General Events & Happenings

A special event was held on 19 July to welcome the arrival of Italian cruise ship Costa Mediterranea at Heraklion Port. The ship’s arrival officially launched Costa Cruises summer routes with Heraklion as its homeport.

The participants of “This is MY Athens” recently celebrated the volunteer program’s second anniversary with an “open to all” Greek hospitality event for tourists visiting the Greek capital.

Travelport recently held a media event at its European headquarters in the UK and gathered together journalists from Travelport locations across Europe.

Travel agents from the Ukraine recently experienced the culture, monuments, archaeological sites, nature, products, flavors and the Greek hospitality during a familiarization tour of the region of Western Macedonia and specifically to the prefectures of Kozani, Florina, Kastoria and Grevena.

Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines in late June launched a daily connection from Athens International Airport (AIA) “Eleftherios Venizelos” to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul.

Nineteen-year-old Mikaela Fotiadi from Ierapetra, Crete, won the title of Miss Tourism Planet in Athens last week.

The events of the 3rd Festival of French Gastronomy concluded on world music day and the first day of summer, 21 June, at the Sofitel Athens Airport restaurant Karavi.

Athenians and visitors to the Greek capital on Wednesday, 19 June, had the opportunity to see a brief presentation of ancient Greek drama at the city’s visitors information center (info-point) on the Dionysiou Areopagitou Street pedestrian walkway.

German carrier Lufthansa’s “Queen of the Skies” or B747-8 aircraft, made its debut flight from Germany today, 18 June, and touched down at Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos.”

Manessis Travel recently hosted a weekend stay in Porto Heli on 14-16 June for 50 Greek travel agents and their families from Athens and other areas of Greece, to introduce the travel organization’s “Manessis Family Summer Club,” a premium program put together exclusively for Greek customers.