Giuridico e Amministrativo

🏆 Smartbox launched new packages for couples and families for Carnival, offering over 14,000 experiences, including city and rural stays, dinners, wellness, and sporty activities. The 'Magiche emozioni per due' targets couples, while '2 giorni in famiglia' caters to 2 adults and 1-2 children with a night's stay and breakfast in 3 or 4-star agritourisms and hotels, focusing on Italian cities and European destinations like Granada and Nantes.

🚠 On February 10, at the BIT convention titled "Tourist Buses and Limited Traffic Zones: A Possible Coexistence (?)", a report revealed the increasing complexity and costliness of regulations for tourist buses in both large and small cities. These restrictions have hindered the development of collective road tourism, especially in cities like Rome, Florence, and Venice, where bus tourists paying triple compared to other transport modes due to a uniform accommodation tax. Federturismo Confindustria President, Marina Lalli, emphasized the need for a new approach to promote and regulate bus access to urban centers. A decree from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport to standardize and cap ZTL (Limited Traffic Zone) tariffs and a single portal for ZTL rules and rates across Italian cities were suggested as solutions.

✈️ Ryanair, aiming to reduce airport management costs, will require passengers to use digital boarding passes from May, disallowing physical check-in desk printing, previously available for a 23-euro fee. Hand luggage exceeding 40x20x25 cm will incur up to a 70-euro fine. Missing a flight results in a 120-euro penalty, avoidable by arriving at least 40 minutes before departure. Priority Boarding remains available for an additional carry-on or paid luggage check-in.

🗻 At Catania airport, flight operations partially resumed after Etna's eruption disruptions. The crisis unit closed airspace sector B11 until 15:00, reopening previously closed airspaces. Passengers must verify flight status with airlines before heading to the airport. Within the last 24 hours, 32 flights were diverted and airport sector C1 reopened on Sunday, February 16. Airlines including Lufthansa and easyJet cancelled various national and international flights.

🚌 FS Italiane Group has been working on the Riyadh metro project since 2018, in partnership with Ansaldo STS and Alstom within the Flow Consortium. The Group secured operation and maintenance services for metro lines 3, 4, 5, and 6 for a 12-year period. This is part of Saudi Arabia's wider shift towards sustainable mobility, including infrastructure enhancement and public transport services. With this goal, FS Italiane established Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Saudi Arabia for land transport in Riyadh in 2019 to manage the project and identify further development opportunities.

🏖️ "Romagna autentica" is a territorial marketing project presented by Chiara Astolfi from Visit Romagna, encompassing public and private sector efforts to enhance the regional hinterland. It features a content and ideas lab for eight valleys and 25 municipalities. The brand, supported by Gal L’Altra Romagna's investment in the Psr program, offers events, experiences, and itineraries for different types of tourism on a unique platform with 50 experiences, about 30 routes, and year-round events.

🏖️ Svezia lancia progetto per registrare il proprio nome come marchio a fini commerciali, particolarmente nel turismo e gastronomia, per controllare i diritti e ridurre confusione tra turisti. Progetto scontrarsi con Reg. (UE) n. 2017/1001, limitando registrazione nomi geografici e potrebbe violare libera circolazione servizi in UE. Proposta alternativa: marchio collettivo per equilibrare identità culturale e commercio. Modello potenzialmente influente per l'Italia, dato l’aumento di viaggi esperienziali basati su patrimonio culturale.

📍 In 2024, Caboverdetime achieved a turnover of €6 million, marking a successful year not seen since the closure of the Crioula resort in 2017. For 2025, Caboverdetime plans to strengthen its offerings with Sal as the primary destination and more available flight seats. Flights from Bergamo to Sal operate every Saturday in collaboration with Cabo Verde Airlines. New educational events for travel agencies are set for the upcoming autumn. Pietro Dusi, the sales manager, stresses their importance for product knowledge and sales. Porto Antigo Residence by Caboverdetime, launched in November 2024, was particularly successful during Christmas and New Year's, favored by families for its spacious apartments catering to holiday stays, confirming the market's interest in flexible, quality accommodations.

🏖 In Denmark, Italian tourists accounted for 482,804 overnight stays in 2024, a 17.6% growth from the previous year. Spring months (April and May) saw increases of 33% and 34%, October and November up by 24% and 34%. Denmark's appeal includes its history, culture, design, architecture, and increasingly, its gastronomy—with 31 Michelin-starred restaurants totaling 44 stars. Outdoor activities and sports are key to VisitDenmark's promotional strategies. Copenhagen remains the top destination, followed by South Zealand & Møn, Funen, Aarhus, North Jutland, Billund area, and the Eastern coastal region.

🚢 Grandi Navi Veloci's 2025 dubbed as "year of relaunch" with a €600 million investment for four new ships—two GNL-powered. Gnv Polaris with 250 cabins begins Genova-Palermo route in June, followed by Gnv Orion, Gnv Virgo, and Gnv Aurora in 2026, each with 450 cabins and a large garage for 230 trucks. Sardegna remains a top destination with 2,000 cabin offerings daily. Challenges include EU's ETS taxation affecting ticket costs and LNG supply difficulties in Italian ports.