Tourism Investments & Real Estate

“Leader” is the name of a new program that will launch in late August or early September and finance new or existing businesses on islands of the Cyclades region in Greece.

The Greek Shipping Ministry expects bids from ferry operators interested in running a ferry connection next year to and from Samos – Patmos – Lipsi – Leros – Kalymnos – Kos.

An open international tender for the 15-year leasing of Vouliagmeni Beach in Athens has attracted the interest of 26 candidates.

The Association of Chinese Business Groups reaffirmed its interest in acquiring the majority stake in Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” in a meeting with Greek Deputy Development Minister Notis Mitarakis on 3 June in the Greek capital.

TAIPED, Greece’s privatization fund, has launched an open international tender for a cluster of public properties eligible to be developed into boutique hotels or luxury villas/mansions.

Swedes will soon be fully informed on the Greek real estate sector in terms of tourism properties thanks to a new campaign in the works.

The investment department of the Greek Tourism Ministry is currently reviewing a series of major investment proposals, Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said while presenting the new draft bill for tourism to a special parliamentary committee.

Reuters news agency has published a photo report of photographer Yorgos Karahalis in regards to the current state of Hellinikon, the former international airport of Athens.

Lamda Development aims to turn the Greek capital’s former airport in Hellinikon, southern Athens, into a world-class tourism destination that will attract an extra one million tourists per year.

TUI believes in Greece’s success, sees new opportunities in the market and therefore intends to boost investments in the country, according to the travel group’s director of corporate and external affairs, Thomas Ellerbeck.