The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is calling on governments in Europe, Canada, the US and Latin America to end Covid-19 testing requirements for vaccinated travelers. “It’s been almost two years since the global pandemic was declared and while entire segments of the global economy have successfully reopened, business travel is still lagging far behind […]
Photo source: @International Tour of Hellas Greece’s International Cycling Tour will revive in April after 10 years of absence, Deputy Culture and Sports Minister Lefteris Avgenakis announced earlier this week. The tour’s 19th edition will start from Crete on April 26 and wrap up after five stages in Ioannina, western Greece. Participants will pass through […]
Greece and the United States will hold joint initiatives in the field of culture in accordance to a memorandum of understanding signed in 2021. During a recent visit to Washington, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced a number of actions for the promotion of Greek culture after holding discussions with the Assistant Secretary of State for […]
Photo source: Municipality of Katerini The Municipality of Katerini in northern Greece will participate in the European Commission’s Smart Tourism Destinations program in an aim to promote the city’s tourism offerings through collaboration with other European destinations. “The participation of Katerini in the Smart Tourism Destinations program, consisting of 50 European
The Divani hospitality group is ready to welcome guests to the renovated rooms and suites of the Divani Palace Acropolis hotel near the center of Athens. The hotel now features 52 brand new executive rooms decorated with modern elegance and offering spacious bedrooms with minibar, luxury bathrooms and private balconies with views to the city […]
Photo source: @Aegean Airlines Air travel must be ‘reinvented’ as people discover travel again after more than two years of Covid-19, AEGEAN Airlines Corporate Affairs Manager Maria Spyridaki said during a hospitality and tourism conference in Athens on Thursday. Titled “Hospitality goes live Athens. The future is now”, the conference was part of the COCO-MAT […]
Elefsina, Greece. Photo source: Visit Greece The Municipality of Elefsina, near Athens, has been included on the list of the “Smart21 Communities of the Year” released recently by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). ICF is a global network of cities and regions with a think tank at its center. Its mission is to help communities […]
Greece’s Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP) has announced its new Board of Directors following its general assembly that took place on March 15. Konstantina Svinou has been re-elected as the institute’s president. An initiative of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, ITEP is a non-profit institute launched in 1996 to study the hospitality and tourism […]
A film by Ukrainian director Aleksandr Zaporoshchenko about the everyday life of monks in a monastery on Greece’s Mount Athos will start screening in Greek cinemas from April 14. Titled “Where are you Adam?”, the film takes a look inside the Docheiariou Monastery, one of the oldest monasteries on the Athos peninsula in northern Greece. […]
Photo source: @Wizz Air Wizz Air, a fast-growing airline in Europe, has announced new routes that will connect the island of Skiathos in Greece with three airports in Italy this summer. As of June, passengers will be able to fly to Skiathos from the international airports of Rome Fiumicino, Bari Karol Wojtyla International Airport and […]


















