Conferenze e Fiere

🏖️ Assisi's new tourist information portal, funded by the Ministry of Tourism for promoting UNESCO World Heritage cities, was launched with updated design and content. In the first seven months of 2024, Assisi recorded over 826,000 visits, showcasing a rising trend from the previous year. Mayor Stefania Proietti emphasized the portal's role in the city's strategic promotion, aligning with the growing social media channels.

🎵 Trenitalia partners with X Factor 2024, a Sky Original show by Fremantle, airing from September 12 on Sky and NOW. Frecciarossa trains, featuring judges' faces and show host (Achille Lauro, Jake La Furia, Manuel Agnelli, Paola Iezzi, Giorgia), will travel nationally until December 5, 2024, taking finalists to Naples for the final at Piazza del Plebiscito. Trenitalia assists contestants' travel to Milan for auditions every Friday from October 25 until November 29, with showcases at Milan Central Station for eliminated participants.

🚢 Crystal Cruises schedules a 135-night World Cruise for 2026, from Los Angeles to Civitavecchia, embarking on January 11 and arriving on May 26. The voyage aboard the Crystal Serenity offers segment options, including the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Asia from Hong Kong to Singapore, and finishing with Europe and the Mediterranean.

🏖️ Luigi De Santis' True Puglia event will take place from October 1-4, showcasing Puglia's pristine locations to 50 luxury travel buyers and influential media personalities. The event, now in its third edition, previously connected 110 hotels with 200 buyers. The 2024 edition will focus on Valle d'Itria, featuring B2B meetings, authentic experiences, thematic panels, and organic networking aimed at elevating sales for associated brands. True Puglia's unique networking aims to foster long-term relationships and tailored experiences.

🏖️ Barbara Mazzali, Regional Councillor for Tourism, Marketing Territorial and Fashion of Lombardy, announced that Bellano, Lecco will host the “Festival Nazionale de ‘I Borghi più belli d’Italia’” in 2025. The announcement came after the XVI edition in Calabria. Italy has 362 certified beautiful villages, with Lombardy home to 26, ranking second in the country for small municipalities, which number 1,038 in the region.

🏥 The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, part of Marriott International and in collaboration with Oaktree, L.P. and Douglas Prothero, launched its second yacht "Ilma" on September 2 with a 7-night inaugural cruise from Monte Carlo to Rome. Ilma is 240 meters long, weighs 47,000 tonnes, and features 224 suites with private terraces. It will sail the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and Northern Europe including destinations like Santorini, Porto Cervo, La Valletta, Virgin Gorda, Gustavia, and Saint John. A third yacht, "Luminara", is expected in 2025. Ilma accommodates up to 448 guests, offers a high space-to-guest and staff-to-guest ratio, has interiors by AD Associates and DPA, with exterior design by Aivan. The yacht hosts five dining venues, including the Italian restaurant "Seta su Ilma" by Chef Fabio Trabocchi.

✈ easyJet plans for summer 2025 include about 40,000 flights offering over 7 million seats from June 16 to September 30. The schedule features approximately 226 routes from major Italian airports, with destinations in Greece (Mikonos, Santorini, Athens, Crete) and Croatia (Dubrovnik, Split, Pula), as well as domestic flights to Sicily and Sardinia. Tickets are available for purchase across all booking platforms, including easyJet's website and mobile app.

✈ Aeroitalia will increase to four daily connections between Milano Bergamo and Roma Fiumicino starting October 27 with the winter schedule. Weekdays will see four flights, while weekends will maintain one frequency, totaling 22 weekly flights. The airline, which began these routes in 2022 and is currently the sole operator, will use an Atr-72 for the trips, offering more travel convenience and flexibility.

🎬 At the 81st Venice Film Festival, Apulia Film Commission, Aret Pugliapromozione, and Regione Puglia highlighted the synergy between cinema and tourism. They discussed new initiatives and investments to promote the Puglian region through film, emphasizing cinetourism’s role. The Festival serves as both a showcase and a meeting point for industry professionals, showcasing Puglia's commitment to the audiovisual sector and development opportunities for producers and filmmakers.

📚 On September 3, 2024, in Rome, at the Ministry of Culture, the 52nd International Literary Prize Elba-Raffaello Brignetti conference was held. The event featured Luciano Lanna, Roberto Marini, Gino Ruozzi, and journalist Attilio Romita. The final award ceremony is set for September 7 at 21:40 at the Napoleonico dei Vigilanti Renato Cioni Theatre, Portoferraio. Finalists include Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Antonio Franchini, and Alberto Riva. Uto Ughi will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, and FS Sistemi Urbani will receive a special recognition for their publication on urban regeneration in Milan.