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VisitPortugal, via alla campagna internazionale sull’arte

🏖️ VisitPortugal launched “Portugal is Art”, an international campaign spread across nine key markets via digital media, social media, and connected TVs. The campaign highlights the country's unique cultural dimension in daily life and experiences, emphasizing the blend of creativity, historical reinterpretation, cultural celebrations, and the intersection of styles and eras. It also focuses on the balance between sacred art and wellness, with contemplative spaces promoting inner peace and spirituality beyond religious confines, exemplified by journeys like the Camino de Santiago.
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Universal Air conferma il volo su Palermo per l’inverno

❄ Universal Air, a Maltese carrier, confirms its winter schedule starting this weekend, maintaining flights to destinations in the European Mediterranean and North Africa, including three weekly flights from Valletta to Palermo. CEO Simon Cook expresses enthusiasm for continuing these popular routes. However, services to Salerno, Corfu, and Ibiza are suspended until the next summer season.
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Nikki Beach approda ad Antigua con una struttura mixed-use

🏖 Nikki Beach Hospitality Group is partnering with Ayre Group to launch Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Antigua, offering an 82-room hotel, beach club, and 181 branded residences with up to four-bedroom accommodations. The complex will feature five dining spots, a boat drop-off point, Tone Gym, Nikki Spa, a water center, and a private gym lounge for apartment owners.
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Parchi divertimenti, investimenti per 450 milioni

🎭 Associazione Parchi Permanenti Italiani announces a €450 million investment over the next three years. Luciano Pareschi, the association's president, outlines 4 macro intervention areas: safety, sustainability, smile, and service, leveraging new technologies including artificial intelligence. Tourism Minister Daniela Santanché highlights the economic impact of amusement parks. Secretary Maurizio Crisanti confirms parks are central to tourism, with promising data for 2024 and positive expectations for year-end, boosted by Halloween and Christmas seasons.
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Airbnb Introduce il Network dei Co-host e Nuove Funzionalità per Host e Ospiti

🏠 Airbnb's "Winter Release 2024" update introduced a co-host network to simplify short-term rental management and over 50 tools to facilitate guests' journey from search to check-out. The co-host network allows hosts to delegate tasks such as listing setup, accommodation prep, booking management, and ongoing guest support. An advanced algorithm recommends co-host profiles by evaluating over 80 parameters. New features also include a welcome tour, personalized destination suggestions, stay extension advice for discounts, optimized search filters, and a transparent check-out summary. For hosts, price suggestion tools, customizable quick responses, and a detailed earnings dashboard were added to reduce administrative tasks and enhance guest communication.
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Crollo di FTI, Youtravel annulla le prenotazioni

💸 Youtravel cancelled all bookings from November 1st due to parent company FTI Touristik's bankruptcy in June, despite FTI receiving €125 million from an investor consortium led by Certares. FTI, the third-largest European tour operator, faced lower-than-expected booking rates and a liquidity crisis after announcing the investment in April 2024. Further updates are promised in the coming weeks.
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VOIhotels, le cifre della partnership con BeSafe

💸 In 2024, VOIhotels hit a new reservation record with BeSafe Rate, reaching 97% of total prepaid bookings from their direct website for VOIhotels and 70% for VRetreats. Year-over-year growth for VRetreats was 190%. BeSafe Rate accounted for 40% of total direct bookings for VOIhotels and 25% for VRetreats. The group has 26 properties across Sardinia, Sicily, Puglia, and Calabria, offering BeSafe Summer, BeSafe Winter, and BeSafe Rate Plus. The adoption of BeSafe Rate has increased prepaid bookings and reduced refund requests.
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Treni turistici italiani, il Roma-Assisi prolungato fino a Firenze

🚂 FS Treni Turistici Italiani extends the Rome-Assisi daytime express train to Florence for all Sunday connections until December 1st and to Arezzo for Saturday trips from November 12-30. From Rome Termini to Arezzo, trains depart at 10:05 and arrive at 13:55; return trips depart at 17:04, arriving at 21:35. Rome Termini to Florence trains leave at 8:30, arrive at 13:13; returns at 14:09, reaching destination at 19:10. The train has 6-seat compartments, 4-seat lounges, a bar/restaurant car, and a baggage car. Tickets available at www.fstrenituristici.it and Trenitalia sales channels.
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CIR Regione Lazio: prorogata al 1° gennaio 2025 la scadenza per b&b, case vacanze e alloggi turistici

🏨 In Lazio region, the deadline for accommodations to obtain the Regional Identification Code (CIR) has been extended to January 1, 2025. This extension from the original date of October 31, 2024, introduced by the regional government, aims to assist with technical difficulties faced by operators. The Ross1000 Anagrafica Lazio system, active since last July, replaces the previous CISE and is essential for acquiring the National Identification Code (CIN), ensuring transparency and compliance across the region's hospitality industry.
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L’inverno in agenzia, “Vince il lungo raggio”

💰 In 2024, the travel industry experienced growth beyond expectations. Luigi Lanotte of "A proposito di Viaggi" witnessed a +25% overall increase for franchising and a +15% average per agency in the first nine months. "Home and Away" in Pavia reported a +50% increase in Q1 revenue, stabilizing at +37% over 2023. Early booking has returned, with high costs for last-minute trips. The international travel sector significantly recovered, with optimistic winter season projections and high interest in Christmas and New Year's travel despite elevated long-haul destination pricing. Planning for 2025 has begun positively, with destinations like the USA and Asia, including newly reopened China and South Korea, trending.
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