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Greece’s participation in the 2021 Russian Culinary Olympiad attracted the interest of Russian gastronomy professionals and the public.

The Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort in Halkidiki will launch a major renovation project to further upgrade its facilities for the 2022 tourism season.

Mitsis Hotels has joined forces with WWF Greece with the aim to contribute to the organization’s efforts to protect the environment.

Greece’s wine tourism strategy was presented to a wide range of experts by Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki at the 5th UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism in Portugal.

Greece recorded the lowest decreases in commercial flights in August 2021, showing signs of recovery for its air transport sector, according to Eurostat.

Greece’s aim for the next six years is to change its production model and achieve growth, according to Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis.

The European Travel Commission (ETC) has published a new handbook to encourage tourism stakeholders to build sustainable practices into their everyday operations.

Athens’ new five-star xenodocheio Milos is getting ready to open its doors this winter to become the home of estiatorio Milos and welcome guests from around the world.

The Grande Albergo delle Rose, a historic hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes, has redesigned its website which now includes modern features and useful information.

Greece is among the countries that professionals believe will see the swiftest recovery in their hotel markets, according to a survey released by Tranio.

“Thessaloniki is changing,” Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis recently said when referring to development projects that will be key to the city’s economic growth.

Greece’s tourism revenue this year has already reached half of 2019 earnings, which is a ‘pleasant surprise’, says HHF President Grigoris Tasios.

Five travel agency trade associations are calling on government leaders to make the opening of borders a priority for the restart of international travel.

Greece has launched an online service for the official translation of documents from a foreign language to Greek and vice versa.

A number of antiquities unearthed during works for the construction of the Aghia Sofia metro station in Thessaloniki have returned to their original location.

SKY express has entered into an interline agreement with American Airlines aiming for greater traveler inflow from the United States.

The Grand Hotel Palace in Thessaloniki has completed the extensive renovation of its rooms, suites and conference facilities.

The Lufthansa Group airlines and Travelport have made a new distribution agreement that enables modern airline retailing as well as technology innovation.

The Katikies Mykonos Hotel is on Travel + Leisure’s “Top 100 Hotels of the World” list, according to the magazine’s World’s Best Awards survey.

Unvaccinated people in Greece must now have a negative Covid-19 rapid antigen test result to travel between regions on airplanes, ferries, trains and buses.