Cruises
Costa Firenze, is the new ship of the Costa Crociere fleet
Costa Firenze, the new ship of the Costa Crociere fleet, is inspired by the Florentine Renaissance. Costa Firenze will be entirely dedicated to Italian destinations.
Articles by Raffaele Giuseppe Lopardo
Trains and buses
MarinoBus doubles the routes to Calabria and inaugurates new routes
MarinoBus doubles its presence in Calabria with new routes to the Cosentino area and establishes new destinations in the center and north.
Destinations
Maratea applies for a ‘green’ and ‘safe’ destination
The Blue Flag across different locations in Maratea reinforces local tourism operators’ focus on environment and safety. Reopening in mid-May.
Events and Trade Shows
TTG in Rimini Resumes In-Person with Confidence
TTG Travel Experience, UN Beach&Outdoor Style, and SIA Hospitality Design, the three events dedicated to the international tourism industry, return in person from October 13 to 15 at the Rimini fair.
Events and Trade Shows
We Host, the Hospitality Fair in Milan
We Host – The Art of Hospitality debuts in November in the heart of Milan from November 5-6, 2021 at MiCo, Milan Convention Centre.
Trains and buses
Trenitalia: the medical train is now operational
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.
Events and Trade Shows
Agritravel & Slow Travel Expo and Land Fair in September
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).
Cruises
Costa Cruises resumes from Covid tests
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.
Destinations
Arezzo Destination Academy
Arezzo Destination Academy is born, a new project dedicated to those operating in the tourism sector and territorial development.
Events and Trade Shows
Rome Travel Show: from June 4 to 6 the second edition
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.
Flights and Airlines
Volotea: Gabriel Schmilovich new Chief Strategy Officer
New appointments at Volotea, low-cost airline. Gabriel Schmilovich is the new Chief Strategy Officer.
Destinations
Airports of Spain: Testing Centers Ready
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.
Flights and Airlines
New Volotea Route: Venice-Minorca, from May
Volotea, low-cost airline, adds a new route: Venice – Minorca. Takeoff from May 29.
Digital Travel
Local Strategy Live: Google My Business Course for Tourism and Food Operators
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.
Hospitality
Booking.com awards Italy with the Traveller Review Awards 2021
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.
Events and Trade Shows
BTM 2021: from May 19 to 21 in Taranto
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.
Books & Meetings
“20:21 Evening Tourism”: the travel talk with guests and opinion leaders
“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.
Flights and Airlines
Alitalia AOKpass, arrives the Covid-free certification
Alitalia aims to offer flights to and from Italy entirely safely with AOKpass, the Covid negativity certification.
Flights and Airlines
Health Passport for Flights: IATA Travel Pass and Privacy
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?
Digital Travel
Tourism in 2021 Will Be Digital Smartness
Il 2021 sarà l’anno del turismo di precisione, nuove tendenze e luoghi memorabili per esperienze all’insegna della smartness digitale.
Destinations
Ireland launches the digital campaign “Let’s Go Back to Ireland” to restart
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.”
Digital Travel
Expedia relies on digital travel for restart trips
Expedia focuses on technology as a catalyst for tourism recovery. Data-driven technology provides suppliers with added value to regain traveler trust.
TravelNews
Christmas Decree: saves the ski season and mountain hotels
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.
Trains and buses
Turin-Malpensa: MalpensaFast.com departure
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.
Flights and Airlines
Qatar Airways resumes flights to Lagos, Nigeria
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.
TravelNews
Aquafan in Riccione reopens
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.
Destinations
Catalonia Calls Italians: “It’s Better if You Are Here”
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.
Hospitality
AbanoRitz opens the treatment department
The treatment department at AbanoRitz reopens, offering mud therapy, inhalation therapies, and ENT treatments covered by the National Health Service.
Trains and buses
TGV Milan-Paris, connections between Italy and France double
TGV connections between Italy and France are gradually resuming. Two daily round-trip journeys between Milan and Paris with a stop in Turin.
TravelNews
The tourism press calls for the protection of the image of the promotion of the Italian Tourism System
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.