A fine-dining restaurant, featuring contemporary Greek cuisine, is coming to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens in June 2021. With a focus on sustainability and culinary excellence, the SNFCC and Dipnosofistirion catering, with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), are creating a gastronomic destination that fits the values and character of the … [Read more...]

The Greek authorities announced 1.155 new cases of coronavirus in the country, of which 8 were detected after checks at the country’s borders, protothema.gr reports. The total number of cases is 128.710, of which 52,5% are men, 5.171 (4,0%) are considered related to travel from abroad and 37.197 (28,9%) are connected to an already known case. A total of 542 people are being treated by intubation. … [Read more...]

Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Alexandros Papaioannou briefed diplomatic correspondents on foreign policy issues on Thursday, ANA reports. On the recent EU Summit's conclusions concerning Turkey - which include the call for High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, to promote the idea of a multilateral conference on he situation in the Eastern … [Read more...]

Tourism leaders from 18 countries met for the 14th annual UNWTO Asia-Pacific Executive Training Programme. In line with UNWTO’s Year of Tourism and Rural Development, the three-day program focused on sharing knowledge and good practice relating to harnessing the power of the sector to create opportunities for all outside of big cities. Since 2006, UNWTO has organized a special training session … [Read more...]

Energean Plc completed its acquisition of Edison Exploration & Production SpA from Edison SpA, it said on Thursday, ANA reports. In connection with the completion of the acquisition of Edison E&P, an application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for 177,089,406 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company to be re-admitted to the premium … [Read more...]

International arrivals fell by 72% over the first ten months of 2020, with restrictions on travel, low consumer confidence and a global struggle to contain the COVID-19 virus, all contributing to the worst year on record in the history of tourism. According to the latest tourism data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), destinations welcomed 900 million fewer international tourists between … [Read more...]

Fewer than the expected doses of vaccine will include the first batch that the country will receive, as well as all EU countries, under the responsibility of the manufacturer, int.ert.gr reports. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced that Greece is expecting in this first phase roughly 300,000 doses, corresponding to vaccination of 150,000 people (doses are double), instead of the 500,000 … [Read more...]

The digital developments in Greece and the operation of 5G mobile phone networks will help transform the country into a great destination to work and retire in, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis noted during a meeting in Maximos Mansion on Thursday with the heads of Deutsche Telekom Group and subsidiary Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), ANA reports. Mitsotakis pointed out that the … [Read more...]

The famous Kuta beach of the Indonesian island Bali was covered Thursday with plastic waste although the number of tourists significantly decreased due to the coronavirus pandemic, protothema.gr reports. RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, Greek islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations, Greek travel … [Read more...]

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched its new high-level guidelines for inclusion and diversity in the Travel & Tourism sector, which have been compiled to support businesses of all sizes and provide an inclusive work environment for all employees. Research has shown that by supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace companies experience benefits such as greater … [Read more...]

Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “Protecting public health is paramount and while WTTC welcomed the Test to Release scheme, it has created confusion and appears to be hindering rather than helping travellers,  so we question whether – as it stands – it is fit for purpose. “Holidaymakers must have easy access to the list of private testing firms and be certain that they will … [Read more...]

Next to the church of Agia Paraskevi, at the entrance of Sidirokastro in Serres, Greece, and in a wooded area with olive trees, a very elegant three-dimensional manger was set up for the fourth consecutive year under the care of the quite active priest of the church, Father Pavlos Papadopoulos, protothema.gr reports. This year, the construction of the whole decoration occupies a bigger space and … [Read more...]

CEO of MMGY Global Clayton Reid published the following report under the title "Travel in 2021 will be better and worse than you think":  As we all process the short- and long-term effects of COVID-19 in our lives, jobs and leisure pursuits, I have been conflicted with the reality of a very real lethal threat to the world community and the incredibly important role travel plays in the success … [Read more...]

Greece's Civil Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis expressed the determination of the government and the competent ministry to put a brake on the pandemic after a meeting held on Thursday in Kozani focusing on the measures to deal with the spread of Covid-19, ANA reports.  "We are here today because we are very worried," he noted, adding: "The phenomenon is becoming endemic, the city and the … [Read more...]

"The epidemiological situation in Europe remains extremely aggravated," government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Thursday during the press briefing, according to ANA. Referring to Greece, he said that the epidemiological data move slowly but steadily in the desired direction. But at the same time, at the local level, based on epidemiological data, the situation in Kozani and in areas of Western … [Read more...]

The Greek-US energy cooperation dominated a meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette on Thursday at the Maximos Mansion, ΑΝΑ ρεπορτσ. The Athens-Washington energy cooperation is one of the six priority areas of the Greece-US Strategic Dialogue. The cooperation of the two countries in the field of energy is constantly enhanced and Greece is … [Read more...]

Greece's Deputy Civil Protection and Crisis Management Minister Nikos Hardalias will visit Thessaloniki on Thursday to hold a series of meetings regarding the assessment of epidemiological data in the wider region as well as the operational plan for protection against Covid-19 developed by the local authorities in view of the holidays, ANA reports. At 16.30, Hardalias will meet with regional … [Read more...]

Following Tesla, the world’s dominant electric car maker which plans an opening in Greece, Next.e.GO Mobile SE is expected to announce a 100-million-euro ($122 million) investment as the New Democracy government plans incentives. Ulrich Hermann, CEO of the Aachen, Germany-based carmaker will sign a memorandum of understanding with Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Kostas Frangogiannis … [Read more...]

Europe’s airlines and airports are highly concerned by the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to amend the airport slot regulation. The proposal does not sufficiently address the extent of the continuing crisis in air transport, the likely state of recovery in Summer 2021, and the required level of airport slot relief measures that would best support aviation’s recovery from the COVID-19 … [Read more...]

"Hotel restaurants operate legally only to serve their guests and with specific, strict rules and conditions," the Hellenic Hoteliers' Federation noted in an announcement on Wednesday, according to ANA. Responding to a ministry announcement that hotel restaurants must close at Christmas and New Year, it pointed out that restaurants cannot close as long as hotels are open as the guests staying … [Read more...]