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Light Plane Crashes After Takeoff from Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

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

Trip.com Launches Plan to Reconnect Chinese Travelers with Destinations

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

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

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

Greece Tourism Critique: Can We Pay Attention Now?

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

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

A lesson from Crumb Healthy Living on Crete in the lost public relations art of reciprocity. Marketing has led us…

EU Digital COVID Certificate and Vaccine Rollouts Spur Travel Sentiment

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

Greece Tourism Minister Welcomes Germany’s Travel to Greece Stance

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

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

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

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

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

Trivago Collaborates with TUI to Offer New Activities Feature

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

Greece Travel News Brief – April 18, 2021

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

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

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

Israel and Greece Mulling Reciprocal Visits for Vaccinated Travelers

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

Why Travelers Have Resorted to “Search Escapism”

Since the start of the global pandemic, travelers have turned to something called "search escapism" in order to build a…

Business Travel Post-COVID Will Be All About Differentiation

A new report from GBTA suggests business travel will not fully recover before 2025. But there's more to it if…

Has AEGEAN Airlines Gone Ageist – Or Just Plain Careless?

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

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

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

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

TUI stocks have now bottomed out as the Anglo-German travel firm staggers under the weight of a pandemic. So why…

Hotels’ Meeting Rooms as Xmas Corporate Headquarters 2020

The Hospitality industry is counting down the days until the end of lockdown 2.0, but this Christmas Season will be…

UNWTO Meetup Brings Tourism Sector Together to Plan for the future

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is recently brought travel leaders from around the world together for high-level talks aimed at…