Athens

A shared past, a likeness to modernist architecture, but a different future. In the 1950s-60s, the Hilton hotels in Athens and Istanbul marked the international debut of the brand. Opened in 1955 as what was the very first hotel built outside the United States after the war, the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus still retains it...

Despite the chaotic context of relations between the United States and Europe, under the impetus of the Trump presidency, the transatlantic axis remains no less attractive for travellers, and therefore for airlines. American Airlines is a case in point, even if problems with Boeing aircraft deliveries have put the brakes on the company's ambitions... American Airlines announces...

The inauguration of the first Yotel address in Greece is scheduled for the end of 2026. And it is the long-stay YotelPad concept that will have the honour of making this grand debut in a promising market for the brand. "With a record number of international arrivals, an increase in hotel occupancy and recent government measures limiting the number of people renting...

Just over a month ago, Greece and its air traffic in particular were paralysed by a strike. The scenario is being repeated this Wednesday 9 April. The Greek Air Traffic Controllers Association is calling off the strike for 24 hours, until midnight on Wednesday evening. Athens international airport will be at a complete standstill for the entire day...

The plans to extend Athens airport are now clearer. The Anemos consortium, which includes Grimshaw, Haptic, the Athens firm K-Studio, Arup, Leslie Jones, Triagonal and Plan A, has been appointed to prepare the future of the airport. A future that should enable it to handle no less than 40 million passengers a year.

This summer, easyJet will be linking Nice airport to 46 destinations, including four unveiled this week by the airline. Following in the footsteps of Bordeaux, Nice airport will benefit from a brand new service to Athens. The Greek capital will be served from Nice from 28 May, with two flights a week. These flights will...

33: this is the number of destinations served by easyJet during the summer of 2024 from Bordeaux airport. This number will be reached thanks to the addition of a route to a leading leisure destination: Athens. Flights will start on 4 April, and will operate on Thursdays and Sundays, as in the past.

By 2027, the luxury brand Mandarin Oriental will be part of one of the most ambitious urban development programmes in Europe, The Ellinikon project, near Athens. Situated to the south of the Greek capital, this new eco-responsible district is currently being developed around the former international airport, which closed in 2001, to make it...

Updated on 6 April at 10am The Athens hotel scene has been in the spotlight recently. While the Thai group Dusit has just opened its first hotel in Europe here - a 36-suite long-stay establishment - the Radisson group has just found a first address for its new flagship hotel in...

After Madrid at the start of last summer and Paris at the beginning of September, the Tapestry Collection by Hilton brand is continuing its expansion in major European cities with the announcement of a hotel due to open early next year in Rome. Still in the renovation phase, the Cosmopolita Rome will offer 76 rooms once completed, as well as a rooftop...

Open since 1 September, the Athens Capital Hotel marks the arrival in Greece of the Accor MGallery brand. This collection, which includes around a hundred boutique hotels with strong personalities around the world, such as the Molitor in Paris or the Santa Teresa in Rio, is being established in the heart of Athens, on Syntagma Square, thanks to the...

HOTELS Marriott Athens After a five-year absence, the Marriott brand made its grand return to Athens at the end of 2018. And, like a symbol, the 366-room and suite establishment has taken up residence opposite the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Athens' new architectural icon. In the image of this temple of culture, the Marriott Athens hotel combines...

If you've got an hour... Between two meetings, the National Garden is a great place to take a break in the middle of the business district. Further south in the city, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, designed by Renzo Piano, is worth escaping from Syntagma and its austere banks. This new cultural centre, inaugurated in 2016, is now home to the...

What role do French companies play in Athens, and how has this changed with the economic crisis? Stéphane Perchenet - There are nearly 120 French subsidiaries in Greece, representing 30,000 jobs, in addition to the many national distributors of French brands. Although some companies have withdrawn from the Greek market...

Report and photos by Florian Guillemin. On 20 August 2018, Greece was officially released from its European Union trusteeship after eight years of austerity plans. In theory, the Greek economy is back in the black. But only in theory, because everyone from taxi drivers to small shopkeepers - clearly used to what...

It's quite symbolic: for its return to Athens after a five-year absence, Marriott has taken up residence in the former Metropolitan, and above all opposite the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. This new temple to culture, designed by Renzo Piano and inaugurated two years ago, embodies the renewed optimism in the country, which is...

The first Athenian hotel in the Choice Hotels network will carry the Comfort brand. It will open in summer 2017, following a recent co-branding agreement with GVK Enterprises, a local hotel management and development company. Mark Pearce, Senior Vice President, International Division at Choice Hotels, welcomes the news...

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