Hotels & Accommodations

The Poseidonion Grand Hotel on Spetses shined at the 2013 Boutique Hotel Awards held recently at the Marble Arts Hotel in London,UK.

Trésor Hotels & Resorts recently launched its online Christmas campaign and this year presents festive packages offered by the collection’s hotel-members via the creation of a fairy tale about each boutique hotel.

Five-star Aldemar Royal Mare on Crete has once again been recognized at “the Oscars of the travel industry” – the 2013 World Travel Awards – held recently in Doha, Qatar.

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni today, 29 November, signed a ministerial decision concerning the terms and conditions for the operation of tourist villas and holiday homes in Greece.

Eliana Kokotos, owner of the Elounda Mare Hotel, received the “Woman of the Year” Relais & Châteaux award for her life-long devotion to hospitality and Greece at large.

Thessaloniki is losing out on hosting major international conferences and events due to the lack of a conference and exhibition center in the city, the president of the Thessaloniki Hotels Association, Aristotelis Thomopoulos, informed Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni during the recent 29th Philoxenia exhibition.

Travel website Tripadvisor has listed Nana Beach on Crete, operated by Karatzis S.A., as a TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice 2013 award winning top all-inclusive resort in Europe.

The annual cocktail party of Anatolia Hotel, held on the sidelines of the Philoxenia exhibition (21-24 November), took place this year in collaboration with the Golden Steps dance school under the theme “Dancing around the world.”

Stockholm-based tour operator Ving will bring some 5,000 tourists to the Greek island of Lesvos in 2014.

Investors around the world are beginning to show a particularly strong interest for ho[s]tel type hotels, according to a recent report from HVS London.