Saturday, March 25, in observance of Earth Hour.

Following its participation in this year’s ITB Berlin exhibition, Greece is expecting its 2017 tourism numbers to see a rise from the German market.

All the more Russian travelers are selecting Greece as a holiday destination, according to feedback collected at the recent MITT 2017 exhibition in Moscow.

Seven candidates are in the running for the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) for the period 2018-2021.

The promotion of Greek tourism and social actions are among the main priorities of the General Panhellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPOET).

Cooperation in tourism and travel will take center stage during the B2B Travel Event Thessaloniki 2017 to take place on March 27-28.

The Hilton Athens will once again participate in “Earth Hour”, a global event organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura focused on the growth potential of cruise tourism to Greece at the Seatrade Cruise Global conference in Florida.