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Swan Hellenic Reveals 2022-2022 Cultural Expedition Cruises

2022-07-29 by Phil Butler

SH Minerva

Swan Hellenic announced the details of its 2022-2023 cultural expedition cruises to some of the world’s most amazing destinations.

Tags: Antarctica travel, cruises, Greece, Iceland, Minerva, Swan Hellenic, world cruising

This Week at the Karteros Beach Sports Center – Olympic Days 2022

2022-07-13 by Phil Butler

Beach volleyball

Coming up July 15-17, the festival Olympic Days 2022 will see top athletes, coaches, and beach sports enthusiasts gather at Karteros.

Tags: Argiro Milaki, crete, Crete sports, Giorgos Kapellakis, Greece, Heraklion events, Heraklion sports, Karteros Beach, Karteros Beach Sports Center, Karteros events, Lefteris Αυγενάκης, Maria Genitsaridis, Spyros Kapralos

Wizz Air Cuts Flights to Heraklion on Crete

2022-07-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Wizz Air

Budget airline Wizz Air has reduced Summer flights to Heraklion from Cardiff Airport as part of a reduction in its overall capacity.

Tags: Cardiff, crete, Crete flights, Greece, Greece tourism, UK tourists, Wales tourists, Wizz Air, Wizz Air flights

IHF Beach Handball Championships Semi-Finals Action

2022-06-25 by Phil Butler

Lucian Bura

The IHF Beach Handball World Championships continue today with quarter-final, and semi-final matchups at Karteros Beach in Crete.

Tags: beach handball, Christine Mansour, crete, Crete beaches, Greece, IHF 2022, IHF Beach Handball, IHF Beach Handball World Championships, IHF World Championships, International Handball Federation, Karteros Beach, Lucian Bura

Day 3 of the IHF Beach Handball World Championships at Karteros

2022-06-23 by Phil Butler

Greek Women

Day 3 of the 2022 IHF Beach Handball World Championship tipped off as 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams inch closer to the championship.

Tags: beach handball, crete, Crete events, Greece, Greece Beach Handball, Greece Handball, Greece tourism, Greece2022, handball, Hellas Handball, Heraklion events, IHF Beach Handball World Championships, IHF Champions, IHF World Championships, sporting events, sports, Team USA

Greece Shines at Opening of IHF Beach Handball World Championships

2022-06-22 by Phil Butler

Team Greece

Yesterday, the 2022 IHF Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball World Championship got underway at the Karteros Beach Sports Center on Crete.

Tags: beach handball, championship sports, crete, Crete events, Crete Island, Crete sports, Greece, Greece sports, Greece team, Greece tourism, Greece2022, IHF, IHF Beach Handball World Championships, IHF World Championships, Karteros Beach Sports Center, sports coverage, summer sports, Team USA, USA Beach Handball

Greece’s Small Islands Get Half a Billion in Eco-Funding – We Think

2022-06-17 by Phil Butler

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Mayors of some of Greece’s smallest islands met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis recently to discuss progress for eco-friendly development.

Tags: eco-friendly, EU Funding, Greece, Greece Prime Minister, Greece tourism, National Strategic Reference Framework, NSRF, sustaiable tourism, sustainability funding, sustainable, Sustainable Greece, tourism

Greece Targets/Aids Tourists From India

2022-06-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Santorini church

Greece’s tourism leaders are working to attract a larger number of travelers from India after the peaking of interest of Indian travelers.

Tags: Greece, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greece travel tips, inbound travel, India tourists, India travelers, Indian tourists, tourism

The Knossos Research Centre Summer Lectures 2022 Schedule

2022-06-06 by Phil Butler

Knossos Research Centre

A series of Summer lectures beginning this month at Crete’s Knossos Research Center begins this month, discussing facets of Hellenic history.

Tags: Amanda Kelly, British School at Athens, crete, Dr. Kleanthis Sidiropoulos, Greece, Greece tourism, Keftiu, Knossos, Knossos Curator, Knossos Palace, Kostis Christakis, Minoans, Valasia Isaakidou

Greece Reports 5,588 New Coronavirus Cases in Past 24 Hours

2022-05-25 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Greek officials confirmed (PDF) 5,588 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. Santorini case incidences top 300 per 100k people.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece, Greece tourism

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

Greece’s Kikilias Expects 900,000 Serbian Tourists This Year

2022-05-22 by Phil Butler

Tourism Minister Kikilias

As many as 900,000 tourists from Serbia are expected to visit Greece this year, according to Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. Recently, Kikilias was is in Belgrade for a series of meetings aimed at promoting Greece’s tourism product. The tourism minister spoke about how that, even despite the multiple crises that have arisen in the current […]

Tags: Greece, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Kikilias, tourism

Cyprus Officials Upbeat Over Tourist Flows from Russia in 2022

2022-02-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Cyprus

Cyprus Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios has stated his optimistic view on the potential for tourist flows from Russia this season.

Tags: Cyprus 2022, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Russia travelers, Russian tourists, Savvas Perdios, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Travel in 2022 – A Look Ahead: Tripadvisor/Ipsos MORI Research

2022-01-15 by Argophilia Travel News

Cretan Beaches

Study of Ipsos MORI sentiment analysis and first-party Tripadvisor data shows traveler intent for 2022 demonstrates high demand.

Tags: 2022 research, 2022 travel, 2022 travel outlook, COVID travel, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Ipsos MORI, pandemic effects, Tourism in Greece, travel demand, Travel to Greece, TripAdvisor

Omicron Surge Stops the New Year’s Eve Music in Greece

2021-12-30 by Phil Butler

Omicron

The Omicron coronavirus variant pushes Greece COVID cases through the roof, as legislators call a half to New Year’s Eve music.

Tags: COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Greece, Greece pandemic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Omicron, Record COVID, Syriza

Slam Dunking On Greece’s Recent Tourism Efforts

2021-11-08 by Phil Butler

Lords of Gravity

Okay, Vassilis Kikilias had his shot at doing right by Greeks and the whole sustainable tourism issue. Unfortunately, he’s not making the cut.

Tags: Greece, Greece tourism, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Jet2, Tourism in Greece, tourism minister, Travel to Greece, TUI, Vassilis Kikilias

Greece’s Vassilis Kikilias Inks Deal With Jet2 at WTM

2021-11-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Jet2.com & Jet2holidays

Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias signed a deal with Britain’s Jet2.com to increase available air passenger seats to Greek by 600,000.

Tags: Flights to Greece, Greece, Greece tourism, Jet2, Jet2Holidays, tourism news, Vassilis Kikilias, WTM

Monday November 1st News Briefs from Greece

2021-11-01 by Phil Butler

A wedding in Greece

Greece tourism numbers surprisingly high for 2021 despite the pandemic. The COVID pandemic is, so far, unrelenting. And other news…

Tags: DWP, EODY, ETC, Greece, Greece tourism news, Greece travel, New Democracy, travel news, Vassilis Kikilias

A Legacy of Courage: What “Oxi Day” Means to the World

2021-10-28 by Phil Butler

Today, the world celebrates “Oxi Day” and a time not so long ago when a few stood against the mightiest army ever assembled.

Tags: 1940, Africa Corps, Balkans War, Crete resistance, Greco-Italian War, Greece, Greek resistance, Hitler, Ioannis Metaxas, Mussolini, Nazis, North Africa, Operation Barbarosa, Operation Mercury, Rommel, Third Reich

EODY Reports 3,651 New COVID Cases in 24 Hours

2021-10-27 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

Greece confirmed 3,651 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours including 63 fatalities from complications of the disease.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, EODY, Greece, Greece coronavirus, pandemic Greece

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