Innovazione

🍹 Scotsman Ice, a global leader in ice machine manufacturing, partners with Bruno Vanzan Academy to enhance professional bartending with high-quality ice technology and creative education, aiming for a sector benchmark in Italy and Europe. The collaboration focuses on the Gourmet 20g ice cube, preferred for mixology due to its transparency and dilution perfection. Simone Buratti, Scotsman Ice's Marketing Manager, emphasizes the shared passion for quality and innovation, with plans to support bartenders throughout Italy and Europe through training and excellent tools. The partnership's primary goal is to provide high-quality ice production technology and specialized education to promote creativity, precision, and innovation in professional bartending.

🍭 Fratelli Pagani, with over 110 years in the food industry, specializes in Clean Label products, including the AROMA SMK NAT 44011—a natural flavor enhancing smoky notes in meat, vegan, and vegetarian products. Their Healthy line meets modern consumer demands for allergen-free options. The X-Flavour Lab enables continual innovation in flavor development, offering encapsulated natural aromas resistant to oxidative processes, thermal treatments, and free from smoke flavorings, optimizing production while reducing health contaminants.

🍝 Foodness, azienda di prodotti 'free from', lancia la nuova linea "Tutti Buoni" per baristi e professionisti della ristorazione. I piatti pronti si conservano a temperatura ambiente con 12 mesi di shelf life, sono preparabili in 2 minuti di microonde e utilizzano tecnologia brevettata per sterilizzazione senza precottura. La gamma include varietà come lasagne, riso e pollo, tutti senza glutine (tranne Farro con Verdure), senza conservanti aggiunti, adatti anche per vegani.

🍷 Cavit, in Trentino, coordinates over 5,250 vintners in 11 wine cooperatives for the vendemmia (grape harvest) starting in September. Vendemmia 2024 faces challenges such as climate change and consumption trends. Trentino's vineyards average 1.2 hectares each, making artisanal skill crucial. Harvesting is done entirely by hand, respecting grape maturation times. Cavit harmonizes tradition with technology using the digital platform PICA, implemented in 2010, for vineyard management, proving vital in the unstable climate of 2024. Vintner expertise, manual practices, and technical support ensure quality grape harvest and sustainable, high-quality wine production.

☕ Gise Caffè has partnered with the historic chocolate brand Baratti&Milano, founded in the mid-1800s, offering artisanal chocolates like cremini, gianduiotti, nocciolatini, dark and extra dark variants. The collaboration highlights the importance of quality and well-being in coffee rituals, with Gise Caffè's capsules being compatible with their Gise Technology system and available through their new online shop. Danish School of Public Health studies suggest moderate caffeine consumption may benefit heart health, especially when paired with dark chocolate.

✈ Air France rebrands its Premium Economy to "Premium" for a more exclusive offering. Majority of the fleet will feature new, wider reclining seats by end 2025. The upgrade comes 15 years after the class was first introduced, enhancing service including dining. The expanded Premium seat will be available on selected Boeing 777 and Airbus A350, covering around 80% of the fleet by end of 2025, offering 94-97 cm legroom and an adjustable footrest.

🍸 On World Dream Day, September 25, Sanpellegrino unveiled "Sweet Harmony," a non-alcoholic cocktail crafted by bartender Eleonora Romolini of Florence's Gunè Cocktail Bar. Created in 2012 by Ozioma Egwuonwu, the day highlights dreams as inspiration for personal and professional aspirations. "Sweet Harmony" combines Sanpellegrino Tonic with violet tea, saffron, apple, and biscuit, symbolizing the pursuit of dreams with its vivid purple color and dreamlike essence. Ingredients include Tanqueray 0%, honey mix with apple and saffron, and fiordaliso petal garnish.

🎢 Scarlet Lady, the first cruise ship in the Virgin Voyages fleet, will undergo a full restyling in mid-November. The renovation includes new suites, revamped dining with Lucky Lotus by Razzle Dazzle, and 24 ocean-view Seriously Suites. Grounds Club Too will become a contemporary space with a bar and lounge, and deck 16 will feature new VIP Cabanas. Upgrades also cover the spa and casino. Post-refit, a 16-night transatlantic voyage from Rome to Miami with stops at Barcelona, Malaga, Madera, and Tenerife is planned for the winter season.

💰 Glamour and Travel Ledger partnership enables rapid, efficient financial process automation, offering new booking services at the upcoming TTG Travel Experience. Over 1000 Italian agencies will benefit from reduced banking costs, enhanced transparency, and direct money control through TL Pay account, without additional charges.

🍗 Fileni, a leading poultry sector company, launched the new "Fileni 50% & 50%" line consisting of burgers and meatballs with an even mix of chicken and turkey meat proteins with plant proteins. The products, aimed at consumers seeking a balanced diet, come in two formats: a 2x100 gram burger pack and a 240 gram, 12-piece meatball pack. The packaging is 50% made from recycled plastic, showcasing the half-and-half meat and plant composition. Fileni, founded in 1965, is based in Cingoli, Macerata, and in 2022 reported a turnover of 635 million euros.