Athens, Greece. Photo © Y. Skoulas. Source: Visit Greece Greece’s five tourist guide schools this year have accepted a total of 2,880 applications, which shows the increasing demand for tourism education in the country, the Greek Tourism Ministry said in an announcement on Tuesday. The schools are located in Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as […]
Photo Source: @Thessaloniki Travel (Thessaloniki Tourism Organization) The Thessaloniki Convention Bureau (TCB) is calling on its members and state authorities to support its efforts to maintain and improve the prime position of Thessaloniki in the international MICE industry amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Together with our members, we will create a strategy and action
Greece’s tourism offerings were presented to US travel agents during the annual global convention of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA). The event was originally scheduled to take place in Washington but, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was transformed into a virtual event and held under the name ASTA Global Live (AGL) during August […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]


















