Industry Reports & Trends

Thessaloniki’s hotel industry during the first eight months of 2013 hosted 567,548 guests for a growth of 5.49 percent.

Etihad Airways continued to achieve record growth in the third quarter of 2013, with revenue from passenger services exceeding US$1 billion for the first time and passenger numbers passing 3 million.

International tourism arrivals in Greece posted a 13 percent increase in September 2013 compared το the same month in 2012, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) announced on 7 October.

The arrivals of foreign tourists at the airports around Greece recorded an important increase, according to the first (temporary) data for September 2013.

The Maldives is the most popular luxury holiday destination, Chanel is the most popular luxury brand and a luxury holiday is the most desired luxury product, over cars, jewellery or clothing, according to a new survey on luxury travel trends.

Four Greek islands are on the list of the top five most popular destinations preferred by Scandinavian travelers this season, according to Sweden’s leading tour operator TUI Nordic.

Greece is included among the star performers that have made the summer tourism season in Europe a success, according to UNWTO figures.

Greece is among the top 10 most hospitable tourism destinations in the world according to a survey conducted by the Hotels.com website on a sample of 27,000 travelers globally.

The most popular holiday destinations for the majority of European markets this year are Turkey, Greece and the Balearic Islands, according to TUI Travel’s summer holiday trends for 2013.

Visa information, vaccinations and weather forecasts top the list of additional information business travelers expect to receive from their corporate travel program, according to a joint report by Travelport and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE).