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Say: New Four-star Boutique Hotel to Open in Kifissia

The northern Athens suburb of Kifissia, this autumn will welcome the Say Hotel, a new four-star boutique property due to open its doors at Kefalari square.

Domotel Kastri Stands Out as Business Hotel, Conference Venue

Domotel Kastri, located in the northern suburbs of Athens, stood out as a business hotel and conference venue and received honors in two award ceremonies held recently in Greece.

Kifissia Joins EU’s SPARCs Project for Carbon-free Communities  

The northern Athens suburb of Kifissia is seeking viable solutions for the transition to a citizen-centred zero-carbon and resource-efficient economy.

Semiramis Hotel Blends Mediterranean Cuisine with Japanese Culinary Tradition

Semiramis Hotel in Kifissia, Athens, has partnered with Japanese restaurant "Freud Oriental" to introduce its guests to a new culinary concept.

Get the Feel and Smell of Spring at the 63rd Kifissia Flower Show

The 63rd Kifissia Flower Show will feature more than 2,000 flowers, spices and herbs in the central park of Kifissia, northern Athens.
GSS International, Travel and Congress Services
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GSS Travel Services Changes Headquarters

GSS International, Travel and Congress Services, will be located in new premises as of 17 December 2012.

GS Travel Thinks Inside The Box

GS Travel last month announced its involvement with recreational tourism through a new passenger service titled “the BOX travel.”

Yes! Hotels Group Acquires Another Property

Last month, Yes! Hotels group owned by Dakis Ioannou acquired the Olympic Palace Hotel in Athens, which brings the group's collection of boutique hotels up to five.

Uniquely Designed Semiramis Opens in Kifissia

Athens now has that particular accommodation for everybody, from posh to up-market to business to boutique to hostels. The newest addition to the variety of lodgings came recently with the opening of Seriramis, a hotel with a totally different concept in design and color, a...

New Holiday Inn Opens Near Athens Airport

Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos officially opened Greece's newest Holiday Inn, which sits on prestigious piece of property on Attikis Othos. The new five-star unit is expected to entice business people from the capital's Marousi-Kifissia suburbs as it's easy and quick to reach.

Unique Greek Resort Complex Ideal for the Physically Challenged

At least one Greek tourism enterprise seems to have taken to heart the potential gains as described in last year's edition of the Hellenic Tourism Organization's manual entitled "Making Europe Accessible for Tourists with Disabilities."

Museums and Sites to be Accessible to People with Special Needs

A special inter-ministerial meeting on the Olympic Games last month reiterated promises to render Athens more compatible with the needs of physically disabled people ahead of next September's Paralympics.

Heronia Inaugurates Thessaloniki Branch

Helen Trentzos has come a long way since she left her job in a Piraeus shipping company, and as a sharp looking young woman opened a travel office in the early 1970s that specialized in seaman travel.
Aktina's headquarters are based in its own building complex in Piraeus.
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Aktina Leads The Way

Just a few years after it was first founded in 1975, Piraeus-based Aktina has lead the way for other Greek travel agencies. The office became an IATA member in 1977 and in 1981 the company foresaw new market developments and was one of the few to convert the personal company into...