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Chania’s Lofos Village Suites Announces Advance Reservation Offer

The Lofos Village Suites hotel complex on Crete, while welcoming guests this winter at its luxurious facilities at Agia Marina, has announced a special discount on bookings made for summer 2014.

Kristall Suites On Crete Announces Special Summer 2014 Discount

Although it's winter and the holiday season is on everyone's mind right now, summer is only months away and those wanting to go to Crete can save if they book early at the Kristall Suites hotel in Chania.

SAS Includes Flights To Greece On Summer 2014 Timetable

SAS Scandinavian Airlines recently announced its summer 2014 timetable that includes flights to Chania, Crete and Athens in Greece.

Chania, Crete, Scoops Up Three Awards For Promotional Video

The promotional video of the Municipality of Chania’s tourism campaign was once again honored as it won three awards at this year's ART & TUR International Tourism Film Festival that took place recently in Barcelos, Portugal.

Ryanair To Fly To Chania, Crete, From Dublin Next Year

Ryanair recently announced it will add more routes next year, including one from Dublin, Ireland, to Chania on Crete, Greece.

Olympic Air Cuts Three Domestic Flights In Greece

Greek carrier Olympic Air will cut all flights to/from Chania, Mytilini and Santorini as of 1 November 2013.
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Regional Airports Tender Continues With Seven Bidders

Seven companies and consortiums have been shortlisted for the second stage of the tender for the operation, management, development, and maintenance of the country’s regional airports.
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Nude Beaches In Greece: Where To Bare It All

Greece, along with France and Croatia, is becoming one of the most popular destinations for nudists from around the world as the country has plenty of beaches where the sun can be enjoyed in the buff while also hotels exclusively open to naturists are on the rise.
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Santorini: The Mediterranean’s Most Popular Destination

Santorini leads the list of the 20 most popular destinations in the Mediterranean, according to online booking company Trivago.
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Faliro May Be Attica’s Central Seaplane Base

The area of the Peace and Friendship Stadium (known as SEF) may become Greece’s main waterway for connections to various destinations in the country, according to a recent announcement by Greek company Hellenic Seaplanes. SEF is located in the Faliro area of Piraeus.
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Mykonos Most Expensive (But Not Most Popular) For Greek Three-Day Weekend

The most expensive Greek destination for the upcoming bank holiday weekend (Agiou Pnevmatos holiday) is Mykonos but it is not the most popular, as Greeks have focused their attention on Fira, Santorini, according to online booking company Trivago.
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Chania Wins Council Of Europe’s “12 Star City” Award

For the second year in a row, Chania on Crete was honored with the special award "12 Star City" that is granted for achieved results every year by the Council of Europe during the celebration of the European Local Democracy Week (ELDW) 2012.
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Hotel Chamber Launches Tourism Marketing Seminars For Hoteliers

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels announced the launch of a series of seminars to inform Greek hoteliers and local tourism professionals on the principles of modern tourism marketing.
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Art Gallery Opens At Thalassa Beach Resort, Crete

Thalassa Beach Resort, the Adults Only hotel in Chania, Crete, has announced the opening of a new gallery of contemporary Greek and international art, on the hotel's premises.
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Greek Ports Need Better Infrastructure To Boost Cruise Tourism

“Of the 36 billion euros plus revenue spread across European cruising destinations, Greece is the recipient of just 600 million euros due to its lagging home porting capabilities and infrastructure challenges,” international cruise experts said on the first day of the 2nd...
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Greek Hotel Prices Drop This Summer

Greece is welcoming summer 2013 with hotel prices down by 15 percent compared to 2012 with the average nightly rate standing at 78 euros, according to data released recently for the month of May by online booking company Trivago. The average nightly rate was 92 euros last year.
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Domestic Tourism Remains Weak This Easter Holiday

The 2013 summer season for most hotels on popular (and once expensive) Greek destinations is beginning with the “worst prospects" due to a decrease in bookings made by Greeks for the Easter holiday, press reports said recently.
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Ryanair Οpens Νew Hub Οn Chania, Crete

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair on Thursday, 25 April, opened its first Greek hub on Chania, Crete. Until October 2013, Chania Airport “Ioannis Daskalogiannis” will serve 26 European destinations with 106 flights per week and a total of 500,000 passengers.
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Greek Gastronomy Initiative Launches In Brussels

Greek tourism destinations are currently being promoted through culinary experiences in restaurants in Brussels as part of the “gaΣtronomia@Brussels” initiative of the Greek National Tourism Organization office in Belgium.
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Aegean Takes You There!

Aegean Airlines has launched the “Take Me There” contest and will give out one return ticket every day throughout 2013 to any destination of the airline’s network in Greece and abroad.