Innovazione

🏆 Google is beta-testing a digital passport feature in Google Wallet, announced by Alan Stapelberg, the project manager. This new type of digital ID will allow U.S. passport holders to upload their passport to Google Wallet and use it at enabled TSA checkpoints in airports.

📈 Casillo Group, a global leader in the processing and distribution of durum wheat and a key player in the soft wheat market, employs DocsMarshal by Cualeva to optimize business process management. Casillo Group handles 1.5 million tons of raw materials and 2.7 million tons of trading goods annually, coordinating 533 raw material suppliers and 196 trading goods suppliers across 14 national operational sites. The platform enhances daily mill production, tracks new suppliers, and monitors silos and activity quality, crucial for the company's data-centric approach. Nicola Napoletano, head of Business and Artificial Intelligence, hails DocsMarshal for its intuitive, non-invasive software, and CEO of Cualeva, Luca Cavedaghi, commits to supporting Casillo Group's growth.

🍒 Fabbri 1905 launches exclusive Cherry Liqueur and Grappuva Liqueur, inspired by Italian convivial tradition, perfect for after-dinner enjoyment and served ice-cold. These new drinks are modern takes on the company's market-leading Ciliegie al Liquore and Grappuva. Cherry Liqueur has a ruby red color, balanced palate, and 28% alcohol volume in 70 cl bottles. Grappuva Liqueur features a brilliant straw-yellow hue, a bouquet of flowers and yellow-fleshed fruit, and 23% alcohol volume, also in 70 cl bottles.

📍 In a new partnership, Gruppo Volonline and ParkinGO will offer integrated services to agencies and clients, involving Volonline brands—Volonline, Teorema Vacanze, Reisenplatz, Volonclick, and the Mrh Group travel agency network. A custom telebooking system developed by ParkinGO allows rapid, discounted parking reservations at ParkinGO facilities. This move, part of a digitization effort, aims to improve operational efficiency and user experience, as emphasized by Volonline's founder and CEO, Luigi Deli.

🌎 Tui Group expands to Latin America with a new digital platform, leveraging expertise from teams in Spain and Portugal and partnerships in Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, and Colombia. CEO Sebastian Ebel underscores Tui's experience, offerings, and technological infrastructure to provide exceptional holidays globally.

📡 United Airlines partners with Starlink to offer free onboard wifi to customers. Tests to begin early next year, with the first flights expected to have the service by the end of 2025. The plan includes equipping the entire United fleet over the coming years, providing access to online TV channels, streaming services, social media, shopping, and gaming.

🏆 Ortika, a community cooperative, won the Premio 100% Italiano for reviving the cultivation of black nettle in Cimone's mountain and producing yarn, clothing, and cosmetics, thereby preserving Fanano's textile history. The award ceremony took place on September 14 at Villa La Babina's historical park in Sasso Morelli, where Giovanni Bettini, president of CLAI, presented the prize to Ortika's founder Luisa Ciocci. Since its inception in 2016, the award had been given to various exemplary Italian ventures and resumed in 2022 with ANT and in 2023 with Conapi.

🚢 The 64th International Boat Show of Genoa features the 5th edition of the Design Innovation Award, highlighting excellence and innovation in nautical design. Maria Porro, President of Salone del Mobile.Milano, chairs the independent jury for the second consecutive year. The event spans ten categories with three Special Awards for Innovation, Career, and Talent. The award ceremony takes place on September 20 at Genoa's Palazzo della Borsa. Marina Stella, General Manager of Confindustria Nautica, emphasizes the show's role as an international showcase and incubator for the sector's latest trends and innovations.

☕ Bialetti, established in 1919, collaborates with Netflix and Shondaland to create a Bridgerton-inspired capsule collection. The collection, reflecting nearly two billion viewing hours for the show's first two seasons, features a Moka Express, new coffee blend, mugs, and a thermal bottle with a cerulean hue and gold accents. The "Royal Regency blend" coffee is 80% Arabica and 20% Robusta. Available at bialetti.com, Bialetti stores, and specialist retailers.