The Athens International Airport (AIA) is celebrating 20 years of operation and offering 3D guided tours of its premises to pupils and students from Greece and abroad. So far the airport has welcomed some 65,000 pupils and students to its facilities. Despite the ongoing health restrictions, AIA has announced that it will continue its guided […]
Photo source: UNWTO The repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic on Europe’s hotel industry are expected to last longer than initially assessed impacting business results and operations, according to the Deloitte “Hotel Industry Sentiment Survey – March 2021”. Deloitte’s Hospitality & Leisure department based its findings on the responses of senior hospitality
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras welcomed the news of the European Commission’s proposal for the approval of 2.5 billion euros in additional financial assistance to mitigate unemployment among others from the EU’s SURE tool. Greece together with Belgium, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Malta will be granted 3.7 billion euros in funding out of the 100-billion-euro
Photo source: TUI Europe’s leading tour operator TUI recently announced that bookings for the summer season of 2021 have reached 2.8 million so far. According to an announcement, although below the 2019 levels by 60 percent, TUI Group’s bookings for summer 2021, including rebookings and voucher redemptions, “remain at an encouraging level of 2.8 million […]
Romanian airline Blue Air this summer will be flying from Bucharest to Athens and popular Greek island destinations. The carrier as of April will launch flights from Bucharest to Athens, Heraklion (Crete), Mykonos, Rhodes, and Zakynthos. “Blue Air has chosen top Greek destinations offering its passengers better and more travel options between Greece and Romania,”
Mitsis Grand Hotel, Rhodes Greek hospitality group Mitsis Hotels is ready to welcome its first guests to the Mitsis Grand Hotel, the group’s five-star ultra all-inclusive beach hotel on the island of Rhodes, from April 1. Putting the health and safety of its visitors first, the group has drawn up a detailed action plan and operational […]
The Greek island of Rhodes is ready to welcome its first tourists on April 12 as part of a test project run by a Dutch tour operator. A total of 187 travelers from the Netherlands will pay 399 euros to participate in Dutch firm Sunweb’s pilot project offering an eight-night stay at Mitsis Grand Hotel, […]
Austrian Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger. Photo source: bmlrt.gv.at © William Tadros As part of efforts to accelerate the rollout of the Digital Green Certificate to be used across Europe for Covid-19 restriction-free travel, Austrian Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger invited 12 of her counterparts to a virtual summit on Monday to discuss common priorities and
Photo source: diaNEOsis Fear, insecurity, and pessimism are common among Greeks during the Covid-19 era, according to key findings of a study conducted this month by research and policy institute diaNEOsis in collaboration with Metron Analysis and the National Vaccination Committee. Carried out on a sample of 1,110 people aged over 17, the fifth diaNEOsis […]
Photo source: BER – Berlin Brandenburg Airport All international travelers arriving to Germany by air, as of today, March 30, are required to present a negative Covid‑19 test result before embarking on their journey, an announcement by the German Federal Foreign Office said. This applies regardless of the country from where the individuals have traveled. […]


















