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The Makedonia Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki has joined the WorldHotels Luxury collection as the brand’s first hotel in Greece.

Greece vies to include Crete’s Minoan palatial centers on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Emirates in 2022 recycled over 500,000 kg of plastic and glass by repurposing discarded bottles onboard, promoting sustainable travel.

One of Greece’s most popular beaches, Navagio on the island of Zakynthos, is being closed off to the public this summer due to safety risk.

Tourism businesses in Greece will be able to hire employees from third countries to meet staffing demands.

The Patra Waterway, to connect mainland Greece with the Ionian and Saronic islands via seaplane flights, enters next stage.

New partnership between the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels and Marketing Greece aims to promote the ‘Greek Breakfast’ initiative abroad.

The first Mandarin Oriental resort will debut this summer at Costa Navarino, the Mediterranean’s prime sustainable destination.

HotelBrain has announced an ambitious target to expand the Group’s hospitality management portfolio in Greece and achieve a roster of 20,000 rooms over the next five years.

India’s SpiceJet airline has appointed BBT Air – Aviation Services as its GSA in Greece as part of its commitment to offer seamless connectivity to its passengers between the two …

Aria Hotels announced growth with the addition of 20 properties to its portfolio of destinations in Greece.

The Greek island of Chios has secured half a million euros in funding for international tourism promotion.

Miami-based premium cruise line Royal Caribbean has announced plans to homeport in Piraeus, Greece, during 2023 and 2024.

Greek authorities have unveiled plans for the new Athens Archaeological Museum at Plato’s Academy.

Hellenic Train has announced that a number of routes carried out by its trains will be handled by buses.

Croatia Airlines, a member of the Star Alliance network, will resume its seasonal flights connecting Athens with Zagreb, Dubrovnik and Split for summer 2023.

Cyprus Airways has launched its winter 2023/24 schedule and waived booking fees across all flights and destinations for a limited period.

Thessaloniki’s mayor honored Greece’s rescuers who were on the front lines of the response to the train accident in Tempi and the earthquake in Turkey.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has opened nominations for its annual awards program that recognizes excellence in diversity and inclusion in the aviation value chain.

Greece was the only EU country to see 2022 flight activity exceed pre-Covid 2019 levels, according to Eurostat.