Giuridico e Amministrativo

🏖️ The Italian Ministry of Tourism (Mitur) advocates for a balanced approach to the revision of the Package Travel Directive, supporting the position of organized tourism associations. They emphasize the need to clarify Article 12, which covers withdrawal under exceptional and unforeseen circumstances, to prevent subjective interpretations. Minister Daniela Santanchè stresses the importance of legal clarity to ensure fairness in the tourism industry and protect both consumers and predominantly small and micro-enterprises in the sector.

🏖️ Boscolo targets Central and Eastern Europe in 2025 with unique itineraries beyond classic destinations, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and the Balkans. The "Romantic Road: Dreamy Germany" tour spans 8 days along the Romantische Strasse. A 4-day Swiss tour explores Bern, Montreux, and Lake Geneva, plus a 5-day exclusive online "Swiss Scenery" tour reaching Jungfraujoch at over 3,000 meters altitude. Other offerings include a 4-day journey through Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, a 7-day "Bohemia and Moravia" tour in Czechia, a 7-day comprehensive Hungarian exploration, a 12-day "Great Tour of Poland," an 11-day combined Romania and Bulgaria trip, and a special 7-day "Bulgaria: Festival of Roses" tour with a unique departure on June 5.

🛩 Rhode Island's treasury, a Boeing shareholder from January 2021 to January 2024, filed a class-action lawsuit against Boeing regarding economic losses after a January 5, 2024, incident involving Alaska Airlines. A Virginia federal judge found the action valid. Boeing paid Alaska Airlines $162 million in damages post-incident.

🏠 Barcelona City Council will revoke licenses for 10,000 short-term rentals following the Spanish Constitutional Court's approval of a Catalonia Government decree. Licenses expiring in November 2028 won't be renewed, converting these apartments back to residential use to address housing emergency and reduce uncontrolled tourism flows.

🏖️ Sabato 22 e domenica 23 marzo, le giornate Fai di primavera apriranno 750 location in 400 città d'Italia, inclusi la Torre Libeskind a Milano e Palazzo Farnese a Roma, per la 33esima edizione dell'evento.

✈ ITA Airways expands its summer 2025 offer to 59 destinations: 16 domestic, 27 international, 16 intercontinental, plus 12 seasonal Mediterranean destinations from Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate hubs. Starting March 30, over 100 connections available through codeshare with Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Air Dolomiti. New routes include Turin-Olbia active from July 26 to September 6; Milan Linate-Munich with two daily flights on weekdays, one on holidays. Long-haul, Rome-Mauritius route debuts on November 7 with two weekly flights.

📱 Global Blue enhances its Mobile Customer Care for a smoother tax-free shopping experience for international tourists. Key updates include an improved user experience, expanded language support to 12 languages including French, Arabic, and German, and better refund status monitoring. Features like 'Swipe and Go' with enhanced barcode sliders for quick transaction validation and a revamped user interface for clear refund status are introduced.

🏖️ Italian Minister Matteo Salvini is negotiating with the EU on compensation for outgoing beach concessionaires, aiming for "real compensation, not handouts." The EU expressed concerns that high compensation could deter participants in future tenders, as stated by the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW). The EU insists only assets strictly necessary for service provision be indemnifiable, excluding company value, goodwill, trademarks, and patents. All illegal structures, permanent fixtures (except those essential for service or difficult to remove), and investments in removable structures are also excluded from compensation calculations.

💻 Abta, the association of British travel agents, launches an AI tool to assist agents. In partnership with Data Driven Legal, they offer a free 30-minute helpline service covering AI risk assessment, transparency, accountability, and support on cybersecurity, employment law, mergers, acquisitions, recruitment, tax, and financing.

✈ KLM Royal Dutch Airlines increases its presence at Milan Linate with a 5th daily frequency to Amsterdam starting March 30, during the summer operational program. Celebrating the 90-year anniversary of the Milan-Amsterdam route which first flew in May 1935. The summer program introduces the new Airbus A321neo to Rome on increasing frequencies. From 10 Italian airports, KLM will operate over 5,800 flights to Amsterdam Schiphol, connecting to 161 destinations during the summer schedule.