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TripAdvisor Reviewers Name Acropolis Museum Among Best In The World

The Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, ranks among the world's top 25 museums on travel website TripAdvisor's annual Travelers' Choice awards for top museums in the world.

Singapore Airlines To Launch Direct Flights To Athens, Greece, Again In 2015

Following a successful summer season this year at Athens International Airport, Singapore Airlines has announced that it will operate direct flights to and from the Greek capital for Summer 2015.

Aris Spiliotopoulos Takes On Tourism Issues In The Municipality Of Athens

Aris Spiliotopoulos, head of municipal party Athina Boreis (Athens, you can do it) and city councillor, has been appointed by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis as the Executive Advisor for the Tourism Promotion of Athens.

Greek Cuisine Goes To Boston, USA

Greek products, mezedes and wine tastings will be featured in the Greek Food and Wine Expo on Sunday 28 September in Boston, United States.

Athens Airport Presents Gypsy Jazz And Swing To Travelers

Athens International Airport's "MusicPort" will welcome Gadjo Dilo on Friday 19 September. The band will take passengers and airport visitors οn a musical journey through Gypsy Jazz and Swing tunes a la grec.

Lufthansa Crew To Take Off In Traditional Folk Costume During Oktoberfest 2014

Once again this year the Munich-based Lufthansa crews will take off in traditional folk costume during Oktoberfest, the famous beer festival and one of the largest in the world.

Υπουργείο Τουρισμού: Με μειωμένο συντελεστή ο ΕΝΦΙΑ στα ενοικιαζόμενα δωμάτια

Με μειωμένο συντελεστή ο ΕΝΦΙΑ στα τουριστικά καταλύματα της χώρας όπως τονίζει το υπουργείο Τουρισμού, σε ανακοίνωσή του.

Athens Among Winning Cities In Bloomberg Mayors Challenge

Athens, Greece, is one of the five winners in the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2014 Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life, and that ultimately can spread to other cities.

Kefalogianni: Safeguards Are Needed For Greek Businessmen, Russian Tourists

Safeguards must be developed for Greek businessmen and Russian tourists in the event of a tour operator going bankrupt, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said on 17 September when referring to the wave of collapses among tour operators in Russia this summer.

Ryanair To Fly To Nine Destinations From Athens In Summer 2015

Ryanair has announced its Athens 2015 summer schedule that includes three new routes and increased frequencies on three other routes.

Greece To Nominate Archaeological Site Of Philippi For UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status

By 30 September the Greek Culture Ministry will submit a nomination proposal to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the purpose of having the Archaeological site of Philippi be placed on the list of World Heritage sites.

Athens, Greece, To Get Bicycle Lane

By the end of 2015, a 27-kilometer bicycle lane should be running through the streets of Athens, according to a recent announcement by Greek Environment Minister Yiannis Maniatis and Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis.

Qatar Airways Takes Delivery Of Its First Airbus A380

Qatar Airways recently took delivery of its highly anticipated first A380.

Emirates, Jetstar Expand Codeshare On More Routes

Emirates and Jetstar have announced the expansion of their codeshare and frequent flyer relationship, to 30 routes across the Asia Pacific region providing more choice to Emirates customers.

Aegean Airlines To Fly To More Int’l Destinations From Athens This Winter

Greek carrier Aegean Airlines will fly to nine additional international destinations this winter compared to 2013, according to its winter 2014-2015 flight schedule.

Tripoli Military Airfield To Operate As Civil Airport In 2015

As of next year the Civil Aviation Authority will have partial use of the military airfield in Tripoli (Peloponnese), Greece, to service passenger traffic, according to a joint ministerial decision signed by the ministers of Defense, Dimitris Avramopoulos, and Infrastructure,...

The Guardian Highlights The Best Of Athens, Greece, In New City Guide

"It would be criminal to come to Athens and miss the Acropolis but visitors who stick only to the city’s ancient past are missing out," The Guardian notes in its recently released online Athens city guide.

Another Russian Tour Operator Calls It Quits, Some 2,000 Tourists Stranded In Greece

St. Petersburg-based tour operator Versa is halting operations and cutting off services to some 9,000 customers who bought trips to destinations including Greece, Spain, Turkey, Cyprus, Tunisia, Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia and Montenegro.

Hellenic Seaplanes Named National Champion In The European Business Awards 2014/15

Hellenic Seaplanes has been selected as a National Champion representing Greece in the 2014/15 European Business Awards (EBA), a prestigious and independent awards competition, sponsored by RSM International.

Survey: Tourists On City Breaks Shop The Most

In addition to a city’s attractions and its flair, its shopping opportunities were found to be among the three most important reasons for a city break.