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The GNTO during the summer organized four professional golf tournaments in Denmark to promote Greece’s upgraded golf facilities to Danish tourism professionals.

“Connecting Europe Express”, a special train put together as part of the European Year of Rail 2021, has began its five-week journey to over 100 cities including Athens.

Travelport has launched the “Travelport Accelerator”, a new global accelerator program for startups that is dedicated to addressing the travel industry’s biggest retailing challenges.

Celestyal Cruises has sold its “Experience” cruise ship due to the market conditions resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Athens’ Kolonos Festival 2021 will host popular Greek artists in a number of concerts and theater performances scheduled to take place during September 6-28.

Both international and domestic travel demand showed significant momentum in July 2021 compared to June, but demand remained far below pre-Covid levels.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is warning that free movement within Europe is being compromised by the failure of EU member states to harmonize Covid-19 entry regulations.

Hilton has signed a franchise agreement with Alexandros Ltd to open its first Sea Breeze Resort, Curio Collection on the island of Santorini in spring 2022.

Russia’s Nordwind Airlines has appointed Discover the World Greece as its General Sales Agent (GSA) for its operations in Greece.

Vassilis Kikilias took over his new post from Harry Theoharis, aiming to continue “what has been built so far” for the Greek tourism sector and create a new product for …

The occupancy rate of hotels in the Cyclades and the Dodecanese reached up to 85 percent in August, according to ITEP data.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called upon the UK government to finally bring an end to the “widely discredited” travel traffic light system.

Six culture projects slated for the Peloponnese region, including the Kalamata Dance Festival and dozens of restoration actions, have received the go-ahead by state and local authorities.

The beauties of Halkidiki in northern Greece are being promoted through a new music video released by Gerald Ahern & Labis, a band of Irish and Greek musicians.

Avra Collection has announced its partnership with Travelstaytion, an online platform for professionally managed holiday and short term-let rentals.

Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA), a new state-owned airline and the successor to bankrupt Alitalia, has announced plans to launch operations on October 15.

In a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, Vassilis Kikilias was appointed as the new tourism minister for Greece, replacing Harry Theoharis.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reshuffled the Greek cabinet and changed the leadership of key ministries.

All the more international investors are looking to Greece to invest and gain residence and citizenship rights, according to research released by Astons.

The Grecotel Pallas Athena hotel, located near the center of Athens, is getting ready to reopen its doors on September 3.