Greek Hoteliers Expect 67% Drop in 2020 Turnover

By admin 16 Ιουλίου 2020 No comment

Dmitry Kalinovsky / Shutterstock.com Greek hoteliers are expecting to see their turnover drop by 67 percent this year with 6.4 percent opting to remain closed due to lagging demand and lack of liquidity, as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, the fourth study in series carried out by the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts […]

Covid-19 Leads to €350m in Losses for Athens, Thessaloniki Hotels

By admin 14 Ιουλίου 2020 No comment

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Athens, Greece. Photo © Maria Theofanopoulou Covid-19 has impacted the Greek hotel sector taking a 350-million-euro bite out of revenues for hotels in Athens and Thessaloniki, according to a new study released this week by GBR Consulting. Carried out on behalf of the Athens-Attica & Argosaronikos Hotel Association and the Thessaloniki Hotels

PM: Covid-19 Isolation Rooms Optional for Greek Hotels

By admin 25 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Following the confusion and reactions spurred by an announcement earlier this week that hotels in Greece be required to hold isolation rooms for possible Covid-19 cases, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis clarified that special quarantine hotels would be set up for that purpose. Speaking during a Greek Tourism

Greece Still Struggling to Set Up Covid-19 Hotels

By admin 22 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Hotel owners in Greece are not showing interest in the Greek tourism ministry’s call for hotels to operate as quarantine operations and host tourists who may contract the coronavirus while on holiday. For example, only three hotels on Crete and none on Santorini – two of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations – have expressed interest […]

Greece Announces Tender for ‘Quarantine Hotels’

By admin 11 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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The Greek Tourism Ministry announced this week that it would be compensating hotels used for Covid-19 isolation purposes while inviting interested hoteliers to express interest in the program via its site. More specifically, in view of the upcoming tourism season – Greece will open to travelers on Monday – the ministry said it will pay […]