Greece

The historic Grande Bretagne Hotel was built less than fifty years after Greece won its independence and the modern Greek State was beginning to take form. It was built across the King's Palace and now stands across the Greek Parliament...

The 16th-century village of Kapsaliana in Rethymno, Crete has been transformed from a desolate, almost desolate place into a pioneering, world-class hotel. At the time of the Venetian occupation, Kapsaliana was part of the Arkadi Monastery estate, the island’s most...

The island of Santorini in Greece has some of the best swimming pools the world over to offer as long as you know where to look.

One of Greece's most recognizable images is of round, whitewashed windmills against a backdop of clear, azure sky, islands and mountain slopes. Some of these windmills have been transformed into extravagant hotels. Windmills have long been a part of Greece's...

Robert De Niro's luxury hotel brand Nobu Hospitality will open its first hotel in Greece on the island of Santorini this Spring. Nobu is a rising name in terms of luxury hotels, but it is already well known in the...

Marriott is set to open an impressive beachfront hotel in Costa Navarino, Greece, which will be a new luxury destination in the Peloponnese. The "W Costa Navarino," the company's latest foray into the European market, will open this Summer. The...

The iconic Hilton Hotel in Athens, a masterpiece of mid-century modern architecture, will be renamed the "Conrad" and soon undergo extensive interior renovations. The change came after Hilton struck a deal with the Ionian Hotel Enterprises to bring luxury brands...

The Royal Senses Resort is now the first Hilton Hotel in Crete, as a member of its Curio Collection, a global portfolio of more than 90 unique hotels and resorts. Each property of the Curio Collection offers travelers the authentic...

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 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...

  The VIAL Reception and Identification Center for migrants on the Greek island of Chios was placed under full lockdown due to two cases of the coronavirus being diagnosed there as of Thursday, authorities announced. The complete lockdown will continue...

Despite hopes that domestic tourism, along with travelers from what was considered "safe" countries, would save the tourist season in Greece, many hotels are still closed while the rate of occupancy in those that are open is as low...

Piraeus Bank, Greece's largest lender, announced on Thursday it has financed the acquisition of five hotels in resort locations on the island of Crete by the international real estate company Henderson Park and Hines. The 1,094-room, 67,000-square-meter portfolio comprises five...

Greece's hotel owners are outraged following a ministerial decision obligating them and their establishments to create special "Covid-19 rooms" to house infected patients. The decision came just less than a week before the country was scheduled to open up to...

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...