Photo Source: @TIF-Helexpo The multi-million-euro overhaul of the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center is expected to create momentum and 1,500 new jobs, said TIF-Helexpo President Tasos Tzikas during the ongoing Thessaloniki Helexpo Forum. More specifically, the investment budgeted at 200 million euros is set to generate over half a billion euros annually and
Hellenic Hoteliers Federation President Grigoris Tasios “Greek tourism remains strong… but 2021 will be a year of survival,” Hellenic Hoteliers Federation President Grigoris Tasios said during the Thessaloniki Helexpo Forum on Monday. According to Tasios, despite the difficulties, Greece reopened to tourism, entered the competition and proved to be one of the best
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) maintains its strong presence in the Greek market, conducting almost 60 weekly flights to and from Greece, despite the extraordinary conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A member of the Lufthansa Group, the airline said in an announcement that “SWISS is among the few airlines that had not stopped flights […]
Liana Tampourea Domotel Hotels & Resorts on Thursday announced that it has appointed Liana Tampourea as the group’s new sales manager. An executive with an experience of 15 years in the hospitality industry and specializing in the MICE sector, Liana combines skills and talent, knowledge and communication expertise. She has worked on and completed significant […]
Grand Hotel Palace Thessaloniki The Grand Hotel Palace recently reopened its doors to welcome guests in its renovated premises, offering safe hospitality experiences in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The hotel remained closed for a few months due the Covid-19 lockdown and during that time proceeded with the next phase of its ambitious renovation […]
The impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on politics, economy and society will be discussed during the Thessaloniki Helexpo Forum, scheduled to take place in the northern Greek city during September 11-20. The forum has replaced the 85th Thessaloniki International Fair, one of the country’s largest and most influential annual fairs, that was canceled earlier […]
FVW 2018 Workshop Crete, Photo (c) Christian Wyrwa The city of Thessaloniki and the region of Halkidiki in northern Greece, during September 15-20, will host the FVW Workshop Greece 2020, the annual meeting of the FVW magazine that focuses on the German tourism market. Aiming to promote the two Greek destinations to the German market, […]
Athens’ tram service will be enhanced with the addition of 25 new urban tram cars by 2021, two of which were recently delivered to the company’s Hellinikon depot in the presence of Infrastructure Minister Kostas Karamanlis, Urban Rail Transport (STASY SA) and Attiko Metro SA executives. The remaining order (23 new cars) will be delivered […]
Thessaloniki welcomed a metro test run and 18 new buses on Wednesday aimed at upgrading urban transport in Greece’s second largest city. Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis was the first passenger to ‘travel’ on board the Thessaloniki metro currently under construction. Karamanlis boarded at the Pylea depot and together with metro authorities tested the four-car high […]
The Thessaloniki Convention Bureau (TCB) is calling on the government to implement support measures that will help the city’s MICE industry restart operations in the Covid-19 era. According to the Bureau, almost all conferences and events scheduled for 2020, have been canceled or postponed, with only a limited number of events finally taking place in […]


















