Innovazione

🍏 Acqua Sant’Anna, a leader in the mineral water market, will showcase at TUTTOFOOD 2025, with their new SanFruit line featuring 25-30% fruit juice, no added sugars, and sweeteners. The beverages will come in a 0.33 lt resealable bottle, available in Orange Carrot Lemon, Red Fruits, and Fruit Mix flavors. They will also launch a new range of glass, aluminum, and tetrapak formats post the acquisition of French brand Eau Neuve, aligning with their no channel strategy for multi-channel distribution. The new range includes natural and sparkling water in 0.75lt glass bottles, 0.33lt aluminum cans, 0.5lt and 0.33lt tetrapaks, and resealable alubottles in 0.33lt, 0.5lt, and 0.75lt sizes.

💻 YouGov launched SimIT Web, an advanced consumer behavior analytics platform for category managers. It leverages YouGov Shopper's proprietary data, covering over 21 million purchasing behaviors across 16 European markets and more than 100 performance indicators. The tool provides strategic insights 24/7 through an online platform, featuring detailed sociodemographic segmentations and data visualization capabilities. Additionally, SimIT Web will soon incorporate an AI-powered chatbot for in-app support. The technology is based on Circana's Liquid Data® platform.

🍳 In Umbria, Piemonte, and Molise, Italy, restaurateurs have adopted RATIONAL's cooking systems to improve lunch breaks. At Valle del Menotre in Foligno, over 150 meals are prepared daily with iCombi Pro and iVario Pro enhancing efficiency. In Ferrere, L'Arangiuma benefits from the same technology, while in Termoli, Ke Food utilizes three iCombi Pros and an iVario Pro to serve industrial area workers. These systems optimize time, reduce costs, and minimize waste, ensuring quality and freshness. Horecanews.it provides daily information on the restaurant industry and related sectors.

✈ Emirates to expand its fleet with renovated A380s and Boeing 777s to over 70 cities by the end of 2025, covering nearly 50% of its global network. New A380 destinations include Bangkok, Hong Kong, Nice, and Perth. Updated Boeing 777s will fly to Madrid, Kuala Lumpur, Phuket, Frankfurt, and Dublin. On average, one wide-body aircraft is renovated every three weeks. Emirates Engineering is working on complete restyling. The first Emirates long-range A350 will debut in Australia on a new Adelaide route starting December 1. Emirates' A350-900ULR can fly over 15 hours non-stop, with a range exceeding 14,000 km. By end of 2025, five A350s will join the Emirates fleet, featuring 32 fully-reclining Business Class seats in a 1-2-1 layout, 28 Premium Economy, and 238 Economy Class seats with ample legroom.

💎 Palace Merano collaborates with Starpool to enhance wellness experiences at Italy’s first Medical Spa. Focusing on design, innovation, and scientific research, they're introducing cutting-edge technologies like dry float therapy, cryotherapy, and a new social spa. The Revital method, blending Western and traditional Chinese medicine, is enriched by Starpool’s heat, water, and rest approach. Upgrades include a women-only spa, a Recovery Lab featuring Zerobody Dry Float and Cryo, sports facilities, and personalized treatments.

🏓 Norwegian Cruise Line declares May as 'Partners First Month', focusing on collaboration with travel agencies. The campaign includes Ncl Connect launch, an AI-generated tool for creating customized websites under the agency's brand. This integrated marketing solution directs queries and bookings to the respective agency. Additionally, Ncl offers five balcony cabins for two on the Norwegian Luna's inaugural voyage in Q1 2026 to travel consultants who actively use Ncl Connect by May 31, 2025. Kevin Bubolz emphasizes the trade channel's importance for Ncl's long-term success.

🏔 The Italian Ministry of Tourism allocated €10,993,613 to boost tourism and infrastructure in Calabria's mountainous areas through the "Montagna Italia" project. Six projects were funded, focusing on sustainable tourism, digital innovation, and private-public partnerships. Minister Daniela Santanchè underlined the importance of supporting local businesses and enhancing visibility through digital innovation. Initiatives include "Montagna easy," "Next Stop: Pollino," "Sila Cor Dream," "Le Montagne del Sole," "High wellness - South Italy," and the development of the Locride mountain area.

🍬 Tic Tac®, a brand established in 1969, will launch Tic Tac TWO in April 2025, featuring a dual-layer flavor and a silky texture. The new candies are twice the size of original Tic Tacs (1.02 grams), aimed at enhancing consumer experience, and maintain the brand's signature on each piece. Developed in Ferrero's Alba facility, Tic Tac TWO comes in sugar-free Strawberry Lime and Mint Fresh Sweet flavors, packaged in a transparent 38-count format suitable for on-the-go consumption. The launch targets the Horeca sector to offer a premium experience, with a commitment to innovation and local production investment by Ferrero Group.

🛫 Omio has launched "Omio Flex," allowing travelers to cancel multi-modal trip bookings up to 15 minutes before departure for any reason. Refunds can be up to 100%, based on the selected fare. Travelers can opt for Omio Flex at payment or add it to their booking later. Veronica Diquattro, president b2c Europe of Omio, emphasizes flexibility as a core value for travelers, hence the global rollout of Omio Flex.

🥩 Singapore led the way in approving the sale of lab-grown meat, followed by the USA and Israel, with the UK also moving towards regulation. In Europe, around 40% of research funding comes from private entities, and the European Commission has not yet established common rules. Italy banned the production and sale of cultivated meat in November 2023. Israeli-Palestinian researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a team from the University of Tokyo have made significant advances in the texture and structure of lab-grown meat. Key challenges for the future include production costs, scalability, and social acceptance. 🌱