Conferenze e Fiere

📍 The Welcome Travel Group is hosting the 'Casablanca connACTION' convention in Casablanca, bringing together over 1,500 travel agents and commercial partners from April 4 to 7. Key partners include Alpitour World, Costa Cruises, Moroccan National Tourism Office, Neos, Royal Air Maroc, Allianz Partners, Ita Airways, Mastercard, and Trenitalia. Despite an unstable international scenario, the network reports a 12% increase in leisure bookings for 2025 compared to 2024. CEO Adriano Apicella emphasizes the event's strategic importance and innovative approach to the tourism market.

🏃 Wizz Air launches the WIZZ Run Series 2025, offering runners across Europe the chance to win an "All You Can Fly" subscription for unlimited flights for a year. Runners accumulate points during the series, earning 1 point per kilometer run. Top 3 male and female runners win flight prizes: first place gets two "All You Can Fly" passes each, second place receives a €1,000 Wizz voucher each, and third place wins a €800 Wizz voucher each. Series runs from April to October, with winners announced in early December. Italy hosts three of the nine WIZZ running events in Milan, Rome, and Venice.

🚨 French union Sud Rail, representing railway sector employees, announced a 6-week strike from April 17 to June 2. This marks the second strike of the year following a previous one in February, which caused nationwide disruptions. The strike concerns controllers' salaries and working conditions, particularly rapid shift changes due to new staff management software.

🏖️ Francesco Paradisi, commercial manager of NCL in Italy, outlines future company goals: 2024 marked a record year, a cautious 2025, and 2026 as key with new ships and routes. NCL's ship Luna, Norwegian Viva's twin, will join the fleet, increasing global capacity. The company will reintroduce weekly European cruises with more stopovers and return to Philadelphia port, historically linked to NCL. By 2026, a dock on NCL's private Caribbean island, Greyfield Cay, will be completed, ensuring weather-proof docking. The island is designed for relaxation, unlike other companies' resort-style islands, featuring a zipline as its main attraction. Another exclusive stop is Harvest Cay in Belize.

🛳 Seven Seas Prestige, an extra-luxury cruise ship, had its keel-laying ceremony at Fincantieri di Marghera. The ship, ordered by Regent Seven Seas Cruises, is set for delivery in 2026. Top executives from Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Regent Seven Seas Cruises were present. The ship will accommodate approximately 850 passengers in 434 suites and feature advanced environmental technologies. It will be the inaugural vessel of the new Prestige class, following the Explorer series.

🏦 TAP Air Portugal and Avianca launched a shared business class lounge at Miami International Airport's South Terminal, covering 600 sq m and open 24/7. It accommodates up to 337 passengers, offering food, snacks, premium alcoholic beverages, and high-speed Wi-Fi, along with relaxation areas, workspaces, and a kids' zone. Access is granted to TAP, Avianca, and Star Alliance First and Business Class passengers, TAP Miles&Go Navigator and Gold members, eligible Star Alliance and LifeMiles Gold and Diamond members, and Priority Pass holders. Daily passes are available subject to availability.

📚 Woolex, part of FMTS Group, offers Summer Camps in England, Malta, Ireland, and Paestum, Campania, for 16 to 19-year-olds, lasting one week between June and July. Camps feature native-speaking teachers, local culture immersion, an Italian chaperone, and are a secure learning experience, according to Loredana Cozzaglio, director of Woolex. For 10 to 15-year-olds, camps in Paestum include educational activities. Specific study plans are created for each location including Burton and South Derbyshire College, Galway English Academy, and St. Catherine’s High School.

🍷 Oltre Roma Wine Tour 2025 debuted on March 24 at Fonte Bonifacio VIII in Fiuggi, organized by Chamber of Commerce Frosinone Latina and Special Agency Informare. Featuring 33 wineries and over 100 labels, the event promotes local wine excellence both nationally and internationally. The tour, continuing on March 25, includes tastings and business meetings with international buyers. Local grape varieties are highlighted as a unique heritage with 11 native grape varieties, 9 in Frosinone and one in Latina province.

🍕 Chef Danilo Angè, with 15+ years of experience and author of two books, leads a free demonstration event by Casolaro on March 31st, 14:30-17:30, focusing on the versatile use of siphons in pizza making. Registration via WhatsApp at 320.3624108 is required. A second event on April 1st, covers the perfect risotto with Angè, touching on types of rice, toasting, broths, and flavored butters for creaming. Both events highlight evolving culinary techniques and their application in modern pizza and risotto.

📈 In 2024, Grana Padano DOP exports surpassed domestic sales, hitting 52% of total production with 2,685,541 wheels, a 9.15% increase from the previous year. Lombardy produced over 4 million wheels, about 72% of the total, with Cremona (third in production) processing over 938,000 wheels across nine dairies. The "Formaggi & Sorrisi – Cheese and Friends Festival" celebrated this historic milestone from March 28-30 in Lombardy, in collaboration with the Lombardy Region. The United States, the third-largest market for Grana Padano, imported 215,000 wheels, with potential tariff threats looming.