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Msc nuovo partner di XFactor Italia: a bordo di Msc Lirica concerti e casting per l’edizione 2025

🎵 Msc Crociere partners with Sky Original's XFactor to transform Msc Lirica into ‘La nave di X Factor’ starting from the 2024 season. Msc Lirica will feature the cast of the latest season and host 11 music evenings, starting January 2025, with talent contestants performing weekly at the Broadway theater. Additionally, passengers can buy official XFactor merchandise and participate in pre-castings for XF2025 until May 2025, recording auditions in branded ‘Recording Box’. Best auditions may be selected for live auditions for the next season.
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Confindustria Alberghi elegge Elisabetta Fabri

📍 After four years, Maria Carmela Colaiacovo hands over the presidency of Aica to Elisabetta Fabri, 62-year-old president of Starhotels. Elisabetta, who was unanimously elected, has committed to economic advocacy, combating seasonality, supporting lesser-known destinations, and promoting environmental and social sustainability in Italian hotel companies. She also aims to enhance professionalism by attracting youth and seeks reduced labor costs and bureaucracy from the government. Aica's new vice presidents include Antonio Zacchera, Massimo Caputi, Giancarlo Carriero, Nicola Vladimiro Ciccarelli, Maria Carmela Colaiacovo, Marco Gilardi, and Sofia Gioia Vedani.
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Meliá Hotels: 15 aperture nel segmento lusso per il 2025

🏨 Meliá Hotels plans to open 15 new luxury properties in 2025 under the brands ME by Meliá, ZEL Hotels, The Meliá Collection, and Paradisus by Melia, expanding in Europe, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. ME by Meliá openings include Lisbon, Malaga, Marbella, Greece, Albania, China, and Mexico. Paradisus by Melia will open in Fuerteventura and later in Pattaya, Thailand. ZEL Hotels, co-founded with tennis player Rafa Nadal, will launch ZEL Sayulita in Mexico and expand to Madrid.
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Compagnie aeree e sostenibilità: prima è Air France

📊 Only 13% of airlines have a plan for green transition and sustainable fuel use, as per a study by Transport&Environment. Air France-Klm, United Airlines, and Norwegian lead the sustainability efforts among 77 evaluated airlines. In 2023, airlines consumed 2.6 million barrels of alternative fuels, just 0.15% of total sector fuel use, while fossil kerosene usage exceeded 1.6 billion barrels. By 2030, North American airlines are expected to use 2.7% sustainable fuels, surpassing Europe's 1.3%.
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Italo, winter season nel segno del Giubileo

📍 In anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee in Rome, expected to draw 35 million pilgrims, Italo has optimized its winter season with 30 intermodal services and a fleet of 100 Itabus units. Fabrizio Bona, Commercial Director of Italo, mentioned the acquisition of 50% of the social capital by Msc, focusing on integrated connections by rail, rubber, and sea, with 90% of buses directed to Rome. The network caters to international demand, particularly from Christian countries, with Poland and France leading in Europe, while the U.S. and Latin America also showing strong interest. Italo is engaging in direct dialogues with Msc to facilitate connections with port cities. Marco De Angelis, Sales Director of Italo, acknowledges the challenges of Italian railway network enhancement and Rome’s traffic. Italo is committed to improving ancillary services, including fast online booking and upgrading Italo Club Lounges, with a new Bologna location opening on December 9 and Florence’s renovation due by early 2025. Florence and Naples are identified as alternative entry points to Rome Fiumicino for the Jubilee, with about 250 preferential agencies improving services for Italo Più Corporate Cardholders.
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