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Royal Caribbean has added new restaurants, staterooms and entertainment worth $120 million on the ‘Mariner Of The Seas’, aiming to attract millennial travelers.

Small enterprises in 2015 provided jobs for about 50 percent of the workforce in the European Union, according to data released by Eurostat.

Greek ferry company Seajets is set to begin a service that connects Thessaloniki with the Sporades, the Cyclades and Crete.

Hotelising, a sales management company, has introduced “Sir Athens”, a new five-star concept, to the Greek capital’s hospitality scene.

The Creta Maris Beach Resort on Crete has been honored as a “TUI Umwelt Champion 2018” and also received the “TUI Top Quality 2018” award by travel giant TUI.

The Eagles Palace resort in Halkidiki gives a glimpse of the dining experiences that await guests at its collection of restaurants for summer 2018.

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels is taking the Travel Startups Greece cluster under its wing, aiming to establish innovation in Greek hotels and the tourism sector.

Passenger traffic at Greece’s airports increased by 10.4 percent during the first five months of 2018, according to data by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

Flydubai has inaugurated a new direct connection to Thessaloniki, making it the first airline to fly nonstop to the northern Greece city from Dubai.

Foreign investment activity is being recorded in Greece’s health tourism field, according to the country’s Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development George Tziallas.

Greece’s popularity among travelers from South Korea is on the rise, as bookings from the country have increased by 10 percent since the beginning of the year, according to GNTO.

Luxury boutique hotel “Mykonos No5” has joined the WorldHotels Collection, an organization which consists of 350 independent and upscale hotels around the world.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is launching a new Economy Class service concept aboard its intercontinental flights, starting on July 1.

Thomas Cook CEO Peter Fankhauser is inviting Greek hoteliers, investors and banks to join forces with the group for new investments in Greece’s hospitality sector.

Greece may see the first flights of seaplanes in the country take off in 2019, considering that a two-year old draft bill is finally tabled in parliament.

KEDE President George Patoulis has proposed the creation of a cluster to boost health travel services and attract more medical and wellness tourists to Greece.

The Piraeus Port Authority is waiting for the approval of its master plan, which aims to transform Piraeus into a Mediterranean home porting hub.

A proposed EU copyright law that if enforced will require all websites to check all posts for copyright violations has the entire Internet community on edge.

Developing the cruise potential of the town of Katakolo was discussed by Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and the local port authority’s president, Leonidas Varouksis.