Hospitality News

After a brief break for the summer, bakù restaurant, within The Margi Hotel in the Vouliagmeni area, reopened its doors for the winter season on 25 October with a whole new set of tantalizing dishes.

Greek hotels from Crete, Chalkidiki and Evia promoted their services to international travel professionals and senior citizens at the 19th SENIOR, the biggest fair in Sweden for an active older audience.

Gay friendly Greek and Cypriot prestigious hotels will be promoted to the International LGBT travel market at this year’s World Travel Market in London (4-7 November).

The Macedonia-Thrace Hotel Managers Association will hold its second annual conference during the 29th International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia in Thessaloniki.

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) in collaboration with the Region of Evia recently held a workshop for the promotion of Evia as a four season destination to the Benelux market.

Grande Bretagne – Exterior NightAthens-based hotels Grande Bretagne and King George will support the Starwood EAME Road to Awareness (R2A) fundraising program for children next month.

The hospitality sector plays a critical role in fighting youth unemployment and is essential for jobs and growth and the health of other sectors, according to a Europe-wide study presented during HOTREC’s 67th General Assembly recently held in Athens, Greece.

The culinary team of Aldemar Hotels Group recently served “Greece on a Dish” at the Anuga exhibition in Cologne, Germany, the world´s leading food fair for the retail trade and the food service and catering market.

“Greece has seen an impressive recovery in 2013 and in 2014 we will increase the number of our customers enjoying a holiday in this destination to some 2 million – an increase of nearly 10 percent over this year,” the head of TUI Travel PLC, Peter Long, said following a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

Greece is losing over one billion euros in government revenue due to illegal hotels, the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, said during a press conference held on the occasion of the 67th General Assembly of HOTREC.