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Crete’s Best Resorts: Volume One

Phil Butler

Argo Travel News has done dozens of reports on the touristic value of Crete, our staff and affiliates love the island just that much. However, we have yet to do a roundup of the best all around resorts set on this majestic paradise. Here’s a the short bucket list of luxury and even economical vacation wonders, in the land where the Minoans once ruled.

9 years ago

Mission to Crete: Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko Tests Philoxenia

Aleksandr Shatskih

Yuri Malenchenko (54) is at the new Cretan resort Anemos Luxury Grand Resort recouping from 6 months aboard the international space station, according to the news from Chania province.

9 years ago

Balancing In Between a Rigid and Adaptive Hotel Business Model

Phil Butler

The advent of new technologies has brought about a great deal of change for hospitality businesses. The trend has opened up amazing possibilities, while at the same time causing great apprehension.

9 years ago

Costa Luminosa Brings the Jewels of the Baltic to Moscow

Aleksandr Shatskih

Italian cruise line Costa Cruises has recently added a tour of Moscow to its “Jewels of the Baltic” (or “Northern Capitals”) itinerary, allowing Costa Luminosa cruise passengers to visit the beautiful Russian capital for a day.

9 years ago

Ryanair Set for Further Expansion on Positive 2015/16

Phil Butler

According to news from Ryanair, the airline’s full-year profits were 43% higher for 2015/16 jumped, than the previous period. Despite major setbacks from terrorist attacks, strikes, and other negatives, the company managed a profit of €1,242 million.

9 years ago

ALERT: Canadians, Argophilia.ca is a SCAM Site!

Mihaela Lica Butler

If you live in Canada, or anywhere else on the planet, and you receive a job offer from Argophilia Company, Argophilia, Argophilia.ca CALL the local POLICE and report it. It will be a scam.

9 years ago

Airbnb Loses Biggest Fan With PR Slight of Hand

Phil Butler

A scathing revelation about failed communications and a company that may be on the rocks financially. Airbnb cannot even engage in a decent conversation with the media, potential partners, or even award winning Airbnb hosts. What is up with Airbnb?

9 years ago

Searching for Hospitality’s “Holy Grail” – Sustainability

Phil Butler

We hear so much about how tourism, hospitality, and especially hotels will ride the wave of Big Data into a revenue sunset. But underneath the hyperbole, there is a certain reality, the realization that sustainable businesses simply must emerge. It is also true that companies that provide the most stunning technological advancements in this field, cannot thrive unless their clients do.

9 years ago

10 Reasons to Visit Crimea This Summer

Aleksandr Shatskih

If you are at a loss as to where to go on vacation this Summer, then make a trip to Crimea, trust us, you will never forget the hospitality and wonders abounding there. The Crimean peninsula is another whole world packed into one scenic, cultural experience.

9 years ago

Greece Becomes Favored Russian Tourism Destination

Phil Butler

The head of Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency, Oleg Safonov says Greece may became the leader in bookings from Russians, by the end of 2016. According to Safonov, the flow of tourist from Russia to Greece may exceed 1 million before year’s end.

9 years ago

AccorHotels Appoints First Chief Disruption Officer?

Phil Butler

Thinault Viort (at left) has been named the very first Chief Disruption and Growth Officer of AccorHotels. The move is reportedly to keep pace with a fast-moving consumer market. In one of the most interestingly worded press releases ever, a European mega hotel company touts an exec intent on shaking things up? According to the news […]

9 years ago

Airbnb’s Rocky Road to Vacation Bookings Supremecy

Phil Butler

Airbnb announced recently collaborations with a number of tech companies, in order to boost the company’s business conversions. API tests last year with the likes of Live Rez, BookingPal, Kigo and LeisureLink, as well as other connections, promise Airbnb hosts a billboard to reach even more guests. Tech connectedness is certainly Airbnb’s forte, as is the shared economy, but there’s some trouble brewing too. Here’s a look at what’s up with travel’s most forward thinking company this month.

9 years ago

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Tense scenes outside Heraklion Airport as farmers clash with police during nationwide protests over subsidies and rising costs.

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The Reduction of Hospitality Studies from 4 to 3 Years Sparks Backlash in Crete

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Crete warns that cutting ASTE studies undermines tourism training, pushes hotels toward cheap foreign labour, and threatens the sector’s long-term quality and workforce stability.

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2025-12-08 By Kostas Raptis

Farmers escalate protests by blocking both entrances to Heraklion Airport, leaving travelers stranded and causing serious delays across Crete.

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Crete Stunned After Deadliest Migrant Shipwreck Near Ierapetra

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Ierapetra faced an unprecedented tragedy as 17 young migrants were recovered from a half-sunken vessel south of Crete.

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Kitharida celebrates the season with a Christmas tree lighting — on an island where boats, not fir trees, are the real tradition.

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