Conferenze e Fiere

🍹 Celebrating its eighth anniversary, ITALICUS Rosolio di Bergamotto launches a global campaign for September 2024, featuring the inaugural Rosolio Day on September 1st. CEO Giuseppe Gallo collaborates with Drink Master USA 2023 winner LP, Lauren O'Brien, to showcase the Italian spirit in bars across eight countries, including Italy, France, and the USA, and at “World's 50 Best Bars 2023” venues such as Connaught Bar in London. The revival of rosolio, a traditional Italian liqueur, is spearheaded by ITALICUS, infusing tradition with innovation.

🍺 Baladin Open Fest 2024 will take place in Torino from September 6-8, featuring 100 Italian craft breweries with over 100 draft beers. The event celebrates its 10th anniversary at Open Baladin Torino in Piazzale Valdo Fusi. Activities include speeches by master brewers, beer experts, and Slow Food representatives. Skateboarding courses and contests will be held on the weekend. The event is backed by the Piedmont Region and the City of Turin.

🎉 Faema, part of Cimbali Group, and Leica Camera Italia partner for the "Il Sabato Rosa del Villaggio" photo exhibition, opening on September 6 at the Leica Galerie in Milan and running until early October. The exhibit, curated by Maurizio Beucci, celebrates the Giro d'Italia with images captured by photographers Giuseppe Nucci, Piero Percoco, Clara Vannucci, and Vincenzo Noletto. Faema, a historic coffee machine brand since the 1950s, renews its bond with cycling as the official partner of the Giro d'Italia since 2022.

🥃 Lafferty's Single Malt, crafted by the Italo-Scottish Lafferty family, debuts at the 81st Venice International Film Festival from August 28 to September 7. Claudia Lafferty and husband Alberto Borin, a former Veneto judo champion, blend Scottish distilling traditions with Mediterranean flair, maturing the whisky in Italian Vinsanto barrels. This creation celebrates the fusion of Scottish and Italian heritages and will be presented at Venice's Hotel Excelsior Terrace alongside Lafferty and Sons' Upperhand Gin and Archy London Dry Gin.

🍕 In Milan, the "Coca-Cola Pizza Village" takes place from September 4 to 8, 2024, at CityLife Park. The event, organized by Oramata Grandi Eventi and AADV Entertainment, will feature master pizzaioli. Mulino Caputo, a founding partner, offers free masterclasses. Musical acts include Rocoe & Body Heat Gang Band, Nick The Nightfly, and X Factor 2023 winner Serafine. Entry is free, with a standard menu at €15 pre-sale, €20 during the event, and a combo at €10 pre-sale, €12 during the event. Purchases are digital via QR codes.

🍺 Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% celebrates its collaboration with Scuderia Ferrari HP by opening The House of Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% in Milan from August 29 to September 1, 2023. Held in Piazza XXIV Maggio, the event spans over 200 square meters across two floors, featuring activities like a driving simulator, a Scuderia Ferrari HP showcar replica, DJ performances, and Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% tasting. After a successful debut in Bologna last May, this immersive experience aims to bring the racing thrill to fans unable to attend the Grand Prix. Open Thursday to Sunday with varying hours.

🍴 Michelin-star chefs Luciano Villani, Rocco De Santis, and Nino Di Costanzo to create exclusive dinners at Raw, HABITA79 MGallery Pompeii. Events on August 28, September 22, and October (TBC) 2024. Chef Roberto Lepre leads the 8-table, 16-cover gourmet restaurant, open from August to October 15, Tuesday-Sunday, 19:30-23:00. HABITA79 is a renovated luxury hotel with a panoramic rooftop near UNESCO-listed Archaeological Park.

🍪 Napoli to host Bufala Fest from 4-8 September 2024 at Piazza Municipio, celebrating buffalo products beyond mozzarella. The 2024 theme is "Diversity & Inclusion," reflecting Italy's focus on corporate growth and competitiveness. After 2023's success, the event features an expanded program with show cooking by top chefs, family workshops, and daily "Giardino delle Idee" talks. The press conference is set for 2 September 2024, 14:00, aboard MSC World Europa. Organized by Crea Eventi with various institutional supporters, including the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of Italy.

🏤 FS Treni Turistici Italiani features autumn routes from Rome to Alba and Assisi with the overnight Espresso Langhe-Monferrato and the daytime Espresso Assisi. The Espresso Assisi runs Saturdays and Sundays from October 5 to December 1, with Rome departures at 10:05 am on Saturday returning at 6:00 pm, and Sunday departures at 8:30 am returning at 4:58 pm. The Espresso Langhe-Monferrato operates Friday nights in October and Saturday, October 31, leaving Rome at 7:57 pm and returning Sundays from October 6-27 and November 3 at 6:55 pm. A 50% discount is available with "TTI Special" rate if booked 48 hours before departure. Tickets are available at www.fstrenituristici.it and Trenitalia outlets.

🏕 Princess Cruises will double its summer presence in the Caribbean in 2026, introducing departures from Port Canaveral for the first time and offering over 90 cruises from both Port Canaveral and Fort Lauderdale. Caribbean Princess will conduct 7-day cruises to the eastern and western Caribbean, while Regal Princess will sail 7-day eastern and western Caribbean cruises as well as 8-day southern Caribbean cruises. Open-jaw itineraries include a 13-day cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Port Canaveral starting April 28, 2026, and a 14-day cruise from Fort Lauderdale to New York. Additionally, Princess has canceled over three months of Crown Princess cruises in Australia, from September 26, 2025, to January 12, 2026, due to a change in scheduled dry dock maintenance.