Conferenze e Fiere

🏦 Emirates resumes direct flights between Dubai and Edinburgh after almost 5 years halted by Covid, marking the 8th UK destination. Added to the Glasgow connection, it doubles flights to Scotland. Adnan Kazim emphasizes easy connections to popular long-haul destinations. In 2023, Scotland saw a 23% increase in international visitors, with 4 million arrivals contributing £3.59 billion to the economy.

📃 Vfs Global, exclusive provider of Indonesia's new e-Visa on arrival (e-VoA) service, targets travelers from 97 eligible countries including Italy. Starting mid-December 2024, the online platform streamlines the visa application process with pre-approval via email. Indonesia's General Director of Immigration Silmy Karim aims to enhance foreign entries, supporting the country's goal of 14 million visitors in 2024, building on the 9.92 million arrivals from January to August 2024. Vfs Global partnered with Emirates to facilitate e-VoA applications for airline passengers.

🎄 King Holidays gears up for the festive season with Christmas markets and holiday events. Barbara Cipolloni, the product manager, highlights over 1,000 dedicated flight seats from major Italian airports. Options range from European city breaks to unique New Year's celebrations in Morocco or Nile cruises, featuring customizable packages with local culture and tradition experiences.

🏠 Lazio focuses on the 2025 Jubilee, aiming to distribute tourist flows beyond Rome. Antonello Aurigemma, President of the Lazio Regional Council, promotes diverse tourism through religious, naturalistic, and exploratory routes. Over 35 million arrivals are expected for the Jubilee, as detailed by Gianluca Caramanna, advisor to the Minister of Tourism, at the WTM London press conference. The strategy encourages tourists to extend their stay by 2 nights outside of Rome.

🏨 Booking Designer offers free training for the hotel industry from early November to mid-December, featuring 4 educational events. Gian Piero Linardi, business developer, highlights partnerships with market leaders like takyon on resalable rates, Hermes for tourism employment policies, Scalapay on 'Pay now buy later' options, and Be safe rate for insured rate topics.

🏠 In Italy, 75%+ hotel rooms are already booked for Ognissanti, despite one less holiday day compared to 2023. Rome and Venice lead with 82% and 84% occupancy, followed by Milan at 78%, and Naples at 77%. Florence lags with 66%. Perugia and Matera boast 90% and 88%, matching last year's figures, while Verona confirms its 71% from 2023. The high-end market thrives, fueled by international tourists, notably Americans, British, French, and Germans.

🌊 Roberto Perocchio, President of Assomarinas, announced on October 31 at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in Florida the Icomia World Marinas Conference, scheduled for October 15-17, 2025 in Venice at Isola della Certosa. The event will host a maximum of 500 participants from every continent and around 40 speakers from Icomia-affiliated marina organizations. It's supported by the Italian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Tourism, and the NMMA. Registrations are open at www.worldmarinasconference.com.

🏨 Hilton plans to open DoubleTree by Hilton Naples Oriente and Hampton by Hilton Rome St Peter's in 2025 in Italy. The Hampton property will feature 124 rooms and debut in March 2025, offering amenities like free breakfast, a gym, and meeting spaces. DoubleTree Naples, also franchised, will have 112 rooms, a gym, day-long restaurant, and a rooftop bar. Alan Mantin notes over 2,000 rooms in Hilton's Italian pipeline and nearly 60 million visitors to Italy in 2023.

✈️ Wizz Air announces 44 new routes for the winter season, including new services to Salerno and a return to Chisinau, Moldova. The airline will operate over 600 routes, offering more than 28 million seats, with Italy featuring 205 routes across 35 countries. Wizz Air has expanded its subscription options with All You Can Fly, WIZZ MultiPass, and Wizz Discount Club Premium, also integrating Apple Pay, Google Pay, and accepting Revolut card payments onboard. Sasha Vislaus, the corporate communication manager, highlights this as their largest winter season.

✈ Direct flights between Italy and Libya are set to resume in January 2025 by Ita Airways, as announced by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the Italia-Libia Business Forum in Tripoli. The reactivation follows an agreement signed last year between Enac's President Pierluigi Di Palma and Libya's Mohamed Shlebikf, leading to a Memorandum of Understanding between Enac and the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority.