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Five major tourism projects in Ithaki, Viotia, Chios, central Greece and Crete, are awaiting the green light under the country’s “Fast Track” law, which accelerates the licensing procedures for private-public investments.

The deal between private equity firm Invel Real Estate and Amathus Beach Hotel on the island of Rhodes is set to go down in ink in April at a price tag of 30 million euros.

The third edition of the 100% Hotel Show, Greece’s exhibition addressed exclusively to hoteliers, will take place at the MEC exhibition center in Peania, eastern Attica, on November 27-30, 2015.

As part of its ongoing efforts to promote the Greek capital as a prime city break destination, the Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) participated in this year’s Grekland Panorama in Stockholm and invited participants to join them in Athens on April 27 for the 3rd Travel Trade professional workshop.

North Face Zagori and the Zagori Excellence Network (ZEN) have joined forces for this year’s mountain running race to be held on July 24-26.

The Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO) has announced that it will hold a Think Forum in Athens with EFAPCO, the federation representing more than 1,500 meetings professionals, companies and institutions in 12 countries.

Academy Award-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren referred to the Greek island of Hydra as “one of the most beautiful places in the world” in a recent interview she gave to the New York Times.

Kalamata Airport will connect 18 new international destinations with the central Peloponnese, the municipality announced last week.

One of the world’s oldest hugs came to light during excavations near the Diros Caves south of Areopolis in the Peloponnese last week where the skeletons of a man and a woman in an embrace were found in tact.

Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, saw double digit growth in overnight stays by 16.75 percent last year compared to 2013.