Northern Greece’s Wines Go to Festival in Italy

By admin 11 Μαρτίου 2022 No comment

Northern Greece’s wines and wineries were presented to Italian tourism professionals during the International Wine Tasting Festival that took place in Italy. Held in Matera during March 5-7, the event had Greece as the honored country and participations included wineries from Italy and Serbia. The Greek mission attending the event included the attendance of representatives

Greece Prepares to Meet New Post-pandemic Tourist Demands

By admin 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

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A 10-year strategy to meet new traveler demands in the post-Covid-19 era is the next step to ensure Greece maintains its competitive edge as a leading tourism destination, said Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki during her visit to Heraklion, Crete. Citing pre-booking data collected so far, Zacharaki reiterated that signs for the year ahead were […]

Peloponnese Wine Festival Returns to Athens on Feb 21

By admin 17 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

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After two years of absence, the Peloponnese Wine Festival 2022 will return to Athens on February 21. The annual event will gather some of Greece’s top wine producers and offer the chance to visitors to discuss and taste wines of the current and previous years from the Peloponnese. The event will take place at the Royal […]

Eastern Halkidiki’s Wine Routes Introduced to Foreign Travel Agents

By admin 11 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

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The Aristotle Municipality in Eastern Halkidiki, through a recent livestreaming event, introduced its wine routes and cultural heritage sites to travel agents from Portugal, Spain and Sicily. Organized by the municipality, the Greek National Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) office in Italy, the Sicily Tour Operators Association and Kyklos Travel, the event was held in early

Greece Promotes Western Macedonia as Top Wine Tourism Destination

By admin 18 Νοεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Greek Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki Western Macedonia, its wineries and wines are spearheading a far-reaching tourism ministry campaign to establish Greece as a leading wine tourism destination, said Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki during the 2nd Western Macedonia Wine Tourism Conference held over the weekend. Zacharaki said synergies would be

Greece Looking to Link Wine Tourism with Experiences

By admin 16 Νοεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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GNTO President Angela Gerekou The next step for Greece is to incorporate the Greek wine experience into the overall travel experience and to enhance the country’s brand name, Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) President Angela Gerekou said during the “Synergies of Wine Tourism with Other Thematic Forms of Tourism” event held in Amyntaio, northern Greece. […]

Greek Tourism Ministry Event to Showcase Western Macedonia Wines

By admin 11 Νοεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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The wines of the Western Macedonia region, northern Greece, will take center stage this weekend during a three-day promotional event organized by the Greek Tourism Ministry. The event, to run on November 12-14, is part of an ongoing program of similar happenings with the first taking place last July on Santorini. The event, organized with […]

Greece and Cyprus Explore Wine Tourism Cooperation

By admin 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Tourism professionals from Greece and Cyprus are exploring ways to link the wine tourism products and routes of both countries for mutual benefit. Participating in a Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) online Greek-Cypriot tourism meetup event, the professionals agreed that wine tourism can significantly enhance the quality of the Greek and Cypriot tourism product

Wine Network Agreed Between Greek and German Municipalities

By admin 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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The Aristotle Municipality in Halkidiki, northern Greece, and the Freiburg Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, have agreed on the establishment of a wine network between the two cities. A bilateral agreement was signed by Aristotle Municipality Stylianos Valianos and his German counterpart Stefan Breiter during a recent event that took place in a vineyard in Megali

GNTO Promotes Rhodes’ Gastronomy and Wines to Italy

By admin 18 Αυγούστου 2021 No comment

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Rhodes’ gastronomy and wines were recently promoted to Italy through an extensive feature published in Italian monthly magazine Bell’ Europa. Titled “Rhodes, the taste of summer” (Rodi, il gusto dell’ estate), the 14-page feature was published in the August issue of Bell’ Europa, following a press trip that was organized by the Greek National Tourism […]