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Large multinational hotel chains are increasing their activity in Greece. The low penetration compared to the country's hotel potential, which is far below that of other tourism destinations such as Spain or Italy, combined with the excellent prospects of tourism, are motivating the largest groups.

There are strong growth prospects for tourism in Greece, with two new hotel openings already in the pipeline, Patrick Mendes, CEO of Accor for Europe and North Africa, tells Kathimerini.

By the end of the year, the development of the luxury Varko Bay resort is expected to have begun at Palairos in western Greece.

A hotel unit of the Accor group's Banyan Tree chain will be built on the Varko Peninsula, as seen in this photo projection, while 30% of the area will host 45 branded residences that will be available for sale.

In partnership with the hotel chain Accor, Mogotel Hotel Group has launched its first two Ibis Styles hotels in Slovenia by rebranding Hotel Central and The Fuzzy Log in Ljubljana's city centre.

The largest hotel operator in the Baltic countries, Mogotel Hotel Group leased the two Ljubljana hotels in summer last year for 20 years for a combined €12 million.

There are tens of thousands of vacant jobs in tourist areas in Greece, waiting to be filled. At the same time and due to the pandemic, another problem arose. Hotel workers quit their jobs to find something more stable as the pandemic also affected tourism.

A place on the tourist map of Athens is sought by large international hotel chains and Greek entrepreneurs, who invest mainly in four-star and five-star hotels with the Acropolis in the background.

The authorities' mandating the check of the Covid digital certificate at hotel reception desks will be inevitable if the 4th pandemic wave escalates, the president of the Romanian Hotel Industry Federation (FIHR) Calin Ile told AGERPRES on Thursday.

Paris and San Francisco, February 18th, 2020 - Today, Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, and Visa (V: NYSE), the global leader in digital payments, announced a global partnership to bring new payment experiences to ALL-Accor Live Limitless loyalty members.

The leading hotel group Accor announced its commitment to join the UN Global Tourism Plastics Initiative and to remove all single-use plastic items in guest experience from its hotels by the end of 2022. This decision will affect the local hotels managed by Accor - Novotel Sofia and ibis Sofia.

The Esperia Palace, one of the few hotel units still up for grabs in the Athens city center, looks set to go to Israeli-owned tourism group Fattal, which according to sources has submitted the highest offer, amounting to 95,800 euros per month, in the context of the tender held on Wednesday for the operation of the hotel located between Omonia and Syntagma squares.