Mandarin Oriental prepares to launch in Greece

THE GREEK resort of Costa Navarino in the southwest Peloponnese will be home this year to the first Mandarin Oriental property in Greece.

The beachfront hotel will feature 99 guest rooms, including 48 earth-sheltered pool villas, all with outdoor terraces and sea views, along with five restaurants and bars, and a spa and fitness centre and a 25-metre pool. The resort is designed in alignment with the destination’s sustainable principles, featuring planted roofs blending into the topography of the land. www.costanavarino.com

Olympic adds island hopping

OLYMPIC HOLIDAYS has launched its ‘Find Your Sunshine: Summer and Winter Sun 2023/24’ brochure featuring a new section dedicated to islandhopping, which continues to be a key growth area for the operator.

Agents who require copies of the brochure can order them via Tradegate.

www.olympicholidays.com

Three new hotels to open in Larnaka

LARNAKA IS looking forward to a busy 2023 with the opening of three new hotels. The Mercure Beach Hotel Larnaka is set to launch in April. Set on an exclusive part of the beach along the Voroklini coastline, the resort will feature the closest beach rooms on the island. A second globally-branded hotel is also planned for Voroklini coastline by Yiannades (Goldfish) Beach.

The island’s first Holiday Inn Express will open in Larnaka and the Pallas Hotel in a historic 1953 building in the commercial centre will open to travellers. www.larnakaregion.com