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CWT Suggests Ways to Build a More Sustainable Hospitality Industry

2022-06-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Creta Maris

According to a recent CWT survey, 87% of customers asked for sustainability information provided to their traveling employees.

Tags: 2022 business travel, business travel, business travelers, Carlson Wagonlit, CWT, sustainable travel, The Beat, travel industry, Trust Carbon, World Environment Day

OPEN HOUSE Chania: Free Guided Tours of Architectural Wonders

2022-06-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Open House

June 12th and 13th in Chania, an OPEN HOUSE pop-up event offers visitors free of charge guided tours of the city’s architectural wonders. 

Tags: architecture, Chania, Chania tours, Crete events, Crete tours, events, guided tours, Open House, Open House Athens, Visit Chania, Visit Crete

Greece Targets/Aids Tourists From India

2022-06-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Santorini church

Greece’s tourism leaders are working to attract a larger number of travelers from India after the peaking of interest of Indian travelers.

Tags: Greece, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greece travel tips, inbound travel, India tourists, India travelers, Indian tourists, tourism

Booking.com Reveals the Challenges LGBTQ+ Travelers Still Face

2022-06-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Booking.com logo

More than 10,000 properties globally are now being recognized for their inclusive hospitality efforts with a Travel Proud badge on Booking.com

Tags: alternative lifestyles, Booking.com, gay, Gay and Lesbian, lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ+, research, travel research

Wizz Air Tags ASIP Tech for Free Inflight Connectivity

2022-06-06 by Argophilia Travel News

Wizz Air

AS-IP Tech announced late last week an agreement with Wizz Air to provide connectivity for the airline’s UK fleet.

Tags: airline news, airlines, AS-IP Tech, budget airlines, Europe airlines, UK arlines, Wizz Air

PM Mitsotakis Revisits “Astypalea: Smart & Sustainable Island” Project

2022-06-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Astypalaia

The “Astypalea: Smart & Sustainable Island” project is moving forward as an experiment on how to shift Greece into a more circular economy. 

Tags: Astypalea, Islands, Mitsotakis, Rhodes, sustainable islands, TUI, TUI Care Foundation, TUI Rhodes, Volkswagen Group

Posidonia 2022 Shipping Expo to Feature Greece’s Seafaring Culture

2022-06-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Posidonia Events

Posidonia 2022 expo will reveal the unbreakable connection between Greek culture and the sea June 6th – 10th at the Athens Metropolitan Expo.

Tags: Athens events, Athens Metropolitan Exp0, culture, Culture Ministry of Greece, Greek culture, Greek history, Greek shipping, Greek ships, Lina Mendoni, Poseidon, Posidonia 2022

Azamara’s Four Ship Fleet Returns to Service

2022-05-31 by Argophilia Travel News

Azamar Jouney

Azamara, the leader in Destination Immersion® experiences, announces its entire fleet of four ships has officially returned to the high seas.

Tags: Azamara, Azamara Journey, cruise lines, cruise news, Europe cruises, greece cruises, Greek Isles, island hopping, luxury cruise, shore excursions

ZentrumHub Announces Strategic Partnership With WIHP Hotel Marketing

2022-05-31 by Argophilia Travel News

 ZentrumHub, a leading Hotel aggregator API specialist, and WIHP, the Hotel marketing specialists, today announced a strategic partnership that will enable ZentrumHub’ customers to get easy access to metasearch channels and engines like Google Hotel Ads, TripAdvisor, Trivago, Bing Hotel Ads, etc. With WIHP’s Meta I/O solution, ZentrumHub customers will now be able to better monitor […]

Tags: hotel marketing, Hotel rooms, hotel tech, marketing, metasearch, search, WIHP, WIHP Hotels, ZentrumHub

Greece Tourism Minister Says Boom Season Is Upon Us

2022-05-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Vassilis Kikilias

Greece’s head of tourism, Vassilis Kikilias says touristic flows to the country are increasing geometrically week to week.

Tags: American tourists, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greece vacations, Kikilias, tourism, Travel to Greece, U.S. travelers, Vassilis Kikilias

Greece Reports 5,588 New Coronavirus Cases in Past 24 Hours

2022-05-25 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Greek officials confirmed (PDF) 5,588 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. Santorini case incidences top 300 per 100k people.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece, Greece tourism

Greece Reports 2,235 New Covid-19 Cases and 21 Fatalities on Monday

2022-05-24 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

On Monday, Greece’s National Organization for Public Health (EODY) announced some 2,235 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 virus-related deaths.

Tags: Coronavirus cases, COVID-19, EODY, Greece COVID deaths, Greece pandemic, Mykonos COVID-19, Santorini COVID

Delta Air Lines Connects American Travelers With Greek Isles

2022-05-23 by Argophilia Travel News

SKY express

Delta Air Lines announces a partnership with SKY express to create convenient connections from North America to Greece’s fabulous islands.

Tags: American travelers, Crete flights, Delta, Delta Air Lines, Delta flghts, flight connections, Greece tourism, Greek Isles, SKY, SKY airline, SKY express

Cyprus Officials Upbeat Over Tourist Flows from Russia in 2022

2022-02-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Cyprus

Cyprus Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios has stated his optimistic view on the potential for tourist flows from Russia this season.

Tags: Cyprus 2022, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Russia travelers, Russian tourists, Savvas Perdios, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Greece Follows EU – Scraps Covid Test for Travelers with Certificate

2022-02-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Athens and the Acropolis

Greece announces that entry travelers will be allowed without a mandatory test for travelers who have the European vaccination certificate.

Tags: 2022 tourism, COVID test, EU travel certificate, Greece travel, pandemic, Thanos Plevris, Tourism Greece, travel advisory, travel rules, travelers, Vassilis Kikilias

The WTTC Says Travel & Tourism Could Reach $8.6 Trillion in 2022

2022-02-04 by Argophilia Travel News

Travel and tourism

The WTTC says 2022 could see travel and tourism reach 2019 levels, approaching the $9.2 trillion the industry generated back then.

Tags: 2022 tourism, global economy, pandemic tourism, pre-pandemic, tourism data, travel and tourism, travel in 2022, traveler, world tourism, WTTC

Travel in 2022 – A Look Ahead: Tripadvisor/Ipsos MORI Research

2022-01-15 by Argophilia Travel News

Cretan Beaches

Study of Ipsos MORI sentiment analysis and first-party Tripadvisor data shows traveler intent for 2022 demonstrates high demand.

Tags: 2022 research, 2022 travel, 2022 travel outlook, COVID travel, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Ipsos MORI, pandemic effects, Tourism in Greece, travel demand, Travel to Greece, TripAdvisor

Tourism Bill Aims to Spur Public and Private Efforts for Development

2021-12-15 by Argophilia Travel News

The springs at Kaiafas

A bill from Greece’s Tourism Ministry will be before the Parliament seeking to spur destination development.

Tags: Greece destinations, Greece developers, Greece development, Greece investment, Greece Tourism Minstry, Greece travel, tourism, Visit Greece, wellness tourism

Hyatt Rolls Out Room Keys in Apple Wallet

2021-12-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Hyatt Room Key

Available today at several participating U.S. properties, the new contactless key technology further enables World of Hyatt Guests.

Tags: Apple Wallet, Hyatt Hotels, Hyatt Room Key, Hyatt technology, travel technology, World of Hyatt

New INSETE Study Points Greek Tourism Into the Future

2021-12-11 by Argophilia Travel News

INSETE Logo

A new study by INSETE digs deep into global trends that affect future tourism development, and suggest proper actions.

Tags: Aegean tourism, Greece data, Greece tourism, Greece travel, INSETE, SETE, tourism, Tourism Aegean

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