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After modernizing its brand identity in 2018, Austrian Airlines has presented a new design for its mobile boarding pass for passengers.

Discounts for island residents, under the so-called “transport equivalent” program – known as “metaforiko isodynamo” (MI) – have now been extended to air travel.

The EU and China have signed two aviation agreements that are expected to create jobs, boost growth and bring the continents and peoples closer together.

Professional tourism trainers and educators have set up a new association aiming to serve as a ground for exchange of views and ideas on tourism education.

Moxy Hotels, Marriott International’s experiential hotel brand, has made its entrance in Greece with the opening of the new 116-room Moxy Patra Marina in the Greek city of Patra.

HotelKeys, a subsidiary of the HotelBrain group, has expanded its portfolio of properties with the addition of the new “Urban Frame” boutique hotel in Athens.

Cooking classes for children, painting workshops and sleepovers in a teepee are among the features of Thomas Cook’s latest own-brand hotel, Casa Cook in Chania, Crete, which is scheduled to …

The Grecotel Larissa Imperial hotel in Larissa, central Greece, was the host venue of the international medical symposium “Leading Innovative Vascular Education – LIVE 2019”.

Turkish Airlines will open a total of five passenger lounges at the new Istanbul Airport by summer 2019.

Traffic through Greece’s airports marked an 8.4 percent rise in the first four months of the year, reaching over 10 million passengers, according to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

Greek Tourism Minister Thanasis Theocharopoulos will table an updated legal framework to regulate the development of spa tourism in Greece.

The Greek Culture Ministry announced plans to transform the historic island of Delos, in the Cyclades, into an open museum.

The Elefthere Seaside Luxury Thermal Spa Resort, a new innovative tourism project set to combine spa and wellness with hospitality, is currently under development in the thermal town of Eleftheres, …

Travel giant TUI Group has announced the opening of more hotels in Greece this summer and specifically on the islands of Crete, Kos, Zakynthos and Santorini.

Celebrity Cruises’ “Celebrity Edge” will be making its first port of call at Piraeus on May 30, as part of its Mediterranean itinerary.

Aiming to increase tourism flows from the US to destinations in the Dodecanese and the Cyclades, the South Aegean Region recently hosted the ASTA International Showcase event on Rhodes.

Aegean Taxi, a Greek technology company that markets a taxi app for the Greek islands, recently presented its new in-house developed app.

The Creta Maris Beach Resort has opened a new ultra-modern water park at its premises in Hersonissos on the island of Crete.

Luxury Yacht Parties, a Greek yachting company specializing in social and private events at sea, recently presented its revamped vessel at the 18th East Med Yacht Show 2019 in Athens.

Greek ports are expected to welcome more than 5 million cruise passengers this summer, with the ports of Piraeus, Santorini and Corfu leading the activity.