Greece

Pioneering tour operator and Aito co-founder Colin Murison Small dies aged 93

Following the collapse of Court Line Holidays in 1975, Murison Small decided to gather smaller tour operators to discuss how they could pay the huge bond bill

Grecotel unveils raft of new resorts and upgrades

Grecotel will open two hotels this year, as well as adding new villas, suites and upgrades among its 40 properties in Greece

Jet2 to launch seven new routes to Greece in expanded programme

Chief executive Steve Heapy has called Jet2’s campaign with the Greek National Tourist Office ’critical’ for the programme’s success

The Greek resort that makes baby weaning a breeze

Sani Resort in Greece offers a whole host of services to make the holiday experience for new parents seem like child’s play, as Tom Parry and family discover.

Crystal introduces special Chairmen’s Cruise

The new cruise will offer exclusive access to A&K’s leaders, who will share decades of experience in the industry and host a special dinner

Celestyal renames onboard packages as it releases 2025 programme

The Greek Island specialist is also introducing a new port of call in 2025

Celestyal to offer cruise-and-land packages with new partner

Celestyal and Olympic Holidays have partnered for the first time to offer a new programme of package holidays

Exploring another – more secret – side to Crete

Intrepid and Avis hosted TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors in off-the-beaten-track areas of Crete, where the experiences were so special the agents were moved to tears

Jet2holidays puts four new destinations across Greece, Portugal and Croatia on sale

Athenian Riviera and the Greek island of Symi to join Jet2’s 2024 programme, with summer holidays to Pula and Porto city breaks taking off in 2025

Savvy ways to sell responsible travel

Agents heard how to market sustainable travel to capture clients’ interest, and how to avoid greenwashing, in the fifth TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors workshop

Olympic Holidays adds new Greek island and Olympus Riviera for 2024

Bookings will start from £1,439 for a seven-night stay in Milos while a week-long holiday in the Olympus Riviera will be from £968 per person

Sunvil launches Cuba, new Greek island and expanded Albania programme

Operator reveals new additions to its European and Latin American programmes for 2023/24

Greece tourism on track for 'milestone year'

TTG speaks to Dimitris Fragakis, secretary general for the Greek National Tourism Organisation, to discover the latest tourism reports, emerging trends and how the destination is supporting responsible travel

Greece lays out five-year tourism plan

Greece has set out its five-year tourism development plan, based around more year-round flights, new product such as city breaks and gastronomy, and highlighting lesser-known destinations for tourism

Domes Resorts to expand trade sales team with new BDM

The luxury resorts operator hopes to strengthen its trade ties as it grows

Micro vs midi: how to pick the right size ship for cruising in Greece

The Greek islands are a popular area for cruises, but is it better to go for a 50-guest or a 2,000-guest vessel to explore them?

Another piece of the Costa Navarino jigsaw has been placed - by Mandarin Oriental

The newly opened Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino is immersed in nature

'What I learned from my very own Race Across The World (*Europe)'

Sunvil’s Chris Wright recounts to TTG his flight-free journey from the Travel Industry Awards in London to Crete; complete with moments of self-doubt and a sleep deprived mini-meltdown, he made it – and is urging others to give overland a go

‘Travel has no choice but to get on the front foot when it comes to the climate crisis’

TTG Media’s CEO joined more than 20 other industry representatives at the Greece National Tourist Office’s first ‘Agora’ to discuss the existential challenges facing travel – here’s what he took away

Behind the scenes on Virgin Voyages' Greek Island Glow

TTG’s Madeleine Barber took to the seas on Virgin Voyages’ Resilient Lady to see everything its Greek Island Glow itinerary has to offer

EasyJet launches new route and package holidays to Skiathos

It comes after the Greek island was hit by torrential rain and flash floods earlier this month

Greek ATC strike off but nationwide action prompts FCDO warning

Brits were told to avoid demonstrations ’wherever possible’ and follow the advice of local authorities

Skiathos ‘ready to welcome visitors’ following ‘enormous’ clean-up effort

’Things are looking much brighter today, and enormous efforts have been put into the clean-up process so far with huge progress already having been made with water and power fully restored’

Jet2 pauses Skiathos programme following Storm Daniel floods

All flights and holidays due to depart for the flood-hit Greek island up to and on Tuesday 12 September have been cancelled