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HotelAvailabilities and 4Hoteliers have completed five years of successful cooperation, offering innovative technology tools to hoteliers.

Star Alliance has been named “Airline Alliance of the Year” for the third time in a row at the Air Transport Awards event.

Income from short-term rentals in Greece is expected to show small annual changes over the 2019-2021 three-year period, according to an ICAP study.

Overnight stays in Greek hotels this season are expected to drop by 5 percent, according to the Hellenic Hoteliers Federation’s president, Grigoris Tasios.

Thanasis Theocharopoulos took over his new post from Elena Kountoura during the Tourism Ministry handover ceremony held on Monday in Athens.

The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) is offering the world’s first online, comprehensive Culinary Tourist Guide Certification training programme.

The Civitel Creta Beach hotel on Crete has received the “Recommended on HolidayCheck” certificate for 2018, with a rating of 5.4/6 stars.

The five-star Amada Colossos Resort on Rhodes has been included on the list of the World’s Top 100 Resorts & Hotels for 2018, by Russian travel website TopHotels.ru.

“Dinner in the Sky”, the award-winning international gastronomy concept serving dinner at a height of 50 meters, returns to Athens for the fifth consecutive year.

“Welcome Pickups” has entered into a partnership with Ferryhopper, a Greek travel platform that offers connections to over 160 Greek islands and major ports.

Thanasis Theocharopoulos has been appointed as the new tourism minister of Greece, following the resignation of Elena Kountoura.

A marina project in the Greek town of Messolonghi, is moving ahead, after revisions made to the spatial planning and environmental terms.

Elena Kountoura has resigned from her post as Greece’s tourism minister, as she plans to run in the upcoming European Parliament elections.

Greece’s taxi drivers federation has announced that payment by credit card through ride-sharing apps such as Beat and Uber are no longer allowed.

Israelis visiting Greece will be able to learn about the history of Greek Jewish communities through a new app being developed by the Bar-Ilan University.

Ethiopian Airlines in July will connect Addis Ababa in Ethiopia with Marseille in France, which is the carrier’s 20th destination in Europe.

The “My Emirates Pass” has returned for summer 2019, offering travelers discounts and benefits in over 500 locations across the UAE.

The Grecotel Corfu Imperial hotel, on the Ionian island of Corfu, is currently hosting the 31st Panhellenic Conference of General/Family Medicine.

The completion of Crete’s north road axis is vital for the island’s further development, said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

More changes are required to EU visa rules for the European tourism industry to reach its full potential, according to the European Travel Commission (ETC).