Giuridico e Amministrativo

🏛 ANGT expressed concerns about the guide qualification exam that closed on February 27 with 27,000 applicants. They fear less specialized preparation, only requiring a high school diploma rather than a bachelor's degree and a B2 level of English. The worry is that it will devalue the profession, produce underqualified guides, and flood the market, potentially leading to underpaid work through online platforms.

🍰 Pasticceria Maresi in Brescia celebrates Festa della Donna with two exclusive desserts: the traditional Torta Mimosa, symbolizing the event's delicacy, featuring soft sponge cake, velvety diplomatic cream, and golden mimosa-like decorations; and the Moderna, an innovative choice blending biscuit softness, vanilla bavaroise creaminess, and exotic pineapple touches. These limited-edition specialties are available at Pasticceria Maresi, located at via Orzinuovi 42c, Brescia.

📚 Gabriele Milani, director of Fto, announces 2025 training program for travel agencies featuring practical application. FTO Lab introduces one-to-one, personalized, interactive sessions focusing on digital tools like Canva and ChatGPT, and English language courses. FTO Tips offers 30-minute webinars on tourism taxation and legality led by fiscal consultant Claudio Fulin and legal consultant Camilla Monese. Additionally, mandatory safety courses are introduced to comply with workplace regulations, covering emergency management, first aid, and risk prevention. The calendar is set for March, April, and May 2025, with plans for expansion.

????️ In Puglia, over 40,000 food establishments serve thousands daily. Coldiretti Puglia emphasizes the need for ingredient origin transparency as family spending on dining out increased by 10.9% compared to pre-Covid times, with a positive outlook for 2025. Forecasts suggest a further +3% in food spending and +1.6% in visits, impacting the food sector significantly. The region's network includes 20,207 restaurants, 8,005 bars, 11,993 mobile dining establishments, and 194 meal supply services. Supported by 100,000 agricultural firms and 5,000 food processing businesses, Puglia is fighting "fake in Italy" syndrome, with Coldiretti mobilizing to collect a million signatures for a European law to ensure authenticity and protect Made in Italy, in a region with 60 DOP and IGP certified agri-food products and a market worth nearly €680 million. Puglia leads Italy with 311,000 hectares of organic farming.

🛡 Carabinieri del Nas in Cagliari uncovered an illegal restaurant operation inside a butcher shop in Pula, Sardinia. Inspection revealed 13 patrons dining inside and outside, with the eatery unlawfully transformed from a retail meat shop. Promoted on social media without necessary permits, the Nas seized the illicitly used area and equipment, notifying administrative and health authorities to ensure food safety and hygiene regulations adherence.

🚢 The TAR Campania's ruling (n. 1354/2025) favored a group of charter companies and Confindustria Nautica, represented by lawyers Enrico Soprano and Federica Esposito, against the Consortium managing the Punta Campanella Marine Protected Area, overturning onerous conditions in the supplemental regulations. The contested measures included authorization penalties, secretarial fees, and mandatory AIS system installation. This case highlights the significant role of the Campania region, as Naples and Salerno provinces form the leading national charter employment hub. Confindustria Nautica, with its 9 sector assemblies, continues to seek reforms in recreational boating regulations.

🍷 Team’s Macoratti, a family-run wine agency in Rome and its province since 1985, celebrates 40 years in 2025. The company, founded by Tito Macoratti and now managed by his children Ilaria and Alessio, serves over 1,600 active clients and represents more than 60 wine estates globally. To commemorate the milestone, eight luncheons for professionals and press were organized, starting February 25, at Pipero, featuring Chef Ciro Scamardella's dishes paired with Team’s wines and including products like Olivastro Quattrociocchi oil and Rustichella D’Abruzzo pasta.

✈ Aiav, Assoviaggi Confesercenti, Fiavet Confcommercio, and Maavi have reported Air France and Klm to the Italian Competition Authority for unfair practices, as they prevent travel agencies from purchasing air tickets with corporate credit cards on behalf of clients. These airlines allow purchases only with certain 'preferred' credit cards, creating an uneven playing field and penalizing both intermediaries and consumers. Additionally, the associations contest a penalty imposed by the airlines for alleged violations of IATA Resolution 890, amounting to 5% of the ticket price, which is 50 times greater than the 0.01% commission given to the agencies. The associations demand an immediate intervention and call for the support of consumer associations and the ABI.

💰 Starting January 1, 2025, short-term rental hosts in Italy must register their properties with a National Identification Code (CIN). Urban rentals like those in Rome, Florence, and Venice are capped at 120 days per year, while rural areas have no limit. Non-compliant properties face penalties ranging from €500 to €5,000, and tax changes include higher IMU rates and potential tourist tax increases. Hosts must also ensure property safety, comply with urban regulations, and use tools like Chekin for guest registration and tax management.

🏖️ The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism launches the Bahamas Travel Agents Rewards Programme, in partnership with My Booking Rewards. The initiative targets Italian travel agents, offering incentives from 20 to 150 euros based on bookings at over 115 participating properties across Nassau, Paradise Island, Grand Bahama Island, and the Out Islands. The program aims to foster closer ties with Italian tourism professionals and coincides with daily flights from London via British Airways and regular connections from major cities through the US and Canada.