Greece’s national vaccination plan is entering its next phase with the inoculation of the next two priority groups: individuals aged 60-64 and 75-79. Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Health Care Marios Themistocleous on Monday announced that the vaccination platform will open on February 10 for senior citizens aged 60-64 and on February 12 for those […]
Lykavitos Hill, Athens. Photo © Maria Theofanopoulou “This is Athens”, the digital tourism guide of the Athens Development and Destination Management Agency (EATA) is joining forces with Canada’s Reach Global Marketing to promote the Greek capital to the Canadian tourism market. Reach Global Marketing is a company that specializes in tourism and has a long
Heraklion, old harbor. Photo source: Municipality of Heraklion/Pavlos Kapoglou The Municipality of Heraklion on the island of Crete is proceeding with a large-scale project for the development of a new modern park in the city’s northern suburbs. Speaking to the Athens News Agency, Heraklion’s deputy mayor responsible for the municipality’s technical services, Yiannis
The recovery of international business travel to pre-pandemic levels is expected no earlier than 2025, according to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), one of world’s largest business travel associations. The association has released its annual BTI Outlook, a detailed analysis of business travel in 2020, with projections for 2021 and beyond. Now in its […]
Greece’s railway service operator TRAINOSE in 2020 invested 70 million euros to upgrade its infrastructure and develop new services, despite the severe drop in passenger traffic caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In an announcement, TRAINOSE said its 2020 investment program included the upgrade of its facilities in Thessaloniki, the reconstruction of the first
The Air France – KLM Group has introduced its corporate customers to its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) program, an innovative scheme enabling companies to play an active role in the future of sustainable travel. Corporate customers of Air France and KLM, following an estimate of the CO₂ emissions associated with their travel, will be able […]
Photo source: advertising.expedia.com/blog One in two travelers feels optimistic, comfortable or even excited, about taking a trip in the next 12 months, according to a study by Expedia Group Media Solutions, the advertising organization of Expedia. To consider travel now and in the future, travelers need reassurance in critical areas such as flexibility, cleanliness, and
SETE President Yiannis Retsos. Photo source: @SETE The recovery of Greece’s tourism industry – from the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic – will be a gradual, slow process that will take three to four years, Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President Yiannis Retsos said on Wednesday, during an online discussion with representatives of the country’s […]
A foreign production crew films in Thessaloniki, September 2020. Photo source: Region of Central Macedonia The newly established Film Office of the Central Macedonia Region during its first months of operation managed to bring three foreign cinema productions to Greece. Established in September 2020, the Film Office operates as a one-stop-shop for foreign production crews
Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center. Photo Source: @TIF-Helexpo Greece’s national exhibition body TIF-Helexpo has offered its Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center to state authorities to accommodate Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics for the upcoming period. “We are ready to deliver the premises at any time for the operation of the vaccine centers and also offer the


















