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The Region of Attica, during December 10-11, will embark on a tourism roadshow in The Netherlands and Belgium to promote the travel options of its destinations.

Greek digital marketing agency Nelios has launched the “Hotel Ease”, an innovative Hybrid CMS platform, designed to cover the needs of hotel websites.

Finnair has chosen to use the Amadeus Network Revenue Management solution to improve accuracy in forecasting customer demand and better optimize its origin and destination network.

The brand new five-star Grand Hyatt Athens hotel has appointed Costas Papachristophorou as its new general manager.

The golden ratio between growth and sustainability in the operation of airports, was analyzed during the 6th ACES – Athens 2018 Symposium held in the Greek capital.

Greek airline AEGEAN has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pratt & Whitney to power up to 62 Airbus A320neo Family Aircraft with GTF Engines.

The Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini in 2019 will host the annual sales meeting of Collete Tours, one of the largest and oldest tour operators in the United States.

The ministries of economy and shipping presented the new e-registry for Greek-flagged private and professional leisure boats and professional boats under foreign flags.

The contribution of Athens International Airport to the Greek economy has significantly increased during the last six years, due to a sharp rise in air arrivals.

Celestyal Cruises in 2018 “showed Greece” to 108,000 passengers and is aiming to boost that number by 21 percent, to 130,000, in 2019.

German tour operator Alltours aims to boost its sales for trips to Greece in 2019 by 10 percent and bring 340,000 visitors to the country.

The Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens officially welcomed the holiday season with the lighting of its Christmas tree in its festively decorated lobby area.

Asian Aviation, the General Sales Agent (GSA) of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot in Greece, has appointed Ioanna Nomidou to the position of Sales Executive for the two airlines.

The annual growth rate of incoming passenger traffic through Greek airports in the coming years is expected to rise by 5 percent.

The art of dry stone walling, practiced in Greece among other countries, has been included on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.

Home-sharing platform Airbnb has announced that it would begin testing prototype homes as soon as next year as part of its newly launched “Backyard” project.

Virgin Atlantic recently informed Greek travel agents in Athens on its latest news regarding its route network and its Economy, Premium Economy and Upper Class cabins.

Greece has joined PATA as a European country member, gaining the opportunity to claim its market share from the different markets of the Pacific Asia region.

A draft law covering thematic and special interest tourism, the upgrade of tourism training and the strengthening of entrepreneurship in tourism has been tabled in Greek parliament.

Greek hoteliers have reiterated their proposal for the establishment of an annual winter school holiday, dubbed “White Week”.