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Tony Loeb

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Tony Loeb, un expert reconnu de l'industrie hôtelière et du marketing digital, a gravi les échelons de sa carrière, passant de webmaster à Directeur Technique puis co-fondateur de WIHP où il participe à la création Meta I/O. Il a ensuite lancé "Experience", le premier CRM hôtelier mondial, révolutionnant l'expérience client et aidant plus de 4500 hôtels. Actuellement, il innove avec 10minhotel.com, une plateforme et une base de connaissance pour hôteliers, combinant ses passions pour l'hôtellerie et le marketing. Le site propose également un podcast informatif, "10 min pour un hôtelier", démontrant l'engagement continu de Tony pour l'innovation dans l'industrie hôtelière.
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Dal Portogallo a Singapore lungo i binari: il viaggio in treno più lungo del mondo

🚂 The longest train journey in the world starts in Portugal, crosses 13 countries in Europe and Asia in 21 days, ending in Singapore, spanning 18,755 kilometers. Offered by Seat61, the trip begins in Lagos, Algarve, and includes destinations like Spain, France, Poland, Belarus, Moscow, Mongolia, and Beijing, before proceeding to Laos, Bangkok, and finally Singapore. Ticket prices range from €1,000 to €1,700.
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B&B Hotels, settima new entry in Piemonte

🏨 B&B Hotels opened its seventh location in Piedmont, specifically in Settimo Torinese, targeting business clientele. The hotel features 194 rooms, a covered parking, a large congress center capable of hosting up to 180 people. B&B Hotels Italia, led by President Liliana Comitini, continues its national expansion strategy, aiming to strengthen its position in the mid-scale hotel segment, offering high quality at best prices for both business and leisure. Additional amenities include high-speed Wi-Fi, a restaurant, a bar, a seasonal Jacuzzi on the terrace, 24/7 reception, and buffet breakfast.
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12oz punta su crescita e innovazione per il 2025

📈 Italian innovative coffee and milk-based beverage service "12oz" achieved a turnover over €14 million in 2024, a growth of 18% from the previous year with a like-for-like rate of +6.6%. Operating in 9 Italian regions with 30 stores, including two abroad in Athens, 12oz aims for further expansion in 2025. Seven new stores opened in 2024, including at Turin Airport and Porta di Roma Shopping Center. 12oz introduced two innovative formats: 12oz Kiosque at Globo Busnago Shopping Center and 12oz Express on the A22 Brennero Highway. Plans for 2025 include 5 direct and 10 franchised new stores, focusing on customer experience and food offering innovation. David Nathaniel, CEO, acknowledges the uncertain coffee market situation, attributing it to geopolitical, climatic, and financial factors.
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Alessio Santarsiero vince il Belcolade Award con la torta Cocoa Ring

🍫 Alessio Santarsiero, a 28-year-old pastry chef from Potenza, won the "Belcolade Award" on January 21st at the SIGEP fair. His dessert, Cocoa Ring, featured a blend of Vietnam 73% single-origin chocolate bavaroise, milk and coffee cream, caramelized bananas, and cocoa-soaked babà with angelica liqueur. Enrico Allaria, 34, from Sanremo, took second place with his Limone Piemonte cake, while Nicolas Vella, 30, from Rivoli, secured third with a 71% dark chocolate cake. The competition, organized by Puratos Italia, is for chocolatiers under 35 and was judged by a high-level panel including Santi Palazzolo, Sebastiano Caridi, and Luca Montersino. Santarsiero will visit Mexico with Puratos Italia to explore cocoa origins.
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Air Europa in Scandinavia, accordo con Sas

✈ Air Europa and Sas signed a codeshare agreement at Fitur in Madrid, linking Spain to Scandinavia. Air Europa will add its code to flights between Madrid and Copenhagen and connections from Copenhagen to Aarhus, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Trondheim, Stavanger, and Bergen. Sas will code-share on Air Europa flights to Spanish destinations including La Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife Norte, Vigo, and to Lisbon and Porto in Portugal. The deal introduces 20 new routes, enhancing flight planning and service consistency for SkyTeam members. This summer, the agreement will also include Air Europa’s intercontinental routes to Marrakech, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, and Salvador de Bahia.
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Il sindaco di Pompei: “Abbiamo superato i numeri pre-Covid”

🏠 Pompei, candidate for Italian Capital of Culture 2027, boasts Carmine Lo Sapio as its mayor. The city's pedestrian zone, the largest in Campania, attracts 20-30 thousand daily visitors, peaking at 100,000 on festive weekends. Post-Covid, tourism has become residential with full accommodations year-round, surpassing pre-Covid numbers. Pompei invested €600,000 in nighttime lighting for the archaeological site. The city's security system effectively handles up to 100,000 people during special events.
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Salvatore Bianco, chef dell’Eden di Roma, torna a raccontare la sua Campania ospite di Casa Lerario

🍴 Casa Lerario, located in Melizzano, a small commune in Sannio, Benevento, has been hosting "incontri del gusto" for over ten years, led by Pietro Lerario's family. The establishment, noted for its commitment to local enogastronomic traditions, recently welcomed Chef Salvatore Bianco, born in 1978, trained by Gualtiero Marchesi and Antonio Guida. Bianco, now Executive Chef at La Terrazza in Rome, created a menu at Casa Lerario showcasing regional flavors with dishes like "Cavolfiore e pepe rosa" and "Agnello al quadrato", and the unique "spaghetto ghiande, caffè, tabacco e orzo" which pays homage to Campania's culinary history. Bianco emphasizes minimal processing of ingredients and has a notable creation "Ragù 9850", made entirely without meat.
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Noberasco inaugura il 2025 con slancio: bilancio positivo e nuove sfide per il futuro

🍓 Noberasco, a historic company in the dried and dehydrated fruit sector, has overcome a crisis with the financial support of illimity SGR's 'illimity Credit & Corporate Turnaround' fund and a new governance led by CEO Flavio Ferretti. Despite a stable turnover affected by a downsizing of some unprofitable products, the company closed 2023/2024 with revenues of €85 million and an EBITDA Margin of 6.8%. With renewed optimism, Noberasco anticipates reaching €120 million in revenue by 2027, as per the industrial plan. The company focuses on consumer needs, Horeca channel expansion, and sustainable growth, while holding the title of "Marchio storico di interesse nazionale" since 2022.
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Da Milano ad Abano in carrozze anni ’50, debutta il Treno delle Terme

🏢 The historic "Treno delle Terme" inaugurated last Saturday, connects Milan Central to Abano Terme. Officials present included Enit CEO Ivana Jelinic, Fondazione Fs, and Italian Tourist Trains. The 1950s train offers a vintage travel experience, privacy, and velvet seats, promoting Italy's alternative tourist destinations, combating overtourism, and contributing to local economic development. Plans include extending similar experiences to Calalzo Pieve di Cadore and the Noto-Pachino line in Sicily.
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Alberghi italiani, Booking primo canale di vendita

🏨 Booking.com leads as the top revenue-generating booking channel for Italian hotels for the seventh consecutive year in 2024. Expedia ranks second, according to the Hotel Booking Trends report by SiteMinder. Hotel websites, the third channel, average €476 per booking, surpassing OTAs (€293) and GDS (€348), with an 8% increase from the previous year. Trip.com enters the Top 12, boosted by Asian travelers, particularly from China. Agoda improves its position. The average booking lead time in Italy is 34 days, above the global average of 32 days. One in five online bookings is canceled, precisely 21%, with Canada experiencing the highest cancellation rate at 24%.
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