Chloe Hotel Invites Travelers to Explore Kastoria this Summer

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The Chloe Hotel, a recently built luxury property, invites Greek and foreign visitors to explore Kastoria this summer. Kastoria is a city with a long history and traditions in the western part of Macedonia. Located on the western shore of Orestiada lake, the town is known for its many Byzantine churches, Byzantine and Ottoman-era domestic […]

Estia Boutique Apartments: Greek Hospitality in Athens with New Safety Procedures

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Estia Boutique Apartments, Athens The Estia Boutique Apartments, a family-run hospitality property in Athens, has opened its doors and is welcoming guests in accordance to new safety procedures. Operating since July 2018 in the Kerameikos district, the building’s makeover was carried out from scratch and has added great value to the area. It features 17 […]

Metaxa Hospitality Group Hosts German Tour Operators on Crete

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Metaxa Hospitality Group CEO Andras Metaxas and Creta Maris General Manager Nikos Vlasiadis (center) with the flight crew of Condor. The Metaxa Hospitality Group recently welcomed over 150 German tour operators, travel agents and journalists to its Creta Maris Beach Resort in Hersonissos on the island of Crete. The fam trip was held on the […]

UNWTO and Sommet Education Offer 30 Scholarships for Tourism Studies

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École Ducasse, France The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has partnered with Sommet Education to offer 30 scholarships for world-class education programs through the Hospitality Challenge initiative. UNWTO’s Hospitality Challenge program aims to support career climbers and switchers, entrepreneurs and innovators develop themselves and their projects and help drive

Ministry Aims to Include All of Greece on the Tourist Map

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The equal distribution of tourist traffic to all of Greece’s regions, ensuring in this way inclusive development, is a top tourism ministry priority, said Deputy Tourism Minister Manos Konsolas this week during the 8th Regional Development conference held in Patra. Konsolas described the concentration of all tourism activity in a just a few regions as […]

Greek Minister Says Covid-19 Testing at Entry Points ‘Effective’

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Targeted Covid-19 testing conducted at entry points across Greece has been effective and contributed to containing the spread of the virus, which is key to ensuring the safety of visitors and locals, said Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis during an online Association of Greek Regions event this week. Speaking during the “Health and Safety, Tourism […]

Greece Tightens Covid-19 Testing at Promachonas Border Point

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Greek National Public Health Organization’s (EODY) crew is conducting COVID-19 tests to travelers at the Promahonas checkpoint. Photo Source: @EODY Greece announced that it would be increasing testing at the Promachonas border check point following a spike in Covid-19 cases after thousands of tourists entered the country last week, when Greece opened its borders after […]

Summer Senses Luxury Resort Welcomes its Guests to Paros

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Summer Senses Luxury Resort, Paros Following a successful first season in 2019, the five-star Summer Senses Luxury Resort has reopened its doors to welcome its summer guests to the popular Greek island of Paros. “The hotel gives visitors the opportunity to experience the Greek summer with all five senses… The smell of the Cyclades, the […]

Gulf Air Resumes Direct Flights from Athens to Cairo

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Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has resumed its direct flights between Greece’s capital Athens, and Cairo in Egypt. Gulf Air has been operating direct flights between Bahrain, Egypt and Greece since 1974 and 1980 respectively. According to an announcement, both destinations are key within Gulf Air’s network and popular among […]

EU Issues Guidelines for Possible Cruise Travel Restart

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The EU recently issued guidance in preparation for the possible resumption of cruise ship operations in the aftermath of Covid-19. More specifically, according to the 49-page “Interim Guidance for Restarting Cruise Operations” manual released under the EU’s Healthy Gateways program, all cruise operations must: – Have a written contingency plan/outbreak management plan