Innovazione

📍 Going4You, a b2b platform, enhances its 'tailor made' section for direct contracts with hotels and improves dynamic packaging with Xml provider integration. MSC cruises and MSC Book functionalities are now available to all contracted travel agencies, streamlining the Going4Cruise product line. Going2Maldives and Going2Sharm offer travel solutions combining regular, low-cost, and chartered flights with selected hotels and transfers. More enrichments are planned for these sections, with Mauritius and Seychelles up next to complete the Indian Ocean area.

✈ Japan Airlines announced a deal with Airbus for 20 Airbus A350-900s and 11 Airbus A321neos. A350-900s, joining the fleet in March 2024, will serve domestic routes and from 2027 international routes to support network expansion. A321neos will debut in Jal and replace Boeing 767s on domestic flights from 2028. Aim: improving passenger experience and sustainability with a goal of zero emissions by 2050.

✈ Travelport and Finnair strengthened their partnership with a multi-source content agreement including both New Distribution Capability (NDC) and traditional content. Customers of Travelport agencies now have access to Finnair's multi-source content, including ancillary services. The collaboration aims to enhance Finnair's NDC program and promote adoption among agencies, utilizing the Travelport+ platform. Finnair's VP of Global Sales, Jenni Suomela, and Travelport's Global Head of Air Partners, Damian Hickey, emphasize providing value and better experiences for travelers.

📈 In June 2025, a 12-day transatlantic journey with a private Pan Am jet will be available for $59,950 per person, flying from New York with stops in Bermuda, Lisbon, Marseille, London, and Foynes. The U.S. trade balance in tourism shifted from a surplus of $1.4 billion in 1999 to a deficit of $27.3 billion in the previous year, a 66% increase from 2022. The luxury yacht market is projected to grow from $7.67 billion in 2023 to $17.33 billion by 2032. Meanwhile, Disneyland workers in Anaheim, California, may strike, aiming to raise the minimum wage from the current $19.90 per hour.

💪 Mario Furlan, life coach and founder of “City Angels,” developed the self-defense approach called Wilding, which will be showcased in a free three-hour course on Saturday, September 7, from 10 am to 1 pm at the Hyatt Centric Milan Centrale's Organics Sky Garden. Centrale District and the Comitato di Zona 2 offer the course, focusing on mental and physical exercises to awaken participants' instincts and hidden abilities. The event concludes with a networking aperitif, and registration is available through an online link, with free access subject to space availability. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

📖 Pronto Estate guide highlights Calabria's Costa degli Dei and Costa Viola. "Pronto Estate Costa degli Dei" maintains 120 pages in 5 languages, while "Pronto Estate Costa Viola," after its 2022 debut, keeps to 80 pages in 3 languages. Both editions feature main sections like updated maps, top 10 must-dos, excursions, beaches, and life-changing experiences. Pronto Estate also has a corresponding web portal.

🏨 LVG Hotel Consulting, created from the merger of LVG Group and Diamonds Consulting, offers advanced business intelligence solutions to the hotel industry. Now serving over 130 hotels and managing 30,000 room nights annually, they generate revenues exceeding 105 million euros. President Claudio Lavagna emphasizes the need for high competence and innovation in hospitality. Their services include AI-based proprietary software for performance areas such as revenue management and digitalized training.

🛫 Lilium N.V., SEA Milan Airports, and Skyports signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a vertiport network for electric aircraft in Lombardy and Northern Italy. Lombardy, with a fifth of Italy's population and over 37 million visitors annually, aims to enhance mobility with faster, low-emission travel. The parties target to launch the vertiport network operated with Lilium Jet by 2027, starting with a route connecting Milano Malpensa Airport to central Milan. A joint venture company will be formed to manage the development and operation of these vertiports.

🏃 Javier Alvarez, IT Director at Vueling, a Spanish airline, reveals the upcoming launch of an AI generative copilot to assist flight crews. This tool will optimize processes, enhance customer experience, and augment staff capabilities, rapidly providing answers from extensive operational manuals. Vueling also utilizes traditional AI for predictive maintenance and price optimization for flights.

✈️ Boeing predicts that by 2048, airlines will require nearly 44,000 new airplanes, marking a 3% increase in the next 20 years due to post-Covid air transport recovery, emerging markets, and rising global demand for single-aisle aircraft. Announced at the Farnborough International Airshow, Boeing's Commercial Market Outlook forecasts an average passenger air traffic growth of 4.7% annually over the next two decades. The global commercial fleet is expected to grow by 3.2% annually. South Asia’s passenger traffic will rise by 7.4%, Southeast Asia by 7.2%, and Africa by 6.4%. Eurasia leads in projected plane deliveries with 22%, followed by North America and China at 20% each. Single-aisle planes will constitute 71% of the 2043 fleet after 33,380 new deliveries, while the global widebody fleet will more than double, representing 44% of the Middle East's fleet.