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Hilton Opening Two New Hotels in Athens

2022-02-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Mikrolimano, Piraeus, Greece

Hilton has announced plans to open two new hotels in Athens. As part of a management agreement with their affiliate the SCD Group LTD.

Tags: Athens hotels, Athens stays, Curio Collection, Greece hotels, Hampton Hotels, Hampton Piraeus, Hilton, Hilton news, Hilton Worldwide, hotel announcements, Pentelikon Athens, Piraeus Mikrolimano

Look! Greece Has a New Hospitality Brand – Donkey Hotels

2021-02-24 by Argophilia Travel News

donkey hotels and resorts

Athinaion Tourist Enterprises SA and Yes! Hotels Group have announced a merger to create the new Donkey Hotels chain in Greece.

Tags: Athens hotels, Athinaion Tourist Enterprises SA, Donkey Hotels, Greece hotels, Greek hotels, hotel acquisitions, hotel mergers, NEW Hotel, Periscope, Semiramis

Q3 Report Says Greek Hotels Lost Billions to COVID-19 So Far

2020-11-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Porto Palace Hotel Thessaloniki

A new analysis from GBR Consulting reveals that Athens and Thessaloniki hotels lost 79% and 67% of their revenue compared to 2019 numbers.

Tags: Athens hotels, COVID-19 Greece, GBR Consulting, Greece hospitality, Greek economy, Greek hotels, Thessaloniki hotels

Greek Tourism Ministry Releases Directions for Hotels to Reopen

2020-05-24 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Ministry of Tourism has announced comprehensive and detailed guidelines for hotels and other businesses to reopen.

Tags: Athens hotels, COVID-19, Greece hotels, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greece vacations, Harry Theoharis, hotels, pandemic restrictions, Tourism 2020, Tourism Ministry

RevitUp to Introduce its Data-powered Hospitality Ecosystem at HOTECH Athens 2020

2020-02-05 by Argophilia Travel News

HOTECH Athens 2020

RevitUp, an innovative performance marketing, and online revenue management service, will introduce its groundbreaking revenue optimization ecosystem at @HOTECH Athens 2020.

Tags: Athens conferences, Athens events, Athens hotels, Balkans hotels, Balkans travel, data powered, Divani Caravel Hotel, Greece hotels, hospitality technology, HOTECH Athens, HOTECH Athens 2020, hotel data, hotel management, hotel technology, hotels, IDeaS, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, Nikos Gkiokas, Revenue Management, Revenue solutions, RevitUP, World hotels

Manolis Papadakis Named GM at the Brown Acropol Hotel in Athens

2019-10-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Brown Hotels

Brown Hotels announced their entry into the Greek hotel market with the coming opening of the Acropol Hotel in the center of Athens.

Tags: Acropol Hotel, Athens hotel, Athens hotel opening, Athens hotels, Brown Hotels, Tel Aviv hotels

Israel’s Brown Hotels Eyeballs Greece Investment & Expansion

2019-08-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Brown Hotels Tel Aviv

A meetup in between Greek Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Israel’s Brown Hotels speaks of Greek expansion plans.

Tags: Adonis Georgiadis, Athens hotels, Brown Hotels, Greece hospitality, Greece hotel expansion, Greece hotels, Greece investment, hotel news, hotels

Athens’ Foundry Urban Boutique Luxury Hotel Reinvents the Picnic

2019-07-08 by Phil Butler

Foundry Urban Boutique Luxury Hotel

Situated in the artsy and historic Psyrri neighborhood, The Foundry Urban Boutique Luxury Hotel offers one of the most unique experiences in the city.

Tags: Acropolis, Athens hotels, Athens rooms, Athens stays, Foundry Urban Boutique Luxury Hotel, Greece hotels, Greek hotels, Luxury Hotels, retrochic, Rooftop Picnic Garden

Grand Hyatt to Open First Hotel in Greece

2018-05-24 by Argophilia Travel News

Grand Hyatt Hotel in Athens

Hyatt will open its first Grand Hyatt in Greece through a franchise agreement signed with Henderson Park and Hines for the Grand Hyatt Athens hotel. 

Tags: Athens hospitality, Athens hotels, Grand Hyatt, Greece hotels, hotel openings, Hyatt, Hyatt Hotels

Lampsa Group to Add New 5-Star Offering in Athens

2017-12-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Syntagma Square

Lampsa Hellenic Hotels SA has just taken out a 30-year lease on a nice story building that once housed the historic Kings Palace in Athens.

Tags: Athens hotels, Athens investment, Athens luxury, Hotel Grande Bretagne, Hotel investment, Hotel King George, Hyatt, King George Athens, Lampsa, Lampsa Hellenic Hotels, Marriott, Syntagma Square

The Digi.travel Conference: Day Two On Athens Business

2016-11-28 by Phil Butler

Marianna Sigala is Professor at the University of South Australia.

Yesterday I reported on day one of our business excursion to Athens for the Digi.travel EMEA Conference & Expo. Day two was, as was expected, all about contributing to an all-star lineup at the event organized by Travel Media Applications. Today I will attempt to recap some of the most informative sessions and speakers at […]

Tags: AIROTEL, Alexandros Vassilikos, Athens conference, Athens hotels, Digi.travel, Henri Roelings, Hotelbrain, hotels, IBM, Microsoft, Panos Paleologos, TMA, Tom Magnuson, Travel Daily News

Argo Hotel Spotlight: Westin’s Astir Palace Near Athens

2014-09-02 by Phil Butler

Grand Deluxe Room

This weeks resort spotlight shines on Westin’s Astir Palace in Athens. Sitting in the middle of 75 acres of lush gardens along a private peninsula, this resort offers endless vacationing possibilities for the Greece traveler. But the average traveler doing their discovery, just may not give this stunning resort a chance. Here’s the pro’s and con’s of this Athens hideaway.

Tags: Argo hotels, Astir Palace, Athens hotels, hotel looks

Athens Top Economy Destination in Europe

2014-04-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Image courtesy Visit Greece Instagram

In a recent Trivago survey, Athens reached the pinnacle of this year’s preferred Easter destinations for foreigners. The Trivago report also revealed the Greek capital as the cheapest European capital city to visit.

Tags: Athens hotels, Greece, Greece travel, Greek Reporter, Posidonia 2014, Trivago, Visit Greece, World Travel Awards

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