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Koutsounari Traditional Cottages: A Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Gem

2021-05-15 by Phil Butler

Koutsounari Traditional Cottages

One of southern Crete’s most enchanting stays, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages was just named a 2021 Travelers Choice Award winner.

Tags: COVID precautions, COVID protocols, crete, Crete hotels, Crete tavernas, Crete travel, Crete villages, Eleni Nakou, EODY, Europa Nostra, Ierapetra, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages, pet friendly, pet friendly hotels, T. Zervas, Travelers Choice, Travelers Choice 2020, Travelers Choice 2021, V. Zerva-Vozineki, Visit Crete

At Winter’s End On Crete Witness Instagram’s Spring

2021-03-07 by Phil Butler

Ruins of Gortys

Spring perfection from Crete island, where nature is a song sung in perfect harmony with the spirit of man.

Tags: Amari Valley, Aravanes, Cretan Spring, crete, Crete flowers, Crete Island, Crete travel, Falasarna Beach, Fodele Beach, Itanos Beach, Minoan, Minoan priestess, Municipality of Amari, Spinalonga Island, Taverna Jasmine, Thronos, Vai, Visit Crete

What’s Happening On Crete: The Weekend of July 12th, 2020

2020-07-14 by Phil Butler

Sunrise over Lygaria

This past weekend Cretans mixed business and pleasure, which is a kind of tradition that will probably suit the post-pandemic era as well.

Tags: Antonis Kallitsakis, Around Heraklion, Cactus Beach Resort & Bungalows, Cretan Urban Adventures, Crete attractions, Crete beaches, Crete events, Crete Island, Crete people, Crete tours, Crete travel, CreteSummer2020, Eleni Bantouraki, Galatas, Greek summer, Greeks, Hacienda, Lygaria, Maria Sifaki, Menies Beach, Michael Kallergishas, Minas E. Liapakis, Rebecca Skevaki, Seaking Adventures, Sitia, Stelios Kanakis

Brits Allowed to Travel to Greece from July 15th

2020-07-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Santorini Sunset

Greece will begin taking direct flights from the UK starting July 15th according to news from the tourism ministry.

Tags: coronavirus pandemic, Crete travel, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Greece vacations, travel ban, UK, UK travel ban, UK travelers

Crete MP Dr. Nikos Igoumenidis Spotlights Touristic Safety Fumble

2020-06-24 by Phil Butler

Nίκος Ε. Ηγουμενίδης

Heraklion MP Dr. Nikos Igoumenidis has taken issue with an new policy that will force hospitality providers to become hospitals.

Tags: Crete holidays, Crete hotels, Crete travel, CreteVacation2020, Dr. Nikos Igoumenidis, Greece hotels, GreekVacation2020, Heraklion hotels, Heraklion MP, Nikos Igoumenidis

Dutch Favor Crete Vacations for 2020 According to Survey

2020-05-13 by Argophilia Travel News

Crete's Balos Lagoon

According to a recent survey by Griekenland.net, 2020 Crete vacations are favored by Dutch travelers looking for safe holiday destinations.

Tags: Coronavirus, Crete Island, Crete travel, Crete trips, Crete vacations, Dutch tourists, 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

Kastelli Airport Project Goes Forward on Crete

2019-05-22 by Delia Gavrilescu

Greece’s Parliament has ratified an agreement to build a modern international airport at Kastelli on Crete.

Tags: Crete airports, Crete arrivals, Crete tourism, Crete travel, Greece travel, Heraklion, Heraklion travel, Kastelli Airport, Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

4th BRANDTOUR Project Meetup Hammers Out Crete Experiential Tourism

2018-12-21 by Phil Butler

Brandtour

This week the fourth stakeholders’ meeting of the BRANDTour project addressed further actions and good practices for propelling experiential tourism on Crete. 

Tags: BrandTour, BRANDTour project, crete, Crete development, Crete travel, Emm. Kokosalis, EU inititatives, Generation Z, Haris Alexakis, Mellinial, New Horizons, Region of Crete, themed travel

Winners and Losers of the Crete Hospitality Games

2018-12-12 by Phil Butler

Perivolia outside Chania

Whoever came up with the idiomatic expression “The devil’s in the details,” must have made a bad hotel choice or two in their lives. Since retiring from the travel public relations and marketing game, I notice an uptick in sloppy marketing efforts that are almost completely reliant on Google ads, OTAs, and the big tour operators. For hoteliers here in Greece, the lost opportunity costs of such reliance will eventually tell. It is with this eventuality in mind that I present the following.

Tags: Aquila Atlantis Hotel, Crete resorts, Crete travel, Delena Mountain Resort, Dessole Dolphin Bay Resort, Expedia, Galaxy Hotel Iraklio, Google Maps, Google PageSpeed, Google SERPs, Greece resorts, hotel marketing, Kineticdesign, marketing, mobile websites, Nelios, Nelios Marketing, OTA's, TripAdvisor, websites

ANEK Lines Replaces Damaged Vessel on Piraeus-Chania Route

2018-09-02 by Argophilia Travel News

ANEK Lines

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.

Tags: ANEK LInes, Crete Ferries, Crete travel, Greece ferries, Greece travel

Crete’s Nikos Igoumenidis on Tourism Trends for 2018

2018-05-22 by Phil Butler

Nikos Igoumenidis

A few days ago Argo News had the opportunity to discuss with Greek parliamentarian, Dr. Nikos Igoumenidis, the importance of emerging tourism trends and the necessary shift by all stakeholders.

Tags: agritoursim, crete, Crete 2018, Crete tours, Crete travel, Greece, Homer, Nikos Igoumenidis, sustainability, sustainable tourism

10 Reasons “Crete” Should Be TripAdvisor’s Number One Destination

2018-03-22 by Phil Butler

Elafonisi Beach

TripAdvisor’s Top 25 Destinations of Europe 2018 were just announced, and Crete now sits at prestigious No. 4. However, us Minoans take great offense at not being chosen number one, since we gave you roads, usable toilets, and the world’s greatest EVER jewelry.

Tags: Agia Roumeli, crete, Crete adventure, Crete adventures, Crete destinations, Crete tours, Crete travel, Filoxenia, Incredible Crete, Matala Plain, Minoan treasures, raki, siga-siga, TripAdvisor

Thomas Cook Adds 145 Staff for Popular Destinations Like Crete

2018-02-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Thomas Cook is looking for staff to work for the 2018 season in its International Management Team. In total, the tour operator seeks to hire 145 people, fluent in English and German, for popular tourist destinations, including Crete.

Tags: crete, Crete hotels, Crete travel, Greece, island tours, Mediterranean, Thomas Cook Group, tour companies

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