The IFES MasterClass 2024 – Europe, held in Athens from November 6-8, was an incredible experience for all attendees,
offering valuable insights and inspiration for exhibition and meetings professionals worldwide. In partnership with the Greek Meetings Alliance, this event highlighted Athens’ growing role as a hub for innovation and intercultural collaboration in the meetings industry. See more.

Representing This is Athens- Convention & Visitors Bureau, Natasha Kefala, International Meetings Manager and Maria Papadopoulou, Business Development Manager will be at Booth E40 at IBTM World in Barcelona from 19-21 November.     See more.

Spyridon Kagkas, Digital & Community Manager, is representing This is Athens at the Global Sustainable Tourism Conference in Sentosa, Singapore, from November 13–16. See more

As a founding member of the Greek Meetings Alliance, This is Athens will participate in an engaging roundtable discussion at Philoxenia- Hotelia this week. See more.

Two of our member hotels recently joined us in Brussels, for a European Commission roundtable discussion on the creation of a Code of Conduct for online reviews in tourism. See more.

Athens is a film-friendly city that draws filmmakers from around the globe. Recently, the Athens Film Office welcomed the production team of Amazon Prime’s series “The Hermit” to the Greek capital. Athens Mayor Haris Doukas attended part of the shoot. See more.

Athens Marathon. The Authentic took center stage last weekend, bringing together thousands of runners and spectators from around the world. Members of the Develop Athens S.A. running team joined the 42km Marathon Race as well as the 10- and 5km Road Races See more.

A major event in Athens last week showcased Greece to global tour operators and agents. The inaugural Global Meeting of WTAAA and ECTAA was supported by This is Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau as a Silver Sponsor.  See more.

The Athens International Children’s Film Festival 2024, will take place in multiple locations around the Greek capital next week, with more feature films than ever before, screenings featuring live dubbing and plenty of surprises for children and adults. See more.

FAAM-EUROBAT 2024: Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting & European Consortium on Application of Flow Cytometry in Allergy will be held from Nov 21 - 23, 2024 in Athens. See more.

The Greek hospitality industry will meet at XENIA 2024 from 23 until 25 November in order to connect, network, and do business with the most important supplying companies. See more.

The European Association for eXtended Reality (EuroXR) is the ultimate gathering for Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). This year, the conference will take place in Athens from November 27th to 29 th . See more.

The Athens International Boat Show returns to Athens’ Metropolitan Expo from December 4-8, 2024. The Show is addressed to professionals and amateurs who love the sea, extreme water sports and sea-related tourism activities. See more.

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The Times: This favourite Greek city is even better out of season

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Shopping at the weekly farmers’ market—or laiki—is still very much a way of life in modern Athens. Every neighborhood has its own, but shopping at Kallidromiou’s laiki on Saturday morning is a popular tradition among sophisticated urbanites, who haggle over artichokes with the same passion they argue the finer points of politics over an after-market raki at one of Kallidromiou’s coffee houses or taverns.