Royal Caribbean Group will be operating winter cruises out of Greece starting February 2023, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced this week. Kikilias met with representatives from Royal Caribbean Group to discuss the launch of a new 2,200-passenger culture-themed cruise to homeport in Piraeus and make port calls in Cyprus, Israel and Egypt. Royal Caribbean
The ongoing pandemic and the persistent Omicron variant is pushing Greek hoteliers to their limits, with hospitality professionals expecting 2022 to be one more challenging year. “Greek hotels will need up to five years to recover since the start of the pandemic,” said Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers (POX) President Grigoris Tasios this week. Tasios said Greek […]
The fast-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19 is leading Greek hotel owners to despair, said hotelier associations operating in major winter tourism destinations. They are urging authorities to take immediate measures. More specifically, associations representing hoteliers and tourism professionals in Kalavryta, the Peloponnese, Evritania, Drama, Western Macedonia and
Greek hoteliers are appealing to the government to take measures and extend financial support to hotel enterprises as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has put a brake on bookings. In a letter to government officials, including Finance Minister Christos Staikouras as well as labor, development and tourism ministers, the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers (POX) is
Photo source: Municipality of Ioannina, Region of Epirus. Greek winter tourism destinations showed signs of recovery during the Christmas and New Year holidays, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Monday. The tourism minister’s announcement came after he contacted the regional governors of Epirus (Alexandros Kachrimanis), Central Greece (Fanis Spanos), the
Photo © GTP The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) in the beginning of December will launch a new campaign to promote Greece’s winter tourism destinations. The announcement was made on Wednesday by the organization’s secretary general, Dimitris Fragakis, during the NextisNow conference in Athens. The new campaign, which will run for three months, will promote
The authentic tourism experiences that visitors can have in Greece will be highlighted in the upcoming promotional actions of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias recently said. Speaking during the conference “Experiential Tourism: Seeking Authenticity” held during the Philoxenia 2021 expo in Thessaloniki, Kikilias
Photo © Greek Travel Pages (GTP) The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is getting ready to run a campaign to promote Greece’s winter tourism destinations. Speaking to the Athens News Agency (ANA) on Saturday, the organization’s secretary general, Dimitris Fragakis, said the campaign will target both Greek and foreign travelers. The secretary general said that
Photo © GTP Greek Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias on Wednesday announced plans for the launch of a communication campaign to promote winter tourism destinations in Greece. The new campaign will focus on mainland Greece and the country’s mountainous areas in an aim to increase occupancy numbers of hotels that operate all year round. Kikilias made […]

















