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What Crete Gets Right That the Modern World Forgot

2026-05-11 by Phil Butler

Old man in a kafeneio

Crete, the Island where time still breathes. The old man in the kafeneio had been stirring the same coffee for nearly ten minutes when I realized nobody in the room considered this unusual. Outside, a rusty pickup sat crooked beneath a plane tree in the village square while two dogs slept in a patch of […]

Tags: crete, Greece, Greece tourism, travel

Light Plane Crashes After Takeoff from Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

2022-12-15 by Phil Butler

Hellenic Coast Guard

A light, single-engine aircraft crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Heraklion Nikos Kazantzakis Airport earlier today.

Tags: crash fatality, crete, Crete news, ditched plane, Heraklion news, Nikos Kazantzakis Airport, plane crash, private plane, travel

Trip.com Launches Plan to Reconnect Chinese Travelers with Destinations

2022-12-14 by Argophilia Travel News

Trip.com Group

Trip.com leading Chinese language platform Ctrip launched its 2023 Travel Revival A Plan to reunite destinations with Chinese travelers.

Tags: 2023 Travel Revival A Plan, Bo Sun, China travelers, Chinese tourists, destinations, OTAs, tourism, travel, travel agencies, travel in 2023, Trip.com, world destinations, world tourism

Bank of Greece Data Shows Travel Receipts Skyrocketed January-August 2022

2022-11-02 by Argophilia Travel News

samos

Data from the Bank of Greece has revealed highlights such as travel receipts in August 2022 rising by 28.1%, and an winning season.

Tags: Bank of Greece, Greece, Greece tourism, Greece tourism industry, Greece travel, tourism, travel, travel receipts

Greece Tourism Critique: Can We Pay Attention Now?

2022-08-01 by Phil Butler

Miami

Greece is in huge trouble. Ultimately, tourism, the country’s most valuable economic sector, will disintegrate.

Tags: 2022 tourism, 2022 travel, Crete tourism, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis administration, overtourism, Richard Pine, Santorini, sustainability, The Eye of the Xenos, tourism debate, Tourism Greece, travel

Take a Social Media Lesson from Crete’s Crumb Healthy Living

2021-10-16 by Phil Butler

Crumb

A lesson from Crumb Healthy Living on Crete in the lost public relations art of reciprocity. Marketing has led us astray, here’s how.

Tags: Alexandra Manousakis, Ancient Malla, Coffee culture, Crete cafes, Crete food, Crete hospitality, Crete villas, Crumb Healthy Living, Giannis Tsakiraki, Heraklion cafes, hospitality, Konstantina Tsakiraki, Malla Villa, Malla Villas, marketing, PR, public relations, story, travel, travel marketing, travel PR

EU Digital COVID Certificate and Vaccine Rollouts Spur Travel Sentiment

2021-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

ETC

As Europe opens after long lockdowns, interest in travel has risen sharply because of vaccine rollouts and the Digital COVID Certificate.

Tags: EU Commission, EU Digital COVID Certificate, EU tourism, EU Travel, EU travel guidelines, Europe travel sentiment, travel, travel sentiment

Greece Tourism Minister Welcomes Germany’s Travel to Greece Stance

2021-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Tourism Minister has welcomed Germany’s decision to relax travel restrictions to Greece during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, digital nomads, Greek Isles, Harry Theoharis, pandemic response, tourism, Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis, travel, Travel to Greece

As COVID Numbers Fall Greece Prays for “Green” UK Ranking

2021-05-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Noxos beach

With coronavirus cases now on a steady decline, Greece hopes a reclassification of risk by UK officials will help save 2021 for tourism.

Tags: amber list, coronavirus Greece, Coronavirus quarantines, COVID-19 travel certificate, EODY, free travel, Greece trips, travel, Travel to Greece, UK tourists, UK trips, vacation 2021

Greece COVID Cases Spiking On the Eve of Tourism’s Reopening

2021-05-07 by Phil Butler

Harry Theoharis

On the eve of Greece reopening to tourists, COVID-19 cases have spiked to 3,421 in a 24 hour period. Is Athens moving too fast?

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Greece 2021, Greece restart, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, pandemic Greece, Peter Greenberg, restart travel, travel

Trivago Collaborates with TUI to Offer New Activities Feature

2021-04-29 by Argophilia Travel News

trivago logo

Travelers Will Have Access to more than 55,000 Experiences in over 100 Countries via a new Trivago feature powered by TUI.

Tags: accomodations, hotels, OTAs, travel, traveler choices, Trivago, TUI

Greece Travel News Brief – April 18, 2021

2021-04-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Norwegian Jade

Greece moves to reopen the country’s doors to tourists in spite of the ongoing pandemic. Norwegian and other cruise lines sail to Greece.

Tags: EU, Greece vacations, Greece vaccines, Harry Theoharis, Mitsotakis administration, Norwegian Cruise Line, quarantine-free destinations, reboot travel, travel

GBTA Poll: Vaccine a Game-Changer for a Return to Travel

2021-02-22 by Argophilia Travel News

GBTA poll finds COVID-19 vaccine is a game changer for rebooting travel in 2021 via a poll conducted by the organzation.

Tags: COVID-19 Vaccine, GBTA, global pandemic, pandemic travel, tourism, tourism 2021, travel, travel industry, vaccine schedule

Israel and Greece Mulling Reciprocal Visits for Vaccinated Travelers

2021-02-04 by Argophilia Travel News

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Israel and Greece are currently in advance negotiations of an agreement for reciprocal visits for vaccinated tourists.

Tags: Greece tourism, Greece travel, Israel, Israel tourism, Israeli tourists, travel, travel ban

Why Travelers Have Resorted to “Search Escapism”

2021-02-03 by Phil Butler

Distopian travel

Since the start of the global pandemic, travelers have turned to something called “search escapism” in order to build a fantasy reality.

Tags: booking psychology, Booking.com, destination search, experience travel, fictional experiences, Fodors, hotel bookings, pandemic search, search, search trends, travel, travel experience, travel psychology, WOW factor

Business Travel Post-COVID Will Be All About Differentiation

2021-02-03 by Phil Butler

Business travelers

A new report from GBTA suggests business travel will not fully recover before 2025. But there’s more to it if businesses are to survive.

Tags: business travel segment, Dave Hilfman, GBTA, HospitalityNew, hotels marketing, Korosh Farazad, marketing, McKinsey, travel, travel marketing

Has AEGEAN Airlines Gone Ageist – Or Just Plain Careless?

2021-01-21 by Phil Butler

Frankfurt travel horror

A Frankfurt Airport seniors horror story courtesy AEGEAN. When a Greek American senior tries to fly home, technicalities outweigh people.

Tags: Aegean, Aegean Airlines, AEGEAN complaints, AEGEAN customer service, airlines, Americans abroad, COVID nightmares, COVID-19 travel, flight news, Greek airlines, horror stories, senior tourism, senior travelers, Stefanos Mirtsopolis, Thessaloniki, travel, travel stories, United Airlines

IATA’s Travel Pass Health Solution Goes Live by Major Airlines in March

2021-01-16 by Argophilia Travel News

IATA logo

IATA says every effort being made to bring its Travel Pass digital health credential solution to market quickly.

Tags: Alan Murray Hayden, COVID travel, COVID-19 cases, IATA, IATA Travel Pass, travel

Why Isn’t TUI Already Sunken To the Bottom of the Deadpool?

2021-01-09 by Phil Butler

TUI logo

TUI stocks have now bottomed out as the Anglo-German travel firm staggers under the weight of a pandemic. So why is the group still afloat?

Tags: tourism, travel, travel companies, travel markets, TUI, TUI Group, TUI Group sales, TUI stocks, Wall Street

Hotels’ Meeting Rooms as Xmas Corporate Headquarters 2020

2020-11-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

hotel lobby

The Hospitality industry is counting down the days until the end of lockdown 2.0, but this Christmas Season will be completely different. Here’s a look at some innovative ideas.

Tags: Christmas 2020, hospitality industry, Hospitality marketing, hotel marketing, hotel tech, meetings, MICE, Royal Lancaster London, Tomasz Janczak, travel

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Stories of Interest

Crete Car Rental Market

Crete Accounts for 18.1% of Greece’s Car Rental Market

2026-10-15 By Kostas Raptis

Crete has Greece’s second-largest short-term car rental market, as tourists increasingly rent vehicles to explore beaches, villages, and mountain routes.

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Strong October Finishes Robust Tourism Season in Crete

2026-10-15 By Arthur Butler

Cretan hotels report 80-90% occupancy in October as the tourism season extends through mid-November, supported by sustained flight connections and winter city demand.

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School Bus Tilts After Road Gives Way in Crete’s Agia Marina

2026-10-15 By Iorgos Pappas

Students were safely evacuated after a school bus tilted on a washed-out road in Malevizi, prompting essential driving safety advice for visitors on Crete’s roads.

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Rethymno Boosts Flood Preparedness with New Weather Stations, River Monitors, and Dam Management Plans

2026-10-15 By Iorgos Pappas

Rethymno is expanding weather and river monitoring, clearing waterways and strengthening emergency planning ahead of extreme winter weather.

Historic Former War Museum Collapses

Part of Former Chania War Museum Collapses, No People Found Under Rubble

2026-10-15 By Iorgos Pappas

Emergency teams and EMAK units respond to a major building collapse at Chania’s former War Museum, confirming no individuals were trapped in the rubble.

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