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Greece recovery

“Greece 2.0” Funding Agreement Inked in Brussels

2021-07-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Theodoros Skylakakis

Greek officials and the European Commission signed the first funding agreement as part of Greece’s national recovery plan, Greece 2.0.

Tags: Christos Staikouras, COVID recovery, COVID-19 Greece, Greece 2.0, Greece recovery, Next Generation EU, pandemic recovery, Paolo Gentiloni, Theodoros Skylakakis

Greece Launches Restructure Process – Families Businesses On the Brink

2021-03-08 by Phil Butler

Naxos taverna

Greece is instituting a new restructuring process for businesses in debt. SMEs question the scope of the Athens initiative.

Tags: Giannis Chatzitheodosiou, Greece, Greece COVID-19, Greece recovery, Greek destinations, Greek economy, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, POESE, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

NBG Says Greece’s Tourism Sector to Remain Under Strain in 2021

2021-03-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Santorini taverna

The National Bank of Greece (NBG) says the liquidity gap for Greek businesses will be halved this year with tourism remaining under strain.

Tags: Greece economy, Greece recovery, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek hotels, NBG, Visit Greece

SETE Chief Says the Time is Ripe for Greek Tourism Product Upgrade

2020-06-12 by Argophilia Travel News

Delphi Economic Forum

(SETE) President Yiannis Retsos told onlookers at the online Delphi Economic Forum this week, “the time is ripe for Greece to upgrade its tourism product.”

Tags: banks, Delphi Economic Forum, Eurobank, Greece hotels, Greece recovery, Greece tourism, Greece tourism product, Greece tours, Konstantinos Vassiliou, pandemic, pandemic response, rebooting tourism, Vacation 2020, Yiannis Retsos

Greece’s PM Mitsotakis Welcomes “Ambitious” EU Proposal

2020-05-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commented yesterday on a European Commission recovery plan he says will benefit Greece and Europe.

Tags: coronavirus recovery, EU coronavirus, EU plan, Greece, Greece recovery, Greece tourism, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, post-coronavirus

Greek Officials Announce Accelerated COVID-19 Reboot Schedule

2020-05-17 by Phil Butler

Adonis Georgiadis

From tomorrow malls and shopping centers in Greece will open in the next phase of lifting coronavirus pandemic preventative measures.

Tags: Adonis Georgiadis, Coronavirus 2019, Greece coronavirus, Greece COVID-19, Greece economy, Greece recovery, Greek tourism, reopening Greece

Open Tourism and the University of Piraeus COVID-19 Impact Survey

2020-04-20 by Argophilia Travel News

Open Tourism Research

Open Tourism and the University of Piraeus, has carried out the first research regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Greece.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, Dr. Georgia Zouni, Greece recovery, Greece tourism ministry, Greek tourism, Open Tourism, tourism, University of Piraeus

Greek Tourism Businesses Offer 18-month Vouchers Instead of Refunds

2020-04-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Haris Theocharis

The Greek Tourism Ministry backs tourism enterprises on offering vouchers in leu of refunds in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 advisory, COVID-19 cancellations, COVID-19 economics, Greece recovery, tourism

Greece 2020 Tourism to Take a Hit from COVID-19 and Refugees

2020-03-04 by Phil Butler

Refugees

With the 2020 tourism season looming just ahead, Greece faces several serious challenges that could end up stifling industry growth.

Tags: COVID-19, EU, Greece 2020, Greece economy, Greece recovery, Greece refugees, Greece travel, health alert, refugee crisis, travel advisory, Turkey, Turkey refugees, virus

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