Gestione alberghiera

🔌 Hand hygiene is crucial to reduce infection risks, especially post-pandemic. Homemade sanitizing wipes are cost-effective and allow control over ingredients, benefiting those with sensitive skin or allergies. Essential ingredients include 1/4 cup of hot water, 2 tablespoons of aloe vera gel, preferably organic, and 1.5 cups of 90% ethyl alcohol, ensuring an antibacterial action above 60% alcohol concentration. Steps include cleaning the container, preparing the solution, arranging and saturating the wipes, and storing them properly to maintain efficacy.

🧹 Maintain your dryer's efficiency by cleaning the lint filter after every use and performing a deep clean monthly. Use a vacuum and soak the filter in warm soapy water for 15 minutes. Clean the condenser regularly following the user manual, and the drum with a vinegar and water solution. Enhance freshness with essential oils like lavender for sheets, eucalyptus for towels, and lemon for clothing, ensuring they don't stain fabrics. These simple steps can improve dryer performance and sustainability.

🍋 To boost lemon tree health, homemade fertilizers using 120 grams of ground lupins per square meter, equal parts ash and coffee grounds, and finely chopped banana peels can enhance growth and fruit quality. Additionally, nettle macerate diluted in water (1 part macerate to 20 parts water) provides iron to prevent chlorosis, applied every 15 days. These natural, eco-friendly solutions ensure a continuous supply of essential nutrients.

🏨 Check-in anticipato e check-out posticipato aumentano i ricavi di proprietà e strutture alberghiere offrendo flessibilità e convenienza ai viaggiatori. Implementati con costi aggiuntivi, questi servizi migliorano l’esperienza degli ospiti e la gestione operativa, contribuendo a un flusso di entrate aggiuntivo. La piattaforma Chekin facilita l'automazione di queste opzioni, integrandosi con sistemi di gestione immobiliare per semplificare le operazioni e migliorare la soddisfazione del cliente.

🛫 Alessio Quaranta, Enac Director General, stated during a meeting at Enac headquarters, that they would intervene to define airport capacity if passenger service quality is affected by increased traffic. The goal is to plan for upcoming traffic seasons and minimize service disruptions. For winter 2024/2025, no significant issues are foreseen, but Enac will check the operational capacity for summer 2025 at congested airports including Bergamo, Venice, Bologna, Naples, Catania, and Palermo. The meeting included representatives from various aviation and airport organizations.

📖 Der Spiegel's Frank Hornig, while vacationing in Noto, Sicily, criticizes Italian holidays, mentioning overcrowding in Taormina and foul water in Venice. He recalls Freud and others who complained about unresolved transport issues. The editorial urges reflection on over-tourism and high prices, pushing for sustainable management and speculation control in Italy's tourist destinations.

🏨 Starhotels, with its new global sales office for the UK and Northern Europe, aims to strengthen its international market presence. The British office will focus on commercial development in the UK and Northern Europe. The expansion includes recent representation agreements in the Middle East and India, complementing existing ones in the USA, Latin America, Russia, and CIS. Antonio Ducceschi, the chief commercial officer, and Romano Campione, who previously led Sales & Marketing for the group's London hotels, are at the forefront of this growth strategy.

🍴 Kempinski Hotels introduces luxury picnics during summer at various properties worldwide. Çýraðan Palace Kempinski Istanbul offers picnics with a Bosphorus view, while Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski St. Moritz provides a picnic experience with regional delicacies after exploring Engadina valley, optionally guided by a hotel chef. Grand Hotel Kempinski High Tatras sits by a glacial lake in Poland's Tatra National Park, perfect for family outings. Kempinski Seychelles Resort and Kempinski Palace Portorož also offer gourmet picnics with scenic views and local specialties.

📖 Automating the Italian guest registration process, "Invio Schedine Questura," reduces administrative burdens and improves accuracy and compliance with legal requirements. Specialized software reduces time spent on manual data entry by integrating with property management systems (PMS) and online travel agencies (OTA), ensuring timely, accurate guest information submission, and improving operational efficiency. Advanced solutions include biometric ID verification, data encryption, GDPR compliance, and regular updates, leading to cost savings, productivity gains, and a reliable service for guests.

🛫 Italy's passenger traffic surpassed 100 million in the first half of 2024, a milestone that edges closer to the annual record of 200 million. Assaeroporti reported a 12.3% increase to 100,397,247 passengers. Fiumicino witnessed a surge of nearly 27%, while Malpensa experienced a 10% rise. Other airports like Bergamo and Bologna also grew by 10%, Florence by 22%, and Linate by 15.6%.