Hospitality News

New Hotel, located in Athens center, is featured first on a list of the best designer-driven hotels in Europe drawn up by The Boutique Hotel Magazine.

The Greek National Tourism Organization office in Germany is making full use of modern technology to give Greece the best online promotion to the German public.

The Athens Ledra Marriott will not be accepting bookings for 2014 from 31 December 2013 as the hotel in the Greek capital will no longer operate as a Marriott, according to an announcement on the website of the international hotel chain Marriott Hotels & Resorts.

Santorini’s cuisine and local products were the center of attention at the Greek National Tourism Organization’s stand at the annual tourism trade fair World Travel Market (WTM) in London (4-7 November).

The Thessaloniki Hotels Association have expressed their disappointment with the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) recent decision to reject a Turkish Airlines request for a second daily flight to and from Thessaloniki.

Grace Hotels, the privately owned luxury hotel group, has acquired the historic La Margna hotel in the heart of St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Greek destination Halkidiki recorded a seven percent rise in revenue during the 2013 tourism season from the same period last year, bolstered by a 10 percent increase in overnight stays by German, Russian, Ukrainian, British and Turkish tourists.

Amadeus recently announced year-on-year financial and operating results for the first six months of 2013.

Hilton Athens received the title of “Best Business Hotel in Western Europe” at the Business Traveller Awards 2013 that took place recently at London’s Royal Garden hotel in the UK.

The NJV Athens Plaza hotel this winter will host some of the most reputable wine producers of Greece in an aim to highlight and promote the country’s wine to visitors and guests in the Greek capital.