HCH President Alexandros Vassilikos with Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias. Sustainable hospitality should be at the center of all tourism services offered in the post-Covid-19 era, said the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (HCH) President Alexandros Vassilikos after a meeting this week with Greek Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias. The minister met with board members of the
Stronger tourist flows to Greece in July stimulated retail trade with sales increasing by 13.3 percent, according to findings released this week by the Greek statistical authority (ELSTAT). More specifically, overall turnover in retail for July increased by 13.3 percent against July 2020 and was up by 1.0 percent compared to June. The retail trade […]
SETE President Yiannis Retsos Tourism should involve other sectors in efforts to bolster the Greek economy, said Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President Yiannis Retsos during the annual Kyklos Ideon conference held this week. Speaking in a panel discussion on “Tourism and Manufacturing – Competitive or Complementary Sectors of the Greek Economy?”, Retsos said
Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias (C) with TUI Group CFO Sebastian Ebel (L) and Thomas Ellerbeck, member of the Group Executive Committee and group director Corporate & External Affairs TUI Group. Travel giant TUI on Tuesday agreed with Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias to schedule the first tourist arrivals to Greek destinations in March 2022. Kikilias […]
Athens, Greece Tourist flows to Greece are still robust despite Covid-19, but the achievement is not by chance, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Tuesday. “Greek tourism is not on autopilot. It wasn’t last year either. Great efforts have been made in the midst of the pandemic,” he said in an interview to SKAI television. Kikilias […]
Air France recently received four honors at the World Airline Awards 2021 organized by Skytrax, an international air transport rating organisation. The national carrier of France was named “Best Airline in Europe, Western Europe and France”. It also climbed to 10th place in the global ranking for the first time, gaining 13 places compared to 2019. […]
Greece is among the leading destinations of choice for potential long-haul vacationers in five overseas markets who are look to travel abroad in the coming three months, says a survey released recently by the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Eurail BV. According to the latest “Long-Haul Travel Barometer 3/2021 (LHTB)” on intentions to travel to […]
Acropolis, Athens. Archive photo by GTP The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) praised Greece this week for successfully opening up to tourists during the Covid-19 health crisis and for achieving safety through the implementation of strict protocols. In an interview to the Athens News Agency (ANA-MPA), Communications Executive at WTTC Elena Corina Rodríguez said
Photo source: European Union / Photographer: Mauro Bottaro The European Commission has announced that it will provide free travel rail passes to 60,000 Europeans aged from 18 to 20 years, thanks to the DiscoverEU initiative. Applications open at 12pm on October 12, and close at 12pm on October 26. This application round is open to […]
Greek CEOs who participated in a recent KPMG survey appear to be optimistic about the day after Covid-19 with 82 percent expressing confidence in the country’s future potential for growth compared to 66 percent before the pandemic. The 7th CEO Outlook study carried out in July and August this year on 50 Greek executives active […]


















