Photo Source: Municipality of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Mayor Kostantinos Zervas recently announced the municipality’s plans to bring the Air Race World Championship to the northern Greek city in 2022. “Thessaloniki is aiming to host the Formula 1 of the skies,” he said during a municipal council meeting held earlier this week.. Zervas highlighted that the Air […]
Photo source: NatTour The Greek island of Chios has been certified as a “Bike-friendly Destination” by NatTour, a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable tourism practices. “This certification highlights Chios as an environmentally friendly destination,” Chios Mayor Stamatis Karmantzis said during a recent event held on the island. Chios is the eighth municipality
7Pines Resort Sardinia Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced plans to open seven new luxury hotels and resorts throughout the Middle East and Europe, including in Greece. This is in addition to the 24 previously announced luxury hotels within Hyatt’s luxury portfolio globally, that are slated to open by 2023. The hotels and resorts set to […]
As part of its corporate social responsibility program, the NJV Athens Plaza hotel in the center of the Greek capital is celebrating the Christmas holiday season in a sustainable way and with the lowest possible impact on the environment. The hotel announced that its Christmas decoration this year features used and recycled materials while its […]
Yota Drakopoulou Reload Hotel Sales Management has appointed Yota Drakopoulou as its new Account Executive. After a challenging year for the Greek tourism industry due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the company has decided to enhance its management team in order to successfully meet the demands of its customers. “I am very happy to welcome […]
MSC Cruises has announced that it will deploy its MSC Lirica cruise ship to the Eastern Mediterranean market for the summer 2022 and homeport in Piraeus, Greece, during the entire season. MSC Lirica will offer a newly designed seven-night itinerary with 28 sailings between April 2022 and October 2023 from Piraeus calling Kusadasi, Turkey; Haifa, […]
OMMA Santorini OMMA Santorini, a luxury boutique hotel in Imerovigli on the Greek island of Santorini, has been included on the list of the Best Hotels in Europe released by the Luxury Lifestyle Magazine (LLM) Readers’ Travel Awards 2021. After a difficult year for the travel and hospitality industry, the readers of the LLM Magazine rewarded […]
Sweden’s “First Class Magazine” has highlighted Greece as a winter destination in an article published recently on its online edition. Titled “Skiing in Greece”, the article was published following a press trip organized last year – prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic – by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) service in Scandinavia […]
Real estate investment company Everty has acquired the Iconic Santorini, a luxury boutique hotel located in Imerovigli, on the Greek island of Santorini. Located on the island’s caldera, the luxury complex features unique architecture and consists of 19 cave suites with distinctive aesthetics that combine the unique view with authentic experiences and state-of-the-art
The Metaxa Hospitality Group was named “Brand of the Year 2021” at the Cretan Taste Awards held recently in Heraklion, Crete. Launched this year, the Cretan Taste Awards rewarded the most important players of Crete’s gastronomy, the best restaurants, innovative products and the most remarkable initiatives related to taste. The aim of the event is […]

















