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Athens has been named European Capital of Innovation 2018, a title awarded to the city that is best able to improve the lives of its citizens through innovation.

Arrivals at Athens International Airport increased by 11.1 percent between January-October 2018 and reached 20.96 million passengers compared to 18,86 million during the same period in 2017.

Hilton International and Hilton Athens property owner Ionian Hotel Enterprises SA, have agreed to extend their current contract ending on 31 December 2018 by three years.

Revenue and occupancy rates at Athens hotels are holding strong in the third quarter of 2018, with sights now set on the upcoming Athens Marathon next week.

The Amalia Hotel has been announced Official Hotel of the Nafplio Castle Run 2018, a unique sports event to will be held on November 25 in the city of Nafplio.

Korean Air recently celebrated the 30th anniversary since its first scheduled service between Canada and South Korea and held events at the airports of Vancouver and Toronto.

Zakynthos hoteliers confirmed that a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled the island last month has had no impact on tourism flows.

Archaeologists have found four ancient Greek statues – known as Kouroi – in a field in the central Greece town of Atalanti, the Greek culture ministry announced.

Cycling lovers will be able to ride across Athens to the coast after municipal authorities said the city will soon have a full bike network in place.

Greece’s health tourism product was highlighted during the 8th German-Greek Assembly held in Hersonissos on Crete.

Athens’ National Archaeological Museum will hold thematic tours on sports in antiquity, to honor the 36th Athens Marathon, which will take place on November 11.

The Epirus Region launched over the weekend its new tourism product and branding concept – the Ancient Theaters of Epirus cultural route.

The skies of Larissa in Central Greece welcomed dozens of glider planes during the 1st Larissa F5J Meeting, held at the Terpsithea Air Field.

Swiss International Air Lines is adding Gdansk in Poland and Herinsdorf in Germany to its European route network for summer 2019.

After 17 years, Lufthansa has launched a new direct non-stop service to Thessaloniki International Airport “Makedonia”, connecting the Greek northern city with Frankfurt.

Metaxas Group of Companies recently announced that it is planning a major hotel investment in the Mirabello Bay in the area of Kavousi, Eastern Crete.

The Athens & Epidaurus Festival generated revenues of 5 million euros for 2018, up by 38 percent compared to 2017 at 3.6 million euros.

As part of its 2019 summer schedule, Ryanair will launch a new service connecting Corfu in Greece with Liverpool in the UK in June.

Aiming to promote more Greek destinations to its passengers, Ellinair will feature the South Aegean islands in its inflight magazine “Anemos” until April 2019.

Turkish Airlines has welcomed a new era of Turkish aviation with the recent opening of the new Istanbul Airport.