Thessaloniki Hotel Stays Pick Up at End of 2021

By admin 9 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

The White Tower in Thessaloniki. Photo source: @Thessaloniki Hotels Association Tourism flows to Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, picked up in 2021 with the number of overnight stays increasing by 50.63 percent over 2020 but still down by 55.02 percent against pre-pandemic 2019 levels, the Thessaloniki Hotels Association (THA) said on Wednesday. A total of

Thessaloniki Still Struggling to Increase Hotel Stays

By admin 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo Source: Thessaloniki Hotels Association Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, is still struggling to attract and keep travelers in town recording a total of 531,806 overnight stays at hotels in the first eight months of the year down by 0.04 percent over the same period in 2020 and 532,016 stays, according to data released […]

‘Can’t Miss Thessaloniki’ Campaign Takes Off

By admin 26 Απριλίου 2021 No comment

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The “Great Tourism Partnership for Central Macedonia”, a joint venture of regional and local authorities and private bodies, recently launched a new campaign to promote the city of Thessaloniki to international travelers. Running under the title “Can’t miss Thessaloniki”, the campaign aims to inspire but also create the desire to travel, and set the northern […]

New Digital Campaign for Thessaloniki Takes Off – Videos

By admin 1 Απριλίου 2021 No comment

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The tourism offerings and experiences of Thessaloniki in northern Greece are currently being promoted through a new video campaign that launched online by an alliance dubbed the Great Tourism Partnership of Central Macedonia. The campaign recently launched with the aim to increase demand for the destination ahead of the opening of Greece’s tourism industry. […]

Thessaloniki Hoteliers in Tight Spot After Lockdown

By admin 3 Νοεμβρίου 2020 No comment

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Thessaloniki hoteliers are between a rock and a hard place after the city went into lockdown as part of Covid-19 management efforts forcing the few remaining tourists to depart. The northern port city’s tourist professionals are so disheartened by the outlook that they are considering suspending operations of their hotels, according to the Athens News […]

Hotels in Thessaloniki Consider Closing Until Covid-19 Begins to Subside

By admin 23 Οκτωβρίου 2020 No comment

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Thessaloniki Hotels Association President Andreas Mandrinos on Thursday painted a gloomy picture for the northern Greek city’s hotels, which are facing hard times due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. “There are hoteliers who are thinking about closing their doors until the health situation improves,” Mandrinos said during an interview on Radio North 98, adding that

Covid-19 Drives Thessaloniki Hotel Stays Down by 1m in 8 Months

By admin 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020 No comment

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Photo Source: @Thessaloniki Hoteliers Association The outbreak of Covid-19 has cost Thessaloniki hotels more than 1.05 million overnight stays in the first eight months of 2020, a decline of nearly 80 percent, according to data released this week by the Thessaloniki Hotels Association. More specifically, the northern port city saw the number of overnight stays […]

GNTO to Start 2021 Tourism Promotion for Greece End of October

By admin 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020 No comment

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The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is preparing for the 2021 tourism season and has announced plans to launch new promotional actions for Greece by the end of October. Speaking in Thessaloniki during the FVW Workshop Greece 2020, the annual meeting of the FVW magazine, GNTO Secretary General Dimitris Fragakis said that Greece needed to […]

Covid-19 Leads to €350m in Losses for Athens, Thessaloniki Hotels

By admin 14 Ιουλίου 2020 No comment

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Athens, Greece. Photo © Maria Theofanopoulou Covid-19 has impacted the Greek hotel sector taking a 350-million-euro bite out of revenues for hotels in Athens and Thessaloniki, according to a new study released this week by GBR Consulting. Carried out on behalf of the Athens-Attica & Argosaronikos Hotel Association and the Thessaloniki Hotels