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Britain “axes” Luxembourg from its safe travel list

Britain has “axed” Luxembourg from its safe travel list with immediate effect from midnight 30 July. The official website of the British Government said: “If you arrive in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland from Luxembourg on or after 31 July 2020 you will need to self-isolate. those arriving from Luxembourg from midnight tonight will need […]

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A Greek city among Airbnb’s most affordable destinations in 2023

Thessaloniki is among Airbnb’s seven most affordable destinations in terms of accommodation costs in 2023, according to data from the popular short-term rental platform. In particular, Thessaloniki is in fifth place in the ranking with destinations that travelers paid for their stay daily up to $ 100. In first place is Porto Alegre, in Brazil, […]

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Golden Visa foreign investors turn to buy cottage properties in Crete, Rhodes and Halkidiki

An increase in demand for cottage properties by foreign buyers of Golden Visa, in areas around the urban centres of Crete, Rhodes and Halkidiki, according to the latest analysis by Elxis-At Home in Greece. This increase is due to the changes made to the “Golden Visa” programme, which resulted in a shift of investors to […]

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Peak summer months at Europe’s airports drive strong recovery amidst challenges

ACI EUROPE releases its air traffic report for September and the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 – a peak period for European air travel. Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +12.1% in Q3 compared to the same period last year. Despite persistently higher air fares and enduring pressures from rising inflation, the […]

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TUI focuses on growth: expansion of hotel portfolio via global hotel fund

-Hotel fund initiated by TUI becomes operational for the first time: Acquisition of the newly opened “Emerald Zanzibar Resort & Spa” on Zanzibar by the fund-operation by TUI Hotels & Resorts -The fund also intends to acquire a hotel property from the TUI portfolio, hotel will continue to be operated by TUI hotel brand in […]

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ACI Europe: Passenger traffic on a steady rebound in the first half of 2023

Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +28.3% in H1 2023 compared to the same period last year -with international traffic (+32.2%) growing at twice the rate of domestic traffic (+16.6%). The pace of growth eased in Q2 (+16.3%) compared to Q1 (+49%), reflecting the fact that COVID-19 restrictions on intra-European travel had […]

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ACI Europe: Passenger traffic comes closest yet to full recovery

-Demand remains bullish – despite airlines setting fares more than 6 times higher than consumer inflation rate The air traffic report for April 2023 released today by European airport trade body ACI EUROPE shows passenger traffic made further gains towards a full recovery, but with wide performance divergence across the continent. Passenger traffic in the […]

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Peak summer months passenger volumes recovering to 88% of pre-pandemic volumes

European airport trade body ACI EUROPE today released its airport traffic report for the third quarter (Q3) and September 2022. Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +61% in Q3 compared to the same period last year. International passenger traffic (+84%) drove the surge as largely unrestricted cross border travel led to a […]

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European airports handle an additional 660 million passengers in the first half of 2022

European airport trade body ACI EUROPE today released its air traffic report covering the month of June, as well as Q2 and the first half (H1) of 2022. Passenger traffic in the European airport network jumped by +247% in H1 2022 compared to the same period last year -resulting in airports across the continent handling […]

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Eurostat: EU tourism recovering in 2021

In 2021, tourism was among the sectors that started to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, following the easing of certain restrictions related to it, such as travel restrictions as well as other precautionary measures taken in response, according to Eurostat. In 2021, the number of nights spent at EU tourist accommodation establishments totalled 1.8 billion, […]

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