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Greece's Hotels, Primary Schools, Summer Cinemas Open on Monday

Greece takes another major step towards normalcy as hotels, summer cinemas, swimming pools, schools reopen on Monday. Starting June 1, hotels operating 12 months out of the year (seasonal hotels will start working on June 15), campsites and campgrounds (with...

Greek Hotels Enforce Covid-19 Rules in Preparation for Grand Openings

Hoteliers in Greece are in a race against time to open their properties following the two-and-a-half month lockdown in the expectation that tourists will begin to arrive in the middle of June. While year-round hotels open on June 1st in...

Greece Issues Detailed Directions for Hotels Ahead of June Reopening

The Greek Ministry of Tourism released comprehensive and detailed guidelines that hotels, camping sites, travel agents and transport companies must observe during the reopening of the tourist season in June, as part of preventative measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Each...

EU Releases Hotel Guidelines: How Your Greek Holiday Will Look Like

The European Commission agreed on Wednesday to advise member states to open their borders to countries with similar coronavirus risk profiles under a plan to bolster the ailing tourist industry. Among the recommendations proposed by the European authorities are those...

Mykonos Hotel, Opening in July, Is First Vegan Hotel in Greece

Landlocked in Ano Mera, Koukoumi Hotel Mykonos rises in Cycladic splendor on a pristine height of land which grants unobstructed views of the village, the mountains, and the glistening Aegean Sea in the distance. This is the first vegan-only hotel...

Greek Hotels Ready and Waiting — But Will the Guests Arrive?

Greek hoteliers say they are ready, eager and willing to welcome back their guests as the country finally begins to relax its strict coronavirus lockdown measures. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced earlier in the week that all-season hotels would...

Greece to Lose At Least Half of Tourism Revenues Due to Coronavirus

The Greek tourist industry is facing an unprecedented crisis in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and is set to lose at least fifty percent of its revenue in 2020, Grigoris Tasios, President of the Greek Hoteliers Association, said...

Greece Shuts Down All Hotels in Latest Coronavirus Emergency Measure

The Greek Ministry of Tourism announced on Thursday afternoon that all hotels which operate on a 12-month basis will be forced to shut down until April 30. This move comes as the country's latest measure to combat the spread of...

Greece's Civitel Hotels & Resorts Wins Prestigious Awards

Civitel Attik and Civitel Olympic, both members of Civitel Hotels & Resorts, which were nominated for the first time in three categories during the Venue Awards 2020 held recently in Athens, won all three of the awards. The Civitel Attik won the...

Number of Tourists Rises but Greek Hotels Suffer from Online Renting Platforms

A paradox has been recorded in 2019 in regard to Greece's tourism sector. While the country experiences one of the best periods in its history in terms of number of visitors, its hotels have been suffering from lower earnings, due...