Iniziativa eco-responsabile e CSR

🚢 Costa Smeralda, a cruise ship, completed its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) refueling in Dubai's port on a recent Saturday, marking the port's first LNG operation for a cruise ship. This was facilitated by logistics provider Monjasa and Dubai's Port Authority. The tanker 'Green Zeebrugge' supplied approximately 3,000 cubic meters of LNG, enough for at least two and a half weeks. LNG reduces direct CO2 emissions by up to 20%. Costa Smeralda visited Dubai on December 21, will spend the winter until February 2025 in the UAE, and on March 1, 2025, will embark on a 37-day return cruise to the Mediterranean, arriving in Genoa on April 7, 2025.

🌍 In Bolivia, the '200 años, 200 destinos' program launches, backed by nearly €28 million, as part of the Bicentennial. The country aims to certify 200 tourist sites and promote the 'Bolivia te espera' campaign. Despite a decrease in international arrivals to 1.96 million in 2024 from 2.19 million in 2023, Italy, the 5th largest European market, sees over 9,000 visitors, exceeding 2023's 8,700. The 'La Cordillera Experience' and Siarb collaborate on an archaeological project around Juan Miserendino's site.

🏕 Iberostar Hotel & Resorts launches two new properties in Miami: Iberostar Waves Berkeley Shore and Iberostar Waves Miami Beach, focusing on energy efficiency and sustainable practices. The Iberostar Waves Berkeley Shore features 96 rooms within a 1940s Art Déco building, a heated pool, and a specialty restaurant. The Iberostar Waves Miami Beach, recently added, offers 82 rooms, a meeting room, and proximity to the Miami Convention Center. These openings mark Iberostar's US return and its sustainable vision, complementing the JOIA Aruba by Iberostar launched in December and two hotels set to open in April 2025 in Tunisia and Mallorca.

🏨 TRGH-The Royal Garden Hotel, situated just outside Milan, is undergoing a significant restyling set for completion in 2026, the year of the Milan-Cortina Olympics. The hotel, designed to cater to business travelers, boasts 150 rooms, a congress center with six meeting rooms, the Blue Crab Restaurant, The Captain’s Bar, a gym, and an urban pool. The restyling effort, led by Nick Maltese Studio, focuses on ecosustainability, including the installation of a photovoltaic park. The congress center seats approximately 650 people, featuring a large meeting room with 340 seats and a 6x3 meter LED wall. The design by Maltese and Pagetti emphasizes geometric patterns, using materials like metal, stone, terracotta, and includes romantic wallpapers from Texturae and lighting from DWC èditions.

🏡 Caracciolo Hospitality Group, established in Naples and Campania in 2022 by Neapolitan entrepreneurs, achieved a rapid success, closing 2024 with an 80% average occupancy of its two Neapolitan properties and a turnover between €17.5 to €18 million. The group is involved in local initiatives, such as collaborating with Dedalus for women in distress, Bella Piazza for public space maintenance, and Migrantour promoting cultural tours. Transitioning Palazzo Caracciolo from Accor to Hilton affiliation, the de Bonart Naples Curio Collection showcases 150 artworks by 50 Campanian artists. Concerns about overtourism and gentrification in Naples echo the challenges faced by Venice.

🏆 Global travel post-Covid sees a shift as only 35% of consumers prioritize travel and are willing to increase budgets. Winter 2025 forecasts suggest a mere 1% growth in leisure travel spending and 3% in business travel. Economic choices (42%), shorter trips (33%), and high inflation (31%) impact budgets. U.S. travelers lead in close-to-home destinations at 37%, followed by UAE (28%) and UK (27%), with Italians at 20%. Last-minute bookings surge by 10%, apartment demand up by 3%, while hotel demand drops by 3%. Group travel is expected to rise by 4%, driven by business travel. With 50% concerned about overtourism and 20% cancelling trips to crowded places, sustainability is important, with 40% willing to pay 30% more for eco-friendly travel options, with Americans most willing, then Brits and Germans.

🏡 St. Mauritius Hotel, an iconic establishment since the 1970s in Forte dei Marmi, Italy, began a repositioning journey in 2013 to blend authenticity with sophisticated comfort. The hotel now features a Natural SPA, a gourmet restaurant Sciabola with a starred chef, and suites with Alpine views. Achieving energy requalification class B, it incorporates advanced technology from Serenissima Informatica, utilizing protel Cloud PMS, Business Intelligence Microsoft for real-time data analysis, and Hotel Back Office for financial management. Lorenzo Pippucci is the CEO, and Salvatore Bosco is the Sales Area Manager at Serenissima Informatica.

🌎 Ita Airways joined the UN Global Compact, endorsing sustainable and socially responsible policies. The initiative aligns with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), requiring voluntary commitment to ten universal principles including human rights, labor standards, environmental conservation, and anti-corruption. Ita Airways, under General Manager Andrea Benassi, commits to integrating sustainability into its business strategy, reporting annual progress towards these universally recognized principles.

🏖️ In Campania, Luana Di Tuoro and Costanzo Iaccarino from Ente bilaterale turismo Campania awarded 48 one-time educational bonuses to children of tourism industry employees. For 2024, 95 scholarships are available: 50 bonuses of €500 for high school graduates, 20 bonuses of €750 for tourism school graduates, 20 bonuses of €1,000 for university graduates (between Nov 1, 2023 - Oct 31, 2024), and 5 bonuses of €1,500 for tourism-related university graduates (between the same dates). Felice Casucci highlights the initiative's support for employee's children and economic significance for the region.

🌱 Clorofil, the carbon footprint calculator created by the French group majorian for hoteliers and restaurateurs, registers over 588 properties in France and Italy within nearly two years of its launch, with 30% subscribing. CEO Carole Pourchet highlights the tool's importance due to hospitality's 16% contribution to tourism's GHG emissions. 34% of the adopters have validated their CO2e emissions using Bilan Carbone® by the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME), identifying customer mobility (80%), energy management, and waste as major emission sources. The hospitality sector aims for a 4% reduction goal, slightly below the recommended 5% for Paris Agreement alignment. Parco San Marco Lifestyle Beach Resort aims to cut CO2 emissions by 25% by 2025 and has taken actions like monitoring paper use and promoting electric mobility.