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Slow-Moving Licensing Process May Stall Construction Of Waterways In Greece This Year

Although Greek company Hellenic Seaplanes is ready to begin constructing waterways in ports in Greece, the slow-moving process to obtain a license for their construction may put plans on hold for the 2014 tourism season.

Greek Tourism: Good News From Norwegian Tour Operators

Greece should expect an especially good tourism season this year, tour operators in Norway recently informed Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni during her official visit to Oslo to promote the country.

2014 Golden Chef’s Hat Awards: Greece’s Best Restaurants

Greece presented its emerging modern cuisine to an audience of European Tourism Ministers, foreign journalists, Greek tourism professionals, entrepreneurs and celebrities at the 2014 Golden Chef’s Hat Awards ceremony held recently in Athens.

Greece To Tap Scandinavian Market

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni will depart on Wednesday, 12 March, for Oslo to promote Greece and woo visitors from Norway and the wider Scandinavian market.

Greece To Adopt New Tourism Quality Principles Of European Commission

Greece intends to adopt a proposal made by the European Commission and adapt its tourism services to a set of voluntary quality principles, according to Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.

FVW Media Group: Greek Tourism Is Arising From The Ruins

Greece's comeback as an international tourism destination is one of the main topics at the ITB exhibition taking place in Berlin, Germany.

“Secret Greece” To Be Promoted At ITB Berlin Expo

Greece's lesser-known destinations will be promoted at this year's ITB international tourism exhibition in Germany, in an effort to attract tourists all year around, according to Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.

Greek Tourism Minister Invites Germans To Holiday In Greece

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni invited Germans to spend their summer holidays in Greece and assured that they will feel right at home.

AirFastTickets Celebrates Rapid Expansion In Travel Market

Greek online travel booking company AirFastTickets recently held a glamorous party at the company's offices in Piraeus for the cutting of the company's Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s cake).

Galant Hellas Appointed GSA For transavia.com Greece

As of 1 March, Galant Hellas will begin offering services as low cost airline transavia.com's new General Sales Agent (GSA) for Greece. transavia.com has high expectations of the developments in the Greek travel market.

Bloomberg: Greek Tourism Set for Another Record Year

American Bloomberg news agency has quoted the head of Greece's main tourism body and reported that tourism in Greece is set to reach a second consecutive record as European travelers return to the country ravaged by six years of recession.

Report: Greece To See Massive Increase In German Visitor Numbers This Year

Greek destinations are expected to see bookings by German travelers up by 52 percent this summer, compared with the same period in 2013, according to a recent report by GfK market research group.

Former Greek Tourism Minister Slams New Draft Bill

Former tourism minister Nikos Skoulas has suggested for the new draft bill for Greek tourism to be withdrawn and written from scratch with the assistance of the sector's professionals, workers and all of those who know and serve tourism.

Greek-Russian Tourism Forum In Athens

Over 1,200 Russian travel agents and journalists will be in Athens, Greece, this April to participate in a Greek-Russian Tourism Forum.

Greek Hotel Chamber Calls For Tourism Development Interventions

The president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, recently placed emphasis on a series of interventions that - if implemented - could give Greek tourism and Greek hoteliers further momentum.

Tourism: A Main Priority For Greece

Greece’s record-breaking tourism season in 2013 has the Government and tourism professionals seeing eye to eye on the importance of tourism for the country’s economy. This article contains recent statements made by Greek key tourism figures and their expectations for this year's...

Judges For Greek Tourism Awards 2014 Announced

The final names that will form the judging committee that will decide on who will be rewarded this year at the new Tourism Awards for excellence in hospitality and travel in Greece, have been announced.

Greece Expects Growth In Tourist Arrivals From Scandinavian Market This Year

Arrivals to Greece from all Scandinavian countries are expected to grow this year by an average 10-11 percent, the Greek Tourism Ministry concluded after the first dedicated travel and taste fair for Greece, Grekland Panorama, wrapped up in Stockholm.

Eurobarometer: Greeks Will Travel In 2014 But In Their Own Country

The majority of Greeks are included among Europeans that are the most likely to take a holiday in their own country this year due to financial reasons, according to the new Eurobarometer survey.

Greece Offers Saudis 5-year Residency For Investments Over 250,000 Euros

Greek Consul General in Jeddah Chronis Polychroniou has announced that Greece has issued a new law that allows investors from non-EU countries to obtain resident permits for five years, provided the investment is at least 250,000 euros.