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Travel between the port of Piraeus and Athens International Airport will take approximately 45 minutes on an electric train set to operate in June.

SETE on Thursday informed the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos that signs are encouraging for tourism in Greece this year.

Greece will request that the European Commission re-examine its decision to prohibit visa clearance at Eastern Aegean island ports through a pilot program.

Thomas Cook may be seeing a strong demand for holidays in Greece, but has reported losses amounting to £49.1 million for the three months to December 31.

Pre-bookings to Greece from the Israeli market so far are showing a double-digit increase compared with 2016, according to the ITTAA.

German-Greek consortium Fraport Greece will officially take over the management of 14 regional airports in Greece on March 15.

The US is calling on Greece to replace its identification cards with new biometric credit card-sized IDs or face being ousted from the US visa waiver program.

If a sufficient number of waterways is not licensed for this summer season then “hydroplanes will never make it to Greece”, according to Hellenic Seaplanes.

Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos has informed that the European Commission will not approve of visa validation at Eastern Aegean island ports.

The Hellenic Hotel Federation is requesting for the law containing rules for Airbnb-type rentals to finally come into effect in Greece.

The Thessaloniki Hotels Association has called on Greek farmers to refrain from blocking main road networks and airports in protest to government measures.

The government aims for the development of home porting in Greece, Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis told sector professionals recently.

Hotel accommodation, consumer electronics and video games sectors have come under the scrutiny of the European Commission.

As summer draws near all the more airlines are introducing new flights, adding more seats or boosting the frequency of their existing routes to destinations in Greece aiming to secure …

Despite the record number of arrivals to Greece, the country’s hotel sector continues to be struggling, according to data of business services group ICAP.

A committee for the coordination of air and sea transport in Greece will be set up to ensure that remote islands remain connected with the mainland.

The State Department has reinstated approximately 60,000 visas which were “provisionally revoked” from foreigners from seven majority-Muslim countries.

Greece has become one of the most requested destinations for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events (MICE) in the last 12 months, says Pacific World.

The Hellenic Hotel Federation is calling on the government to step in and ensure a positive portrayal of Greece ahead of the pre-booking season.

Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura exchanged views with Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago, during her recent visit to the US to promote Greece.