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The upcoming 100% Hotel Show will be held under the auspices of the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO).

Greek professionals from eight health tourism segments will come together with sector-supporting industries in the upcoming Greek Health Tourism Integration Conference, scheduled to take place next month in Athens.

Greek air traffic controllers have called off a three-hour work stoppage scheduled for Thursday, 30 January. However, flights are likely to be disrupted as work stoppages have been called in …

Lufthansa Group boosts the load factor of its aircraft to nearly 80 percent and sells more passenger-kilometers on the market in 2013 than ever before.

Travel Trade Athens 2014 – Interview with George Broulias, President of the Athens Development & Destination Management Agency.

Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras expressed the government’s strong will in assisting the Ionian island of Kefalonia to return to normality following a recent 5.9 Richter earthquake.

The seven regional units that comprise the Greek destination of the Peloponnese have teamed up with the region’s hotel associations to show Greek and foreign tourists that the destination is …

The Greek Ministry of Merchant Marine has agreed to authorize the launch of an inner-city ferry service between Thessaloniki and key points of its coastal area as a pilot scheme.

The Met Hotel of Chandris Group, located in Thessaloniki, was honored once again with the Travelers’ Choice 2014 award by leading travel review site TripAdvisor.

Several air traffic control services in Europe are likely to go on strike on 29 and 30 January 2014. Germanwings informs that the strike may affect some of its flights.

In the aftermath of the large-scale earthquake (5.9-Richter) that rocked Kefalonia Island on Sunday 26 January, the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers sent a message of sympathy to those who are …

Flights arriving and departing Greece will most likely be disrupted on Thursday 30 January as air traffic controllers have announced that they will join a European air traffic strike.

Passenger traffic in the port of Piraeus fell to 17,669,774 passengers in 2013, from 17,978,728 in 2012, although passenger traffic in the sea cruise sector jumped 11.10 percent to 2,296,457 …

The Networking Area of 100% Hotel Show intends to introduce a new era within the exhibition and fair industry of Greece, by welcoming the visitor to an alternative exhibition setting, …

The Mount Athos Area Organization recently gave tips on the idea of the perfect wedding ceremony at the Athos Region in Halkidiki, during the Balkanica Wedding Expo held in Sofia, …

Astra Suites, located in Imerovigli on Santorini, was included among the “Top 25 Small Hotels in the World,” according to Tripadvisor’s recently announced 2014 Travelers’ Choice awards.

Arrivals by air from abroad last year grew by 8.8 percent year-on-year reaching 14.31 million, compared with 13.15 million in 2012, thanks to increased activity from the Russian, French and …

Greece will participate in 11 more international tourism fairs until April, according to the approved list of exhibitions of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).

Greek tourism’s best practices and the most innovative initiatives launched by the country’s enterprises will be rewarded this Spring at the upcoming new tourism awards.

Owner company Occidental S.A. has exclusively undertaken the management and operation of the Astir Odysseus Kos Resort & Spa, formerly Iberostar, as of 1 January 2014.