21/11/2022
This is Athens-Convention & Visitors Bureau Newsletter November 2022
This is your MICE update from Athens!
It has been a busy couple of months for the city and our team. We are excited to share with you new projects, distinctions and plans.
Keep reading to discover them all:
Athens Headlines
The Greek Tourism Ministry, the City of Athens and Google Greece launched a new partnership titled “Athens: The city is the museum”, aiming to promote Athens as an all-year tourism destination. See more
Athens has received its first global distinction at the World Travel Awards (WTA): The Greek capital has been crowned as the World's Leading Cultural City Destination 2022, following a double win at the European league of WTA in October as “Europe's Leading Cultural City Destination 2022” and This is Athens-Convention & Visitors Bureau’s win as “Europe's Leading City Tourist Board 2022”.
The Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers & Destination Event Specialists, the This is Athens-Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Thessaloniki Convention Bureau have officially launched the Greek Meetings Alliance (GMA) with the mission to strengthen the position of Athens in the global meetings and events industry. See more
The Alliance also hosted an event during the 37th International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia in Thessaloniki last week to present GMA to tourism professionals. See more
This is Athens-Convention & Visitors Bureau has launched a renewed Membership Program. Interested in joining our exclusive Program? See more and find the detailed Program Brochure here
The City of Athens has officially signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, aiming to actively support global efforts to halve CO2 emissions by 2030. See more
What We Are Up to
This is Athens and Mastercard invited visitors to Athens in November through the Stay-In-Athens campaign, offering exclusive discounts with Mastercard and Aegean Airlines for airline tickets, accommodation and city experiences. See more
Τhe City of Athens hosted “The Owl”, the annual workshop for professional screenwriters in October that was operated by ADDMA with the support of The Marché du Film and the US Embassy in Athens. See more
Our team has been attending significant industry Conferences such as the Convening EMEA by the Professional Convention Management Association, the City Destinations Alliance Autumn Conference, the 38th IGLTA Global Convention and the 61st ICCA Congress.
We have been promoting Athens at significant industry trade shows and B2B workshops of the MICE and travel trade markets, like inVOYAGE Doha, IMEX America and WTM London. Meet us next at IBTM World at Stand No. B60!
We hosted the Green Destinations 2022 & Future of Tourism Summit in Athens in September. See more
We supported a FAM trip organised by Aegean Airlines to promote Athens and Attica as a top-notch tourism destination to the Balkan market. See more
Talk of the Town
The legendary Athens Marathon. The Authentic 2022 hosted over 42,000 runners from all over the world for the greatest athletic celebration in Greece. See more
The international augmented reality exhibition “Seeing the Invisible” is currently running at The National Garden in Athens. See more
The Michelin Guide Athens 2022 has landed, containing a new two-star restaurant, plus two new one-star additions. See more
Time Out Magazine names Athenian neighbourhood Pangrati among the 51 coolest neighbourhoods in the world. See more
MICE Athens
The 22nd World LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Summit & Awards is taking place in Athens next week. See more
The Athens International Boat Show 2022 returns this December. See more
Athens will host the INTERCEM Shipping Forum 2023 in January. See more
The International Congress of the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant & Refractive Surgery is coming to Athens. See more
Members’ Lounge
AFEA has been awarded with the Silver EcoVadis Medal for its CSR and sustainability practices
Cultural city breaks curated by Amphitrion Group
The future is self-guided, and Clio Muse Tours has long known it
“SPORT TOURISM 2022” by Cosmorama ivisitgreece.com
Two gold awards for Divani Collection Hotels at the Greek Hospitality Awards 2022
8 awards for Domotel Hotels & Resorts at Greek Hospitality Awards 2022
ERA: Back to the – new – normal through a challenging, yet successful year
Fuga: Where taste shines under the stars of Athens
Grand Resort Lagonissi: Best Greek Resort 2022
Hotel Grande Bretagne: Weekends at Winter Garden
The Horizon team introduces the Patitiri
TATOI ESTATE: The new magical event venue in the Northern Suburbs, with the support of InterCatering
Athens Marriott Hotel introducing e&o Athens, the perfect choice for any event
PROELECTRO LTD, the one stop shop… that delivers beyond your expectations
Razzmatazz Events in a “Supporting Role” at the Athens Film Office Production of “The Owl”
St. George Lycabettus Hotel: Friends & Family Sunday Brunch at La Suite Lounge
Athens in the Press
Elle Decor Italy: Map of contemporary culture in Athens (Mappa delle cultura contemporanea ad Atene)
International Travel & Health Insurance Journal: The insider's guide to Athens
Kongress: The Greek Meetings Alliance to facilitate the growth of congress tourism
Athens sets its sights on the opera of the future! (Athènes met le cap sur l’opéra du futur!)
The National Herald:
Buzzz …. Red-Hot Spot Athens Awash With Autumn Tourists Too
Athens Municipality Cooperates with Mastercard to Promote Tourism
The Guardian: Wish you were here? Greece and Spain offer older Britons escape from soaring bills
Greece's official patron and supporter of contemporary art, the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST) is housed in the old brewery of Fix Beer. The building was transformed into an emblematic post-war industrial building by the architect Takis Zenetos who incorporated the old structures without interrupting the production process. Fix was brewed here from 1893 until the company went bankrupt in 1982. Abandoned for decades, the building underwent a second restoration starting in 2014, and EMST permanently opened its doors in 2020. With its distinctive elongated shape running between two major streets of the city, it has been considered an Athenian landmark for more than a century.