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New hotels build on Athens tourism growth
The momentum that Athens tourism has attained in the last three years has mobilized private capital and seen the opening of new five-star hotels in the capital's center.
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Wyndham Grand Athens to open December 1
Wyndham Grand Athens, the first Wyndham Hotel Group hotel in Greece, is set to open on Karaiskaki Square, in central Athens, on December 1, the company said.
The 5-star hotel will have 273 rooms, conference halls, a gym, a spa, and a 450 sq. m. roof-garden with a pool and a 360 degree view of the Athens skyline.
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Traffic at Athens Airport rises 14.6 percent in September
Traffic through Athens International Airport is continuing to improve this year, as AIA on Tuesday reported a 14.6 percent annual increase in passenger numbers last month and 10.2 percent year-on-year growth in the first nine months of 2016.
In September AIA served 2.13 million passengers, of whom 1.4 million were on international flights, up 15 percent year-on-year.
Police break up two gangs
A gang distributing large quantities of contraband cigarettes in Greece has been unraveled, police said Thursday.
According to Attica Police Chief Christos Papazafiris, more than 16 million cigarettes and 4 tons of tobacco were confiscated.
The amount of money in lost tax and levy revenues, he said, amounted to more than 5 million euros.
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Athens airport wins World Routes award
Athens International Airport has received another distinction from World Routes, the biggest global airline networking forum on Tuesday, voted by airline companies with a special honorary award in the category of 4-20 million passengers, in recognition of the continuous dynamic support that the airport offers to airlines for their development efforts, under the extremely adverse economic condi
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Cab drivers arrested on fraud charges
Three taxi drivers, aged 52, 55 and 59, were arrested Tuesday in a police sweep in the area of Petralona and the the KTEL Liosion bus terminal.
The 59-year-old was detained on charges of using counterfeit money, while the 55-year-old is accused of tampering with his taximeter.
The 52-year-old was nabbed for using a fake driver's license.
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17 Greek businesses meet foreign Funds
The 11th Annual Greek Roadshow, organized by the Athens Stock Exchange, is taking place in London with 27 of the largest Greek companies attending the three-day event. Participants get to meet with representatives of foreign funds at the facilities of the Bloomberg agency.
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Parliament calls Pappas and TV licenses’ owners
Most members of SYRIZA-ANEL “covered themselves” behind the President of the Institutions and Transparency Committee of the Greek Parliament that examined the New Democracy’s request to bring before the Parliament the four new TV channel owners, together with the Minister of State Nikos Pappas and the Representative of the Secretariat General of Information Eleytherios Kretzos.
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Raids on firm of BoG chief's wife raise questions
Investigators on Thursday carried out surprise raids on the company offices of Stavroula Nikolopoulou, the spouse of Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras, as well as the couple's home, as part of a probe into the alleged mismanagement of state funding for the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO).
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Guitar Tribute | Athens | September 16
Some 100 guitarists led by guitarist and maestro Evangelos Boudounis, with soloist Maro Razi and singer Vasia Zacharopoulou, are taking part in a concert dedicated both to the instrument and the notion of collective effort at the Herod Atticus Theater in Athens on Friday, September 16.
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