Greece is among the five countries that have been shortlisted in the “ASTA Chapter on the Rise” category of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) 2021 Awards. The winners of the ASTA 2021 Awards will be announced during the Society’s global convention to be held in Chicago during August 23-25. The ASTA Awards program […]
(left) Federico Santos, Founder and CSO of Puro Management Puro Management, a hospitality management agency that offers high-end services to Greek hotels, has been honored for its prime services at the Tourism Awards 2021 event in Greece. The event honored companies for their excellent performance and practices across all sectors of the Greek tourism industry. […]
Athens, Greece. Photo source: This is Athens-Convention & Visitors Bureau Athens is nominated for two titles in the European region categories of the 28th World Travel Awards (WTA) 2021. The Greek capital is competing for the title of Europe’s Leading City Break Destination and Europe’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination. WTA has also selected the […]
Yiannis Balourdos, sales executive of “Magic Bus – Stin Priz” and Fabio Marques Leite, public relations executive. “Magic Bus–Stin Priza”, a Greek company offering eco transfers and tours, has won a silver accolade at the Tourism Awards 2021. Organized for the eighth year, the Tourism Awards highlights and rewards top practices and innovative initiatives of […]
Impressive footage of the swimming races at Pefki, of the Municipality of Istiea-Edipsos (photo by Elias Lefas @ Authentic Marathon Swim) The Authentic Marathon Swim event has won a total of five accoladesat the Tourism Awards 2021, for last year’s successful race. This article is brought to you by ActiveMedia Group The Authentic Marathon Swim is […]
Kick boxing champion Alexandros Nikolaidis at the Ford Go Further half-marathon in Voidokilia (photo by Elias Lefas) ActiveMedia Group, a leading sports tourism company in Greece, has received a total of seven accolades at the 2021 Tourism Awards for its innovative sports events. The annual Tourism Awards event highlights and rewards top practices and innovative
Greece is among the top three countries in Europe for the excellent quality of its bathing waters, according to the latest European Bathing Water Quality report, released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Commission. Based on 2020 data, Greece ranks third in Europe with 97.1 percent of all 1,634 sites reported as being of […]
Egremni beach, Lefkada. Photo source: EBD/Lucian Bolca The European Best Destinations (EBD) organization has included three Greek beaches on its list with the safest beaches in Europe for the summer of 2021. The list features a total 13 beaches in Mediterranean destinations such as Greece, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus. They were selected based on various […]
Greece has been honored at the European Heritage Awards 2021, the EU intiative for cultural heritage organized by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, for the restoration project of the landmark Plaka Bridge in Epirus. The Plaka Bridge is a single arched stone-bridge, the largest and most impressive of its kind in Epirus. In […]
Balos Lagoon, Crete. Photo source: Incredible Crete The Greek islands of Antipaxos, Crete and Corfu are on the list of the “European Safest Islands 2021” that was recently released by the European Best Destinations (EBD) organization. The list includes a total of 12 islands in Europe, that were selected based on several factors: the number of […]


















