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Aegean Presents New Flight Schedule

“Despite the four years of the crisis, Aegean has managed to increase its contribution to tourism by 54 percent, from 2.2 to 3.5 million passengers,” Aegean Airline’s vice-president, Eftichios Vassilakis, said on 25 April during a press conference held on Rhodes to present the...
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VAT Cut For Greek Restaurants Expected This July

“On 1 July the VAT on food catering services will be reduced to 13 percent following negotiations of the Greek government with the troika,” the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Andreas Andreadis, said 25 April, after a meeting with Greek Development...
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Greece, Sweden Discuss Tourism Cooperation

Greece has made an agreement with Sweden to launch a joint promotion for autumn city breaks in Athens and Stockholm, according to Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.
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Etihad Airways,Jet Airways Forge Strategic Alliance

Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates and Jet Airways of India recently announced that the UAE national carrier has agreed to subscribe for 27,263,372 new shares in Jet Airways at a price of INR754.74 per share.
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Ryanair And Athens Airport Butt Heads Over High Charges

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said recently that it could bring 10 million tourists to Greece over the next three years if Athens International Airport (AIA) would reduce the air passenger duty for new connections to and from Athens.
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Dutch Tourists Choose Greece This Year

Greece was recently honored as the best European holiday destination to travel to by air at the Zoover Awards 2013 ceremony.
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Russians Opt For Religious Tourism In Greece

A dynamic promotion of religious tourism packages in Greece will be launched by Russian tour operator Labirint that will include visits to Greece’s most important religious sites.
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Athens To Be Promoted To Russian Market

Athens may not be considered a top holiday destination for the Russians but Labirint Travel Company, the largest Russian tour operator working with the Greek market, plans to change that.
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From Russia With Love: One Million Russian Tourists Expected In Greece This year

“We want to expand our business in Greece beyond the summer season,” the director of commerce of Labirint Travel Company, Tatiana Zotova, said on 25 April during the company’s 7th annual Greek-Russian forum that took place on Corfu.
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Lufthansa To Launch A380 Service To Shanghai

Lufthansa recently announced it will fly five times a week on a daily Frankfurt–Shanghai service with an A380 as of 26 September.
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Happening Now – Russian Tour Operators Attend Forum On Corfu

More than 500 Russian tour operators, 100 journalists and 150 Greek hoteliers are participating today, 25 April, in the 7th annual forum of leading Russian tour operator LABIRINT on Corfu.
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Greek Tourism Minister Says Swedish Ad Is “In Bad Taste”

“We consider this advertisement unfortunate and a campaign of bad taste,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said on Wednesday, 24 April, in regards to an advertisement for a theme park in the Swedish city of Gothenburg that is using Crete in a negative way to attract...
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HAPCO Announces New Board Of Directors

The Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO) has announced its new Board of Directors, following the association's annual general assembly of its members that took place recently in Athens.
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Flex Office Launches Furniture Repair Offer

Do your office chairs need repair? Furniture company Flex Office has launched an offer for businesses that are seeking to repair their office chairs.
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Δήμος Αθηναίων: Στρατηγικός στόχος η ανάδειξη της Αθήνας ως προορισμού κύριας επιλογής

Βασική προτεραιότητα της στρατηγικής του δήμου Αθηναίων για την τουριστική ανάπτυξη είναι η ανάδειξη και καθιέρωση της Αθήνας ως κύριου και αποκλειστικού προορισμού ταξιδιών στη διεθνή τουριστική αγορά με δράσεις που προβάλλουν τα συγκριτικά πλεονεκτήματα της πόλης και το υψη...
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Etihad Airways To Launch Daily Flights Between UAE And Belgrade

Etihad Airways will commence daily nonstop flights between its home base of Abu Dhabi and Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, from 15 June 2013.
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Visa-Free 2013 Pilot Program For Turks To Kick Off

Last summer’s visa facilitation pilot program that allowed non-European Union citizens from Turkish ports to visit selected Greek islands in the eastern Aegean without a visa from a Greek consulate will run again this season.
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Olympic Air To Connect Santorini With Mykonos And Heraklio

Olympic Air will launch the new Santorini-Mykonos-Santorini and Santorini-Heraklio-Santorini routes as of 30 June as part of its summer schedule this year.
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Confederation For Rented Villas & Apartments Announce New Board Of Directors

The Confederation of Greek Enterprises for Rented Villas & Apartments (SEEDDE) recently announced its new Board of Directors.
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Emirates Launches Feature To Help Passengers Discover Destinations

Emirates has launched a new interactive online map that allows passengers to explore the Emirates network and plan their "dream holiday" in a more personalized manner.