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Skyscanner: travellers are turning to 80-90 day bookings | Athens sees the biggest increase in travel duration

The shift of travellers towards early planning and booking windows of 60-89 days and 90+ days is seen in Skyscanner’s new Horizons report for the June-August 2024 summer quarter, which also reveals that well-known Greek destinations dominate the most popular destinations searched on Skyscanner by EMEA travellers. While Athens shows the largest increase in the […]

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Lower occupancy rates, but increased prices and revenues for Greek hotels in 2023

Greek hotels recorded higher prices and better revenue performance in 2023 compared to 2019, despite lower occupancy rates. According to data on hotel performance collected by GBR Consulting, the recovery of occupancy levels in Athenian hotels was interrupted in 2023, with demand for Athens at record levels. Room rates, however, have increased significantly since June […]

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Autohellas on the Athens Stock Exchange on the occasion of the debenture bond

The Athens Stock Exchange welcomed today the Management, executives and partners of Autohellas, on the occasion of the recent start of negotiations of its bond on the Main Market of the Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, January 24th. The CEO of Autohellas Mr. Eftihios Vassilakis declared the meeting open by ringing the traditional bell. The CEO […]

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Direct flights to Athens from seven US cities in Summer 2024

New direct flights from cities in the United States to Athens have been announced for this year’s tourist season, according to traveloffpath.com. Although the number of flights from the US to the Greek capital lags in connection with other European capitals, the website notes that this summer seven American cities will have direct flights to […]

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ΕasyJet adds 5 new routes from Athens in summer 2024 | Connecting Athens with 15 destinations

ΕasyJet is adding five new routes from Athens to its flight schedule for the summer of 2024, in response to the increase in demand for the destination. In particular, the low-cost airline will connect the Greek capital with Lyon and Bordeaux in France, Venice in Italy, and Malaga and Palma de Mallorca in Spain. In […]

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Athens in top ten European cities for the perfect Valentine’s date

Valentine’s Day is next month, and while Paris is often thought of as the city of love, when you crunch the numbers, which of Europe’s capitals really has the highest number of romantic things to do?  In a new piece of research, the e-commerce platform Ubuy has revealed the top ten capital cities with the […]

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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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AIA: The airport’s passenger traffic amounted to 2.92 million, i.e. 19.8% above June 2022

During June 2023, the airport’s passenger traffic amounted to 2.92 million, i.e. 19.8% above June 2022, but also 11.7% higher than the pre-COVID June 2019. Domestic and international passengers surpassed the 2022 levels by 16.9% and 21.2% and the 2019 levels by 16.3% and 9.7%, respectively. Overall, during the first six months of 2023, the […]

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