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TUI Group to Cut 8,000 Jobs as Stocks Plummet Farther

2020-05-13 by Phil Butler

TUI Group logo

TUI Group has announced cutting 8,000 jobs in an effort to reduce costs amid the coronavirus crisis, even as stocks plummet farther.

Tags: Carnival, COVID-19, EasyJet, Fritz Joussen, tour companies, tourism, tourism industry, travel destinations, TUI, TUI AG/ADR, TUI Group, TUI shares, TUI stocks, TUI Travel

Greece Anticipates Brit and German Tourists for Summer of 2020

2020-05-12 by Phil Butler

Agia Roumeli Coast

Greece’s Minister of Tourism Harry Theoharis is courting German and British tourists to help rescue Summer 2020.

Tags: Agia Roumeli, Anemos Grand Luxury Resort, Bild am Sonntag, coronavirus Greece, crete, Crete resorts, Crete tourism, Eliros Mare Hotel, German tourists, Greece resorts, Greece tours, Harry Theoharis, Lefteris Vantarakis, Mythos Palace, South of Crete, Tourism Ministry

Gulfstream’s G600 Gets EU Aviation Safety Agency Approval

2020-05-12 by Phil Butler

G600

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation says European clients will soon be able to take delivery of the award-winning Gulfstream G600.

Tags: Aerospace, aircraft, aviation, EASA certification, fast jets, flights, G600, Gulfstream, jets, private charter

Crete Beaches Revert to Eden With Tourists Away in May

2020-05-12 by Phil Butler

Crete’s beaches are all but empty now. The pandemic has kept tourists away. Now, wonders of the world revert to Eden-like perfection.

Tags: Agiofárango, Amnissos Beach, Coronavirus, crete, Crete getaways, Crete Island, Crete vacation, Falasarna, Greece travel, Greek beaches, Karteros Beach, Preveli Beach, Seitan Limania, Vai Beach

Somewhere Over Kissamos

2020-05-11 by Phil Butler

Kissamos

A night sky UHD timelapse “Above Kissamos” film by The MultiMaker on May 1st brings to mind the eternal gift of the universe seen from Crete.

Tags: astronomy, crete, Crete islands, Elon Musk, Kissamos, Kissamos sky, Minoans, movies, night sky, Polyrrhenia, satellites, SpaceX, Starlink, Starlink satellites, stars

Symi Celebrates May 8th End of WW2 Without the World

2020-05-09 by Phil Butler

Symi

Yesterday, a few officials and citizens gathered in Symi to celebrate the anniversary of 8 May 1945, end of the Second World War.

Tags: British SBS, Dodecanese Islands, Greece campaign, Greek Sacred Band, Nazis, Operation Tenement, Raid on Symi, Special Boat Service, Symi, symi island, Symi Raid, World War 2

Greece’s Mitsotakis and Israel’s Netanyahu Join Others to Propose Tourism Corridor

2020-05-08 by Phil Butler

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

This week, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis took part in a video conference with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, and other heads of state to propose the creation of “safe corridors” for travel once the coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Present at the teleconference were Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, Norwegian PM Erna Solberg, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Singaporean PM Lee […]

Tags: Andrej Babis, australia, Austria, Benjamin Netanyahu, COIVID-19 response, Coronavirus, coronavirus response, COVID-19 restrictions, Czech Republic, Denmark, Erna Solberg, Greece, Israel, Mette Frederiksen, Norway, safe corredor, Safe Zones, Scott Morrison, Sebastian Kurz, Sebastien Kurz, Singapore, travel restrictions

Greek Hoteliers Ready to Acclimate to “New Normal” After COVID-19

2020-05-08 by Phil Butler

Georgioupolis Beach

Greece’s major hotel chains are looking at proactive plans for booking rooms in order to create a natural social-distancing atmosphere.

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Greece 2020, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece tourists, Greek travel, hotels, Mitsotakis

Top Greek Marine Micro-Biologist Gives Summer Beachgoing Advice

2020-05-07 by Phil Butler

Kokkinos Pyrgos

A Greek Professor of Marine Microbiology at the University of the Aegean gives sound advice on summer beachgoing.

Tags: Adamantia Efstratios, Aegean beaches, beaches, beachgoing, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 response, Dr. Adamantia Efstratios, Greece beaches, marine biology, SARS-CoV-2

Region of Crete and “Diazoma” To Cooperate for Upgrading Minoan Palaces

2020-05-07 by Phil Butler

Knossos

The Region of Crete and the association “Diazoma” have just signed a memorandum of cooperation for promoting and upgrading the Minoan Palaces.

Tags: Costas Fasoulakis, crete, Crete attractions, Crete tours, cultural heritage, Diazoma, Fasoulakis Costas, heritage, Knossos, Kostas Fasoulakis, Kriti, Minoan Crete, Minoan palaces, Minoans, Region of Crete, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Stavros Benno

Airbnb Succumbs to Pandemic – Almost 2,000 to Be Laid Off

2020-05-06 by Phil Butler

Brian Chesky at the BUILD Gala

Airbnb, the world’s most popular short-term rental platform, is making drastic adjustments to its workforce on account the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tags: AirBnb, Airbnb layoffs, Brian Chesky, Coronavirus 2019, rentals, short-term rentals

TUI Pushing Hard for Early Tourism Invasion of Greece

2020-05-06 by Phil Butler

Mykonos

This week in Greece, citizens are emerging from a weeks long lockdown. Meanwhile, TUI and other big travel businesses push ahead hard.

Tags: Balearic Islands, Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, crete, Cyprus, Fritz Joussen, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, portugal, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, TUI, TUI Cruises, TUI profits, TUI stocks

A Thin Light Shines On Greek Hotels From Beyond the Pandemic Tunnel

2020-05-04 by Phil Butler

Minas Liapakis

The pandemic is destroying the businesses of countless Greeks. There are some bright points, however, for those capable of taking advantage.

Tags: EyeWide, EyeWide Digital Marketing, EyeWide Digital Marketing Agency, Greece hospitality, Greece tourism, Greek hotels, Harry Theoharis, hotels marketing, Minas Liapakis, RevPAR, tourism, tourism minister

Cretans Start May Off Right With a New Era of KALIMERA!

2020-05-04 by Phil Butler

Crete pharmacists

Cretans are world renowned for the love of life, strangers, and for their fierce independence. Today, their spirit shines all the brighter.

Tags: coronavirus response, COVID-19, Crete lockdown, Greece lockdown, Heraklion, Heraklion lockdown, Heraklion stores, lockdown, May 4th, X-Treme Sports

Santorini Should Be Jealous of Saturday’s Crete Sunset

2020-05-03 by Phil Butler

Alison Hatzidakis

A Crete sunset symbolizes what Cretans hope will be the end of a pandemic, and a new beginning.

Tags: alfakapa__, Chania, Coronavirus, Cretan photographers, crete, Crete Instagram, Crete photography, Giorgos Trivizadakis, Greece, Heraklion, Heraklion sunset, Ierapetra, instagram, Instagram sunsets, instakissamos, Kissamos, lockdown, Manos Garefalakis, Platanias, Rethymno, v3silik7

Heraklion Anticipates Brighter Days As the Lockdown Lifted

2020-05-02 by Phil Butler

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On Monday, in accordance with regulations put in place by Greek authorities in Athens, many of the restrictions put in place to battle the coronavirus will be lifted. Here in Heraklion, citizens are eager to restart their normal routines, as is the everyone lockdowns have occurred. This morning, I could not help but notice how […]

Tags: coronavirus restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, crete, Greece coronavirus, Heraklion city, Heraklion residents

On You Return to Crete: Choose A Perfect Seclusion

2020-04-28 by Phil Butler

Red Castle Fish Tavern

When the coronavirus pandemic emergency subsites, Crete will be your perfect destination for seclusion in paradise.

Tags: Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, Amari Valley, Aravanes, Asterousia Mountains, Crete hotels, Crete Island, Crete vacations, Crete villages, Galaxy Hotel, Heraklion, Heraklion hotels, Incredible Crete, Lambros Papoutsakh, Markos Skordalakis, Rethymno, Rethymno hotels, Rethymno Prefecture, Rethymno stays, SeaScape Luxury Residences, Sitia, Syntopia, Syntopia Hotel, Syntopia Rethymno, Thalori Guesthouses, Thalori Retreat

Be Vigilant Greece: The Coronavirus Vultures are Circling

2020-04-28 by Phil Butler

Pyatt

News from the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) this week reads like a positive, but Greeks should beware.

Tags: American investors, BCIU, COVID-19, Geoffrey Pyatt, Greece economy, Greece property, Greek assets, Greek ports, Greek privatization, Greek properties, privatizing Greece, think tanks

Those Russians: Evgeny Maruskin

2020-04-28 by Phil Butler

Evgeny Marushkin

Profiles of the real Russian people so few in the west ever come to know. What a tragedy it is, for a great people to be so misunderstood.

Tags: Eastern Europeans, Evgeny Maruskin, Karelia Region, Kremlin Palace, people, Russia 1, Russian celebrities, Russian people, Russian personalities, Russians

Greece Heads Into Post-Coronavirus Land With Zero Deaths News

2020-04-26 by Phil Butler

Archanes Village

Greece’s leadership is expected to lift of many of the restrictions put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus starting next week.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece, Greece economy, Greece lockdown, pandemic, school openings

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