Northern Greece

A film studio to operate in Thessaloniki, Greece, will be ready to welcome Hollywood productions by 2020, says Central Macedonia Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas.

The ownership of the five-star Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort, located in Halkidiki, northern Greece, recently changed hands.

Thessbrunch, the popular culinary initiative of the Thessaloniki Hotels Association, will continue to serve brunch in November in hotels around the city.

Greek travel agency Cosmorama has moved its Thessaloniki branch to a new larger office in the center of the northern port city.

Hoteliers in Thessaloniki are concerned about a decline in overnight stays recorded in the first eight months of the year.

The finalists of the Mrs. India Worldwide 2019 beauty pageant will participate in the 8th Thessaloniki Night Half Marathon in October.

The makeover of Thessaloniki’s International Exhibition Center is high on the Greek government’s agenda.

Thessaloniki will soon welcome its own innovation and technology park where fresh ideas will be able to find support and evolve into the new technologies of tomorrow.

Works are moving full speed ahead so that the Amphipolis site, where the largest ancient Macedonian tomb was discovered, can open to the public.

The tourism product of Northern Greece was on the meeting agenda of Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis and Central Macedonia Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas.

The US is actively supporting Greece’s growth prospect with renewed participation at this year’s Thessaloniki International Fair.

The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization has carried out more than 100 marketing activities in 2019 for the promotion of the city to its target tourism markets.

The Greek National Tourism Organization presented Halkidiki’s tourism offerings to 30 leading Polish tour operators, during an event recently held in the city of Lodz.

Thessaloniki is among the top 10 conference destinations that can host up to 2,000 attendees, according to Kongres, a leading meetings industry magazine in Europe.

A number of sites in Thessaloniki will “star” next to the contestants of this year’s Haute Monde Mrs. India Worldwide beauty pageant in October.

Overnight stays in hotels in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, dropped by 16,486 in the first half of 2019, according to the city’s hotels association.

The Greek government declared a state of emergency for Halkidiki, after gale-force winds stormed through on Wednesday night, leaving at least seven people dead and dozens injured.

More than 40,000 visitors to Thessaloniki had the chance to learn more about the city’s tourist attractions through the Tourist Information Centers (TIC) set up a year ago.

Thessaloniki tourism professionals as well as the local economy stand to gain if the northern city port can attract homeporting activity.

The Porto Palace Hotel Thessaloniki is welcoming summer with the opening of its “Ursa Minor Roof Top Bar Restaurant” on June 6.