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In August 2019, there were 3 391 accommodation units with more than 10 beds operating in the country - hotels, motels, campsites, chalets and other short-stay accommodations. The number of rooms in them is 141.7 thousand, and the beds - 325.4 thousand.

Marriott International, which is active in 131 countries with over 7,000 properties under 31 brands, aims to enhance its operations in Turkey, said the general manager of the company's hotels in Istanbul.

German tour operator Tui AG is signing new, long-term contracts with Greek hoteliers who were not previously in its portfolio, in a bid to expand further in Greece after the collapse of rival British company Thomas Cook.

Holidaymakers hit by the collapse of Thomas Cook, the world's oldest tourist firm, desperately scrambled for information on Monday on how to get home, as Britain mounted its largest repatriation effort since World War Two.

In July 2019, 3 391 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 141.8 thousand and the bed-places were 324.4 thousand.

Thomas Cook has just opened a new urban boutique hotel, Cook's Club City Beach Rhodes, in the Old City of Rhodes.
The 18-room hotel on the largest of the Dodecanese islands is the eighth of the Cook's Club brand and follows recent openings in Bulgaria, Egypt, Spain and Turkey.
The collection's first hotel opened on Crete in 2018.

Canaves Oia Epitome, an all-villa boutique hotel located above the fishing village of Ammoudi in Santorini, the 2019 award for Best Resort Hotel in Europe, bestowed by the readers of the prestigious Travel + Leisure magazine. 

The boutique hotel was one of five Greek entries in the top 10, all of them on the popular island of Santorini.

The occupancy rate of campsites on the Gulf of Edremit's 145-kilometer-long coastline has hit 100 percent, according to a campsite manager and holidaymakers.

"I've always hated counting while dancing," French choreographer Boris Charmatz has said. "I've always preferred letting my mind wander." That's exactly what Charmatz asks of his dancers as they perform his innovative piece "Infini" for the Athens Festival.

Bulgarians can visit 168 countries without visas in the world. This is shown by the passport index data, which is compiled by the Swiss consulting company Henley & Partners.