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A Pandemic Lesson Greek Hoteliers Refuse to Learn

2020-12-30 by Phil Butler

Ironman on Falasarna

Greek thought leaders are not really thinking ahead where sustainability is concerned. The pandemic “pause” opportunity is being wasted.

Tags: Bank of Greece, degrowth, Greece agrotourism, Greece competitiveness, Greece Ministry of Tourism, Greece tourism, overtourism, pandemic, Rachel Dodds, Retsos, SETE, Tanja Mihalic, UNWTO, wellness tourism, world crisis, Yannis Retsos

Greece Records 262 News COVID Cases in 24 Hours

2020-12-27 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

Authorities in Greece announced yesterday, only 262 new cases of the coronavirus in the country, with 13 of those detected at border checkpoints.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Greece lockdown, Greece pandemic, pandemic

Greece Lost €15 Billion to COVID: Experts Seek New Tourism Model

2020-12-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Omikron

COVID-19 has cost Greece in excess of €15 billion euro in tourism revenues according to the National Bank of Greece.

Tags: Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greek resorts, luxury Crete, Luxury Resorts, luxury villas, National Bank of Greece, NBG, pandemic, pandemic losses, Villa Omikron

Ryanair Won’t Require Fliers to Have COVID-19 Vaccine

2020-12-14 by Argophilia Travel News

Ryanair

Ryanair will not require fliers to be vaccinated in order to fly on the airline’s routes, according to a company spokesman.

Tags: airlines, COVID-19 Vaccine, Michael O’Leary, pandemic, Ryanair, vaccine

Greece Reports 1,534 New COVID-19 Cases on Thursday

2020-12-11 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY

Yesterday, Greek officials announced 1,534 new cases of COVID-19, with 23 having been identified following inspections at border locations.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greece COVID-19, pandemic, pandemic Greece, pandemic restrictions

Greece Second Wave Lockdown to Remain In Force

2020-11-25 by Argophilia Travel News

Heraklion cafes

According to officials in Greece, the current lockdown will probably stretch on into mid-December given bad COVID numbers across the country.

Tags: Christmas pandemic, EODY, Giorgos Gerapetritis, Greece coronavirus, pandemic, pandemic second wave, pandemic third wave, second wave, Stelios Petsas, third-wave, Vassilis Kikilia

Greece Reports Record Deaths: Officials Consider Lifting the Lockdown

2020-11-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Vaccine

Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced yesterday yet another shattered COVID-19 record.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 cases, EODY, Greece COVID-19, pandemic, pandemic cases, pandemic deaths, second wave

Greek Authorities Report 2,917 New Coronavirus Cases and 29 Fatalities

2020-11-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) announced two thousand nine hundred and seventeen (2,917) new coronavirus cases in the country, 27 of which were detected after checks at the country’s gateways. The total number of infections is 49,807, of which 54.5% are men. One hundred and eighty-seven (187) patients whose median age is 66 […]

Tags: Coronavirus cases, COVID-19 Greece, EODY, lockdown, pandemic

Markets Rally on News of Effective Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine

2020-11-10 by Argophilia Travel News

BioNTech Pfizer

International markets are rallying on news Pfizer will distribute a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with German BionTech.

Tags: BionTech, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, pandemic, pandemic vaccine, Pfizer, Pfizer COVID vaccine, Pfizer research

The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Set Tourism Back by $1 Trillion

2020-10-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Vaccine

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres just released a new report today citing UNWTO data on the level of devastation COVID-19 will exact on the tourism industry.

Tags: coronavirus recovery, COVID-19, economy, pandemic, tourism, tourism losses, tourism season, travel sector, world economy, world tourism

Members of TUI’s Mein Schiff 6 Crew Test Positive for COVID-19

2020-09-29 by Phil Butler

TUI Cruises

Greek authorities say 12 crew members TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 6 carrying more than 1,500 passengers, have tested positive for COVID-19.

Tags: COVID at sea, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 test, crew, greece cruises, Greek Isles, Heraklion port, Mein Schiff 6, pandemic, TUI Cruises, TUI Group, TUI shios

The WTTC Reports On the Future of Travel & Tourism Post-COVID

2020-09-29 by Argophilia Travel News

Beach

The World Travel & Tourism Council [WTTC] has just released a new report that examines the implications of trends for each of four key Travel & Tourism stakeholders groups: travellers, businesses, workforce, and communities.

Tags: 2020 economy, 2020 revenue, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 economics, hospitality, Oliver Wyman, pandemic, travel and tourism, World Travel & Tourism Council, WTTC, WTTC report

COVID-19 Second Wave Nixes Predicted Economic Rebound

2020-09-26 by Phil Butler

Santorini

As the ECDC predicts a rising COVID-19 curve, Europe economies stand poised to suffer double-dip recession.

Tags: Coronavirus cases, COVID cases, COVID recession, COVID-19 economics, ECDC, EU economies, EU economy, EU recession, Europe economy, Europe pandemic, pandemic

Europe Travel and Tourism Bodies Demand End to COVID Quarantines

2020-09-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Mykonos

20+ travel and tourism bodies including unions across Europe demanded the European Commission leadership replace quarantine restrictions with a common EU testing protocol.

Tags: COVID quarantine, EU, EU Travel Tech, International Air Transport Association (IATA), pandemic, tourism, tourism industry, travel business, Ursula von der Leyen

EU Commissioners Propose Disney-Dopey Style COVID Labels

2020-09-05 by Phil Butler

EU officials now want to do a “Disney” on the COVID-19 pandemic after member states show fragmented policies to defeat the virus.

Tags: border controls, EU, EU COVID response, EU rules, EU Travel, pandemic, travel, TUI, Ursula von der Leyen

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