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🍕 L'Antica Pizzeria Da Michele opened its 60th global location and second Amsterdam branch on September 20, 2024, at Reguliersbreestraat 37. The milestone comes just months after celebrating their 50th opening in Como in March. The new two-story establishment features a visible oven, a DJ station, a bar, and seating for 100 guests. It serves Neapolitan classics like margherita and marinara pizzas, along with appetizers, desserts, and drinks. This expansion continues to promote Neapolitan culinary culture.

🍕 Celebrated pizzaiolo Errico Porzio is set to open a new eatery in Milan on 23 September, located at Via Solari 34, near the bustling Navigli area. The inauguration will feature free pizza tasting. The venue boasts 90 seats, 9 large windows, and includes three ovens, one of which is dedicated to gluten-free pizzas. Open daily for lunch and dinner. For more info, contact 02 80873022.

🌾 Patfrut, part of the Naturitalia group, inaugurates a new 1,500 square meter facility in Medicina (BO) for processing vegetables, focusing on Horeca channel's IV gamma products like potatoes, carrots, and pumpkins. The plant features advanced peeling and processing lines with a capacity of 200 kg/min for potatoes and 50 kg/min for carrots. Products from organic and conventional farms are packed in 5 and 10 kg bags. The initiative, aimed at promoting local agri-food heritage, was attended by regional Agriculture Assessor Alessio Mammi and Medicina Mayor Matteo Montanari.

🏛 Relais & Châteaux welcomes two new members: Villa Cortine Palace in Sirmione, Lake Garda, and Stadshotell in Stockholm. Villa Cortine Palace, with its 19th-century resort architecture, is nestled in a park of palms and cypresses. The property boasts 52 elegant rooms and suites set across the historical wing and a newer section, and is enveloped by a tranquil 5-hectare park. Laurent Gardinier, the association's president, emphasizes their 70-year mission of exemplifying excellence and preserving cultural, culinary, and natural heritage.

🏖 Barcelò inaugurated its first hotel in Cabo Verde, Hotel Praia Cape Verde on Isla de Santiago, featuring 80 ocean-view rooms, an infinity pool, and meeting spaces. The chain announced upcoming projects including the 4-star, 300-room Hotel Occidental Boa Vista Beach and the 5-star, 160-room Barcelò Marine Boa Vista, both in Boa Vista. By end of 2024, these will create over 1,600 jobs, with 400 direct jobs, 95% of which will be local. A 5-star adults-only hotel with 260 rooms is also planned for Isla de Sal.

🏠 Casa Brera, a new luxury lifestyle hotel by Marriott International, opens in Milan's Piazzetta Bossi, featuring 116 rooms designed by Patricia Urquiola. Steps from Piazza della Scala, it boasts four gastronomic destinations: Casa Brera Living, Scena, Etereo, and Odachi, with food & beverage consultation by chef Andrea Berton. Housed in a late 1950s building by architect Pietro Lingeri, the hotel embodies Milanese design, art, and culture.

🍴 Maison Capriccioli, a new seafood-focused restaurant, opens on October 10, 2024, in Torino, Italy. This establishment, featuring a refined 25-seat dining area, is a collaboration between famed chef Christian Mandura and Andrea Turchi. Offering sophisticated, contemporary maritime cuisine with traditional touches, the restaurant presents à la carte options and tasting menus priced at 70 and 100 euros for 4 and 6 courses, respectively. Located in the historically significant Capriccioli in via San Domenico, near Piazza Statuto, Maison Capriccioli aims to blend Mediterranean flavors with French culinary elegance.

🏖️ Arrow Global, with Gruppo Mangia’s involvement, undertakes the redevelopment and repositioning of a resort in Sicily's Baroque Triangle, the former Club Med Kamarina in Ragusa, which spans over 96 hectares along the sea. The resort’s revamp includes an upgrade to 5-star status, approximately 600 rooms, themed restaurants, a beach club, water paths, enhanced sports facilities, and sustainability-focused architectural landscaping. Donato Piscuoglio, Head of Real Estate Arrow Global Italy, envisions it as a Mediterranean hospitality benchmark, benefiting local communities while preserving natural and cultural heritage.

🏠 In Milan, Rocco Forte Hotels introduces 11 luxury apartments at 46 Via Manzoni, combining contemporary luxury with timeless Italian style. Charles Forte highlights the privacy and premium experience in response to market demand, following the success in Rome. The residences feature concierge, valet parking, a dedicated chef, exclusive gym, and are designed by Lady Olga Polizzi with architects Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen. Available with one to three bedrooms, the residences reflect iconic Milanese neighborhoods—Brera, Duomo, Isola, and Tortona—within a 19th-century building offering classic and contemporary elements.

🍴 In Milan, Fourghetti restaurant opens at 77 via Ascanio Sforza, led by Michelin-starred chef Giuseppe Gasperoni, known as "Cuoco delle Origini". The menu features three tasting paths: Land, Sea, and Vegetarian, each with five courses, plus an à la carte option. The restaurant, with its 40 seats and an intimate chef's table, blends elegance with simplicity, with design details by architect Caccia Dominioni and art by Afran. Owner Silvia Belluzzi aims for international brand development.