Archive for the ‘Greece’ Category

Greece is back on the tourist map

By Jena Tesse Fox | February, 2010
For many years, Greece has had a reputation as one of the most exotic, remote and diverse nations in Europe. A combination of mountainous mainland and intimate islands with pure white beaches, Greece may have struck travelers as an out-of-reach destination. But times are changing.

February 3, 2010   Posted in: Greece

Try a Farm Holiday in Greece

Guest Inn, the first Greek Network of Rural accommodation, presents four of its selected members for farm holidays: the farms “Roggia” and “The Little Farmhouse” on Corfu as well as “Lithies” and the “Logothetis Farm” on Zakynthos.

December 4, 2009   Posted in: Greece

Pool Suites In Santorini, Greece, On Sale

Santorini, GREECE: April, 2009One of the leading boutique properties in Santorini, one of the most popular Greek islands, is putting its expansive pool suites on sale – but just for three weeks. From May 1 to 20, guests at Astra Apartments & Suites can luxuriate in a 600-square-foot plunge pool suite – the largest on [...]

April 9, 2009   Posted in: Greece

CELEBRATE GREEK EASTER ON SANTORINI

Santorini, GREECE, February 10, 2009 – Easter in Greece is one of the world's most magical and festive events. The pageantry, superb Greek Easter specialties and the warm camaraderie of the Greeks – all make for a truly memorable experience. Colorful processions wind through village streets. Candle-light services in tiny churches recall [...]

February 11, 2009   Posted in: Greece

Greek tourism takes a heavy beating

By Nelson Alcantara | Dec 16, 2008
The strike by workers at the Acropolis and other archeological sites for ten days has been deemed "more damaging" to tourism than the riots themselves, a Greek tourism official has said. “Let’s be clear, the country is not in the grip of terrorists — so far there has been [...]

December 16, 2008   Posted in: Greece

Greeks know how to seize the moment

By Nelson Alcantara | Dec 11, 2008
Talk about seizing the moment, what started as "anarchists" protesting the killing of a teenager by police has somehow managed to become more catastrophic with workers joining in on the action protesting against the largely-conservative Greek government's economic policies.

December 11, 2008   Posted in: Greece

FAIRMONT HOTELS & RESORTS ANNOUNCES NEW RESORT IN GREECE

TORONTO, December 10, 2008 – Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced a new property in Greece, the Fairmont Corfu Resort & Spa, slated to open in 2012. The resort will join Fairmont properties in the region including Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Hamburg; Fairmont St. Andrews, Scotland; Fairmont Monte Carlo; London's Savoy, reopening next year following [...]

December 10, 2008   Posted in: Greece

Greece is burning

By Nelson Alcantara | Dec 09, 2008
What began as a protest in Athens for the killing of a teenager has escalated to a full-blown crisis with tourists being urged to stay put in their rooms. Some 40 people have been injured and 37 policemen were hurt, while scores of businesses were destroyed in Athens and [...]

December 9, 2008   Posted in: Greece

Executive Talk: "Greek tourism is unique and will resist to the world financial crisis"

By StГѓВ©phane Hanot, etN Staff Writer | Nov 16, 2008
Despite the deepening of the financial crisis, Greece remains optimistic about its tourism evolution. The message was conveyed by Greece's tourism minister Aris Spiliotopoulos, who highlighted Greek tourism strategies during Greece international travel show Philoxenia in Thessaloniki.

November 17, 2008   Posted in: Greece

No tourists hurt in Greece quake

By Makedonia Koutsoumpeli l eTN Ambassador | Jun 10, 2008
ATHENS, Greece (eTN) – The Ministry of Tourism of Greece and the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has announced that more information has surfaced regarding the earthquake that struck the south-western part of the country yesterday.

June 10, 2008   Posted in: Greece