The Greek sculpture "Endless Sailing" was donated today, Thursday, 16 May, to the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing by the Embassy of Greece and Greek visual artist Vangelis Rinas, on the occasion of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' official visit to China.
"The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) will give great support to marine tourism because yachting is an important parameter for the increase of the country's foreign exchange earnings," the organization's president, Christos Pallis, said last week during the inauguration...
Thessaloniki will soon be seen in countries of Latin and Central America and the Caribbean as the Northern Greek city will "star" in one of the upcoming episodes of travel program “Rest of the World” of Argentina’s Channel 13.
Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis hosted a special welcoming ceremony at City Hall on Sunday, 21 April, for the international professional tour-operator-buyers and Greek tourism industry professionals and suppliers that are participating in the two-day Travel Trade Athens 2013 event.
Greek travel agents, specializing in outbound tourism, recently participated in a familiarization trip to India to get to know the destination and include the country in travel packages for Greeks.
US travel agents, tour operators and trade show executives earlier this month toured Thessaloniki during a familiarization trip held by the Hellenic American Chamber of Tourism and the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization.
The Municipality of Monemvasia, located in Lakonia, held a welcoming reception for the 400 passengers and crew members of the Quest for Adventure cruise ship that made a stopover today, 11 April, at Monemvasia Port.
The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization recently organized a special evening for 300 tourists from Israel that had chosen to spend the Jewish Passover (25 March- 2 April) in the Northern Greek city for the first time.
The GNTO stand at this year’s ITB Berlin introduced Greece’s regions to international tourism professionals and the media through a series of events during the weekend of the exhibition.
Manessis Travel was honored on Tuesday, 12 March, for receiving the international standard ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System certification from TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS.
Aegean Airlines has opened a new operational base in Kalamata, Peloponnese, and offers flights to nine destinations in Sweden, Germany, Russia, Israel and Ukraine from the “Captain Vassilis Konstantakopoulos” Airport in Kalamata.
Lufthansa recently briefed Greek travel agents on the Group’s extensive network of products and services in North America at a special event held at the Hard Rock Café in Athens.
The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) recently held its annual cocktail party for travel professionals at the GB Corner of the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens.
Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, today, Monday, 18 February, accompanied a group of past Eurovision song contest winners during a tour of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
Pastry chef Yiorgos Bahtis represented the NJV Athens Plaza Hotel and was honored with the gold medal at the Global Chefs Challenge that took place last weekend on the sidelines of the 8th HORECA Expo (8-11 February).
At the 8th HORECA Expo, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels had a special space reserved for eight regions whose hotels serve the most important meal of the day through recipes based exclusively on Greek products. In other words, they serve “Greek Breakfast!”
“HO.RE.CA. has become an important trade event for our country that offers opportunities to tourism professionals to stand up to the difficult economic times the country is going through,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said on Friday, 8 February, during the opening...
