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Fraport Greece Starts Development at Kos

Following a very successful year for Kos airport, marked by a 20.7% increase in passenger traffic and an overall number…

Thomas Cook Adds 145 Staff for Popular Destinations Like Crete

Thomas Cook is looking for staff to work for the 2018 season in its International Management Team. In total, the tour…

FYROM Extends Olive Branch to Greece Over Naming Row

In news from Skopje, Macedonia's left-wing government renames Alexander the Great Airport to Skopje International in order to quell tensions with…

Scientists Unravel the Secrets of the Phaistos Disc

The mystery of the Phaistos Disk has been “solved by 99 percent” according to linguist and archaeologist Gareth Owens.The Disc is one…

Wondrous Echoes In the Aegean: The Colossus of Rhodes

the Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. A magnificent  bronze statue of the Greek sun…

Aegean Islands Sinking Under EU Tax Burden

News from GTP this week tells of Aegean islands about to sink under heavy taxation that appears to be a…

Greece Takes Aim at Latin American Tourists

At meetings in Madrid at the International Tourism Fair FITUR, Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura made strides toward increasing Latin America…

Airlines Forced to Reschedule Greece Flights Over Strikes

The most recent strike of public transport employees, as well as sailors and doctors, has caused airlines like Russia's Aeroflot to…

US, Turkey Friction May Boost Tourism Competitors

The latest US-Turkey friction may be a boom for Greece and other vacation hot spots in the Med. Political tensions…

Tour Operators Anticipate “Sunshine Saturday 2018”

According to reports from Thomas Cook and TUI, International tour operators and travel agents are preparing for this year's "Sunshine…

Aegean Airlines Ferries 13.2 Million Passengers for First Time

Aegean Airlines and subsidiary, Olympic Air, announced passenger traffic growth for 2017 increased by 6%, exceeding the 13-million milestone. The…

Greece Cruise Ship Arrivals Nose Dived in 2017

In news from Greece, last season saw a big dive in cruise ship arrivals and passenger visits compared to 2016.…

Greece’s Tsipras and Serb President Vucic Announce Cooperations

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hailed historic ties with Serbia in a televised exchange with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic yesterday.…

Travel + Leisure: Santorini Ranks First in Top-10 Islands Category

Greece has dominated ‘Europe’s Top 10 Islands’ category at this year’s Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards, with Santorini taking…

Five More European Stay Recommendations

Over the last decade, our team has had the exquisite opportunity to stay at some of Europe's most hospitable and…

Spain Prices Boost Southeastern Europe Sales

Hotel price hikes in Spain have prompted big travel entities to opt for Greece and Balkans destinations. Thomas Cook Group…

Stays in Paradise: Hotel Porto Antico in Chania

As part of Argo News' ongoing efforts of discovery, here's a look at what may be the perfect city stay…

Crete: Over Sold and Under Priced Paradise

According to the Airport Manager at Heraklion's Nikos Kazantzakis Airport passenger traffic was up almost 12 percent for 2016 year…

Vacation Under Apano Meria’s Mesmeric Skies

“It’s spectacular,” someone exclaims somewhere in the distance, and I am lost for words. Spectacular doesn’t even begin to describe…

Day Three in Athens: Greek Hotel Convergence

Day two of the Digi.travel EMEA Conference & Expo in Athens marked our third day in the Greek capital.