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Brown Hotels Still Plans to Open 20 Properties in Greece and Cyprus

2020-12-27 by Phil Butler

Poli House

Tel Aviv based Brown Hotels announced last week the planned expansion f its portfolio of international design hotels with 20-plus new hotels in Greece and Cyprus.

Tags: Brown Hotels, Brown Hotels Greece, Brown Hotels Tel Aviv, Greece hotel business, Greece hotel investments, hotel expansions, Israel hotels, Israeli investments, Leon Avigad, Meni Waizman, Nir Waizman

A Truly Sustainable Greece Tourism: The Essentials

2020-12-26 by Phil Butler

Kommos Beach

Greek desicionmakers are now wrestling with the idea of a new model for tourism. Let’s hope they are serious this time.

Tags: Alejandro Hernández-Puértola, Aravanes Traditional Tavern, Candia Maris, Crete hotels, Crete tourism, Crete vacation, Crete villages, degrowth, Environment, Greece tourism, HIP, John Vourdoubas, Konstantinos Andriotis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Luxury Hotels, NBG, Next Generation EU, Porter’s Five Forces, Sustainable Greece, TUI, Yiannis Retsos

Hoteliers in North Africa Focusing on 2021 Positives

2020-12-12 by Phil Butler

Tunisia resort

Hoteliers in North African countries are beginning to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Flights and investments on the rise.

Tags: COVID-19, Egypt economy, Egypt hotels, Egypt tourists, Egypt travel, Hilton, Hilton Tunisia, Morocco hotels, Morocco tourism, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, Tunisia hotels, Tunisia tourism, Tunisia vacations

TUI Group’s Fritz Joussen Proclaims Company “Future Proof”

2020-12-11 by Phil Butler

TUI CEO

TUI Group CEO Fritz Joussen proves once and for all his company could care less about sustainability, people, or future other than dividends.

Tags: airlines, All-inclusive, cruises, Fritz Joussen, resorts, sustainability, sustainable, TUI, TUI Group, TUI resorts, TUI stocks

Blood of God: The Legacy of the Golden Cretan Son

2020-12-10 by Phil Butler

Stelios Kanakis

A man in Crete has a dream, to revive an ancient culture of excellence and grow a new extra virgin olive oil legacy.

Tags: Crete Agriculture, Crete agrotourism, EVOO, Galatas, Galatas Palace, Galatas Pediada, Galatas village, Giorgos Rethemiotakis, Heraklion prefecture, Knossos, Kostis Christakis, liquid gold, Minoan rituals, Minoan seals, olive growers, olive oil school, Olive Oil University Crete, olive tree, Sacred Rituals, Stelios Kanakis, virgin olive oil

Porto Carras Resort Opens Under New Management April 2021

2020-12-09 by Phil Butler

Porto Carras Grand Resort

Halkidiki’s famous Porto Carras Grand Resort will reopen its doors on April 29, 2021, under new management and ownership.

Tags: Belterra Investments, Greece destinations, Greece resorts, Greece tourism, Halkidiki, Halkidiki beaches, Halkidiki hotels, Halkidiki resorts, Halkidiki spas, Ivan Savvidis, Porto Carras Grand Resort, resort news

A Word or Two About Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary and Other Bean Counters

2020-12-04 by Phil Butler

World Travel & Tourism Council

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary still thinks sustainable tourism is business as usual.

Tags: air travel, airline industry, budget airlines, budget travel, COVID-19 measures, COVID-19 Travel Advisory, future of air travel, Ryanair, sustainable tourism, sustainable travel

Crete’s Natural Treasures: The Poetic Awe of Oreino Gorge

2020-12-01 by Phil Butler

Pristerionas Waterfall

The hidden “Butterfly Gorge” is an Eden-like canyon leaeding from the tiny mountain village of Oreino to the Libyan Sea.

Tags: crete, Crete gorges, Crete hikes, Crete nature, Dasaki Taverna, Kaliotzína Taverna, Kostas Karyotakis, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages, Koutsouras, Lassithi, Orino Gorge, Orno Crete, Orno VIllage, Red Butterfly Gorge, Scarlett Butterfly Gorge

ACCOR and Ennismore Partner to Create New Lifestyle Brand

2020-11-30 by Phil Butler

The Hoxton

Accor has announced a new partnership with Ennismore, the parent company of The Hoxton hotel chain, to create an all new lifestyle brand.

Tags: Accor, Accor Group, Accor Hotels, Dario Cecchini, Delano, Ennismore, food and beverage, Gaurav Bhushan, hotel deals, hotel mergers, Hyde, Lifestyle, lifestyle hotels, Mondrian, Sam Nazarian, sbe Group, Sharan Pasricha, Working From_

Mitsotakis: “ Greece must not become low-cost investment destination”

2020-11-30 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Mitsotakis says “Greece needs to become attractive to investors in five ways, not simply over low labor cost. Now what?

Tags: brain drain, Greece brain drain, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis, Pissarides Committee, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Theoharis, tourism industry, Tourism Minister of Greece, Transforming Tourism Initiative, Travel to Greece, V.K. Premium Business Consultants, Visit Greece

Expert Viewpoints: Hospitality 2021 and Beyond

2020-11-27 by Phil Butler

future

Argophilia Travel News connects with RevitUp’s Business Development Manager Nikos Giokas to get his take on the event, and on the new normal the industry is adapting to.

Tags: #Justpitchit, Alexa von Tobel, brand.com, EyeWide Digital Marketing, hotel management, hotel marketing, hotels, Nikos Giokas, RevitUP

PhocusWire Releases 2021 Hot 25 List of Startups

2020-11-27 by Phil Butler

startup

Each November PhocusWire has begun the Phocuswright Conference with the release of our annual Hot 25 Startups. Here is the list for 2021.

Tags: Air Doctor, Anyplace, Beachy, BeRightBack, Buser, CityGuyd, Dream Drive, Entrada Insights, Kyte, Maidbot, Pace, PhocusWire, PhocusWire Hot 25, PhoCusWright conference, Rebound Travel, Salesforce, startups, tech startups, Tentrr, travel startups, Tripkicks, Troop Travel, Trueface, Volara, Vouch, Wajaj, Zamna

IOC Celebrates World Olive Oil Day Via Zoom Teleconference

2020-11-26 by Phil Butler

IOC

The International Olive Council (IOC) goes live with “The future of the olive sector” teleconference today.

Tags: agriculture, Akissa Bahri, Al Sayed Elkosayer, EVOO, IOC, Levan Davitashili, Luis Planas, Mario Solinas Quality Award, Miguel Clüsener-God, olive oil, UNESCO, World Olive Oil Day

Tourism Experts Fall Into Matrix: Cookies To Make Things Right As Rain

2020-11-25 by Phil Butler

Greece tourism

In the understatement of the century, Phocuswright experts claim tavel won’t recover from the impact of the coronavirus crisis before 2025.

Tags: 4th International Hospitality Forum, Harry Theoharis, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Michael Saunders, Mr. Smith, Peter O’Connor, PhoCusWright, The Matrix

Excavating Minoan Ritual and Myth to Discover a Sustainable Future

2020-11-24 by Phil Butler

Saffron Priestesses

The shift away from nature began when ancient society departed from the refined feminine dominated civilizations. There must be a way back…

Tags: Alan A.D. Peatfield, animism ritual, Christine Morris, Crisis Cults on Minoan Crete, Diktaion Zeus, Dionysus cults, Dr. Erin McGowan, Dr. Jan Driessen, epiphanic postural images, ethnography, Hagia Triada sarcophagus, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Jan Driessen, John Pendlebury, Knossos, Minoan Crete, Minoan rituals, Minoan Thalassocracy, Minoan Theater, Minoans, Shamanism, Thalassocracy, Universal Shamanism, Zoe Helene

Come and Get Your Red-Hot IATA Travel Pass: While Supplies Last

2020-11-24 by Phil Butler

IATA Travel Pass

COVID-19 has shaken the world. It’s just too bad that the Air Transport Association (IATA) and other leadership were not more proactive.

Tags: 2020 flights, air passengers, airlines, COVID-19, COVID-19 second wave, IATA, Muhammad Albakri, quarantine, second wave, summer restart, Travel Pass

Top Greek Tourism Officials Go Into Precautionary Quarantine

2020-11-24 by Phil Butler

Haris Theocharis

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis and Deputy Tourism Minister Manos Konsolas are now in a precautionary quarantine.

Tags: COVID-19, EODY, Greece’s National Public Health Organization, Harry Theoharis, Manos Konsolas, Positive for COVID, quarantine

Europe’s Second Lockdown Already Crushing Stays

2020-11-23 by Phil Butler

Stop Covid

Europe’s 2nd lockdown is already negatively impacting hotel performance. Data from STR and other researchers reveals October performance way down.

Tags: 2020 bookings, COVID-19 cancellations, Europe bookings, Europe hotels, hotel bookings, hotels 2020, STR, VauBoo

Coming Up December 1st: Hospitality Marketplace #Justpitchit

2020-11-23 by Phil Butler

Funnel TV

December 1st – 4th, forty travel and hospitality companies will meet online at the Hospitality Marketplace: Just Pitch It online event.

Tags: EyeWide Digital Marketing, FunnelTV, Hospitality Marketplace, hotel marketing, hotel tech, hotel technology, Hyperguest, Justpitchit, Linkedinlive, Minas Liapakis, Palladium Hotel Group, technology, technology solutions, Travel Singularity

Greek Health Officials Consult Poo-Poo Oracle On COVID-19

2020-11-21 by Phil Butler

Oracle

Greek health officials are finding evidence the COVID crisis is abating, get this, at sewage treatment plants in Thessaloniki and Athens.

Tags: Aristotle University, coronavirus deaths, COVID-19 Greece, Greek oracle, Nikos Papaioannou, Nikos Thomaidis, Poo Poo, Thessaloniki

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