Innovazione

🏨 Expedia, Booking.com, and other OTAs are integrating directly with ChatGPT, transforming travel planning into chat-based interactions. OpenAI's Apps SDK allows integrated app development within ChatGPT. Features like "Instant Checkout" enable purchases directly in-chat. Current access excludes the EU, but expansion is planned. This shift emphasizes in-chat visibility over traditional web presence. While commissions remain, they're less visible. Disintermediation risks increase, as chat interfaces control data and user interactions, limiting direct hotel contact.

🍺 Il 7 ottobre 2025 a Londra, il Beverage Forum Europe ha rivelato che il 71% dei consumatori europei riduce l'alcol, con un calo del 1,8% nelle bevande alcoliche, ora a 68 miliardi di euro. Le bevande analcoliche sono cresciute del 5,1%, raggiungendo 97 miliardi di euro. Quasi un quarto dei giovani tra 25-35 anni ha smesso di acquistare alcolici. Circana consiglia ai brand di reinventarsi con sostenibilità e innovazione per restare rilevanti.

🛠 Dal 17 al 21 ottobre, REPA e Parts Town parteciperanno a HostMilano nel Padiglione 7, stand T47-T57. I visitatori esploreranno i centri logistici tramite un tour virtuale a 360° e scopriranno partnership OEM attraverso un touch screen interattivo. La rete globale di distribuzione garantirà supporto tecnico e disponibilità di pezzi ovunque. Questo evento sarà un punto d'incontro per discutere le sfide del mercato e scoprire strumenti digitali per una gestione efficiente dei ricambi.

🛏 Materassi Flair e Sweet di Perdormire Hotel sono di nuova generazione, caratterizzati da un equilibrio tra morbidezza e supporto ergonomico. Flair ha un cuore con 310 molle al mq. e 7 zone a portanza differenziata, disponibile in altezze di 30 cm (con pillow top) e 25 cm (senza). Sweet offre una struttura simile, disponibile in altezze di 26 cm e 22 cm. Entrambi sono ipoallergenici e certificati OEKO-TEX®-STANDARD 100.

🌍 Travel Friends debuts at TTG Travel Experience 2025 in Rimini, Italy, offering a fast and intuitive B2B platform for travel agencies. Managing 1,600 groups yearly, they facilitate travel for 45,000-47,000 travelers with an average group size of 30. Currently contracting 2,000 hotels, they aim for 5-6,000 by 2026. The platform offers over 1,000 international itineraries, 2.5 million accommodations, and collaborates with 200 car rental partners, integrating flights, cruises, and more.

✈️ Sekurest has partnered with Partner Solution, creators of SferaNET, to streamline financial and operational management for Italian travel agencies and tour operators. The collaboration integrates Sekurest's payment ecosystem into SferaNET, providing a unified interface for travel processes, collections, and payments. Carlo Schiavon, co-founder and CEO of Sekurest, highlights this as a pivotal move to offer simple, secure, and scalable solutions for organized tourism challenges.

☕ From October 17-21, Caffè Toraldo showcases at Host Milano, Rho Fiera, featuring an interactive stand. Specialty coffee highlights include the new Roast Master line, with a 250g Espresso Blend from Ethiopia, Brazil, and Guatemala. Masterclasses by Gianni Cocco occur on October 17 and 19, exploring coffee and cacao. New domestic solutions debut: "La Cremosa" machine in three colors, and "Dolce e Cremosa" blend in various formats. Visit their stand at Pavilion 12, Stand A04-A08, C03-C07.

🏨 Smartness, an Italian startup, showcases "The Hospitality Time Machine" at TTG, highlighting hospitality's evolution. CEO Luca Rodella notes the shift from traditional methods like spreadsheets to AI-driven strategies. Only 1.3% of European accommodations use AI or machine learning, per Eurostat. The immersive installation urges hoteliers to recognize industry changes and embrace AI for pricing and management. The TTG theme, "Awake to a New Era," aligns with Smartness's goal of guiding the hospitality sector into a tech-forward future.

🛩 Ryanair, October 2025, Milan: CEO Eddie Wilson dismisses EU intermodal transport vision, emphasizing cost over sustainability. Ryanair prioritizes fleet renewal, rated A in the CDP Climate Change Program, over transport partnerships. Plans in Italy include a $4 billion investment for 40 new aircraft and expanding the network to 250 routes, aiming for 20 million additional passengers, contingent on the abolition of municipal taxes at operational airports.

📅 InOut Rimini 2025 features Fas Italia presenting innovative hospitality solutions at Hall D1 Stand 005. Highlights include a professional Waffle Station kit for breakfast buffets and modular magnetic dispensers for flexibility. Hotel room accessories debut in eco-friendly bioplastic, emphasizing sustainability. A new 140+ page catalog offers diverse furnishing ideas for modernizing hotel rooms. These advancements aim to enhance guest experiences and streamline operations for hoteliers.