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Hundreds Of Travel Bloggers To Flock To Athens, Greece, For TBEX 2014 Event

Athens is getting ready to welcome hundreds of travel bloggers and travel industry professionals, from some 50 countries, as it is the host city for the Travel Blog Exchange European Conference – TBEX Europe 2014.

Best Of Greek Tourism To Be Displayed At Expo In December

The upcoming international fair Greek Tourism Expo will aim to surpass Greece's famous "sea and sun" product and dynamically display all forms of tourism offered by the country

Amadeus Hellas Launches IRISena-Based Mobile App For The Information Update Of Its Customers

Amadeus Hellas has chosen IRISena communication and promotion platform as its new B2B communication channel with its customers.

PM Antonis Samaras To Address Greek Tourism Industry At SETE Conference

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will be the keynote speaker at the closing dinner of the 13th Tourism & Development Conference of SETE on "The Strategic Advantages of Greece: Investments & Development."

UNWTO: Greece In Top 10 Of Countries With Highest Growth In Foreign Tourist Arrivals Worldwide

Greece is among the countries that registered the highest growth in foreign tourist arrivals in the world in the first half of the year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Grekland Panorama 2015: Nordic Audience To Learn About Alternative Holidays In Greece

Quality traditional and agritourism accommodation options in Greece will be presented at the second Grekland Panorama fair, next year in Stockholm, Sweden.

Greek Athlete Wins Red Bull Freerunning Event On Santorini, Greece

Dimitris Kyrsanidis from Greece won the Art of Motion freerunning event held recently on the Greek island of Santorini.

Greek Tourism Sector Strongly Reacts To SYRIZA’s Plan To Downplay SETE’s Role

Main opposition SYRIZA sparked the negative reaction of Greece's tourism sector when it suggested for the decision that recognizes the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) as a coordinate institutional national social partner to the Greek Government, to be repealed.

Rural Accommodations In Greece See 35% Increase In Summer 2014 Bookings

A 35 percent increase in bookings at small, family run, traditional and agrotourism lodgings in Greece was noted this summer, compared to last year, according to the Greek network of rural accommodation, Guest Inn.

Greek Culture Ministry To Attract Foreign Film Producers Through Incentives

The Culture Ministry is working on attracting domestic and foreign film producers to Greece by improving the tax and legal framework, through a new ministerial decision.

Kefalogianni: Tourism Development Should Be Based On Criteria Of Sustainability

Tourism development should be based on criteria of sustainability and respect for the natural and human environment, Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni underlined during the 3rd UNESCO World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries taking place in Florence, Italy.

Costa Navarino In Greece To Hold Major Volkswagen Nine-Week Dealer Event

The entire Westin Resort unit of the Costa Navarino luxury coastal resort complex in the Messinia region of Greece, is booked for the next two months as it will host the international "Passat Experience" event of Volkswagen.

British Airways Announces Direct Flights To Greek Islands From London Next Summer

The UK's largest international scheduled airline British Airways will link London Heathrow Airport with two Greek islands next summer.

HotelBrain Takes On Management Of 5-Star Grand Forest Metsovo

HotelBrain has announced the addition of the five-star Grand Forest Metsovo in Greece to the company’s under management hotels list.

2013: Greece Sees Rise In Arrivals, Overnight Stays

Greece experienced increases of 10.4 percent in arrivals and 11 percent in overnight stays in hotels, campsites and other collective accommodation establishments in 2013, according to data from the national statistics office ELSTAT.

Armenia Expresses Interest To Learn From Greece’s Experience In Tourism

Armenia is interested in Greece’s experience of tourism industry development, Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan said on 30 September at the opening of the Armenian-Greek business forum in Yerevan.

Spetses To Host Greece’s First “Tweed Run” Classy Group Bicycle Ride

Greece's cosmopolitan and elegant island, Spetses, will be having a Tweed Run in November.

Edelweiss Air To Expand Service To Greece In Summer 2015

Edelweiss Air will expand its connectivity to Greece in Summer 2015, the Zurich-based subsidiary of Germany’s Lufthansa Group announced on 29 September.

Destination Athens: On The Road To Recovery

During the first eight months of the year, hotels in Athens, Greece, saw 390,000 more overnight stays compared to 2013, according to data revealed at a press conference by the head of the Athens-Attica & Argosaronic Hotel Association, Alexandros Vassilikos.

New Campaign Invites Visitors To Greek Capital To “Become” Athenians

Visitors in the Greek capital are invited to "become" Athenians through a new international tourism promotion campaign named "I’m An Aθenian Too."