Greek boutique

THE Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites & Spa is now the first officially certified “Boutique Hotel” in #Greece, based on the demanding standards of the “Boutique Hotel” classification inaugurated by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels. 

The designation as a “Boutique Hotel” was preceded by the recognition of the special architectural and decorative design concept of Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites & Spa by a Special Group of Advisors of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, and the validation of the upgraded services that the hotel offers to its guests by an authorized inspection & control third-party body.

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Luxury Greek Spa

THE newly built Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites & Spa, which opened its doors in 2016, is located in a privileged setting at the edge of Oia. 

Santo Maris Oia offers seclusion and direct views to the renowned sunset of Oia. Accommodation is offered in 44 suites & private villas and facilities include four outdoor swimming pools, the 300 sq.m. Luxury Spa with indoor swimming pool and the Alios Ilios restaurant.

The Spa has been nominated in the category “Greece’s Best Resort Spa for 2017” at the prestigious World Spa Awards.

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Brighton, Liverpool tipped for tourism

ENGLAND and Portugal dominate Trip Advisor’s list of top ten European holiday destinations ‘on the rise’. Brighton and Liverpool are tipped, as are Porto and, on the Portuguese island of Madeira, Funchal.

Top ten …

• Porto, Portugal 
• Moscow, Russia 
• Brighton, England 
• Liverpool, England 
• Granada, Spain 
• Funchal, Portugal 
• Oia (Santorini), Greece 
• Krakow, Poland 
• Valencia, Spain 
• Cologne, Germany  

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Greece is the word for BA

BRITISH AIRWAYS has added two destinations to its 2016 summer schedule: Chania on #Crete and Kalamata, Mainland #Greece. The flights start on April 30. 

BA will also be increasing its frequency to Corfu for the summer 2016 season, bringing the total number of flights to the island to six per week, and Santorini flights will also increase from three to four per week.

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Greek islands to lose VAT subsidies as EU cuts bite

SIX Greek islands this month lose their VAT (Value Added Tax) rate subsidies as part of the country’s third creditor bailout package.  

A package of cuts was agreed by the Greek government – against the wishes of voters in a referendum – as part of a financial bail-out deal with the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank.

The holiday islands are Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Rhodes, Santorini, and Skiathos. 

The ending of the tax subsidy will hit the cost of hotel and villa #accommodation, and the prices at cafes and restaurants. There was significant campaigning against the rise, with concern that it would damage the key Greek tourism industry. But #Greece’s creditors made it a condition of the latest bail-out. 

Other Greek islands are likely to lose their VAT rate subsidies next year and in 2017.

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