The final meeting of the fifth and final meeting organised as part of the European Employer Programme for Hospitality and Tourism recently evaluated the work carried out through the effort and decided what would follow.

Limassol Municipality will shortly be hosting the 12th Euro Mediterranean Folk Star and Gold Star Festival of Traditional Dances.

The Cyprus Breakfast programme has welcomed four new members, Ascos Coral Beach Hotel in Paphos, Anmaria Beach Hotel in Ayia Napa, Silver Sands Beach Hotel in Protaras and Akamanthea Holiday Village in Polis Crysochous.

Haris Loizides, president, Cyprus Hotels Association (CHA) expressed his satisfaction that a tourism strategy is being implemented in Cyprus in what Loizides describes as the first time.

Cobalt Air entered into a cooperation with computer reservations system Galileo, part of global distribution system (GDS) Travelport.

Limassol Marina hosted a tuna fishing charity tournament in commemoration of three associates of Cyprus Fishing Magazine to raise funds for Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society.

DP World Limassol has become one of the first terminals in Cyprus to be awarded three of the most important international certifications, following a successful audit conducted by TUV Austria Hellas.

A fifth joint excavation campaign between the Universities of Ghent, Louvain and the Mediterranean Archaeological Society at Pyla -- Kokkinokremos revealed important evidence relating to the crucial period at the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 12th century BC.

Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) released its catalogue of prices charged for popular items at 151 beachside hotels, restaurants and cafes around Cyprus.

Nicos Anastasiades, president, Cyprus, recently welcomed the opening of an Embassy of Japan in Nicosia and revealed the island intends to open an embassy in Tokyo.