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🔒 Smart locks enhance security and operations in hospitality and short-term rentals, offering keyless access, remote management, and integration with reservation systems like Chekin. They provide convenience for guests and operational efficiency for owners by automating check-in processes and improving customer satisfaction. Owners can manage access in real-time, create temporary codes, and automate communication via Chekin, mitigating risks associated with traditional keys. Chekin also offers a 14-day free trial.

🏨 Piazza Hotels, founded in Rimini in 1989, has a portfolio of 10 properties with 1,059 rooms as of 2023. The group manages 12 structures in 2024 and aims for 14 by 2025. In 2023, they achieved an EBITDA increase of 23% to €2.25 million and a 13% growth in EBIT to nearly €1.4 million. The room revenue alone surpassed €13 million, with additional earnings from food & beverage (€3 million), meetings and events (€600,000), and Spa (€350,000). Piazza Hotels is also focusing on strategic investments, including €150,000 in technological transition and committing half of the €4 million for the Galleria Savoia project in Rimini. Future plans include opening two new properties annually, with an upscale hotel in Sicily in 2025 and another in Parma in 2026.

📍 Air Europa, focusing on expansion, plans to add three new Boeing 787 Dreamliners to its fleet in early 2025 for long-haul flights. Additionally, the airline is expected to soon receive the first of ten Boeing 737 Max aircraft as part of a previous agreement with AerCap, initiating a fleet modernization for short to medium-haul flights. Initial delivery of the B737 Max was initially anticipated in early 2024.

📍 Ami Assistance and Viaggigiovani entered a new agreement effective from January 1, allowing Viaggigiovani's customers to activate a special Amitravel insurance policy. The policy includes medical expenses, assistance, and a trip cancellation guarantee with no deductible in case of hospitalization, including pre-existing illnesses as potential cancellation reasons. Nicola Moltrer, owner of Viaggigiovani.it, highlights the unique travel experience this insurance can offer. DOC 24, a service within the policy, provides 24/7 access to a doctor via phone or videoconference worldwide, with features to record medical history in English and monitor vital signs through a smartphone camera. Giuseppe Maria Cicconi, Commercial Director for the North East area of Ami Assistance, expresses enthusiasm for the partnership that expands their national partner network and promotes their major product, the collective Amitravel policy.