Twelve Greek hotels are among the world’s top hotels for 2024, according to the 66th annual Forbes Star Awards by Forbes Travel Guide, which honors the best hotels, restaurants, spas and cruise lines worldwide. Travel guide Forbes has presented its highly anticipated Star Awards 2024, recognising the world’s top hotels, restaurants, spas and cruises based […]
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The regulation exempting Turkish citizens from the visa requirement to visit ten Greek islands in the eastern Aegean is an important step towards strengthening friendship and cooperation between the two nations, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Fragogogiannis said. Securing the approval of the European Commission towards the end of last year, Greece decided to allow […]
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Through the marketing and implementation of the Jet2.com and Jet2holidays development project, new route additions were created that serve the United Kingdom travelers but also help promote Greece as an ideal destination. As a result of enormous expansion, supported by a heavyweight joint-marketing campaign with Greek National Tourist Office (GNTO), the United Kingdom’s largest tour […]
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Arjan Kers, Managing Director of TUI in the Netherlands since 2015, is increasing his responsibilities and also takes over as Managing Director of TUI Belgium. Sofie Van den Driessche, until now responsible for the Belgium market, will remain with the group as Product Director. According to Reisbizz , as managing director of TUI Bene, Kers […]
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Due to planned upgrading works on the runway of “Nikos Kazantzakis” airport in Heraklion, Crete, AEGEAN informs the travelling public that it is obliged to suspend all scheduled flights for the period from 19 to 24 February. AEGEAN, always having as its main priority the uninterrupted service of the passenger public and ensuring the interconnectivity […]
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Anticipations for international travel in 2024 are predominantly optimistic in key long-haul markets for Europe. However, travellers display greater reluctance to visit Europe in the initial four months of the year. This is according to the latest Long-Haul Travel Barometer (LHTB) 1/2024 published today by the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Eurail BV. The study […]
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Ryanair is launching new accusations against online travel agencies, with its February investigation highlighting On The Beach as the top misleader, overcharging the travelling public by 117% (£125) for a flight change that costs just £45 on Ryanair’s website. And while the partnerships with Kiwi.com and Loveholidays suggested that Ryanair’s dispute with online booking sites […]
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During the Chinese New Year period there was a tripling of the percentage of people who had made hotel bookings i.e. there was a 310% increase compared to the same period in 2023. Through the bookings it was seen that Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia now stand out as destinations as there are announcements highlighting visa-free […]
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The campaigns of the Hellenic Tourism Organisation for the years 2022-2023 swept the Ermis Awards, winning a total of six awards including two gold, three silver and one bronze! The awards were presented at the Ermis Awards event, which is organized every year by the Association of Advertising & Communication Companies of Greece and is […]
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-Although the technology has advanced significantly in recent years, the real revolution in Artificial Intelligence occurred only last year. But in the tourism industry its real impact will be based on how it is implemented and the changes it brings. A panel of experts from leading hotel chains spoke about this recently at FITUR, read […]
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