The Thessaloniki Convention Bureau (TCB) has upgraded its website in efforts to facilitate MICE professionals and provide potential customers with information on the city’s available services and venues to host conferences and events. According to TCB Managing Director Eleni Sotiriou, the new website is addressed to a wide audience and presents Thessaloniki’s portfolio of
Greece’s northern port city of Thessaloniki was promoted as a tourism destination to German and Polish travel agents and journalists during two fam trips organized by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) earlier in October. The GNTO services in Germany and Poland held the fam trips to promote Thessaloniki’s city break options, MICE venues and […]
Dutch vacationers choose Greece mainly for its hospitality, delicious cuisine and mild climate, according to a survey conducted by Griekenland.net, a website offering info and holiday tips about Greece’s islands and mainland. Every year, Griekenland.net conducts research to define why the Dutch love going on holiday to Greece. A total of 1,781 travelers took part […]
Elivi Skiathos The Elivi Skiathos hotel said goodbye to the summer of 2021 having gained a spot on Condé Nast Traveler’s “10 Best Resorts in Greece” list according to the results of the luxury travel magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards. The votes of Condé Nast Traveler readers placed Elivi Skiathos in the 7th place. According to […]
Photo source: @EuroVelo Greece is taking action to promote bike tourism through the establishment of a National EuroVelo Coordination Center. A memorandum of cooperation recently signed between the ministries of transport and tourism, the Central Union of Municipalities in Greece (KEDE) and the “Cities for Cycling” NGO foresees that the center will see to the […]
The comparative advantages and incentives that Greece offers to foreign movie and TV producers were discussed during the “Hollywood in Greece” Forum that took place online in early October. Organized by the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce of New York, the International Chamber of Commerce Greece (ICC Hellas) and the National Center of Audiovisual Media […]
Celestyal Cruises has announced its return to year-round cruising to the Greek Islands and the Eastern Mediterranean as of March 14, 2022. The company will start the 2022 cruise season with three- and four-night cruises followed by seven-night sailings starting on April 30. Celestyal is among the few cruise lines to consistently call upon Ancient […]
The upcoming exhibitions of TIF-Helexpo in Thessaloniki will take place as planned despite the city switching to “red” status on Greece’s Covid-19 risk-assessment map, according to Greece’s national exhibition body. TIF-Helexpo made the announcement on Friday after Greek authorities decided to impose emergency Covid-19 restrictions in Thessaloniki and other regions in
Chania, Crete All the more German travelers are choosing Crete for autumn vacations, as more airlines are scheduling direct flights from German airports to the Greek islands up until November, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) said on Friday. The organization’s announcement came after hosting a press trip last week for German journalists that arrived […]
Olympic Day Run Greece The “Olympic Day Run” Greece 2021 event, which took place in late September, put Thessaloniki in the spotlight as a city ideal for hosting major sports events. In its fourth year, the only Olympic road running race in Greece was held under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee to celebrate the International […]


















