BRIDGING THE GAP
COMPARISON WITH THE REGION
A historic city with excellent connectivity to the rest of the world and where you will find infrastructure befitting a major European capital, but with better weather and in a more interesting location. The Athens allure includes 300 days of sunshine a year, more than 30,000 hotel rooms in 439 hotels, 95,000 sq.m of conference space, 1,000+ restaurants and 200,000 flights per year. All major hotels in the city underwent a refurbishment for the 2004 Olympics.
MTLG INDEX / 2017 EDITION
DESTINATION CAPACITY
- The number of 4* and 5* category hotel rooms: 4,152
- The number of 4* and 5* category hotels: 41
- Banquet hall maximum capacity: 1,300
- The largest hall in the city (in m2): 13,000 m2
- Destination population: 664,046
- Maximum hall capacity in theatre style: 1,960
MTLG CATEGORY
XL – MEETING DESTINATION
Destinations that can host more than 2000 attendees.
Check out the new MTLG categorization for 2017 here.
OVERALL PERFORMANCE
| ATHENS INDIVIDUAL GRADES 2017 | |
|---|---|
| DESTINATION MARK: | 4.41 |
| Natural and cultural factors: | 4.89 |
| General and transport infrastructure: | 4.71 |
| Tourist infrastructure: | 4.98 |
| Meeting infrastructure: | 4.99 |
| Subjective grade: | 4.83 |
| Marketing Buzz: | 4.85 |
| ICCA index: | 4.70 |
| Numbeo quality of life Index: | 2.33 |
| Numbeo Safety Index: | 2.79 |
| ACI Airport Connectivity Index: | 4.99 |
