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Award-winning Blogger Goes Athenian for a Week

An award-winning blogger made her weeklong experience of Athens the word of the world through her blog.

Kenya Delegates Visit Greece, Tour The Peloponnese

Delegates from Samburu County, northern Kenya, travelled to Greece recently to gain insight and knowhow on the best tourist promotion strategies.

Greek Shipping Restructures To Deal With Crisis, Debt

Greece’s financial crisis has taken its toll on one of the country’s strongest sectors, shipping, with five of the country’s largest companies selling off a total of 16 vessels and seeing their fleet reduced from 81 ships in 2008 to 65 at the end of 2013, a recent study by XRTC...

Singapore Airlines’ Raises $2.5 Million For Community Chest

Through two major fundraising events held in the lead-up to Singapore’s 50th birthday in 2015, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has donated about $2.5 million to Community Chest.

Rena Dourou, Regional Governor of Attica

Our vision is to upgrade not just the image of Attica, but the very lives of its citizens, in all its municipalities, by making optimal use of public property instead of surrendering it.

Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Regional Governor of Central Macedonia

The results for the second consecutive year are quantifiable and evident according to the number of arrivals in our main airport “Makedonia”, and the overnight stays of our visitors.

Kostas Agorastos, Regional Governor of Thessaly

The hospitality of the locals, as well as the endless possibilities of our destination, renders it capable to fulfill the demands of all visitors throughout the year.

Stavros Arnaoutakis, Regional Governor of Crete

It is necessary to launch a new business philosophy dedicated to quality and focused on marketing.

Petros Tatoulis, Regional Governor of Peloponnese

The Peloponnese is undoubtedly a privileged and exceptional tourism destination with a huge potential since the early days of global history and which continues to this day.

Alexandros Kachrimanis, Regional Governor of Epirus

Epirus, nowadays, is a reference point for thousands of visitors that have already experienced some of its areas.

Nikolaos Katrakazos, Regional Vice Governor of Tourism, Region of North Aegean

The islands of the North Aegean have managed to preserve their local culture and natural environment, offering visitors unique images, flavours and scents of times past.

Bloomberg: Greece’s Tourism On Track – Video

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni referred to positive and optimistic estimates for tourism in 2015, during an interview on Bloomberg Television, on the second day of the World Travel Market in London.

WTM 2014: Mega-events and Wellness Take Center Stage

The UNWTO & WTM Ministers' Summit set the tone for the second day of World Travel Market 2014, with tourism ministers from around the world discussing the synergies between mega-events and tourism.

The Footsteps of St. Paul the Apostle in Greece Presented at WTM 2014

At the Greek stand, on the second day of the World Travel Market in London, representatives of the Church of Greece presented a religious publication that follows the footsteps of Saint Paul, the Apostle, in Greece.

Think-tank: Greek Coastal Shipping a Major Force of the Economy

Coastal shipping is one of the driving forces of the Greek economy, the country’s most influential think-tank said this week.

Greece-Britain: A 100-Year-Old Love Affair

As 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the formation of a tourism office in Greece, an overview of the British love affair with the country and its eternal appeal was given by travel writer Simon Calder, on the first day of the World Travel Market 2014 .

Philoxenia 2014: Greece Tourism Sector Show to Kick Off

One of the country’s main tourism and hospitality exhibits opens its doors on 13-16 November in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. The 30th Philoxenia exhibition, one of the largest tourism sector shows in southeast Europe, is scheduled to take place at the Thessaloniki...

Greece’s Geo Routes Launches Cultural Trek Of Nafplion

The history and culture of Nafplion are the focus of a new Geo Routes tour, the institute announced recently.

Hellenic Seaplanes National Champion At European Business Awards

Hellenic Seaplanes will represent Greece in this year’s European Business Awards (EBA) as one of the country’s leading companies.

WTM 2014: Diversity And Quality Take Greek Tourism To The Top

Political stability and renewed trust in Greece are giving the Greek tourism industry a boost, said the secretary general of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) at the World Travel Market (WTM) 2014.