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Athens is getting ready to host some 200 travel agents from abroad at the 13th tourism sales conference “Force de Vente Tourisme” of Selectour, a leading French network of independent travel agencies.

The latest trends in the tourism industry will be on the focus of the IMIC 2017 International Conference to be held October 19-21 on Santorini in Greece.

Sofitel Athens Airport is participating in the “Sofitel Wine Days 2017″, the group’s global initiative taking travelers on a round-the-world tour of wines.

Under the title “Greek Tourism: The Perfect Balancing Act”, the 16th conference of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) will take place on October 16-17 in Athens.

Delegates to World Travel Market (WTM) London 2017 are advised that Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station Custom House for access to enter ExCeL is closed.

Aiming to inform, educate and encourage the exchange of ideas, the NOSTOS Forum 2017 will take place on October 13 in the town of Nafpaktos.

The South Aegean Region will be hosting the “European Young Chef Award” competition in 2019, within the framework of its “European Region of Gastronomy” title.

Aviation professionals will gather in Athens, during October 11-13, to exchange views and discuss challenges related to their fields at the Second Global Aviation Cooperation Symposium (GACS 2).

US screenwriter and director Steven Bernstein will head a free filmmaking course on Syros, for Greek cinematographers, between October 22 and 27.

More than 100 representatives of major tourism enterprises attended an event in Athens held by Ellinair to present its products and services.

More than 400 European aviation leaders and key industry figures will gather in Athens on October 17–19 at the ERA General Assembly 2017.

Food management and hospitality consultants Butterfly Stories recently took part in the “F&B MasterClasses” event in Athens and gave a seminar on “Restaurant Strategy & Marketing Tools” to professionals.

Emirates will support and sponsor the ASTA Destination Expo 2018, the annual international conference of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), to be held in Athens in April.

The International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) and medical tourism council Elitour will hold the 2018 IMTJ Medical Travel Summit at Wyndham Grand Athens.

Aiming to build relations between selected event buyers and MICE suppliers, MCE South Europe, the high-end MICE event, is opening its doors on October 8 in Sicily.

Greece chaired the 100th session of the OECD Tourism Committee meeting that focused on “ecologically sustainable and socially inclusive” tourism.

The Greek capital is preparing to host the 31st Athens Run, which will kick off on Sunday, October 22, with the participation of professional and amateur athletes.

The Elatos Resort & Health Club on Mount Parnassos is welcoming winter with its Greek version of the Oktoberfest Beer Festival on October 14.

The relaunch of the Xenia trade show in Greece has been welcomed by all major suppliers and institutional bodies of the hotel industry.

The curtain has been raised for the “Santorini Experience” as the popular Greek island gears up for one of the country’s top sports tourism events.