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Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura recently met with a cross-party group of MPs responsible for tourism to discuss challenges, issues and ways to enhance their cooperation towards bolstering the sector.

The Greek Parliament voted in favor of suspending a planned VAT increase on islands of the northern and eastern Aegean for 2017.

Petra & Fos Boutique Hotel & Spa, located in the middle of the Mani peninsula in the Peloponnese, is supporting the “Greek Breakfast” initiative and promoting local and traditional products …

Bookings for the holiday season are marking a 3-5 percent rise with all the more Greeks planning trips abroad, according to recent data.

Some 25.3 million people among them younger generations, including Millennials and Generation X, are expected to take a cruise in 2017.

The International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 will officially launch on January 18, 2017, in Madrid, Spain.

A number of Greek islands are to be exempt from a planned value-added tax (VAT) increase as of January 1, 2017.

Hospitality professionals in Greece have expressed their concerns over an adjusted bill set to regulate an ever-growing shadow economy in the country.

Crisis aside, Greek shipowners are becoming even stronger global players says international financial services company Petrofin Research.

Proposals of a tax applicable on mooring at private marinas in Greece has professionals up in arms, claiming an added levy will lead to financial damage.

Home Holdings has acquired the majority stake in the share capital of Ionian Hotel Enterprises, owning company of Hilton Athens.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the European Travel Commission (ETC) recently co-organized a working session with European countries to discuss crisis communications in tourism.

Upgraded port infrastructure and flexibility are key to making Greece a Mediterranean cruise tourism hub, according to Celestyal Cruises.

Demand for next year’s tourism season is showing an increase, according to the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Andreas Andreadis.

News of a 2,500-year-old lost city discovered by archaeologists in Greece that has recently taken the media by storm was “corrected” this week by the Greek culture ministry.

British low-cost carrier easyJet announced the addition of four new routes, extra seating and friendlier rates for Greek destinations.

Greek yachting experts Atalanta Marine has joined forces with France’s Black Pepper Yachts as its exclusive dealer in Greece and Cyprus, the company announced.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pledged to upgrade infrastructure, redesign coastal shipping, enhance transportation, support agriculture and local production, and boost local entrepreneurship in efforts to improve the standard of …

Turkey’s negotiating card – stemming the growing refugee influx from its shores into Greece and the EU in return for visa-free travel within the Schengen Area – seems to be …

Two archaeological discoveries in Greece have been selected by the editors of Archaeology magazine as this year’s most compelling finds in a feature story titled ‘’Top 10 Discoveries of 2016’’.