Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo, Author at FullTravel Trade

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Trenitalia: the medical train is now operational

March 8, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Trenitalia’s medical train is a convoy that allows for the transfer and treatment of patients with dedicated medical staff on carriages equipped with specific medical equipment.

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Agritravel & Slow Travel Expo e Fiera dei Territori

Agritravel & Slow Travel Expo and Land Fair in September

March 8, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

The seventh edition of Agritravel & Slow Travel Expo – Land Fair (ATEST) in Bergamo is scheduled from September 17 to 19, 2021 in person (B2C) and from September 27 to 29, 2021 online (B2B).

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Costa Smeralda, ammiraglia della Costa Crociere

Costa Cruises resumes from Covid tests

February 26, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

On the occasion of the restart of its vacations on March 27th, with the flagship Costa Smeralda, the Italian company further strengthens its safety protocols thanks to the “Dante Mobile,” the mobile and automated laboratories of the Italian company Dante Labs, which allow molecular swabs to be performed directly at ports.

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Arezzo Destination Academy

February 24, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Arezzo Destination Academy is born, a new project dedicated to those operating in the tourism sector and territorial development.

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Roma, Piazza di Spagna - Foto di Sara Fornaro

Rome Travel Show: from June 4 to 6 the second edition

February 8, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

From June 4 to 6, 2021, at the Palazzo dei Congressi, Roma Travel Show will take place, an event open to the public and professionals that allows you to receive expert advice to create the best travel experience.

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Volotea: Gabriel Schmilovich new Chief Strategy Officer

February 2, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

New appointments at Volotea, low-cost airline. Gabriel Schmilovich is the new Chief Strategy Officer.

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Aeroporto Barjas, Madrid - Foto di Yong Wang

Airports of Spain: Testing Centers Ready

February 1, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

As many as 15 Spanish airports will activate Covid testing centers for departing passengers. The service will help facilitate the return of tourists to their destinations.

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New Volotea Route: Venice-Minorca, from May

January 28, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Volotea, low-cost airline, adds a new route: Venice – Minorca. Takeoff from May 29.

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Local Strategy Live: Google My Business Course for Tourism and Food Operators

January 26, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Local Strategy, Italy’s leader in local search, launches its Local Strategy Live Course aimed at local businesses wanting to increase their visibility on Google Maps.

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Booking.com awards Italy with the Traveller Review Awards 2021

January 19, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

It’s award season for Booking.com partners despite a challenging year for global tourism. Italy is the most awarded country at the Traveller Review Awards 2021.

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BTM 2021: from May 19 to 21 in Taranto

January 19, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Change of date and location for BTM Puglia, one of the main events in southern Italy for tourism operators, now in its seventh edition. It will be held from May 19 to 21, 2021 in Taranto.

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“20:21 Evening Tourism”: the travel talk with guests and opinion leaders

January 15, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

“20:21 Evening Tourism” is the travel talk that will air online starting Monday, January 18. A project born with the aim of shining a light on the tourism sector and its protagonists during a time of great difficulty, deep reflection, and inevitable change.

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Alitalia AOKpass, arrives the Covid-free certification

January 8, 2021 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Alitalia aims to offer flights to and from Italy entirely safely with AOKpass, the Covid negativity certification.

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Health Passport for Flights: IATA Travel Pass and Privacy

December 31, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

In 2021, to travel and move by plane, the digital health passport could become essential, a tool that will provide information about vaccinations travelers have received and other health-related indications. And privacy?

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Digital smartness - Foto di David Schwarzenberg

Tourism in 2021 Will Be Digital Smartness

December 30, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Il 2021 sarà l’anno del turismo di precisione, nuove tendenze e luoghi memorabili per esperienze all’insegna della smartness digitale.

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The Temple Bar, Irlanda - Foto di Leonhard Niederwimmer

Ireland launches the digital campaign “Let’s Go Back to Ireland” to restart

December 27, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Ireland is paving the way for the revival of tourism and today, December 21st, is launching the digital video campaign “Let’s Go Back to Ireland.”

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Expedia relies on digital travel for restart trips

December 10, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Expedia focuses on technology as a catalyst for tourism recovery. Data-driven technology provides suppliers with added value to regain traveler trust.

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Christmas Decree: saves the ski season and mountain hotels

December 4, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Franco Grasso, tourism expert, states that with the new measures coming for the Christmas holidays, the Government is in fact (for the moment) saving the ski season and the hospitality businesses in the mountains. Here’s why.

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Turin-Malpensa: MalpensaFast.com departure

September 10, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

The new coach service, using luxury buses from Turin to Malpensa Airport, will connect a series of urban centers in Turin and Vercelli with Milan’s Malpensa Airport.

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Qatar Airways resumes flights to Lagos, Nigeria

September 8, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

With the resumption of flights to Lagos, Qatar Airways’ network in Africa grows to 44 weekly flights to 10 destinations including Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Mogadishu, Nairobi, Tunis, and Zanzibar.

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Aquafan in Riccione reopens

June 27, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

On Wednesday, July 1st at 10:00 AM, Aquafan in Riccione, the most famous water park in Europe, reopens. Safe fun, live broadcasts with the top personalities from Radio Deejay, slides, and entertainment.

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Catalonia Calls Italians: “It’s Better if You Are Here”

June 22, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Borders opened 10 days earlier than expected and no quarantine for tourists, Catalonia is ready to reclaim its place as a preferred destination for nearly one and a half million Italians.

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AbanoRitz opens the treatment department

June 12, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

The treatment department at AbanoRitz reopens, offering mud therapy, inhalation therapies, and ENT treatments covered by the National Health Service.

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TGV Milan-Paris, connections between Italy and France double

June 4, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

TGV connections between Italy and France are gradually resuming. Two daily round-trip journeys between Milan and Paris with a stop in Turin.

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The tourism press calls for the protection of the image of the promotion of the Italian Tourism System

June 1, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

The journalists of GIST, the Italian Tourist Press Group, are calling on the government and the institutions responsible for promoting tourism to launch a true Phase 2, including in communication, to support the return to normalcy for the country and all its hospitality establishments.

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Italo arrives in Cilento and Calabria

May 21, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

From June 14th, with the start of the summer schedule, Italo will connect new cities to its network. In anticipation of a season dedicated to domestic tourism, the company will launch 4 daily services to Cilento and Calabria.

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Coronavirus: 95% of hotels closed, 300 million euro loss for Easter

April 9, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Easter 2020 will be remembered for over 95% of hotels closed throughout the country, with 5 million missed stays over the three days.

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Coronavirus, i controlli a Milano Linate (08.02.2020) - ©Foto Anna Bruno

How to recover expenses for canceled trips due to Coronavirus

February 24, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

How to recover the money spent on trips canceled due to the Coronavirus. Here are some tips directly from consumer associations.

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BTM 2020, the 6th edition of Business Tourism Management in Lecce

February 13, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

From February 20th to 22nd in Lecce, the 6th edition of BTM, Business Tourism Management, one of the international events on tourism.

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Brexit: what changes for tourists traveling to London and the United Kingdom

January 31, 2020 Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo

Over two thirds of tourist visits to Great Britain come from Europe, and VisitBritain, the agency responsible for tourism promotion, reassures European citizens traveling to London and the rest of the United Kingdom: the procedures will not change during 2020.

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