Greece

In a move to boost sustainable tourism in Greece, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is now teaming up with the authorities in Greece to roll out a programme in…

Preferred Hotels & Resorts has added 32 new hotels across 15 countries to its brand portfolio. The hotels include an island retreat in the Maldives and a golf resort in Scotland,…

The Santikos Collection known for their hotels on the Greek Island of Skiathos has launched another of their properties to the UK market for Summer 2017.  The Marpunta Village is on the …

Greece has seen a 1.3 per cent increase in year-on-year arrivals from all overseas markets between January and August 2016, provisional data released by the Bank of Greece reports. …

Spain has topped the list of destinations to visit alone this spring, according to travel dating website and app tourbar.com.  UK members (14.7%) named the short-haul destination as…

Arrivals to Greece from the UK grew by 14.6% between January - November 2015 compared to the same period in 2014 according to the latest figures from The Bank of Greece.  Total…

Greece has revealed ambitious plans to double its UK tourist numbers by 2017.  Adding more air capacity from the UK, prolonging the country’s holiday season, developing more niche…

The number of British holidaymakers heading to Greece has increased 29.3% in 2015, making the UK the country’s second largest source market for tourists.  That was the message from…

With overall sales to Greece up 40 per cent compared to the same time last year across its 400 plus strong contingent of independent travel agents, The Global Travel Group has revealed that…

ABTA has urged UK holidaymakers heading to Greece to carry sufficient cash funds as the country balances precariously on the edge of economic collapse.  “Due to the ongoing financial…

Turkey, Greece and the Balearic Islands were the most popular holiday destinations for UK tourists this summer for TUI, the company has revealed.  Analysing its summer 2013 data…

Aegean Airlines has acquired Olympic Air for EUR72 million. Under the deal with Aegean and Marfin Investment Group (MIG) Olympic Air will become a subsidiary of Aegean and retain its own…

Flights, ferries and transport to, from and in Greece are expected to face delays and cancellations tomorrow due to a general strike. Greece’s largest labour unions have called a general…

Mark Warner Holidays marked a ‘new future’ in its business this week as it showed its new Rhodes resort to press and travel agents. The independent company, which has been operating for 38…

Holiday companies and consumers faced confusion over the state of the Greek euro yesterday after DialaFlight warned customers to dispose of Greek-printed notes. Financial analysts have…

Attraction World, Discover the World and Greatdays are amongst those to have launched new product or clients this week. See their latest news here. Attraction World adds Greece…