Greece - GNTO: "Gold" winners at the American tourism awards Travvy Awards 2024

Specifically, Greece won the gold award in the categories:

“Best Destination – Europe”,

“Best Destination – Mediterranean”, and

“Best Cruise Destination – Europe”.

At the same time, the Greek National Tourist Organization (GNTO) received a gold award as the “Best Tourism Board – Europe”.

The head of the Greek National Tourist Organization (GNTO) North America Service, K. Harokopos (second, from left), F. Georgousi from the same service of the Greek National Tourist Organization (in the middle), and the deputy head, G. Plexousakis (second from right), with the Greek awards at the 2024 Travvy Awards.

Each year, the Travvy Awards honor the best suppliers, destinations, technology providers, attractions, airlines, cruise lines, etc., as selected by U.S. travel agents. This year’s voting was conducted by more than 200,000 U.S. travel agent executives, who submitted their choices through Agent@Home magazine and the website TravelPulse.com.

The award ceremony was held on Friday, November 7 at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, while the Greek awards were received by the head of the Greek National Tourism Organization North America Service, Konstantinos Charokopos, the deputy head, Yannis Plexousakis, and Faye Georgousi, from the same service of the Greek National Tourism Organization.

During the 10th edition of the Travvy Awards, Greece won a total of four gold awards.

Travel Weekly’s Cruise World workshop

The 2024 Travvy Awards ceremony took place as part of the annual Travel Weekly’s Cruise World workshop of the NorthStar Travel Group, which took place from November 6 to 8 at the same venue, with the participation of the Greek National Tourism Organization North America Service.

NorthStar Travel Media Group is a leading B2B travel agency, providing a wide range of services, including event planning, digital publishing, data analytics and customized marketing solutions to a wide range of travel industry players.

A general view of the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where this year’s Travvy Awards ceremony and Travel Weekly’s annual Cruise World workshop were held.

Travel Weekly’s Cruise World Workshop focuses on networking events and Exhibitor Showcases for the cruise industry. This year, more than 300 exhibitors participated, including cruise lines (MSC, Royal Carribean, Celestyal), airlines (American Airlines and United Airlines) and national tourism organizations from Greece, Israel, Croatia, Malta, Australia and Latin American countries.