Titania Hotel in Athens Opens its Doors

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The Titania Hotel in Athens will reopen its doors on Sunday, August 23, with the health and wellbeing of its team and guests as its first priority. Reopening in the post-Covid-19 era, The hotel has taken a series of measures that meet Greece’s “Health First” protocols and implements Diversey’s “Well Hotel program”, which includes the use […]

Greek Tourism Arrivals and Revenue Plummet Due to Covid-19

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The coronavirus pandemic and ongoing travel restrictions are sending Greek tourism figures to nearly nil with the latest Bank of Greece data revealing a 93.8 percent drop in the number of inbound travelers in June to 256 thousand with revenue nosediving by 97.5 percent to 64 million euros in the same month. According to the […]

PM Mitsotakis Promises Free Covid-19 Vaccine to Greeks Once Available

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A vaccine against Covid-19 currently being tested will be available free of charge to Greek citizens once it becomes available, said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday. The decision was announced at a government coronavirus briefing during which he also announced the mandatory use of mask by students and teachers as the school years […]

Blue Air Secures €62m Romanian Loan to Recover from Covid-19

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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Romanian loan guarantee of up to around 62 million euros (approximately RON 301 million) in favour of Romanian airline Blue Air. The measure aims at compensating the airline for the damages suffered due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, as well as providing it with […]

Covid-19 Drives Greece Joblessness to 1m in July

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Despite opening up to tourism in July, Greece saw its unemployment rate soar by an additional 125,000 people to more than 1 million compared to the same month in 2019, the country’s Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) said this week attributing the rise to the coronavirus pandemic. More specifically, a total of 1.09 million people in […]

MSC Cruises Restarts in the West Med with ‘Grandiosa’ Ship

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The MSC Grandiosa back in Palermo. The MSC Grandiosa on August 17 became the first ship from the MSC Cruises fleet to welcome guests back and depart for its first 7-night cruise in West Mediterranean. It is also the first ship to implement the company’s health and safety protocol. The first guests began embarking MSC […]

Greece Still Resilient to Covid-19, says Gov’t Spokesman

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Greece is still resilient to Covid-19 compared to other countries despite the rise in positive cases, said Government Spokesman Stelios Petsas speaking to the press on Thursday. “Our country was and remains in a better epidemiological range, compared to other countries, despite the increase observed again in recent weeks worldwide,” said Petsas during the press […]

Halkidiki Businesses Call on Gov’t for Support After Covid-19 Curfew Decision

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Authorities and tourism stakeholders in Halkidiki, Northern Greece, are calling on the government to support businesses relying on tourist revenue with incentives and subsidies after a decision on Wednesday, to impose harsher measures in the region and curfews. Health authorities imposed on Wednesday extra precautionary measures in Halkidiki and on Mykonos aimed at curbing

Check & Fly: New App Informs Travelers on Airport Covid-19 Health Measures

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Photo source: ACI World Airports Council International (ACI) World on Wednesday launched a new smart phone app that provides passengers with information about the health measures in place at individual airports around the world. As travel restrictions are gradually lifted, many new health-related measures have been implemented at airports in response to coronavirus

Greece: Highest Positive Covid-19 Arrivals from 5 Countries

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Photo source: Greek National Public Health Organization (EODY) In efforts to identify the trend and curb the spread of Covid-19, Greek health authorities have been introducing additional measures particularly after the country opened its borders to incoming tourism. Based on General Secretariat for Civil Protection data presented during this week’s Covid-19 briefing by