Iniziativa eco-responsabile e CSR

🚢 The 65th Salone Nautico Internazionale di Genova is set for September 18-23. Exhibitor space is 85% outdoors, and last year's event featured 3,855 sea trials. President Andrea Razeto highlighted unique strengths, such as premium docks and thematic areas. The event supports professional international visitors and journalists through ICE Agenzia. With new infrastructure like 800 underground parking spaces and improved transit to Milan, the 2025 edition aims for ISO 20121 certification, emphasizing sustainability and social inclusion. The Italian nautical industry hit €8.33 billion in 2024, leading in boat exports with €4.4 billion and commanding over 50% of global superyacht orders.

🏨 BWH Hotels Italia & Malta wrapped up 2024 with €377 million in B&B revenue, a 74% average annual occupancy rate, and a 3.8% increase in Average Daily Rate (ADR) across 170 properties. The ADR rose by up to 7.8% in Rome, with other cities also showing significant growth. Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) increased by 2.7%, outperforming pre-pandemic levels by 34% for ADR and 38.5% for RevPAR. Key milestones included expansion to Malta with a 160-room hotel, the direct management of affiliated hotels via SIHO, the transformation into a Società Benefit, gender parity certification (UNI/PdR 125:2022), and 44 properties receiving ESG certifications. For 2025, bookings are already up by 10% for spring and summer, with a 3% higher ADR. The group is launching 42 renovation projects, enhancing 61 Property Management Systems, and adding 769 new rooms in destinations like Matera and Torri del Benaco.

🏔 "Fischbacher 1819 and Franco-Moroccan creative Ramdane Touhami collaborated on “The Drei Berge Collection” for the Drei Berge Hotel in Mürren, Switzerland, paying homage to the surrounding Eiger, Jungfrau, and Mönch mountains. The collection features 100% wool knitted Jungfrau curtains, pure wool Eiger fabric, and a Mönch plaid of alpaca mixed with virgin wool. The color palette includes vivid yellow and cobalt blue, aiming for an eco-conscious luxury combining tradition with modern design.

🏨 Adhara Rent offers hospitality products with a focus on quality/price ratio. Their project team values sustainability, practicality, and functionality, ensuring products are easy to install, durable, and require minimal maintenance. The rental system facilitates quick renewal of facilities, minimizing economic impact, and offering multi-year rent terms with no upfront costs and full deductibility.

🏡 Aleph Rome Hotel, part of the Curio Collection by Hilton, adopts a zero-impact heating system, eliminating methane gas boilers in favor of a CO2 emission-free heat pump system, powered by entirely renewable energy sources. The hotel's environmental efforts led to the Green Key 2024 certification. Initiatives also include water-saving measures, use of non-polluting ecological cleaning products, meticulous waste sorting, energy consumption reduction with LED lighting and structure optimization, as well as offering local, organic, and vegetarian food options. General Manager Valeria Fruscio highlights the team's commitment to sustainability and continuous environmental performance improvement.

🚿 Pedersoli Milano, with 60 years of experience, maintains high standards in hotel linen care, exemplified by Duetorrihotels. In hospitality, cleanliness and hygiene are crucial for customer satisfaction and competitiveness. Pedersoli Milano ensures high-quality linens with advanced technologies and rigorous controls, complying with UNI EN ISO 9001 and UNI EN 14065. The group manages luxury hotels in Florence, Bologna, Verona, Genoa, and Milan. General Manager Franco Vanetti emphasizes the importance of hygiene and cleanliness in customer rankings and sustainable practices in operations.

🚲 Emilia Romagna hosts the Fiera del Cicloturismo in Bologna from April 4-6 and will welcome Velo-city 2026 in Rimini after a 30-year hiatus. Bike vacations in 2024 saw over 80 million presences, a 35% annual increase valued at €5.5 billion. Cyclotourists spend €95/day, compared to the general tourist's €59.6. Sicily and Spain are sponsors of the fair, with Sicily's Sicily Divide route gaining international recognition.

❄ Domestic tourism in Italy saw 8 million people traveling in the first quarter of the year, with vacations lasting 4-5 days, 10% planning a ski week, 80% staying within Italy (primarily in Trentino Alto Adige, Val d’Aosta, and Piemonte), and 9% traveling abroad, a 4% increase from the previous year. Emilio De Risi will moderate a roundtable in Milan at the Tfp summit. B&B Hotels plans to expand from 78 to 150 hotels by 2030. London's underground WWII Blitz tunnels are set to become a new tourist attraction with a museum and entertainment area, at a cost of $149 million.

🚣 Sailwiz, a Spanish platform, has tripled its user base in 2024, as confirmed by CEO Álvaro García de Polaviej. The platform caters to Italian sailing enthusiasts, including those without boats, by enabling them to find crews to share rental costs. Sailwiz also offers individual cabin bookings to make nautical tourism more accessible and promotes sustainability through wind energy use and circular economy practices.

📋 On February 13, luxury hospitality brand Miramis, part of the Swedish group Qarlbo AB, will host a recruiting day at LA ROQQA hotel in Porto Ercole. About 50 positions are open at the Torre di Cala Piccola, Isolotto Beach Club, and LA ROQQA hotels. Miramis aims to select candidates for food & beverage and room division roles, with 70% of last season's staff reconfirmed, highlighting the commitment to local employment and talent development. Nearly 75% of employees are local, and accommodations are provided for non-local staff at the Tris Hotel. New hires will attend Ice Breaking Days for team integration and training in soft skills, health and safety, and department-specific skills. Stefano Cuoco, Miramis Italy's Managing Director, emphasizes the company's sustainable social model and its positive impact on employee retention in the luxury hospitality sector. Additionally, there are three new educational programs for leadership roles and ongoing coaching opportunities.