Giuridico e Amministrativo

📍 In 2024, Cirium records a record number of airplane seats offered at nearly 6 billion (5.85 billion), a 6% increase from 2023 and 2% more than the 2019 record of 5.75 billion. However, the number of flights dropped by 5% to 36.4 million compared to pre-pandemic figures, with U.S. carriers dominating the top four spots—American Airlines leads, followed by Delta, United, and Southwest Airlines. Ryanair takes an unexpected fifth place. Asia has the busiest air routes, with the Seoul-Gimpo-Jeju route offering over 15 million seats annually.

✈ Air Astana shifts flights from Phu Quoc to Nha Trang starting March 30, 2025. Four weekly flights to operate from Almaty, and from March 31, three weekly flights from Astana. Nha Trang, known for beaches and diving, features attractions like Po Nagar Cham towers and Long Son Pagoda. Phu Quoc flights to resume in the fall-winter schedule.

🏠 In Pompeii, a Unesco heritage site, a major private bath complex has been discovered, capable of accommodating up to thirty people, featuring a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium, and a dressing room. The remarkably intact peristyle is a standout element of the cold room. The bath complex, located in the southern part of insula 10, indicates the owner was a significant local figure, as suggested by the decorated walls in Second and Third Styles. Director Gabriel Zuchtriegel emphasized the owner's display of status, while excavation director Anna Onesti implemented innovative techniques to preserve the architectural elements.

🏖️ Travel Experts, a travel consultancy network with roots in Belgium and a partner of Virtuoso since 2007, has over 120 experts across four countries. In its original market alone, it generated 100 million euros last year and aims to reach 250 million euros in the next five years. CEO Mickey Creyf of Bts Travel Group, mentioned Italy's untapped upscale/luxury travel market potential, alongside expansion in Portugal, Sweden, and soon Eastern Europe. The first 20 Italian travel experts will be selected diversely, aiming for agents with high-profile clients and adept travel designers. The group offers competitive selling conditions with margins between 15-20%, no network joining fees, and a possible 300 euro contribution to the company's guarantee fund.

♈ Vueling connects 12 zodiac signs with travel personalities, recommending destinations like Gran Canaria for Aries; Catania for Taurus; Barcelona, its main hub, for Gemini; San Sebastián for Cancer; Paris for Leo; Copenhagen for Virgo; Palma de Mallorca for Libra; Tangier for Scorpio; Dublin for Sagittarius; Düsseldorf for Capricorn; London for Aquarius; and Amsterdam for Pisces, aiming to match their traits with the travel experience.

📌 Starting in 2025, Italy introduces a new tax system for short-term rentals (

🇨🇺 Biden Administration to remove Cuba from the state-sponsored terror list, a decision driven by the liberation of dozens of political prisoners, as reported by Ansa. Trump had re-added Cuba to the blacklist on January 11, 2021. The current U.S. administration claims no credible evidence of Cuba supporting international terrorism, leading also to a slight easing of economic pressure on the island.

🏖️ Ministero del Turismo of Italy has extended the deadline for applications to create and upgrade tourist rest areas by an additional week. As of now, 209 applications have been submitted and 905 are in the process of being filled out. The new deadline is set for 12:00 PM on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The funding available for this initiative is nearly 33 million euros.

🏖 Argo, the tourism and hospitality sector accelerator by CDP Venture Capital and the Italian Ministry of Tourism, targets startups bringing innovation to the digital, sustainable, and high-performing aspects of the industry. The third edition invites early-stage startups with innovative solutions across various tourism categories to apply by April 30, 2025. Selected startups will receive up to €75,000 in pre-seed investment and a possible grant of €25,000 from the Ministry. Previously, Argo accelerated 17 startups, raising €3.8 million and initiating over 30 industrial collaboration projects.

📝 Martina Donini, president of Udicon, praised the legislative proposal by Minister Adolfo Urso, aiming to combat fake reviews. The draft law for Small and Medium Enterprises mandates authenticity checks, transparency, consumer responses to reviews, and actions against covert advertising and fake review sales. Donini emphasizes the need for stringent controls, effective sanctions, advanced technology, and collaboration between platforms, regulators, and consumers for a secure digital environment.