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Welcome Travel verso ‘Casablanca connACTION’

📍 The Welcome Travel Group is hosting the 'Casablanca connACTION' convention in Casablanca, bringing together over 1,500 travel agents and commercial partners from April 4 to 7. Key partners include Alpitour World, Costa Cruises, Moroccan National Tourism Office, Neos, Royal Air Maroc, Allianz Partners, Ita Airways, Mastercard, and Trenitalia. Despite an unstable international scenario, the network reports a 12% increase in leisure bookings for 2025 compared to 2024. CEO Adriano Apicella emphasizes the event's strategic importance and innovative approach to the tourism market.
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Tap, nel 2024 utili per il terzo anno consecutivo

📍 Tap Air Portugal recorded a net profit of €53.7 million in 2024 for the third consecutive year. Operating revenues peaked with a 0.7% rise from 2023 and 28.6% from 2019. Passenger revenues increased due to a capacity boost (1.6%) and load factor improvement (1.5%). In the last year, 16.1 million passengers were transported, 1.6% more than the previous year, reaching 94% of 2019 levels. Total flights decreased by 1.5% compared to 2023, standing at 86% of pre-crisis levels. Luís Rodrigues, Tap's CEO, noted that 2025 will be challenging but marks the last year of restructuring.
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Gli Usa di Boscolo alla scoperta delle grandi metropoli dell’Est

🏖️ Boscolo's 2025 programming in the USA focuses on the East Coast's major cities, including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington DC, with 5 itinerary proposals. New tours are "Boston and New York" (8 days), "New York, Philadelphia and Washington" (8 days), and the "East Coast Metropolises" (10 days). The 6-day bestseller "Looking over New York City" and the 11-day "New York, Niagara Falls, and Washington" with a Canadian excursion are confirmed for 2025. The sole West Coast offer is the popular "Great Parks of the West" tour.
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La Catalogna si prepara ad aumentare le tasse sul turismo

🏖️ In Barcelona, the doubling of tourist taxes could make families pay up to €100 more for a three-night stay. According to preferente.com, the Catalan law allows municipalities to add a surcharge, which in Barcelona's case, was set to €4 per person per night last autumn. The debate is ongoing regarding the allocation of these tax revenues, which legally must be used for promotion, though some parties argue for mitigating tourism's negative effects.
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Chia Laguna: Anita Cancelliere nuova director of sales

🏖️ Anita Cancelliere has been appointed as the new Director of Sales at Chia Laguna Resort, with over 12 years of experience in sales and marketing, focusing on high-level hospitality for the last 7 years. She previously held positions as Director of Sales & Marketing at San Clemente Palace Kempinski LHW in Venice (2024) and at Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni on Lake Como (2018-2024). Cancelliere's expertise is expected to enhance the resort's positioning in national and international markets, in collaboration with Hilton Hotels & Resorts and other high-end global stakeholders. Ksenia Muzykantova, the Group Director of Sales & Marketing at IHC, announced the appointment, emphasizing Cancelliere's role in promoting Chia Laguna as an upper-scale destination, particularly since the 2021 rebranding of two of its hotels under the Hilton brand.
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Norvegia tutto l’anno grazie al programma ‘Sustainable Destination Label’

???? 🌍 In Norway, the 'Sustainable Destination Label' program boosted Italian overnight stays by 20% in 2023/2024, reaching a record 12.4 million international overnights, a 12% increase from 2023. The program, spread across 50 national attractions meeting Visit Norway's ecological criteria, evenly distributed tourist arrivals throughout the year. Marco Bertolini of Visit Norway highlighted the success at the Nordic Workshop in Milan, noting the shift towards lesser-known locations like the southern coastal region of Vestfold and the UNESCO-recognized wooden house valley of Setesdal. Nearly half of the 'Sustainable Destinations' are in the north beyond Bødo and Narvik, with Bødo named European Capital of Culture 2024, attracting visitors to innovations like the Wood Hotel Bødo and silent e-boat fjord tours by Brim Explorer.
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Miramis riapre all’Argentario: le novità delle strutture

🏖️ Miramis, a luxury hospitality brand of Sweden's Qarlbo AB, reopens its facilities at Argentario after 3 years of management. For summer 2025, Miramis has prepared 220 storytellers, with 70% being returning employees. LA ROQQA, the first luxury boutique hotel in Porto Ercole, and its Scirocco terrace offer a premium culinary experience. The Boutique Hotel Torre di Cala Piccola, set in a private park of over 11,000 square meters, along with over 60 staff members, and the exclusive Isolotto Beach Club employing more than 35 people will also reopen. Collaborations include the Monte Argentario cycling group and the Michelangelo Foundation, promoting Maremma Tuscany's rich artisan tradition.
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