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MCBS offers specialized, adaptive digital solutions and services for travel, leisure, entertainment and tourism industry with a design-thinking approach. 

Its applications and platforms include culture and venue management solutions, port terminal cruise operations, passenger flow management, ferry ticketing management, conversational interfaces, traveller recommendation systems.

Our target is to empower operations with data-driven intelligence, streamlined operational agility, AI-driven interfacing  and decision-support to achieve high customer  -visitor or traveler- experience, cost efficiency and alignment to sustainable practices. With Insight and Innovation, MCBS team and partners' network upload technology inventions to its solutions, from AI to fintech and cloud-edge computing towards the emerging multi-partner digital ecosystems of the future. 

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Milia is an accommodation of high ecological sensitivity, a mountain restored settlement of the 16th century with rooms that preserve the architecture and aesthetics of the mountainous region of Western Crete. It is located in an area included in the NATURA network, in a green valley, at 550m. above the surface of the sea, below the peak Psilos head of the Koutroulis mountain range. The settlement is surrounded by a forest with chestnuts, arbutuses, locust trees and a wide variety of trees and plants. The restoration of the old houses began in 1982, with attention to detail and respect of nature and has been operating as an eco-lodge since 1993, bringing the atmosphere and footprint of its former inhabitants to the present. Read less

In the midst of the Karpathian Sea, between Crete and Rhodes, a strip of unparalleled authenticity will change the way you think about vacations. Welcome to the dreamlike Karpathos, the mythological homeland of Titans, ancient gods, and legendary heroes! Accessible via ports and an international airport, the second largest island in the Dodecanese offers everything you can imagine. Abundant exotic beaches with turquoise waters, organized or completely virgin, sandy or pebbly, will captivate your dreams! Pine forests and unique mountain landscapes will astonish you, while the twelve villages of Karpathos with their picturesque charm and authentic hospitality, along with excellent tourist services, will give you indelible memories. Mount Olympus, "perched" on the cliffs, with its countless little houses, will transport you to a culture that flourished centuries before technology!

Karpathos is not only an oasis of relaxation but also an endless source of energy. Hiking, water sports, rock climbing, diving, windsurfing, and sea excursions to the beautiful island of Saria attract friends from all over the world! For connoisseurs of good food, pure raw materials, local products, and timeless recipes are the trinity of taste. You will find authentic Karpathos everywhere, from the wild nature to the age-old traditions, the amazing festivals, weddings, and gastronomy.

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Neurolingo is an innovative software company specializing in the knowledge and research intensive field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). It is staffed by a team of experienced computer engineers, statistical experts, linguists. They focus on solving business problems in natural language data management, knowledge extraction, sentiment analysis, semantic indexing, data quality control, statistical processing, dialog systems (chatbots). Its core product is Mnemosyne, a natural language processing platform with computational linguistics and modern machine learning natural language processing technologies. Mnemosyne has been used in various projects in Greece (such as public administration, postal services, banking applications, sports, tourism). Read less

Nikos Kazantzakis Museum pays tribute to the great man of spirit, the writer, thinker, philosopher, politician, traveler Nikos Kazantzakis. It is in the central square of the village of Nikos Kazantzakis, the historical Barbarians (today's Myrtia). The "Nikos Kazantzakis Museum" Foundation is a non- profit Legal Enity under Private Law. The Museum's collection number over 50,000 objects (letters, holograms - autographs, publications - articles - studies, press releases, photographs, audio documents, animated items, theatrical material, works of art, personal items) some of which are presented in Permanent Exhibition and the rest are kept in the Archive of the Foundation. In addition to supporting research on the Kazantzaki project and the educational activity it develops, the Museum implements a rich program of actions, events and collaborations that make it now an important cultural institution of Crete, but also Myrtia, which hosts it, an attractive tourist destination. Read less

Oikologikos Kosmos SA (trade name "Greekferries Club") is an incoming travel agency, founded in 1995 and headquartered in Heraklion, Crete. The company specializes in online ferry bookings and ticket issuance through the websites greekferries.gr, ferries-booking.com, greece-ferries.com & ferries-greece.com and cooperates with more than 40 ferry companies operating on both domestic and international lines. Amongst others, the company has created the affiliate marketing program Greece-Unlimited.com offering cooperations to travel professionals as well as individual travel bloggers, and the customer reward program Bonuspermile.gr with over 330.000 members to date. The company's goal is to combine continuous technological advancement and enrichment of its travel services along with quick, precise and customer-friendly support. Read less

“Oliving” is about a project, offers olive oil outdoor experience for small private groups. For most of us the olive tree and olive oil is connected with ancient Greek myths, biblical history, the Olympic games and Mediterranean Diet. For us, olive oil is a unique experience that captures all senses. 

"Oliving" olive oil tasting, takes place beside ancient olive trees, in a field uninterrupted by human presence for centuries, just 8km from Rethymno city. 

The experience includes an all around visit of history and taste of olive oil in Crete, from Minoan to our days. Tasting, learning, recognizing the aromas, perfumes tastes of the stories that exist in different olive oils one not only tastes the juice of an ancient life form but also the geography of the area of where the tree is.

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Perachori Boutique Studios is a complex of three (3) open type rooms - studios located in the square in Perachori, in the historic village of Anogia Mylopotamos. Stone and wood are dominant materials, with handmade additions to give a special and warm feeling to the visitor. Its location allows the visitor to get in touch with the wider area of ??the mountain range of Psiloritis and to interact with the local community. Read less

The hospitable family hotel Polydoros is in the heart of Paleochora, south Of Chania. It has 7 apartments which can accommodate up to 5 people and is ideal for family vacations, offering comfortable accommodation and relaxation. The place where it is located offers guests the opportunity to explore the nearby beaches and enjoy the Cretan landscape through walks and excursions in nature. In the courtyard of the hotel there is a wine bar which offers wines exclusively from local Cretan varieties, thus promoting local production. Read less

Psiloritis UNESCO Global Geopark is an excellent geotourism destination that offers experiences for recreation and education. High mountaintops such as Timios Stavros (2456m.) alternate with valleys, plateaus, gorges, forests, and caves creating unique
landscapes. A variety of birds of prey, amphibians and bats are protected in the Nature 2000 Areas and Wildlife Refuges, while the rich flora offers the opportunity of observing rare and endemic species.

The coexistence of landscape and man is unique. The stone is transformed into a mitato (shepherd’s mountain- shelter), a threshing floor and a dry-stone wall to serve a sustainable relationship from the ancient times to the present day. The area of the Geopark includes many important archaeological sites and monuments from the Minoan period to modern times that are worth visiting such as Idaion Antro, ancient Eleftherna and the Arkadi Monastery. The visitor can discover Psiloritis of every season through mountain skiing routes, hikes and walks in villages with workshops of traditional arts, local food and local festivals.

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