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Greece's Decision to Install "Covid-19 Rooms" Angers Hotel Owners

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...

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"...

British Hotelier in Greece: This is Why I Will Keep My Hotel Closed This Summer

A British hotelier in Crete, like many other owners of small businesses up and down the country, has decided to keep his property shuttered this summer. As Greece begins to relax its restrictions and prepare for the arrival of outsiders,...

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...