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Tony Loeb

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Tony Loeb est un entrepreneur de la hotel tech qui compte plus de vingt ans d'expérience dans l'industrie hôtelière. Webmaster à ses débuts, il est devenu directeur technique et a piloté une équipe d'une trentaine de personnes dédiée à la création de sites, au SEO et au SEA pour les hôtels. Il a ensuite accompagné des hôtels de luxe et des chaînes à l'international, avant de cofonder un CRM et une solution d'email marketing dédiés à l'hôtellerie, utilisés par des milliers d'hôtels indépendants dans le monde. Aujourd'hui, il est co-fondateur de 10 Minutes (10 minutes pour un hôtelier), le média de référence de l'hôtellerie européenne, qui réunit newsletter, podcasts et vidéos pour atteindre plus de 350 000 décideurs hôteliers. Il y anime les podcasts « 10 min pour un hôtelier » et « Inno'Tourism ». Il est également co-fondateur de Pragmatik, une agence marketing qui aide les entreprises de la hotel tech à transformer des contenus clairs, sans blabla, en leads qualifiés. Pragmatique par nature, Tony décrypte ce qui compte en marketing hôtelier, distribution, expérience client et technologie pour aider les hôteliers à décider mieux et plus vite. Basé en région parisienne.
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Fiumicino: attesi oltre 1,7 milioni di passeggeri

✈ Over 1.7 million passengers are expected at Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Fiumicino from Easter until April 27, coinciding with the holidays and Liberation Day. Daily traveler numbers average over 150,000, with peaks of 170,000. Popular European destinations include Spain, France, and the United Kingdom, while the United States and Canada top intercontinental destinations. Flights to Sicily and Sardinia are fully booked for both national travelers and international tourists seeking sun.
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Venezia, torna il ticket di accesso

🏖️ Venezia's visitor access fee, active from Easter holidays, applies on Fridays to Sundays in May, June, and July, doubling last year's paid days from 29 to 54. Ticket reservations, currently paused, resume on May 4. Early online tickets cost €5, on-site €10, with 75% of last year's tourists opting for the discounted rate. Tourism councillor Simone Venturini projects €1.5 million in revenue to mitigate local taxes.
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L’inverno Transavia, 18 nuove rotte internazionali

✈ Transavia expands its winter program with 18 new international routes available for travel between October 26, 2025, and March 28, 2026. Destinations include Cape Verde (Boa Vista, Praia, Sal), Saudi Arabia (Medina, Jeddah), Hurghada from Bordeaux, Tel Aviv from Marsiglia, Bordeaux, Tolosa, and increased connections to Istanbul. European destinations like Amsterdam, Monaco, Sofia, and Bari are also part of the winter schedule. Nicolas Hénin, VP of Sales and Marketing at Transavia France, states they will operate 168 routes this winter to meet high travel demand and regional development goals.
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Villa Lario Resort, in progetto 2 nuove suite e una spa

🏖️ Americans and Britons are the most loyal guests at Villa Lario Resort, managed by co-owners Esa Secca and Raffaella Di Gennaro. The 5-star boutique hotel, nestled in a 10,000-square-meter park by Lake Como, features a helicopter landing pad, boat dock, pool, two private beaches, Grill & Lounge, and the fine-dining Amandus Restaurant led by Executive Chef Luca Mozzanica. With 9 luxury suites already admired for comfort and awe, plans are underway to add two lakefront suites and a spa beneath the pool area.
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Volotea, il programma fedeltà Megavolotea supera gli 800mila iscritti

💸 Megavolotea, the loyalty program of Volotea, surpassed 800,000 subscribers in 2024, marking a 23% increase from the previous year. Benefits for passengers include reduced flight costs, priority boarding, registered luggage perks, a free 10kg cabin bag, and discounts on seat selection and checked baggage. Alex de Jesús, Volotea's chief experience officer, emphasized the balance between quality service and competitive rates, acknowledging customer-centric strategy effectiveness and a commitment to enhancing personalized service.
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Transavia, dall’inverno 18 nuove rotte internazionali

✈ Transavia expands its winter program with 18 new international routes available from October 26, 2025, to March 28, 2026. Destinations include Cape Verde (Boa Vista, Praia, Sal), Saudi Arabia (Medina, Jeddah), Hurghada, Tel Aviv, and Istanbul, with flights from French cities such as Nantes, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, and Toulouse. European destinations like Amsterdam, Munich, Sofia, and Bari are also available from Paris-Orly. Transavia's Nicolas Hénin asserts the new routes meet strong travel demand, aiming to offer affordable direct international connections and to de-seasonalize their activities, operating 168 routes this winter.
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Vacanze open air in Italia: la componente straniera è garanzia di stabilità

🏖️ In Italy's 2025 outdoor tourism season, international presences are expected to hit 38 million, up 1% from 2024, surpassing domestic figures of 29.7 million, which are down 2%. Overall, 67.7 million presences are anticipated, contributing €4.97 billion in direct spending and nearly double that at €8.85 billion when including indirect expenses. The market's resilience is emphasized by the need for innovation in the tourist experience, as noted by Domenico Montano of Human Company.
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Italo e Uber accelerano sulla mobilità integrata

🚊 Italo and Uber extend their collaborative service to new cities, now covering stations in Torino, Napoli, Bologna, Firenze, Padova, Treviso, Verona, Vicenza, Venezia, and Trieste, after starting in Rome and Milano. Fabrizio Bona, Italo's Chief Commercial Officer, aims to facilitate complete travel solutions for passengers. The service can be pre-booked via Italo and Uber apps using Uber Reserve. Lorenzo Pireddu, General Manager of Uber Italia, is focused on simplifying mobility with innovative solutions. To promote this expansion, new Uber users at these stations get a 50% discount on initial rides, and two Italo trains feature Uber branding to celebrate the partnership.
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Funerali di Papa Francesco, Fs potenzia i collegamenti ferroviari

🕊 Ferrovie dello Stato will enhance train connections in Rome for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday, April 26 at 10 a.m. An extraordinary plan has been prepared to accommodate the influx of followers wishing to bid farewell to the Pope. Services will be bolstered for long-distance travel and airport routes in collaboration with Civil Protection, which coordinates emergency and logistical efforts. Busitalia will activate charter services and intermodal solutions for station access. Extraordinary presences will be established at key stations including Roma Termini, Tiburtina, Ostiense, San Pietro, Valle Aurelia, Fiumicino, and Civitavecchia to manage crowds and assist travelers, with Sala Blu offering free assistance for those with reduced mobility.
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Revenue management, la soluzione di Smartpricing per i player indipendenti

🏨 In Italy, hospitality structures grew by 50.9% over ten years, with short-term rentals booming. In 2023, EU's non-hotel accommodation reached 25% of the market. Booking.com was named a gatekeeper by the EU in 2024 under the Digital Markets Act, and Spain fined it €413 million. In Italy, the Antitrust accepted a commitment for greater operator autonomy. Smartness, by Smartpricing, aims to reduce OTA dependency using AI, as businesses spend over 25% of budgets on marketing and revenue management. CEO Luca Rodella emphasizes transforming nominal independence into reality.
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