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Greek Hotels Plead For Help Amidst Despair Over TUI Debt

Greek hotel owners are facing huge losses this year as Tui AG, the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, is deferring the payment of monies due to them this year — until March of 2021. The Anglo-German...

Greek Hotels Suffer Blow as Travel Conglomerate Tui Defers Payments

Greek hotel owners are facing huge losses this year as Tui AG, the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, is deferring the payment of monies due to them this year -- until March of 2021. The Anglo-German...

Laid Off Greek Hotel Worker Witnesses Daughter Collapse from Hunger

A 9-year-old girl in Rhodes fainted from hunger earlier in the week as she was waiting with her unemployed mother at a local bakery to buy some bread, in an incident which highlights the desperate state many employees in...

Greek Hotels to Create Quarantine Rooms for Covid-19 Cases

The Greek government issued new, compulsory guidelines on Tuesday for hotels across the country in order to deal with possible Covid-19 cases as the nation opens up to tourism once again. All hotels are now asked to create "safe rooms"...

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...

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...

Up to 65 Percent of Greek Hotels Face Bankruptcy, New Report Warns

Up to 65 percent of Greek hotels face bankruptcy due to the coronavirus lockdown, a study by the influential Hellenic Chamber of Hotels warned on Monday. In a teleconference, Alexandros Vasilikos, the president of the Chamber, said that "it will...

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...

Greek Hotel Losses from Thomas Cook Collapse Estimated at 315 Million Euros

Hotel losses in Greece caused by the collapse of the Thomas Cook travel conglomerate are estimated to 315 million euros, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels announced on Tuesday. The Chamber presented the results of a survey conducted by Greece's Research...

Greek Hotel on Rhodes Sponsors British Couple's Wedding After Thomas Cook Collapse

A hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes and the manager of the local Thomas Cook office turned the recent devastating news of the travel giant's collapse to a fairytale for a British couple this week. Thomas Cook, a 29-year old...

Study Shows Greek Hotels Overwhelmingly Dependent on Foreigners

The latest figures regarding the guests staying at Greek hotels reveal that the share of Greek citizens staying in Greek hotels has decreased significantly since the year 2010. More specifically, the report, published by the Greek Chamber of Hotels’ Institute...

Greek Hotel Readies to Host Oscar-Nominated Celebrities

A luxury hotel in Halkidiki, northern Greece, has been selected to host Oscar nominees for an unforgettable weeklong holiday next to the Aegean blue sea. A stay at Greece's Avaton Luxury Villas Resort is included in this year’s swag bags...

Greek Hoteliers Blast Airbnb-Style Accommodation

Short-term property leasing through online platforms like Airbnb is threatening not only the sustainability of small tourist lodgings, but the structure of Greek society itself, the Greek tourist accommodation business confederation (SETKE) warned on Tuesday. The organization noted that it...

Seven-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Found in Greek Hotel Pool

A seven-year-old girl has died in hospital after being found unconscious in a hotel pool on the Greek island of Rhodes where she was on vacation with her family. Police have arrested the pool lifeguard on charges of negligence. According to the Athens-Macedonian...

Cristiano Ronaldo Hands Generous Tip to Greek Hotel Staff

Cristiano Ronaldo, who sealed his move from Real Madrid to Juventus in a Greek luxury resort last week, has expressed his gratitude to the hotel staff by signing off a huge cheque. According to Greek media reports, the Portuguese superstar...