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Wizz Air Announces Routes from London-Luton to Greece

2020-05-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wizz Air over the UAE - Photo by Wizz Air

The low-cost airline Wizz Air has announced its newest routes from London-Luton to Greece and other destinations for this summer.

Tags: airlines, Coronavirus, Greece arrivals, Greece flights, Greece tourism market, Greek travel, London flights, Wizz Air

Greece Transport Minister Karamanlis Says Monday Begins Next Phase

2020-05-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Athens bus

Greece Transport Minister says starting next Monday, Greece’s infrastructure will enter the next phase of COVID restrictions easing.

Tags: Athens buses, coronavirus Greece, Greece, Greece flights, Greece lockdown, Greece transportation, Greek coronavirus, Greek infrastructure, Kostas Karamanlis, transport minister

Aegean Airlines Seeks Government’s Help to Weather Pandemic

2020-05-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aegean Airlines

Greece’s AEGEAN is asking the government’s help after the company suffered massive losses due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

Tags: Aegean Airlines, airfares, Airline stocks, coronavirus Greece, Credit, Eftichios Vassilakis, flights, Greece airlines, Greek business, Greek Tourism Confederation, SETE, stocks

Online Hotel Traffic May Reveal Positive Trends for Summer 2020

2020-05-04 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sitia Beach City Resort & Spa

A Pulse Report from Duetto Research indicates positive demand signals for the global hotel inventory for summer 2020.

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19 effects, Duetto, Duetto Research, EMEA, LATAM, Pulse Report, Summer 2020

The ICAO Forecasts 1.5 Billion Fewer International Air Travellers in 2020

2020-05-04 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Spain airport

The ICAO has released its first complete 2020 air passenger forecast revealing 1.5 billion fewer fliers in 2020.

Tags: air traffic, air travel, coronavirus impacts, COVID-19, destinations, fliers, ICAO, passenger numbers, passengers, tourist numbers, tourists, travelers

Greeks Eager for Summer Breaks When COVID-19 Restrictions Pass

2020-05-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Heraklion shopping

A survey this week tells of Greeks anxious to take their Summer vacations as soon as the COVID-19 Coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

Tags: COVID-19 effects, Greek vacations, local tourism, local travel, pandemic, Summer 2020, Tourism in Greece, vacations

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis Announces Coronavirus Restrictions Easing

2020-04-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that the nationwide coronavirus lockdown is to be gradually lifted as of May 4.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece lockdown, Greek news, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, pandemic

Greece Leads Europe in Flattening COVID-19 Curve [Video]

2020-04-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Bridge

Greece has the best results in Europe in terms of flattening the curve for the number of confirmed coronavirus cases.

Tags: Athens News Agency, Coronavirus, coronavirus response, COVID-19, Europe, pandemic, The Bridge

Etihad Airways Pushing Ahead With Normal Flight Plans

2020-04-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Ethiad

An update from Etihad Airways reveals current and planned operations as COVID-19 travel restrictions remain in place around the world.

Tags: airline business, airlines, Coronavirus, Ethiad, Etihad Airways, flight delays, flight schedules, flights, lockdown, UAE

Emirates is First Airline to Conduct Rapid COVID-19 Passenger Tests

2020-04-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Emirates Airlines

Emirates Airlines has just begun a “first-ever” industry attempt to help-reopen the air travel market via on site coronavirus testing.

Tags: Adel Al Redha, airline travel, airlines, coronavirus pandemic, coronavirus tests, COVID-19, Emirates Airlines, passenger tests

Accor Creates Coronavirus “ALL Heartist Fund” to Aid Employees

2020-04-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sebastien Bazin

Accor Group announced last week the launch of the “ALL Heartist Fund” to help its employees affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).

Tags: Accor, Accor Group, Accor Hotels, Coronavirus 2019, Sébastien Bazin, World hotels

Greece Blocks Dutch and German Flights Over Coronavirus

2020-03-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Nikos Hardalias

Greek officials have temporarily banned passenger flights from Germany and the Netherlands. The ban for Germany allows traffic from the central European country to Athens only. The measure is the latest in a series of Greek crackdowns to ensure the public is protected from COVID-19. Greece’s Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos […]

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Nikos Hardalias

Thousands of Tourism Jobs at Risk in Greece Over Covid-19 Pandemic

2020-03-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Athens nightlife

The COVID-19 outbreak leveling serious repercussions on Greece’s tourism industry. Thousands of jobs are at risk as because of the pandemic.

Tags: 2003 SARS, Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, Greece, Greece businesses, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, KEPE, tourism, World Travel and Tourism Council

Greece’s March 25th Parades Cancelled Due to COVID-19

2020-03-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Greek Independence Day

Greek regional governors and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis have decided to cancel the parades for the March 25 holiday.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, Greece annoucements, Greece events, Greece festivals, Greece parades, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, March 25 Parade, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

ARTSTORY Gallery Presents: Masha Schmidt’s “Only the Sky Above”

2020-03-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Masha Schmidt

Coming to the ARTSTORY gallery in Moscow April 15th – June 7th, the exhibition “Only the Sky Above” will feature Masha Schmidt’s works.

Tags: art exhibitions, art galleries, ARTHISTORY, ARTHISTORY Gallery, Masha Schmidt, moscow, Moscow events, Moscow galleries, Only the Sky Above, Russia, Russian art, Russian galleries

Greek Tourism Minister Theoharis Addresses Coronavirus Effects

2020-03-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Acropolis

The Greek ministries of economy, development, and tourism are looking at measures to support business owners affected by Covid-19 outbreak.

Tags: COVID-19, Greece bookings, Greece tourism, Greek economy, Harry Theoharis, Theoharis, tourism minister, viral outbreak

ITB Berlin is Cancelled for the First Time in 54 Years

2020-03-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Dr. Christian Göke, CEO of Messe Berlin

The ever increasing spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has now forced the Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Economics of Germany to cancel ITB Berlin. The news from the exhibition’s organizer Messe Berlin announced on Friday night. The show, scheduled to run between March 4-8 in Berlin, is one of the most anticipated travel industry events in […]

Tags: Dr. Christian Göke, ITB Berlin, ITB Berlin 2020, ITB Berlin 2021, Messe Berlin, tourism events, trade shows, travel events, travel industry, Wolf-Dieter Wolf

GNTO 2020 Strategy Focuses on Affluent Tourists and New Markets

2019-10-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Yacht docked in Greece

Greece will focus on new markets and affluent travelers according to the new GNTO tourism strategy for 2020.

Tags: affluent tourists, Dimitris Fragakis, EBRD, GNTO, Greece, Greece tourism, new markets, property tourism, tourism market, Trade, world tourism

RateHawk Launches in Greek, Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian

2019-08-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Rate Hawk

RateHawk.com has just introduced a fully localized version of its platform for the Greek, Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian markets.

Tags: B2B bookings, B2B hotel tech, booking, booking engines, booking portals, booking technology, European bookings, hotel tech, language support, RateHawk

Israel’s Brown Hotels Eyeballs Greece Investment & Expansion

2019-08-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Brown Hotels Tel Aviv

A meetup in between Greek Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Israel’s Brown Hotels speaks of Greek expansion plans.

Tags: Adonis Georgiadis, Athens hotels, Brown Hotels, Greece hospitality, Greece hotel expansion, Greece hotels, Greece investment, hotel news, hotels

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