Conferenze e Fiere

🏖️ Máté Terjék, Head of Tourism Development Italy for Visit Hungary, reports positive tourism growth for Italy in the first eight months, ranking Italy third in arrivals and overnights in Budapest: 289,000 visitors, approximately 751,000 overnights, averaging 2.6 days per stay. Compared to the same period in 2023, Italian tourists increased by +27%, and overnights by +23%. Nationally, Italy ranks seventh. Terjék's strategy aims to extend average stays to over 4 days by December 2025, focusing on developing 'Budapest and its surroundings' and reinforcing regions like Balaton and Tokaj for year-round tourism.

🏨 Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort closed its 2024 season and will reopen in spring 2025. General Manager Alessio Lazazzera expressed satisfaction with the season starting in April, highlighting international guest visits and prominent events hosted, including the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica. The hotel stands out in architecture, art, film, and gastronomy.

🌊 Gnv sales for Summer 2025 open on October 14. In Sardinia, Gnv will operate four ships with two daily departures on Genoa-Olbia and Genoa-Torres routes, and daily departures between Civitavecchia-Olbia. In Sicily, Gnv offers daily links from Palermo to Genoa and Naples, Civitavecchia-Palermo, Civitavecchia-Termini Imerese, and Naples-Termini Imerese. Gnv also operates six lines to/from Italy in Spain, the Balearics, Morocco, France, Tunisia, and a daily Bari-Durazzo line to Albania.

📣 Ryanair to temporarily shut down its website from 19:00 on Wednesday, October 16 to 03:00 on Thursday, October 17. The maintenance-related outage affects both desktop and mobile platforms. Passengers must check in online before the shutdown or face a €60 fee for airport check-in and boarding pass printing.

🏖 Lombardia, Veneto, and Provincia autonoma di Trento launch 'Regione Garda' for joint tourism promotion in a triennial plan for 2024-2027, aiming to boost the competitiveness of Lago di Garda as a travel destination. According to Lombardia's Tourism Assessor, Barbara Mazzali, provisional data from January-July 2024 shows 1.5 million arrivals, 63% foreign, 36.35% Italian, and over 6 million overnight stays, a 12.06% increase from the same period in 2023.

🚙 Trenitalia and SkyTeam alliance signed a memorandum of understanding to offer combined train + air itineraries in a single booking. The partnership allows tourists arriving in Italy with a SkyTeam company to reach destinations served by Trenitalia's high-speed trains. Frequent flyer members of SkyTeam can earn and spend miles on selected Frecciarossa trains, just as CartaFreccia members can with selected SkyTeam flights. The agreement enhances travel options in Italy and integrates Trenitalia into the European rail transport market.

🏗️ TTG Travel Experience e InOut|The Contract Community opened today featuring the theme 'Veritas', with 9 arenas, over 200 events including conferences, round tables, and debates, and over 250 speakers. Key industry figures like Marcello Mangia, Matteo Della Valle, Cristina Pizzutti, Adriano Apicella, Alberto Bolognesi, Chiara Fabbri, Vanessa Padovani, Angelo Trivellone, and Massimo Ferrara highlight the importance of the event for market trends, strategic partnerships, and innovative solutions. The event also features TTG Next STARTUP and special sections for solo travelers and Africa at Book&Go narrative workshop.

🛫 Allianz Partners focuses on its renewed Globy range at TTG Travel Experience starting tomorrow in Rimini. The classic Globy Rosso, Globy Verde, and Globy Giallo are expanded for broader protection. New offerings include Globy Crociere for cruise lovers, plus options for youth and business travelers. New additions are Globy Sport for sports enthusiasts and Globy Long Trips for journeys up to 180 days. Massimo Sibilio highlights the event's importance for industry engagement and introducing the new Globy range. The new Globy Essential line, in Rosso, Verde, and Giallo, caters to the growing demand for simple insurance products with essential coverage.

📍 Rimini will host the 2026 edition of Routes Europe, a major three-day event for airport and aviation industry players. The announcement was made at the 2024 Routes World in Bahrain, attended by regional tourism councilor Andrea Corsini, Rimini Mayor Jamil Sadegholvaad, and Fellini CEO Leonardo Corbucci. Hosting Routes Europe is seen as a prestigious event and unique opportunity to boost Rimini's tourism by showcasing the city to top airlines.

🚢 The "Viaggio Italiano" project, led by Regione Marche, aims to promote active vacations and nautical tourism in Italy, presenting 17 interregional nautical routes inspired by historical and commercial pathways, culminating in around 30 tourist itineraries. A conference will be held on October 9 at TTG Travel Experience, featuring key figures such as Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè and Luca Oriani as moderator. Further details on itineraries will be disclosed on October 10 with participants like Barbara Casagrande and Giuseppe Nicotra. This initiative is part of a broader strategy involving regions like Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, and Abruzzo, each focusing on themes like "villages," "slow tourism," "active tourism," and "nature and parks." Partner regions Tuscany, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Campania contribute to enogastronomy, golf, and underwater archaeological tourism, respectively.