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A PR “Thank You” for Abaton Island Resort & Spa

2022-09-28 by Phil Butler

Abaton Island Resort & Spa

How did Abaton Island Resort & Spa become a hot trend in Google Search? It’s not magic, even though PR is a mystery to Cretans.

Tags: Abaton, Abaton Island, Abaton Island Resort & Spa, Crete hotels, Crete resorts, famous hotels, Forbes Vanity Fair, Google Trends, Greece hotels, hotel marketing, hotel PR, hotel publicity, hotel stories, marketing, PR moves, public relations, publicity strategies, regional trends, search trends, stunning PR

RevitUp Now 1st Exclusive Partner of HolidayCheck in Greece and Cyprus

2022-09-27 by Phil Butler

RevitUp announces becoming the first exclusive partner of one of the tourism industry’s biggest players, HolidayCheck in Greece and Cyprus.

Tags: booking platforms, Cyprus hospitality, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus tourism, Greece, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, hotel bookings, hotel marketing, hotel news, RevitUP, tourism

Brown Hotels to Open Isla Brown Corinthia Opening this Month

2022-06-15 by Phil Butler

Isla Brown Corinthia

The innovative and chic Brown Hotels has announced the five-star Isla Brown Corinthia will open this month.

Tags: Brown Hotels, Corinthia, Greece hotels, hotel news, Isla Brown Corinthia, Leon Avigad, New Hotels

Brown Hotels Greece Partners with Israir Airlines

2022-06-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Leon Avigad

Brown Hotels announced last week a new partnership with Israir Airlines to co-purchase and co-own properties throughout Greece.

Tags: Brown Hotels, Brown Hotels Greece, Greece hotels, Hotel investment, hotel news, Israir, Israir Airlines, Leon Avigad, Nitzan Perry

Mandarin Oriental To Manage New Hotel in Greece

2022-05-23 by Phil Butler

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has just announced that it will manage a new luxury hotel in Costa Navarino.

Tags: Costa Navarino, Greece, Greece hotels, Greece resorts, Greece travel, hotels, Luxury Hotels, luxury resort, Mandarin Oriental, Peloponnese hotels, TEMES

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

Greece: Where the Official Tourism Message Gets Mixed Up

2021-12-07 by Phil Butler

Vassilis Kikilias

Some Greek hoteliers are scared Winter 2021 will bring disaster. Others applaud record bookings. Greece now seems confused.

Tags: Greece 2021, Greece hotels, Grigoris Tasios, Hotel occupancy, tourism, Vasilis Kikilias

A Look At the Sheraton Rhodes Resort: Through a Thousand Eyes

2021-10-03 by Phil Butler

Sheraton Rhodes Resort

We take a look at the real value the Sheraton Rhodes Resort provides guests through the eyes of thousands of guests.

Tags: best hotels, best reports, Five-star resorts, Google Hotels, Google reviews, Greece hotels, Greece resorts, hotels, Hotels of the World, Marriott, Marriott Hotels, Marriott International, resort reviews, Rhodes hotels, Rhodes Island, Rhodes resorts, Sheraton Rhodes Resort, Sheraton Rhodes Resort reviews

Hoteliers Federation President Grigoris Tasios Praises Tourism 2021 Effort

2021-09-15 by Argophilia Travel News

TIF Helexpo

Greece’s tourism performance this year was a pleasant surprise, according to Hellenic Hoteliers Federation President Grigoris Tasios.

Tags: 2021 tourism, Greece 2021, Greece coronavirus, Greece hotels, Grigoris Tasios, hotels, Hotels in Greece

Mitsotakis Sacks Tourism, Public Order, and Other Cabinet Ministers

2021-08-31 by Phil Butler

Vasilis Kikilias

In a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, Vassilis Kikilias was appointed as the new tourism minister for Greece, replacing Harry Theoharis.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greece hotels, Greece PM, Greece tourism, Greece wildfires, Greek cabinet, Harry Theoharis, Mitsotakis administration, New Democracy, Vassilis Kikilias

Greece’s HotelBrain Expands Its Footprint in Crete and Other Destinations

2021-07-29 by Phil Butler

HB logo

Greece’s leading hospitality group HotelBrain has announced having expanded its portfolio of properties by adding 14 new leased hotels.

Tags: Alexandropolis hotels, Crete hotels, family hotels, Greece hotels, Greece resorts, hotel tech, Hotelbrain, HotelKeys SA, Mykonos hotels, Panos Paleologos, Paros hotels, Rhodes hotels, Santorini hotels, Thassos hotels

Hines Investments Acquires Blue Capsis and Other Crete Resorts

2021-07-16 by Argophilia Travel News

Out of the Blue, Capsis Elite Resort

International investment giant Hines has acquired Out of The Blue Capsis Elite Resort in Crete’s Agia Pelagia for €125.2 million.

Tags: Agia Pelagia, American investments, Apollonia Beach Resort, Apollonia Beach Resort & Spa, beach resorts, Blue Capsis, Crete hotels, Crete resorts, Greece hotels, Greece luxury properties, Hines, Hines investments, hosptitality, hotel investing, investing, Jeffrey C. Hines, Out of The Blue Capsis Elite Resort, post-COVID investing, resort investments, Sitia Beach City Resort & Spa

RevitUp.direct Online Sales for 2021 Reach 2019 Levels

2021-06-27 by Argophilia Travel News

RevitUp.direct

RevitUp.direct is helping clients hotels achieve 2019 level prices and volume for 2021 by evolving into an even more efficient service.

Tags: digital marketing, digital services, Greece hotels, hotel marketing, hotel revenue, Hotel rooms, hotels direct, marketing tools, online hotels, online sales, RevitUP, RevitUp.direct, room sales

We’ll Soon See the Effects of Greece’s “All or Nothing” Tourism Strategy

2021-06-07 by Phil Butler

25th August Street

As Greek officials continue a blame game, hoteliers and other businesses will very soon tell the tale on the all or nothing tourism scheme.

Tags: amber list, American tourists, Do Not Travel, Greece, Greece COVID-19, Greece hotels, Marios Themistokleous, Mykonos vacations, Tourism in Greece, tourism industry, UK tourists, Vasilis Kikilias

Greece to Become New Military Tourism Hotspot – No Really!

2021-06-01 by Phil Butler

Greek Air Force F16 Zeus

Greece’s ministries of Defense, Culture, and Tourism are now pushing for military tourism to fill the gaps in traveler numbers.

Tags: Greece COVID-19, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Harry Theoharis, Lina Mendoni, military tourism, Nikos Panagiotopoulos

Kos Island’s Neptune Hotels Opens with Expanded Services

2021-05-27 by Phil Butler

Neptune Hotels - Resort, Convention Centre & Spa

Kos Island’s Neptune Hotels Resort, Convention Centre & Spa has reopened with upgraded amenities and safety protocols for 2021.

Tags: Greece hotels, kos, Kos hotels, Kos Island, Kos resorts, Neptune Beach, Neptune Hotels Resort

On the Ropes – TUI Must Have a Win in 2021 or Else

2021-05-18 by Phil Butler

Georgioupolis Beach

TUI stocks are really in the toilet now on news that fears about COVID-19 variants have dampened traveler enthusiasm.

Tags: amber destinations, Bank of Greece, Brit tourists, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Green countries, Green destinations, Harry Theoharis, hotel bankruptcies, NPLs, TUI, TUI shares, TUI stocks, UK travelers

Greece Summer 2021: Let the Big Gamble Sink In

2021-05-12 by Phil Butler

Noxos beach

Greece’s Tourism Minister says Greece will be on the UK’s “Green List” soon, but will it be too late for that Greece summer to remember?

Tags: Amber Countries, American tourists, ForwardKeys, Greece hotels, Greek destinations, Harry Theoharis, New Democracy, tourism, TUI, TUI stocks, UK tourists, UK travelers, World Travel & Tourism Council

Greek Hoteliers Overexposed and Cannot Reopen Without Help

2021-05-05 by Phil Butler

Georgios Tasio

With just days to go before Greece is open to tourists, Greek hoteliers are asking the government’s help with operating costs.

Tags: Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greek hoteliers, hotels, pandemic Greece, POX, Summer 2021

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

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