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ATOR: Greece a Top 10 Best-selling Autumn Destinations for Russians

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Greece is among the 10 most best-selling destinations of Russian travelers that are planning a trip abroad this autumn.

7 years ago

Sports Events 365 Signs Season Ticket Agreement with Atletico Madrid

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Sports Events 365 signs agreements to lay the groundwork for further expansion. It now partnered with Atletico Madrid, winner of the 2018 UEFA Super Cup.

7 years ago

Shiji and Fliggy partner to pioneer facial recognition hotel check-in

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Shiji working with Alibaba’s Fliggy (formerly known as AliTrip), have achieved a hotel industry first by integrating full facial recognition for hotel check-in including credit authorization for 50 hotels in Hainan district of China.

7 years ago

Greece Switches On Registry for Short-term Rentals

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Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has announced an electronic registry so property owners leasing their homes as short-term rentals can do so online.

7 years ago

ANEK Lines Replaces Damaged Vessel on Piraeus-Chania Route

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The itineraries of the ferry, “Eleftherios Venizelos” of ANEK Lines, which on Tuesday caught fire while en route, will be operated by other vessels, following the amendment of the company’s routes between the ports of Piraeus and Souda in Chania, Crete.

7 years ago

m2C Conference to take place January 29th in Prague

Aleksandr Shatskih

The “marketing to China” m2C Conference is scheduled to take place on January 29th& 30th,2019 in Prague at the Carlton Congress Hotel. The “marketing to China” conference is a new concept of knowledge sharing event between world-class professionals focused on Chinese digital marketing& e-commerce and Western companies interested in entering the Chinese market with its promotional campaigns and sales activities.

7 years ago

Crete’s Blue Palace among Top Resorts in Greece for 2018

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Earlier this month the Blue Palace, a Luxury Collection Resort and Spa in Elounda on Crete, took third place among Travel + Leisure’s 2018 Best Resort Hotels in Greece list, as decided by the readers of the magazine.

7 years ago

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to Rebrand Crete Hotel

Aleksandr Shatskih

In news from the Crete hotel scene, a new Wyndham Grand Hotel will open in the summer of 2019. Wyndham will use the offseason to renovate the fabulous Mirabello Beach & Village Hotel in Agios Nikolaos.

7 years ago

Greece Announces New Framework to Regulate Agrotourism Businesses

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The terms and conditions for the regulated operation of agrotourism (or agritourism) enterprises in Greece have been laid out in a special framework published recently in the Government Gazette and based on a joint decision by the Tourism Ministry and the Rural Development and Food Ministry. 

7 years ago

Dangerous Summer Heat Advisory Issued for Europe

Aleksandr Shatskih

Meteorologists are warning that the current European temperature record of 48C in Athens, Greece, in 1977 could be broken as a wave of blisteringly hot air sweeps in from North Africa. The experts say both Spain and Portugal will be hit by an extreme heatwave that might see the hottest-ever temperatures recorded in continental Europe.

7 years ago

AEGEAN Announces Pilot Scholarships for 100 Greek Students

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Greece’s national carrier Aegean Airliness (AEGEAN) announced on Tuesday, that it was granting scholarships to 100 Greek students seeking to become pilots with applications being accepted until September 7.

7 years ago

Handelsblat: Robust Tourism Driving Greece out of Crisis

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Tourists continue to flock to Greece despite the recent deadly fires outside Attica, reports German business paper Handelsblat days after the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reassured travelers that the country was a safe destination.

7 years ago

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