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Are Big Tour Operators Sailing Crete to a Point of No Return?

2021-04-04 by Phil Butler

Heraklion shopping

TUI and Hapag-Lloyd intend on making Crete a new base of operations for late Spring and Summer 2021. But, is this a good thing, or bad?

Tags: Crete harbor, Crete tourism, cruise lines, cruise news, Hapag-Lloyd, Heraklion port, Mein Schiff 2, overtourism, ports, tours, TUI, TUI Cruises, TUI Group, Venice cruises

HRADF to Announce Heraklion Port Share Turnover

2021-03-04 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Port

HRADF will announce the winners of international tender for the sale of a majority stake in Heraklion Port.

Tags: Crete tourism, cruise Greece, cruise tourism, Greek ports, Heraklion port, HRADF, overtourism, Santorini Dave, sustainable tourism

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

Ryanair Adds Quarantine-Free Vacation Deals for Crete & Santorini

2020-10-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Ryanair

Ryanair has is now offering UK travelers jet holidays without the risk of quarantine on their return home.

Tags: Crete tourism, Ryanair, Ryanair Greece, Ryanair news, Ryanair profits, Santorini tourism, UK tourists

Crete Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis Meets Hotel Employee Association

2020-08-26 by Phil Butler

Crete governor

Crete Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis meets with Nikos Kokolakis and other hotel workers association stakeholders to discuss aid to the trouble industry.

Tags: Association for Hotel Employee, Crete hotels, Crete officials, Crete tourism, Nikos Kokolakis, Stavros Arnaoutakis

Egypt Tourism Sector Desperation Not a Good Sign for Sustainability

2020-07-19 by Phil Butler

Luxor Temple

Egypt is desperate to reboot the country’s COVID-19 decimated tourism industry. But, will the end result be sustainable?

Tags: Abercrombie & Kent, Abu Sir Al-Maleq, Crete tourism, Egypt antiquities, Egypt tourism, Egypt tourism ministry, Great Pyramid, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Hills Balfour, Hurghada, Karnak, Khaled el-Anany, Luxor, Sustainability Leaders Project, Vienna Tourist Board

Greece Releases Tourism 2020 List – UK Not On It

2020-05-22 by Phil Butler

Knossos Tourists

Greece announces the countries so far allowed to vactation in the country in mid-summer 2020, and the United Kingdom does not make the list.

Tags: according to Athens, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Crete tourism, Crete vacation, Greece tourism, Greece vacations, Harry Theoharis, International Travel, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, lected, pandemic, pendemic response, UK vacationers, United Kingdom

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

Cretan Spring Arrives: Instagram Reminds of a Post COVID-19 Paradise

2020-04-02 by Phil Butler

Agia Pelagia

With Crete in lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic, it’s a time to appreciate the paradise island we live on. Instagram provides hope.

Tags: Agioferago, beaches, Cretan Spring, crete, Crete beaches, Crete tourism, Dermatos Beach, Greece beaches, Heraklion, Karteros, Knossos Palace, Minoan Theater, Minoans, Preveli Beach, Rethymno, Spring, Vai Beach

Ministers, Airlines, Cruises, and COVID-19 Bean Counting

2020-03-09 by Phil Butler

Deserted beach

Tourism Minister Theoharis and Condor Airlines executives met in Berlin last week to discuss the impacts of the coronavirus and other issues.

Tags: airlines, Condor, Condor Airlines, Coronavirus, COVID-19 cancellations, Crete hotels, Crete tourism, EU, Europe tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greece travel, Greek hotels, Hary Theoharis, Tourism Ministers, travel advisory, US State Department

Greece a 2020 Favorite With Netherlands Travelers

2020-01-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Myrtos Beach

Greece recently won “Best Global Destination” at the Reisgraag Travel Awards, based on reviews by Dutch travelers booking 2020 trips.

Tags: Crete nightlife, Crete tourism, Crete tourists, Dutch travelers, Greece, Greece destinations, Greece tourism, Greek Isles, Holland travelers, Netherlands tourists

Crete Gets Tourism Ministry Support for Special Interest Travel Segment

2019-11-15 by Argophilia Travel News

Tholos Beach

Greece’s Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis has offered support for the Region of Crete to develop special interest tourism products.

Tags: Crete tourism, Crete tours, Crete travel, Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, tourism, tourism minister

Russia’s S7 Airlines Creates Moscow to Heraklion Service for 2020

2019-11-13 by Argophilia Travel News

S7 Airlines

S7 Airlines will begin flights from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport to Heraklion, Crete beginning in the Summer of 2020.

Tags: 2020 vacation, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Crete 2020, Crete flights, Crete tourism, Crete travel, Heraklion airlines, Heraklion flights, Russian airlines, S7 Airlines

New Incredible Crete Campaign Showcases the Island’s Winter Magic

2019-09-09 by Phil Butler

Snow-kiting Crete

A new campaign from the creators of Incredible Crete invites winter travelers to this amazing and diverse island.

Tags: Cretan Winter, Crete campaigns, Crete legends, Crete Region, Crete tourism, Greece in Winter, Incredible Crete, Thodoris Papadoulakis, Winter Destinations, Winter on Crete, Wintering in Greece

Students on Crete Connect With Tourism Professionals in Career Initiative

2019-08-08 by Delia Gavrilescu

The Tipping Point in Education

The Tipping Point (TTP) and the G & A Mamidakis Foundation joined forces recently on Crete to offer an educational program for students.

Tags: bluegr Hotels & Resorts, crete, Crete students, Crete tourism, G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation, LoveGreece.com, sustainable tourism, The Tipping Point, tourism education, tourism jobs, TTP

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