6
th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum 2021 on May 25th.
Gianni Onorato, CEO of MSC Cruises, Michael Thamm, Group CEO Costa Group and Carnival Asia, Wybcke Meier, CEO of TUI Cruises and Chris Theophilides, CEO of Celestyal Cruises will share the screen for the day’s first session titled ‘The Restart of Cruising in Europe and the Mediterranean’.
Each will share their company’s initiatives for post-pandemic cruising, their own vision for the restart and the measures and protocols each cruise line is implementing for the interim period. They will also discuss the reasons for the industry’s strong backing of the East Med as this year’s cruise hotspot, the region that in 2021 will host the highest number of cruise deployments in Europe.
Run Messinia: “We are running for the 200 years since the Greek Revolution!” (photo by Navarino Challenge)
The organizers of Run Messinia, an ultramarathon race in Greece that will cover a distance of approximately 421 kilometers, have announced that the event will take place during
October 2-11.
“Run for Freedom” edition, will include a total of
10 marathons in the Peloponnese that will take place for
10 consecutive days with the participation of
10 athletes in each route.
Run Messinia will start on
October 2 from
Messinia, Laconia and
Arcadia, which are related to the Greek revolution. The event will come to a close in the historic city of
Although
Germans are dreaming of the Greek islands this year, Greece’s epidemiological situation is negatively affecting their travel plans for the summer season ahead, local tourism experts say.
Greece is still considered a
“high-risk” area for German authorities with most Germans appearing reluctant to travel to Greek destinations, according to the Director of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) service in Germany
Paraskevi-Maria Stroubou.
Another discouraging factor is the obligation of travelers to
self isolate for two weeks upon their return from Greece to Germany. Those who show a negative Covid-19 test can end the quarantine on the fifth day.
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50 hosted buyers from Germany, Israel, Romania, France, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Russia and Slovenia among other countries, and around
CONNECT aims to promote Thessaloniki and its brand, enhance entrepreneurship and promote the tourism businesses of Thessaloniki and the wider Central Macedonia region through two events:
The
“Thessaloniki, city break & MICE destination” event that will take place on May 11, with the participation of TCB members and other businesses
The
“Alternative tourism in Central Macedonia” event to be held on May 12.
Central Macedonia Deputy Governor for Tourism Alexandros Thanos; TCB Managing Director Eleni Sotiriou; TCB President Yiannis Aslanis
“We’ve decided to hold the event a few days prior to the opening of Greek tourism on May 14. We’ve named it ‘CONNECT’ because want to show that the time is right to get over the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic and start to connect with each other,” TCB President