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🏠 Gruppo Numa inaugurates its fourth venue in Milan, "Numa Sempione," located at Corso Sempione 39, featuring 36 units with a total of 72 beds designed for short-term stays. The property, converted from offices and residences following a renovation by Investire SGR, is situated 700 meters from CityLife Shopping District and 15 minutes on foot from Arena Civica. Umberto Ottaviani, the group's Italian General Manager, emphasizes high-quality, flexible, and sustainable lodging offerings, hinting at further expansion across Italy in cities like Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples, Verona, and Turino.

🏖 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.

🌋 The Bregolin family inaugurated the M2Pools thermal pool and Spa complex in Montegrotto Terme, repurposing a former hotel site with a significant investment. M2Pools, adjacent to Hotel Marco Polo, features three pools over 500 square meters each, set in a 3,000 square meter park with adult-only daily access. The Spa offers 48 hydro-massage stations, a cave, a sauna, an emotional thermal path, and energy self-sufficiency through photovoltaic panels. The initiative began in 2019 after acquiring the ex-hotel Bagno Romano area, with plans diverted from a retirement home due to a collaboration with the administration. The project overcame COVID-related delays and rising raw material costs, supported in part by the Veneto Region.

🏨 RMH Modena Raffaello Hotel & Residence offers 67 deluxe rooms and suites with 4-star services and 31 spacious apartments. The hotel has implemented an advanced access control system by dormakaba, including Saffire handles, SR readers, and Ambiance software, ensuring secure and simple access across the property. For business occasions, the hotel provides equipped meeting rooms, a plenary room for up to 270 people, three 40-person meeting rooms, and two Boardrooms for 8-10 people, all secure with dormakaba's Confidant handles. The hotel aims to exceed mere hospitality by combining safety, comfort, and design.

🏡 In Milan, between the Duomo and Navigli, the 1960s office building of Allianz has been turned into the Radisson Collection Hotel Santa Sofia by architect Marco Piva. The luxury 5-star hotel preserves its trachyte façade and oxidized copper roof while featuring an urban-style interior with 159 rooms, including 130 standard, 28 junior suites, and 1 suite. The design incorporates a color palette of blues, red accents, and gray shades, with Vimar's Eikon Exé series installed throughout. Guests enjoy amenities such as a fourth-floor terrace with an outdoor pool and lounge bar, complete with Vimar's Plana series and Isoset IP55 containers for device charging.

📍 Italian Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè will attend the inauguration of the "Campus Enrico Mattei" Italian School of Hospitality in Hurghada, Egypt, on Thursday, October 24. The project, a collaboration between the Italian Ministry of Tourism, Italian School of Hospitality, Federturismo Confindustria, the Italian Embassy in Egypt, PickAlbatros Holding, and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, is part of the Mattei Plan for Africa aimed at strengthening Italy's ties with African countries. For more information, visit www.ministeroturismo.gov.it.

🏕 In Townsville, Queensland, Australia, luxury travel levels up with two new high-end properties: Ardo Hotel and Pelorus Private Island, from the Morris Group. Ardo Hotel offers 132 suites, a day spa, two fine dining restaurants, and an exclusive terrace with pool and bar, overlooking the Coral Sea and Magnetic Island. Pelorus Private Island, accessible only by helicopter or yacht, features four exclusive suites and personalized experiences like snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef.

✈️ The new Security area of Verona Airport was recently inaugurated as part of the Romeo Project, aimed at renovating the passenger terminal. The project will expand the departures area from 24,840 sqm to 36,370 sqm and renovate over 10,000 sqm of existing space. As of now, 80% of the work has been completed, costing over €50 million out of the total €80 million. The airport upgrades will prepare for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and will accommodate over 5 million passengers. Catullo Spa's President Paolo Arena highlighted the team's effort and mentioned the support from the shareholders, including Enrico Marchi, president of the Save Group.

📌 B&B HOTELS has opened B&B HOTEL Sassari in northern Sardinia near the city's train station, 10 minutes from the center, and 20 minutes by car from the beaches, Alghero airport, and Porto Torres. The hotel features 75 rooms with free 300 Mb/s Wi-Fi and Smart TV with Chromecast, and offers a range of amenities including a pet-friendly environment, B&B Shop, breakfast buffet, and paid covered parking. Liliana Comitini, President of B&B HOTELS Italia, Slovenia, and Hungary, expresses pride in expanding to Sardinia, while Daniele Martignetti from Bper Group emphasizes the strategic real estate development in Sassari, including the nearby Tanit shopping center.

💎 Sun Siyam Maldives launches "Romance Island," an adult-only 5-star resort, in the South Malé Atoll's Oluveli complex in 2025. Aimed at couples, the area is separate from family-focused areas and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) segments. Patrizia Di Patrizio of The Luxury Lab, representing the group in Italy, notes a growth in the MICE sector, especially for Italian corporate incentives. Oluveli offers boat accessibility and competitive pricing, while Siyam World features unique amenities like go-karting and an inflatable park. The Italian market for Sun Siyam resorts grew by 20% from 2023, with high booking rates for winter 2025 already noted.