Innovazione

🏡 In early 2025, Nicolaus-Valtur Group is experiencing a strong recovery in Egypt tourism, with the trend in early sales starting from October. President Roberto Pagliara highlights the success due to offering flexible stays of 4/5 to 10/11 nights and smart packages with low-cost or scheduled flights over charter services. The group is adapting to emerging trends like padel courts and pet-friendly holidays, and investing in AI projects to improve content creation, customer service, and tech optimization. The travel industry faces challenges in content fragmentation and the need for specialized training to embrace the sixth technological wave.

💲 Concur Travel by Sap Concur offers an intuitive, automated, and sustainable solution for corporate travel with a completely revamped platform. The new ecosystem aims to enhance efficiency, compliance, and environmental sustainability. Andrea Piccinelli, head of Sap Concur Italy, emphasizes its design for radically improved travel management and its integration of ISO 14083 compliant emission calculations through a partnership with Thrust Carbon. The redesigned user experience offers clear travel expense visibility and uniform content across mobile and desktop devices, featuring detailed rate descriptions, lodging images, and interactive maps. Concur Travel also automates requests and approvals via Concur Request, ensuring policy compliance and supporting corporate ESG goals by offering sustainable travel choices through Thrust Carbon data on greenhouse gas emissions.

🛫 Guy Luongo, CEO and main shareholder of the Roman company Ixpira, emphasized the importance of investing in digital platforms and has announced the introduction of a new B2B platform to elevate service levels for travel agencies and hotels. Ixpira, launched in 2017 and weathering the COVID-19 crisis, now boasts 50 employees and a turnover of €30 million, approaching its 2019 record of €33 million. Luongo underlines the competitive nature of the sector and the continuous pursuit of total quality and excellent service.

✈️ Airport Day, organized by Assaeroporti, involves 17 Italian airports to celebrate record figures in 2024 and positive prospects for 2025. The Italian airport system contributes 3.8% to the national GDP and supports 1.3 million jobs. Italian airports presented a manifesto outlining five goals focusing on passenger service, community dialogue, inclusivity, environmental sustainability, and technological innovation. In 2024, air traffic reached 220 million passengers, hitting the numbers forecasted for 2028 years early. The entrance of Lufthansa into Ita Airways is highlighted by Enac President Pierluigi Di Palma as a boost to the nation's strong national airline and transoceanic routes. Infrastructure and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini discusses intermodality enhancements, connections between train stations and airports in Olbia and Bergamo, and an airport development plan up to 2035.

📡 HotelNerds by EasyConsulting has developed the HotelNerds A.I. Suite, designed to enhance the hotel industry's direct booking process without any commission, effectively countering OTAs. The suite's highlight is the A.I. Booking Engine, which, through real-time online distribution analysis, offers dynamic, personalized deals during the booking phase, reducing acquisition costs and strengthening hoteliers' independence from OTAs. The suite also includes HotelRecoveryTools A.I. and the advanced A.I. Agent HoteliHER, which surpasses traditional chatbots by learning from the hotel's site and offering guests immediate booking and information, reinforcing direct bookings' competitiveness and profitability as stated by CEO Fabrizio Zezza.

🚢 Explora Journeys, MSC's luxury cruise division, announces Explora III to launch in 2026 with 463 ocean suites, penthouses, and residences. The company is expanding its fleet to provide a wider variety of travel itineraries. They will sponsor the digital edition of TTG Innovation, set to be released on Monday, February 10, featuring insights on technological innovations, disruptive ideas, and new challenges for the industry.

🏨 D-EDGE launches a unified platform serving as a One-Stop-Shop, enhancing user experience with an intuitive booking journey and increasing operational efficiency for hotel and residence teams. This digital ecosystem caters to tourists, business travelers, and students seeking tailored accommodations.

📦 Cattel, a key player in food and non-food distribution for the Horeca channel, showcased its Private Labels at the Fiera dell'Alto Adriatico in Caorle, aiming to connect with established clients and potential partners. The company, with a 25-year history tied to Caorle, Jesolo, and Venice, offered Venetian specialties prepared by chefs using products from JesolPesca, Valdora, and other lines. Cattel has 350 personnel, 136 employees, 100 sales agents, and a fleet of 40-53 trucks depending on the season, plus 12 refrigerated boats. Their main facility in Noventa di Piave spans roughly 16,000 square meters with 13,000 storage spaces. They hold UNI ISO 45001:2018, ISO 9001-2015, FSSC 22000 certifications, and are finalizing UNI/PdR 125:2022 for gender equality management.

📌 Roma, 3 February 2025 – Consortium Sagitta, launched by Almaviva and the FS Group to promote distinctive digital solutions in international transport and logistics, aims to enhance the digital infrastructure for strategic sectors in Italy. Targeting markets in Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, and India, Sagitta will focus on digital solutions like Traffic and Transport Planning & Management, Digital Twin & State Health Monitoring, and Integrated Multimodal Mobility, including MaaS and Ticketing. Francesco De Leo of FS Group is appointed President, and Smeraldo Fiorentini of Almaviva is Deputy CEO.

🍺 Fonte Margherita 1845, an Italian company dating back to 1845 with five historic mineral water brands, will feature at Beer&Food Attraction 2025, showcasing its non-alcoholic aperitifs and beverages made with natural flavors and mineral water from the Piccole Dolomiti, all in 27.5 cl glass bottles. Their non-alcoholic drink range includes Spritz Zero, Gin Tonica Zero, Bellini Zero, Limoncello Zero Spritz, and Mojito Zero. They also offer seven flavored drinks, including Cola and Chinotto, all respecting Made in Italy authenticity. Fonte Margherita's water bottles come in 80 cl, 44 cl, and 27.5 cl sizes with a fixed residue of 107 mg/l. The company focuses on health, environmental sustainability, and design, exclusively using recyclable glass and cardboard packaging. They will be at Beer&Food Attraction 2025 in Pavilion C3, Stand 009.