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Greeks, Tourists Enjoy Full Moon at Archaeological Sites
  • August 25, 2010
ATHENS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of Greek people and foreign visitors enjoyed full moon on Tuesday evening strolling next to ancient monuments inside 92 archaeological sites across Greece, includ...
Aegean Airlines and Continental Airlines to Start Codeshare Flights
  • August 23, 2010
HOUSTON and ATHENS - Star Alliance partners Continental Airlines and Aegean Airlines today announced plans to start codesharing on Continental's flights between its New York hub, Newark Liberty Intern...
Two American Women Show Golf in Greece is a Good Walk Enjoyed
  • TNH staff
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  • August 16, 2010
ATHENS - Connie Burke retired as a professor of English Literature in 1992 but has never retired from playing golf, which she loves so much she was captain of the Hellenic Ladies Golf Club and organiz...
Last holidaymakers leave cities
  • ANA- MPA
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  • August 13, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - August's last holidaymakers' exodus escalated on Friday, with the last travelers due to leave the urban centers on Saturday. The ferries have reported 100 percent capacity, with the m...
Tourists Shun Greece, Try Turkey
  • Alkman Granitsas - Wall Street Journal
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  • August 07, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - Greek hotels and tour operators have been slashing prices and scaling back staff in a bid to recoup, after TV images of street riots coupled with a strong euro earlier this year persu...
Deals Cut the Price of Visiting Greece
  • Wall Street Journal
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  • August 05, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - Amid a fiscal crisis and workers' strikes, Greece is attempting to lure more tourists to the country with cut-rate hotel stays and lower tour prices. Hotels and restaurants are likely...
Strikes bring storm clouds to Greece
  • The Financial Times
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  • August 04, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - Greece’s olive-clad hillsides and turquoise sea gleam as enticingly as ever under the hot August sun. But the country’s image as a relaxed Mediterranean destination has been taking a ...
Greece, a 'magnet' for foreign celebrities and personalities
  • ANA- MPA
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  • August 03, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - With or without a fiscal debt or deficit, with or without provoking the criticism of the German or British partners on the good life of 'plastic money' attributed to its residents, Gr...
Greece counts on tourism after strike wounds
  • AFP
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  • August 02, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - Greek tourism, vital for the stricken economy and jobs, struggled back to its feet on Monday after a truckers' strike, the latest in a string of disputes which have hit at the heart o...
Crisis dampens August exodus
  • ANA- MPA
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  • August 01, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - The first wave of city-dwellers leaving urban centres for their holidays peaked this weekend but was significantly smaller than the previous year, according to traffic police estimate...
Greece's national strike threatens chaos for British tourists
  • The Guardian
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  • July 31, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - Thousands of Britons heading to Greece for their summer holiday last night risked becoming caught up in the chaos of a nationwide strike by protesting truck drivers that is threatenin...
Greek Villas Marked Down 45% as Crisis Hits Island Homes
  • Bloomberg News
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  • July 29, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - Greek island homes, long coveted by millionaires and Hollywood stars such as Tom Hanks, are being marked down by as much as 45 percent as the country’s debt crisis destroys demand for...
Campaign to attract Russian tourists
  • ANA- MPA
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  • July 27, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - Culture and Tourism deputy minister George Nikitiadis held a series of talks in Moscow on Monday with Russian tourist authorities as part of the ministry's revamping of its strategy a...
“Alliance for Greece” - Campaign to promote Domestic Tourism
  • ANA- MPA
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  • July 27, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - A campaign, drawn by sectors of the broader communication field, to promote domestic tourism was presented today in an event attended by Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulano...
Delays & Cancellation of Flights
  • NET ANA-MPA
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  • July 25, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - First problems at “Eleftherios Venizelos Athens Airport” have emerged with up to one and a half hour delays and cancellations of some flights following air-traffic controllers decisi...
Goldtrail shutdown sparks trouble for Greece and Turkey (video)
  • Travel Daily UK
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  • July 18, 2010
LONDON, England - Goldtrail Travel and Sunmar ceased trading on Friday, leaving the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to return 16,000 holidaymakers back to the UK and agents rush to rebook clients’ holi...
Greek Star Despina Vandi Vacationing in Mykonos (Video)
  • TNH staff
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  • July 14, 2010
ATHENS -- Greek pop diva Despina Vandi is enjoying some sun and relaxation on cosmopolitan Mykonos together with her husband ex-soccer star Demis Nicolaides, and taking a break from her professional o...
Russian Tourists Catch Upside of Greek Downturn
  • July 12, 2010
ATHENS (RT) -- Greek tour operators are struggling with the euro crisis as hotel bookings plummet, but Russian tourists are taking advantage of the downturn. Roads closed, flights cancelled, the co...
Hollywood's Kate Hudson Vacationing in Skiathos
  • TNH staff
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  • July 08, 2010
ATHENS - Kate Hudson has been vacationing on the Greek island of Skiathos and has become 'the talk of the town' - and not just because she is stealing all the spotlight with her natural beauty, but be...
President Barack Obama Considering Greek Islands Holidays
  • June 28, 2010
(PRWeb UK/PRWEB ) June 28, 2010 -- According travel consultants Travelmatch.co.uk, rumours abound that Obama has been looking at Crete holidays for this summer. It’s just the shot in the arm the ailin...
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