Photo source: Almiriki Hotel Apartments Almiriki Hotel Apartments, a hospitality property located on the island of Chios, is among the winners of the 2021 European Travel Awards program, launched by the Travel & Hospitality Awards. An annual celebration of excellence across all sectors of travel, the Travel & Hospitality Awards recognize the best hotels, spas, […]
The INSPIRE Athens project INSPIRE Athens, Greece’s first Integrated Resort and Casino (IRC) to be constructed in Hellinikon, is expected to increase international tourism arrivals to Attica by 10 percent, said Mario Kontomerkos, CEO of US-based Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE). MGE and Greece’s GEK TERNA are moving on with their plan to construct INSPIRE […]
Rhodes, Greece Greek authorities have given the green light for a 25-million-euro tourism investment project to be carried out on Rhodes, which is expected to contribute to the development of health tourism on the island. According to an announcement by the Tourism Ministry, works will soon begin for the construction of a five-star hotel, a recovery and […]
The Peristera shipwreck. Photo source: @Municipality of Alonissos The Region of Thessaly has received the first prize at the European Cultural Tourism Network (ECTN) competition for the development and operation of Greece’s first underwater museum in the area of Peristera off the coast of Alonissos in the Sporades group. The Region of Thessaly was awarded […]
Greek hotel management and consulting group HotelBrain has been named World’s Leading Hotel Management Company and Greece’s Leading Hotel Management Company for 2020 at the 27th World Travel Awards (WTA). This is the second time that the HotelBrain Group is honored by WTA as the best – not only in Greece and Europe – but […]
Greece has been honored for its unique destinations and tourism offerings by the digital edition of US travel magazine Global Traveler. Organized by FXExpress Publications, Inc., the Global Traveler Awards 2020 recognized the best in the world of leisure and lifestyle travel including goods, services, destinations, hotels, airlines and cruises.Santorini, for the seventh
Poems, photographs and texts of renowned Greek poet Odysseas Elytis will find a permanent home on the corner of Dioskourou and Polygnotou streets in Athens’ central district of Plaka. Considered one of the most praised poets of the second half of the 20th century, Elytis was born on Crete in 1911 and passed away in […]
Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and Lamda Development CEO Odisseas Athanasiou. The Greek Culture Ministry and the consortium behind the multi-billion-euro Hellinikon project to go up at Athens’ former airport in the southern suburbs, agreed this week to protect all antiquities on the premises while at the same time ensuring works proceed according to schedule […]
Greece is among five countries that responded to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) call for measures that will stimulate the market and keep aviation viable in Covid-19 times, the association said this week. Greece’s package, which among others foresaw a 20-euro compensation per seat flown over two months (April-May), proved to stimulate passenger
Photo source: Europa Nostra / Kimolistes Five south Aegean islands – namely Amorgos, Kimolos, Kythira, Sikinos and Tinos – are among the 12 most threatened heritage sites in Europe, shortlisted for the “7 Most Endangered” program of Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank Institute for 2021. Nominations for the 7 Most Endangered Program 2021 […]


















