Conferenze e Fiere

🏖️ Club Med kickstarts Black Friday 2024 tourism deals on November 19, running until December 2. Offers include special prices for couples and family stays between November 24, 2024, and May 30, 2025, with free stays for children under 6 at sea destinations and under 4 in mountain resorts. They also provide a Snow Guarantee allowing vacation rescheduling if over 50% of lifts are closed for 2+ days.

🏖️ "Abruzzo Attrattivo," a regional experiential tourism event, celebrates its 10th anniversary at Marina di Pescara today and tomorrow, and on December 4th at Aquila's palazzetto dei Nobili. Endorsed by the Ministry of Tourism and Enit, the event hosts approximately 150 operators from across the region. President of Confesercenti Abruzzo, Palo Setta, emphasizes the opportunity to discuss new communication techniques and set objectives for Abruzzo's most surprising tourism sector. Topics include beaches, Abruzzo Camminabile, and bike and outdoor tourism.

🚀 Biman Bangladesh Airlines partners with ITA Airways to enhance travel to Bangladesh and Asian destinations. The agreement allows passengers to purchase a single ticket from Italy for seamless travel and baggage management to final destinations, including Dhaka. With this partnership, travelers can easily connect to a wide range of Asian cities from Dhaka via Rome Fiumicino on the Dreamliner 787-8, as stated by Claudio Novembrini, sales manager of Distal GSA Italia.

🚢 Ponant is focusing on Solo Travellers, dedicating about 200 departures for them without single supplement fees for cabins. Exclusive events like dedicated cocktails are organized to encourage socializing. Solo guests enjoy flexibility and privacy with options like joining others or dining alone. Ponant cruises offer exclusive destinations, discovery experiences, top-tier relaxation and wellness areas, and personalized assistance by onboard staff.

🚂 Belmond unveils the "Britannic Explorer, A Belmond Train," the first luxury train in England and Wales, launching in July 2025. Departing from London, the 3-night journey offers itineraries through Cornwall, Lake District, and Wales. Including 18 elegant cabins, a spa, restaurant, and botanically inspired bar, the train features excursions like a private tour of Hauser & Wirth Somerset and Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens. Culinary experiences by chef Simon Rogan focus on seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients with customized menus for each route.

🎄 Giver relaunches a 5-day Danubio Christmas markets cruise on December 16, visiting Vienna, Budapest, and Bratislava aboard the 4-star superior Vivienne, with Giver staff and all-inclusive. A second exclusive trip on December 4 to Rovaniemi via 'Santa Express' direct flight from Milan Malpensa, includes free thermal gear and Giver assistance. Free overnight stay in Milan for those >250 km away.

🇩🇴 World2Fly to launch three new long-haul routes from Europe, connecting Madrid and Lisbon to La Romana in the Dominican Republic, Mauritius, and Montego Bay in Jamaica starting in 2025. Flights to the Dominican Republic will operate from June to October, on Saturdays from Madrid and Fridays from Lisbon. Mauritius flights will be available from June to September every Tuesday, while connections to Jamaica will depart Lisbon every Wednesday during the summer. These routes add to World2Fly's existing destinations such as Cancún, Havana, Punta Cana, and Santo Domingo.

🏠 eDreams ODIGEO's 2024 report highlights travel trends for 2024 and 2025. Europeans favor their own continent for 2025 trips, while America and Asia also rank in the top 10 searches. Paris, with a 62% booking increase in 2024 thanks to the Olympics, and Tokyo, hosting the 2025 World Athletics Championships with a 135% search increase, lead the destinations. For 2024, 64% of Italian travelers chose international short to medium-haul flights, 23% domestic flights, and 13% intercontinental. Rome, influenced by the Jubilee, saw a 16% year-on-year search increase and is 4th in 2025 bookings. In 2024, French, Spanish, and German tourists dominated Italian vacation bookings with 25%, 21%, and 18% respectively. Social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Pinterest significantly influenced destination choices. Music tourism also impacted global economies, with events like Oasis' reunion spiking Manchester searches by 700%.

📈 The Independent Hotel Show 2024, held at Olympia London on October 15-16, united over 200 exhibitors and featured 30 educational sessions. Key themes included sensory-led guest experiences, wellness with a focus on sustainable mattresses from Silentnight and Hypnos, and sustainability in the form of bio-based materials and VOC-free paints. Discussions on hospitality staff mental health were led by The Burnt Chef Project. An Innovations Stage showcased new technologies like Re:Guest's CRM. HotelPartner, trusted by over 500 hotels, offers revenue management solutions aligning with industry trends. The show will continue in Munich from November 20-21, 2024, at MOC – Event Center Messe München.

🏆 Alberto Cirio, President of the Piedmont region, highlighted the lineup of major events in Piedmont and Turin at the WTM in London. Emphasizing that Piedmont hosts roughly one major event per season, with a higher concentration in autumn, Cirio noted the dual positive impact of such events: immediate wealth and long-term promotional effect. He also pointed out that 52% of tourists in Piedmont are now international.