Tornivoukas Family | 100 Years of Greek Hospitality with Expansion in Athens

• The Tornivoukas household celebrated the historical day astatine the legendary edifice “Olympos Naoussa” successful Thessaloniki, besides announcing the enlargement of the radical to Athens.

The Tornivoukas family’s TOR Hotel Group precocious celebrated the completion of a 100 years of uninterrupted beingness successful the Greek hospitality manufacture with a superb day event.

In the historical edifice “Olympus Naoussa” of the ON Residence edifice (photo below) successful Thessaloniki, the evening began with speeches by important figures from business, authorities and societal life, including the Deputy Minister of the Interior liable for Macedonia-Thrace issues Konstantinos Gioulekas, the Mayor of Thessaloniki Stelios Angeloudis, arsenic good arsenic the honorary president of the SANI edifice radical Stavros Andreadis. Also contiguous were representatives of important media outlets, salient members of the concern world, arsenic good arsenic friends and associates of the group.

“For us, hotels are a mode of life,” said the president of the group, Konstantinos (Dinos) Tornivoukas, with emotion. “As a family, we travel a philosophy: we put with seriousness and studied steps, and that is possibly wherefore we person lasted 100 years. We volition proceed to delve into careful, strategical moves,” helium added.

Finally, arsenic portion of the celebration, the radical undertook the costs of planting 100 caller trees (plane trees, cypresses, level trees) and a bid of betterment interventions successful Melenikou Park, connected National Defense. In this way, it practically supported the efforts of the Municipality of Thessaloniki to upgrade nationalist abstraction and fortify the greenish footprint, portion confirming TOR Hotel Group’s committedness to sustainability and the harmonious coexistence of hospitality with the earthy environment.

Historical people and bequest of 4 generations

The group’s people began successful 1925, erstwhile Konstantinos Tornivoukas opened the historical Mediterranée successful Thessaloniki, the archetypal luxury edifice successful the metropolis and the 2nd successful Greece, creating the foundations for the modernization of Greek hospitality.

In 1974, George Tornivoukas and his woman Ismini created the Eagles Palace, which evolved into 1 of the astir emblematic destinations successful Halkidiki. A fewer years later, they introduced the City Hotel successful the halfway of Thessaloniki, adding a new, modern look.

The absorption of the radical was taken implicit successful 1999 by Konstantinos Tornivoukas, who, with the changeless enactment of his wife, Lena Tornivoukas, gave caller beingness and strategical direction, contributing decisively to its improvement path. Thus, the Eagles Palace and the City Hotel were modernized and upgraded to a higher category. In addition, successful 2009 the Excelsior was created and successful 2017 the Eagles Villas, which was included successful the 10 Best Family Hotels successful Europe by Conde Nast Traveler.

In 2022, ON Residence opened its doors successful Thessaloniki, successful collaboration with Grivalia Hospitality, and was awarded a Michelin Key, confirming the family’s imaginativeness for excellence. A unsocial illustration of a Greek household concern and with a turnover expected to scope 25 cardinal euros successful 2025, the radical proves that well-organized, autarkic businesses tin vie connected adjacent presumption with planetary brands.

Strategic enlargement successful Athens

With its eyes connected the aboriginal and the caller procreation of the family, Ismini and Christina Tornivoukas, having joined the group’s absorption team, TOR Hotel Group is readying its descent into the bosom of Athens, expanding its footprint connected the country’s edifice representation successful an emblematic gathering adjacent Syntagma.

Specifically, successful 2028, TOR Hotel Group officially enters the Athens market, converting the listed gathering astatine 4 Kolokotroni Street into a hotel. With an concern of 15 cardinal euros, the 4,200 sq m edifice was leased for 30 years, with the close to widen for different ten. The renovation of the building, which was built earlier World War II and was the erstwhile office of TSMEDE, is expected to found TOR Hotel Group’s beingness successful the superior arsenic a benchmark for prime hospitality.

A period later, with 4 of the 5 hotels successful TOR Hotel Group’s portfolio being members of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, hospitality remains the passionateness of the household that continues to innovate, germinate and service Greek tourism with respect and vision.