Giuridico e Amministrativo

💳 Hospitality businesses are affected by the additional sickness contribution for hotel-associated restaurant, café, and bar employees. The Italian social security institute (Inps) introduced a new worker code "IA" meaning "Intermittent worker in public establishments owing an additional sickness contribution of 0.77%." Confusion arose, prompting Federalberghi and its General Director Alessandro Nucara to seek clarification. Inps clarified that establishments integral to and managed by hotels are exempt from the 0.77% contribution, while independent entities with separate licenses must pay. The exemption also applies to small boarding houses categorized as hospitality businesses, regardless of room numbers.

📂 Israel's Electronic Travel Authorisation (Eta) for visa-exempt countries will become effective on January 1, 2025. Initial Eta enforcement was planned for August 1, 2024, following a pilot period starting June 1, 2024. The pilot, initially for selected countries, was to expand to all visa-exempt nations from July 1, 2024. Due to airline requests for more preparation time for technological system integration, the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority extended the pilot by five months after a comprehensive review.

🌍 At Frankfurt Airport, eco-activists disrupted operations by gluing themselves to the runway at 5 AM, resulting in a NOTAM issuance, diversion of intercontinental flights, 140 cancellations, and significant delays. Environmental group Letzte Generation claims six activists cut through fences to gain access.

💸 Fiavet Confcommercio signed a national labor contract renewal affecting 25,000 travel and tourism agency employees, after extensive negotiations. The new contract, effective from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2027, includes a €200 salary increase for IV level employees over four years and excludes the one-time payment for the contractual holiday period since 2020. It introduces new professional roles and emphasizes the critical role of the technical director in combating widespread unlicensed activity. President Giuseppe Ciminnisi highlighted the satisfactory clarification of the technical director's role against unfair competition.

🚨 L'aeroporto di Basilea, terzo più grande della Svizzera, evacuato per allarme bomba e chiuso temporaneamente durante attacchi alle infrastrutture ferroviarie in Francia, coincide con le Olimpiadi di Parigi 2024. Nel 2023, l'aeroporto ha superato gli 8 milioni di passeggeri, avvicinandosi al record pre-pandemico.

📍 Collidanielarchitetto is a design studio led by architect Daniela Colli, gaining recognition in the hospitality industry, with multiple projects completed and in progress in Rome and internationally. ???? The article was published by We:ll Magazine on 2024-07-23, with an update on 2024-07-24. ???? Estimated reading time is 12 minutes.

📌 Federterme Confindustria highlights the critical need for qualified workers in the tourism sector and calls for the new Fondo Nuove Competenze regulations to address this. They urge Minister Calderoni to consider the unique challenges of tourism, such as high turnover and the rise of new professions, to ensure the 2023 criteria facilitate access for tourism companies. The forthcoming publication of the regulation aims to support businesses in overcoming the skilled labor shortage.

✈️ In the first half of 2024, Enac reported a 12% increase in air traffic compared to the same period in 2023, with over 100 million passengers. Domestic traffic rose by 5% to 33.5 million passengers, and international traffic grew by 16% to 66.6 million. Cargo volumes reached 600,557 tonnes, up by 18%, with significant growth in trade with Asia. Overall movements were 807,376, a 9% increase over 2023, and the average number of passengers per flight climbed from 114 to 124.

🏑️ In Barcelona, cruise passengers will face a substantial hike in the tourist tax for visits under 12 hours, announced by Mayor Jaume Collboni. The current tax is 7 euros per day. The increase aims to address the intensive use of public space without benefits to the city. Regional Catalan government approval is needed for the tax raise.

📌 Booking.com expressed disappointment with the Delaware District Court's decision in the USA, which ruled in favor of Ryanair in a case involving alleged 'screenscraping.' Booking.com, disagreeing with the verdict, plans to appeal. The company believes that allowing customers to compare travel prices promotes consumer choice.