Hotels & Accommodations

TAIPED announced on 26 November that four consortiums were short-listed in the tender for the majority stake in the Astir Palace luxury resort at Vouliagmeni, southern Athens.

Although the first signs appear positive for the 2014 tourism season, the majority of Greek hotels continue to remain in a bad position financially, according to the president of the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers, Yiannis Retsos.

Greek hoteliers recently spoke of the problems and obstacles that interfere with the operation of hotels and tourism in general, during the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers’ annual council of hotel associations.

Hotels in Thessaloniki have joined the “Greek Breakfast” program and have agreed to include Greek products and dishes on their breakfast menus.

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels has slammed a recent suggestion for its members (Greek hotels) to be dispersed to local chambers of commerce throughout the country.

Guests and visitors at the Sofitel Athens Airport these days are invited to take a journey through taste, a few thousand kilometers away, to Marseille, the city that was founded in 546 b.C. by Greek colonists from Phocaea.

The Lefkes Village Hotel on the Greek island of Paros is included on a list compiled by CNN on affordable island hotels that span the globe.

Positive data was released recently by a report providing a snapshot of the performance and outlook of the Greek hotel industry, within the broader context of Greek tourism and Greek socioeconomic developments.

Following a positive trend since the first half of 2013, Best Western hotels in Greece have recorded an increase in both revenue and overnight stays this year.

Greek hoteliers are optimistic for the last quarter of this year, according to the latest tourism barometer report on the expectations of the Greek hospitality sector for the fourth quarter of 2013, conducted by GBR Consulting.