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5th Greek Tourism Destinations Expo To Launch In Athens

Do you live in Athens and can't decide where to vacation in Greece this summer? If this is the case, your troubles are over! Just swing by the exhibition promoting Greek tourism destinations in the center of Athens.
Posted On 13 May 2014
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Syntagma Square’s Refurbishment Signals Greece’s Emergence From Crisis

The Bloomberg news agency has noticed that something is changing in Athens one day after Eurostat confirmed that Greece had achieved a primary surplus of 3.4 billion euros in 2013, four years after the country had requested international bailout funds.
Posted On 24 Apr 2014
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NJV Athens Plaza Supports Earth Hour 2014

The NJV Athens Plaza Hotel, located on Syntagma Square in Athens, will participate in Earth Hour on 29 March and turn off all external lights, lobby and Plaza lounges lights from 8:30pm until 9:30pm.
Posted On 27 Mar 2014
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Athens To Usher In The New Year At Thisio

The City of Athens will ring in the New Year on Tuesday, 31 December, with events beginning from 2 noon with musical groups and showmen in the city center.
Posted On 31 Dec 2013
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Athens Stores To Extend Shopping Hours Until 11pm On Saturday, 28 Dec.

Shops, eateries, museums and cultural venues in the city center will stay open until 11pm on Saturday 28 December in conjunction with the “White Night” holiday event of the Municipality of Athens.
Posted On 27 Dec 2013
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Christmas and New Year Events Launch In Athens

The holiday season in the Greek capital this year will focus on children and games as the Municipality of Athens has announced a rich program of events for this Christmas and New Year.
Posted On 03 Dec 2013
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New Hotel Tops “Best Designer-Driven Hotel In Europe” List

New Hotel, located in Athens center, is featured first on a list of the best designer-driven hotels in Europe drawn up by The Boutique Hotel Magazine.
Posted On 12 Nov 2013
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New Hotel To Host Elite Marathon Runners

Some of the world's top athletes participating in the 31st Athens Classic Marathon this November will be hosted by New Hotel located in the city center.
Posted On 24 Sep 2013
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Athens’ King George To Join The Luxury Collection Brand

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced today, 13 March, that the internationally-renowned King George Hotel in Athens will join The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts’ ensemble of the world’s finest hotels.
Posted On 13 Mar 2013
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Athens Carnival 2013

The City of Athens will stage a series of festive Carnival events from 7 to 18 March 2013 with an aim to spread a message of optimism and joy to locals and visitors.
Posted On 05 Mar 2013
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2nd Athens Half Marathon: Registration Open!

Registration for the 2nd Athens Half Marathon to be held on 31 March 2013 is now open! The running event will start in front of Syntagma Square and the Greek Parliament and finish at Zappeion Megaro.
Posted On 18 Feb 2013
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Valentines Offer By NJV Athens Plaza

The NJV Athens Plaza on Syntagma Square has announced its 2013 Valentines offers!
Posted On 25 Jan 2013
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4th Greek Tourism Destinations & Traditions Expo Announced

Many Greek municipalities, regions and private enterprises will be in the spotlight this Spring at this years fourth exhibition promoting Greek Tourism Destinations & Traditions.
Posted On 22 Jan 2013
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King George Palace: Eurobank Seals The Deal With Lampsa

Eurobank recently reached an agreement with hotel group Lampsa SA for the leasing of the King George Palace on Syntagma Square. Lampsa is the owner of the adjacent Hotel Grande Bretagne.
Posted On 28 Dec 2012
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Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association President Yiannis Retsos and Grande Britain’s Hotel Manager Tim Ananiadis during the association’s press conference last month. “The issue is not what we lost but what we will lose and unfortunately the problem is not just about hotels in the center as we are losing conferences scheduled for 2012-2013,” Mr. Ananiadis said.
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Protests in Athens Upset Hotel Bookings

Only a few days after the violent anti-austerity protests that took place 28-29 June at Syntagma Square, central Athens, some 8,000 booking cancelations in 20 of Athens hotels were recorded, Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association President Yiannis Retsos told journalists last month.
Posted On 01 Aug 2011
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On 30 June, one day after the clashes at Syntagma Square and with teargas still in the air, tourists took photographs in front of the Greek Parliament and anti-austerity signs and banners. According to a tourism expert, incidents and conflicts are limited to Athens so the rest of Greece would not see losses from tourism.
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Incoming Tourism To Greece On Positive Pace

While the Greek capital counted losses last month in bookings and revenue due to violent protests at Syntagma Square in late June that resulted to some 20,000 cancelations in 21 central hotels in Athens, tourism traffic for the rest of Greece showed positive signs.
Posted On 01 Aug 2011
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“There wasn’t even a Christmas tree. From the municipality they just threw some lights to blink on a cypress on Syntagma Square,” a representative of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) told the press. Tourism professionals believe that the lack of a festive atmosphere in Athens was one of the main reasons visitors stayed away during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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Athens Avoided During Holiday Season

Travel professionals said last month that Greeks and foreign visitors did not opt to spend their holidays in the Greek capital. According to the Athens-Attica Hotel Association, Athens recorded low bookings last December due to “the complete absence of a festive climate.”
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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Athens’ hoteliers expressed their frustration last month because Joanna Despotopoulou, president of 2011 Special Olympics Greece (seen above with Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis at a past Special Olympics event), excluded hotels of the city’s commercial center from suggested athlete accommo­dation.
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Athens’ Hotels Not Suitable For Special Olympic Athletes

The exclusion of Athens city center hotels from suggested athlete accommodation would be a tombstone for Athens tourism, the Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association stressed last month in a letter to Joanna Despotopoulou, president of the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens...
Posted On 01 Oct 2010
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Cyclades Prefecture held a five-day exhibition at Syntagma metro station.
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Cyclades Come To Athens

The Cyclades Prefecture held a five-day exhibition last month at the Syntagma Square metro station in Athens and gave commuters a mini-vacation prior to the start of the summer tourism season.
Posted On 01 Jun 2010
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ATEDCo Opens Infopoint At Syntagma Square

Greek and foreign visitors to Athens from now on will get “pointed in the right direction” thanks to the new Athens Infopoint that has opened on the ground floor of the entertainment store Public at Syntagma Square.
Posted On 01 Feb 2010
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