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About Phil Butler

Phil is a prolific technology, travel, and news journalist and editor. A former public relations executive, he is an analyst and contributor to key hospitality and travel media, as well as a geopolitical expert for more than a dozen international media outlets.

What If the Secrets of Keftiu Could Rescue Humanity’s Future?

2022-01-26 by Phil Butler

Saffron Goddess

We must look into our past, perhaps at the mysterious Keftiu, to search for the ideal path for our society.

Tags: archaeology, archeology, Atlantis, Bronze Age, Bronze Age Empires, crete, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Jan Driessen, George Santayana, history, Islands of the Winds, Jan Driessen, Keftiu, Keftiu people, Metaphysical naturalism, Minoan Empire, philosophy, Thalassocracy, The Keftiu, Utopia, world in crisis

Greece Reports 33,716 COVID Cases, 70 Dead, and 639 Intubated

2022-01-07 by Phil Butler

New COVID rules

Health authorities have announced 33,716 new cases of the coronavirus for the 24-hour period ending at 3pm Thursday.

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID Delta, COVID-19 Greece, Greece COVID cases, Greece health emergency, Greece omicron, Greece pandemic, Heraklion, intubation

Omicron Surge Stops the New Year’s Eve Music in Greece

2021-12-30 by Phil Butler

Omicron

The Omicron coronavirus variant pushes Greece COVID cases through the roof, as legislators call a half to New Year’s Eve music.

Tags: COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Greece, Greece pandemic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Omicron, Record COVID, Syriza

A 5.7 Magnitude Quake Rattles Crete Island

2021-12-29 by Phil Butler

The most recent Crete quake

Crete island was rocked this morning by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake offshore of the seaside village of Lentas, in the south.

Tags: Arkalochori earthquake, crete, Crete disasters, Crete earthquake, Crete faults, Crete Island, Greece earthquake, Heraklion earthquakes, USGS

The Connectedness of Beauty: A Secret of Crete Few People Know

2021-12-19 by Phil Butler

Erini Tornesaki and Aggelos Kipreos

They say “It’s a small world,” but on Crete Island the cliche takes on new meaning for those who love this island.

Tags: crete, Crete attractions, Crete legends, Crete people, Eleni Tornesaki, Erini Tornesaki, Evgeny Marushkin, Maria Zhakarova, Michalis Skoulas

Visit Greece – The Nation That Put the Elderly Last In A Crisis

2021-12-16 by Phil Butler

One more ice cream season

The Greek leadership marginalized the at risk early on in the COVID pandemic in favor of restarting tourism. Now, feeble and afraid, the elderly are forced to get shots.

Tags: AARP, COVID booster, COVID shots, COVID vaccine, Crete COVID, Crete vaccines, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis, Operation Blue Freedom, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, retired people

Eurogroup Will Release Next €767 Million Euro Tranche for Greece

2021-12-08 by Phil Butler

Paschal Donohoe

On Monday, Eurogroup approved the release of 767 million euros in financial help for the debt handcuffed country.

Tags: Brussels, EU, Eurogroup, European Commision, Greece debt, Greek debt, IMF, Paschal Donohoe

Greece Sees Daily COVID Cases Rocket Past 7,000

2021-12-08 by Phil Butler

COVID nightmare

Greek authorities have announced 7,009 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. There were also 99 more fatalities during the same period.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID deaths, COVID Pandemic, COVID vaccinations, COVID-19 Greece, EODY report, Greece pandemic, pandemic numbers

Greece: Where the Official Tourism Message Gets Mixed Up

2021-12-07 by Phil Butler

Vassilis Kikilias

Some Greek hoteliers are scared Winter 2021 will bring disaster. Others applaud record bookings. Greece now seems confused.

Tags: Greece 2021, Greece hotels, Grigoris Tasios, Hotel occupancy, tourism, Vasilis Kikilias

Metaxa Hospitality Group Fumbles Sustainable Hospitality Message

2021-12-06 by Phil Butler

Vlychada Strand

Andreas Metaxas is rebranding his hotels business as game changing sustainable. But, Greek hoteliers seem confused about definitions.

Tags: <!-- wp:image {"id":30386, "linkDestination":"none", "sizeSlug":"large", Andreas Metaxas, Cape Tholos Luxury Resort, Creta Maris, Crete resorts, Futouris, GTP, Hellenic Society of Enviro, Metaxa Group, Metaxa Hospitality Group, Nikolaos Metaxas, Nikolaos Zorzos, Santorini, Santorini tourism, sustainability, sustainable, Σώστε τη Βλυχάδα

Hashtag #Heraklion: Ready for Shaky Christmas 2021

2021-12-04 by Phil Butler

Christmas on Dedalou

Christmas 2021 in Heraklion won’t be anything like it was in the past. Too much has changed. But one sliver of hope remains. The promise.

Tags: Christmas 2021, Christmas Crete, crete, Crete seasons, Crumb, Crumb Healthy Living, Dadalou, Eleftheria Square, Heraklion shops

When Leaders Create “Frankenstein Logic” on COVID and Travel

2021-12-01 by Phil Butler

Vassilis Kikilias

Greece officials double down on the fallacy that COVID and travel are somehow mutually exclusive of one another.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Fourth wave, Omnicron strains, pandemic, pandemic Greece, pandemic response

As the Omicron Variant Spreads – Must the Media Marketing Go On?

2021-11-30 by Phil Butler

Omicron

When will we all get on the same page concerning the worldwide health emergency threatening everything we’ve built for centuries?

Tags: Arnie Weissmann, Greece travel, GTP, International Publications Ltd., Japan travel, Omicron, Omicron dangers, Omicron strains, Omicron variant, Omnicron, Op-Ed, pandemic dangers, pandemic issues, PhoCusWright, SETE, tourism marketing, travel advisory, Travel Weekly, WHO

Greece Braces for Omicron COVID-19 Strains

2021-11-27 by Phil Butler

Omnicron

Greece is in a particularly vulnerable situation vaccination wise, should the new Omicron strains reach the vulnerable population.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, coronavirus pandemic, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Fourth wave, Maria Van Kerkhove, Omnicron, Omnicron strains, pandemic, WHO

More Reasons to Move to Incredible Crete for Good

2021-11-21 by Phil Butler

The seas of Crete

Winter’s arrived on Incredible Crete, and now the natural beauty of Greece’s biggest island glows from underneath cloudy skies.

Tags: Amari Valley, Boho Travelers, Cretan Beaches, Crete Weddings, Crete Within, Incredible Crete, Kato Zakros, Keftiu, Paxamadia Islets, Seitan Limania Beach, Skotini Gorge, Weddings on Crete, Zakros, Zakros Minoan Palace, Zhivko

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New COVID rules

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2022-01-07 By Phil Butler

Health authorities have announced 33,716 new cases of the coronavirus for the 24-hour period ending at 3pm Thursday.

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