IATA: Airline Losses Reduce but Covid Challenges Continue

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Photo source: IATA Net industry losses of airlines are expected to reduce to $11.6 billion in 2022 after a $51.8 billion loss in 2021, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced on Monday. Presenting its latest outlook for airline industry financial performance during its 77th Annual General Meeting in Boston, IATA said its projection for […]

Thessaloniki Still Struggling to Increase Hotel Stays

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Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo Source: Thessaloniki Hotels Association Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, is still struggling to attract and keep travelers in town recording a total of 531,806 overnight stays at hotels in the first eight months of the year down by 0.04 percent over the same period in 2020 and 532,016 stays, according to data released […]

Europeans Still Eager to Travel, Greece Tops Their Bucket List

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Source: Monitoring Sentiment for Domestic and Intra-European Travel – Wave 8 Greece is among the 10 destinations on European traveler bucket lists for both summer and autumn, according to the latest survey released on Thursday by the European Travel Commission (ETC). A closer look at the ETC’s “Monitoring Sentiment for Domestic and Intra-European Travel – […]

Greek Tourism Minister Pledges to Support Hoteliers

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Greek Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias. Greek Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias pledged to support the country’s hoteliers in their efforts to recover once the Covid-19 pandemic subsides and to work together on a sustainable future. “Two years after the pandemic, the image of Greece abroad has changed. When this public health crisis is over, the country […]

Covid-19: Greece Benefits from Announcing Travel Opening Early

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Photo source: ForwardKeys Announcing its opening to travelers and setting out clear Covid-19 guidelines has given Greece a head start in tourism recovery, according to the latest data released by travel analytics firm ForwardKeys. More specifically, the study’s analysts found that Greece was “best in class” this summer because it communicated its reopening early benefiting

Covid-19: Greece Sees Big Drop in Rail Passengers in First Quarter of 2021

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Photo source: Trainose Greece is the second country in the European Union that saw the largest decrease in rail passengers in the first quarter of the year, due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on rail passenger transport, according to Eurostat data. According to the EU’s statistical office, the restrictive measures to prevent […]

AEGEAN Sees Positive Cash Flows in Q2 Despite Limited Activity

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Greek airline company AEGEAN recorded positive cash flows and a reduction in total losses in the second quarter of the year despite limited activity, which remained at 35 percent of 2019 activity. The restrictive Covid-19 measures in force until mid-May continued to weigh heavily on AEGEAN’s activity and results, the Group said in its second quarter […]

Survey: How Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Americans will Travel in the Months Ahead

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Photo source: @MMGY Global MMGY Travel Intelligence, MMGY Global’s research and insights division, has released the findings from the 2021 “Fall Edition” of its Portrait of American Travelers survey fielded in late July. The report highlights continuing strength in traveler sentiment, including high expectations for holiday travel. It also reveals the vast majority of

August 2021: Greece Records Lowest Decrease in Flights in the EU

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Greece recorded the lowest decreases in commercial flights in August 2021, compared to the same month in 2019, showing signs of recovery for its air transport sector, according to Eurostat. The EU’s statistical office on Tuesday released figures on commercial air transport in August with flights showing signs of recovery for the industry, which had […]

Covid-19: Opening Borders an Immediate Priority for Travel, Say Agency Trade Associations

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Photo source: Heathrow Airport Travel agency trade associations, collectively representing thousands of people who work at travel agencies and related businesses around the world, on Monday called on government leaders globally to align and make the opening of borders an immediate priority to let the restart of international travel occur. The American Society of Travel