Industry sectors

Vasia Hotels and Villas on Crete has partnered with London-based hotel services company HotelAvailabilities for the use of its channel manager service.

Air France recently inaugurated its new beauty treatment center in its terminal 1 lounge at the New York-JFK airport, in partnership with luxury beauty specialist La Prairie.

Ryanair has unveiled its 2019 customer care improvements, saying that it will be delivering “more choice, lower fares and great care” to travelers.

The European Commission is forecasting a 2.2 percent growth for the Greek economy in 2019, following the completion of its bailout program last August.

Israeli tech firms have expressed interest in working with Greece to promote tourism synergies through new technologies.

Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers (POX) President Grigoris Tasios expressed his dissatisfaction with government officials who “have failed to effectively address hoteliers’ problems”.

Athens mayoral candidate, Kostas Bakoyannis, informed Greece’s tourism body SETE that increasing city break tourists to the Greek capital is at the heart of his plan.

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has decided to end the production of its A380, the world’s largest passenger airliner, due to the lack of orders.

Louis Hotels’ properties in Greece and Cyprus have won a number of accolades at TripAdvisor’s Travelers Choice Awards and Booking.com’s Guest Review Awards.

Mouras Studios, a complex of holiday rooms and apartments on the island of Astypalea, has been honored with the Guest Review Award 2018 by Booking.com.

Online platform Zorbabook is inviting professionals to join its network and help get the word out on Greek food and its connection with tourism.

Austrian Airlines carried approximately 791,000 passengers in January 2019, which is up by 7 percent compared to the prior-year month.

Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, among the top institutions in hotel management education worldwide, will launch a new Master program as of September 2019.

Greek digital marketing company AboutHotelier has embarked on the 100% Hotel Workshop Tour 2019 to inform and promote its services that aim to boost the direct sales of boutique hotels.

The Region of Western Greece has secured 1 million euros in EU funding for tourism promotional activities for the 2019-2021 period.

Hellas Cert, a Greek association of inspection bodies, is calling on the government to re-examine a law that changes the way rented rooms are certified.

Some 25,000 individuals employed in room and apartment rentals, and in the F&B sector, will now be receiving monthly wages of up to 771 euros.

Scoot, the low-cost arm of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group, will begin flights from Athens to Laos (to cities Vientiane and Luang Prabang) via Singapore as of April.

Greek hotel management company Zeus International is expanding its business activities and adding a luxurious hotel complex in Croatia to its portfolio.

The unusually long and hot summer in Northern Europe in 2018 was said to be among the main reasons for a decline in the earnings of TUI Group.