Greece Instils Sense of Safety in Travelers, Sees Bookings Rise

By admin 1 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

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Greece has managed to gain traveler confidence and instill a sense of safety during Covid-19 and this reflected in the increase in pre-bookings for 2022, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias in an interview to OPEN TV. Kikilias said pre-bookings for spring and summer were “soaring” and fall was looking good too thanks in large part […]

Ministry Sees Sustainable Tourism Potential for Athens and Attica

By admin 12 Ιανουαρίου 2022 No comment

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Athens and Attica have great potential to evolve into sustainable tourism destinations linking culture with travel and high quality hospitality, said Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias in an interview to Action24. Kikilias said the ministry had launched a special campaign promoting the Greek capital as a prime city break destination all year round and added […]

Athens Mayor, Tourism Minister Plan to Reintroduce the Greek Capital to the World

By admin 3 Δεκεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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The Municipality of Athens and the Greek Tourism Ministry have agreed to launch synergies to establish Athens as a city open to visitors for all 365 days of the year, ideal for city breaks and hosting international conferences. “Together we will create a new integrated strategy that will allow us during the pandemic – and […]

Redevelopment of Panepistimiou Street in Athens Begins

By admin 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Redevelopment work recently began on busy Panepistimiou street as part of a major urban regeneration project aiming to increase free spaces in Athens and improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Works are currently underway on the section of Panepistimiou street between Sina and Amerikis streets. According to the Municipality of Athens, the […]

Brown Hotels Opens the ‘Lighthouse’ on Omonia Square, Athens

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Urban hotel collection Brown Hotels on Friday opened its latest property in the Greek capital: the Lighthouse hotel. Standing right on Omonia Square in central Athens, the 220-room hotel is the former La Mirage and has been fully renovated. It develops over 9 floors, offers a panoramic city view, a rooftop bar, in-house wellness facilities […]

Mayor: Athens Urban Regeneration Program Largest in Decades 

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Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis. Photo source: @Olympia Forum An ongoing urban overhaul of Athens that includes the redevelopment of central Panepistimiou St and Syntagma Square, city park projects, pedestrian walkways, and city square and park cleaups, is the largest such program to take place in the Greek capital in the last decades, said Athens Mayor

Interview – Evripidis Tzikas: ‘Athens Capital Hotel-MGallery Represents a New Era of High-end Hospitality’

By admin 21 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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Athens Capital Hotel-MGallery General Manager Evripidis Tzikas. Hospitality may bring new challenges and problem-solving scenarios every day but it’s a fun, exciting, and dynamic business, says Evripidis Tzikas, the General Manager of Athens Capital Hotel, the first MGallery branded hotel in Greece. A member of the MGallery Hotel Collection of Accor, the Athens

Athens Needs a Metropolitan Conference Center to Boost Tourism Offering

By admin 20 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias with HAPCO & DES representatives Irene Tolis (president), Sissy Lygnou (secretary general) and Yiorgos Kiagias (member of the Board). The creation of a metropolitan conference center in Athens is significant for the Greek capital’s further tourism development, according to Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. In a meeting

Searches for Greece Still Strong Among Fall Travelers

By admin 19 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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Demand for travel to Greece and particularly to Athens remains robust with all the more travelers choosing to visit in the fall, according to a study carried out by travel & tourism marketing agency Tourix. More specifically, the Tourix Analytics study found that Athens continued to be highly searched for among users in September this year […]

Next Regeneration Project for Athens: Panepistimiou Street

By admin 11 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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An impression of Panepistimiou street after renovation works are complete. The municipality of Athens is moving ahead with the redevelopment of central Panepistimiou St as part of a general urban redevelopment plan that has included so far park projects, pedestrian walkways, and city square overhauls. The renovation of Panepistimiou St, to cost 3 million euros, […]