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Antonios Karatzis Shows How Crete Luxury Hospitality Is Done

2021-06-17 by Phil Butler

Nana Princess

Argophilia introduces readers to Antonios Karatzis and the crown jewel of his growing company, Nana Princess Suites, Villas, and Spa.

Tags: Antonios Karatzis, Crete resorts, five-star hotels, Karatzis Energy SA & Co., Nana Beach, Nana Beach Resort, Nana Princess Resort

Brown Hotels Acquires Three Properties in Loutraki

2021-03-16 by Argophilia Travel News

Visit Loutraki

Brown Hotels has just announced having acquired three properties in the municipalities of Loutraki – Perachora – Agioi Theodoroi in the Peloponnese.

Tags: Agioi Theodoroi, Brown Hotels, five-star hotels, Greece hotel news, Greece hotels, hotel news, Loutraki, Loutraki – Perachora – Agioi Theodoroi, New Hotels, Peloponnese

Why Can’t Greek Officials Imagine Tourism Alternatives?

2021-01-02 by Phil Butler

Aravanes and Amari

The tourism situation in Greece calls for new thinking. Meanwhile, Athens decisionmakers are locked into old ways of doing business.

Tags: AirBnb, Amir Benesh, Aravanes Traditional Tavern, Blue Palace in Elounda, budget tourism, cheap travel, crete, Crete vacations, Crete villas, five-star hotels, Greece resorts, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Greek hotels, Mykonos, TUI, TUI BLUE Elounda Village, TUI deals

Le Méridien Limassol Debuts Presidential Suite

2012-08-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Grand Presidential Suite

News from Starwood Hotels and Cyprus, Le Méridien Limassol Spa and Resort just announced having opened their Grand Presidential Suite. An already sumptuous stay on one of the world’s most beautiful Islands, this Cyprus hotel offers award winning service and amenities, and now a 300 sq. m. top floor suite fit for royalty.

Tags: Cyprus hotels, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, five-star hotels, Le Meridien Limassol, Starwood

Gstaad Palace: Green, Luxuriant & Progressive Too

2012-03-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The view from Gstaad Palace, incomperable

One of the world’s exclusive eco-friendly hotels, the Gstaad Palace, has elected to use Global Hotel Exchange, a revolutionary new online booking platform that makes an ideal bed-fellow for one of Switzerland’s most inventive and luxurious places to stay. As this fabulous Swiss resort proclaims in their video at post’s end, “Gstaad Palace is far more than just a hotel.” Where forward thinking joins old world tradition, excellence resides.

Tags: five star, five-star hotels, G+, g+ pages, GHX, Global Hotel Exchange, Google Plus, Gstaad, Gstaad Palace, Luxury Hotels, Palace Spa, Swiss hospitality, Swiss hotels, Switzerland hotels, Switzerland travel, World hotels

Need a Five-Star Hotel? Head to Thailand for the Cheapest Rates

2011-03-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Five-star hotels in Thailand are available for under $100

The average cost of a one night’s stay in a Thai hotel dropped by almost 3% last year, making the country one of the best in the world as far as low-cost accommodation rates go.

Tags: cheap hotels, five-star hotels, Hotel Price Index, hotels, Hotels.com, Singapore, Singapore hotels, Thai hotel, Thailand, Thailand hotels, Thailand tourism, Thailand travel

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