{"id":3177,"date":"2018-07-05T13:33:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T13:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travel-zone-greece.com\/blog\/?p=3177"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:08:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:08:37","slug":"athens-hosts-world-travel-awards-2018-oscar-goes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travel-zone-greece.com\/blog\/athens-hosts-world-travel-awards-2018-oscar-goes\/","title":{"rendered":"Athens Hosts World Travel Awards 2018. And the Oscar goes to\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europe\u2019s finest travel brands have been unveiled at<a href=\"https:\/\/worldtraveleventsltd.cmail19.com\/t\/r-l-jjlhhydl-kysydtyij-y\/\">\u00a0<\/a>World Travel Awards (WTA) Europe Gala Ceremony 2018\u00a0in Athens, Greece. Hundreds of the leading figures of Europe\u2019s travel and tourism industry attended the ceremony at a red carpet gala, which was staged at the historic\u00a0Zappeion Megaron Hall. Graham Cooke, Founder &amp; President, World Travel Awards, said: \u201cWhat an evening it has been here in the incredible city of Athens, Greece. It has been an honour to partner with HotelBrain, under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Tourism, City of Athens and Greek National Tourism Organisation \u2013 and we thank everyone here in Athens for their support in bringing WTA to their amazing city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3174 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travel-zone-greece.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kaminis-award-1-e1531131506962.jpg\" alt=\"Kaminis award\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a big day for Greek tourism as Greece\u2019s resurgent tourist economy was recognised with the Greek National Tourism Organisation winning \u201cEurope\u2019s Leading National Tourism Strategy &amp; Campaign\u201d, whilst Lesante Blu Exclusive Beach Resort was named \u201cEurope\u2019s Leading New Resort\u201d. But these are only some of the awards that made Greece stand out. The city of Athens and the Athens Convention Bureau won the \u201cEurope\u2019s Leading City Break Destination 2018\u201d and the \u201cEurope&#8217;s Leading City Tourist Board 2018\u201d respectively. What a great way for Greek tourism to start the season.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe\u2019s finest travel brands have been unveiled at\u00a0World Travel Awards (WTA) Europe Gala Ceremony 2018\u00a0in Athens, Greece. Hundreds of the leading figures of Europe\u2019s travel and tourism industry attended the ceremony at a red carpet gala, which was staged at the historic\u00a0Zappeion Megaron Hall. Graham Cooke, Founder &amp; President, World Travel Awards, said: \u201cWhat an&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travel-zone-greece.com\/blog\/athens-hosts-world-travel-awards-2018-oscar-goes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Athens Hosts World Travel Awards 2018. 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