Innovazione

🚊 Italo and Uber extend their collaborative service to new cities, now covering stations in Torino, Napoli, Bologna, Firenze, Padova, Treviso, Verona, Vicenza, Venezia, and Trieste, after starting in Rome and Milano. Fabrizio Bona, Italo's Chief Commercial Officer, aims to facilitate complete travel solutions for passengers. The service can be pre-booked via Italo and Uber apps using Uber Reserve. Lorenzo Pireddu, General Manager of Uber Italia, is focused on simplifying mobility with innovative solutions. To promote this expansion, new Uber users at these stations get a 50% discount on initial rides, and two Italo trains feature Uber branding to celebrate the partnership.

🏨 In Italy, hospitality structures grew by 50.9% over ten years, with short-term rentals booming. In 2023, EU's non-hotel accommodation reached 25% of the market. Booking.com was named a gatekeeper by the EU in 2024 under the Digital Markets Act, and Spain fined it €413 million. In Italy, the Antitrust accepted a commitment for greater operator autonomy. Smartness, by Smartpricing, aims to reduce OTA dependency using AI, as businesses spend over 25% of budgets on marketing and revenue management. CEO Luca Rodella emphasizes transforming nominal independence into reality.

☕ Italian coffee machines market in 2023 was valued at €550 million, growing by 0.9% compared to 2022; exports accounted for over 75%, reaching €415 million (+2.5%). Globally, coffee machine market is predicted to hit nearly $19 billion by 2025 and $25 billion by 2030 (CAGR +6%). Italy, leading EU coffee roaster, produced over 556,500 tons, 25% of total EU output. Host 2025 event will be held from October 17-21, 2025, at Fiera Milano, featuring SIC in pavilions 8-12 & 16-20, and World Barista Championship returns to Milan. Smart Label – Host Innovation Award will celebrate sustainable innovation. Previous six editions saw 950 international applications and over 280 awarded products. Host 2025 to include Brambati SpA, Cimbali Group SpA, and other industry leaders.

🏠 Santika Indonesia Hotels & Resorts, operated by PT Grahawita Santika, was founded in 1981, targeting international business travelers and tourists with Indonesian hospitality across various cities. D-EDGE, a SaaS company, offers cloud-based e-commerce solutions to over 17,000 hotels in 150+ countries, backed by a team of 500 experts in 25+ countries and a global network of 550+ partners. D-EDGE, a subsidiary of Accor with 5,700 properties in 110 countries, provides holistic technological infrastructure for the hospitality industry.

🍸 Entrepreneur Vincenzo Dascanio expands his hospitality concept with the new Vincenzo Dascanio Cafe in Portofino, joining his successful bistros in Cernobbio and St. Moritz and the Terrazza Olmo restaurant on Lake Como. Executive Chef Simone Tognetti creates a menu featuring fresh raw fish and authentic sea flavors, while Executive Pastry Chef Imma Iovine offers a selection of artisanal ice creams and sorbets. For drinks, there's a local wine list and signature cocktails like Flower Fizz, Princess, Sirena di Portofino, Blood Margarita, and Pesto Champagne. The VD Cafe is set for a summer 2025 season with plans to open a new cafe in Taormina that highlights Sicilian culinary tradition.

🍪 - Pasqua 2025 introduces a savory Easter egg alternative, "CacioBUovo," featuring buffalo milk caciocavallo cheese with a hidden salami heart, reflecting modern Easter gastronomy's trend towards original savory flavors. Created by Fattorie Garofalo, the world's leading Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP producer with a fully integrated, circular, sustainable supply chain, CacioBUovo is exclusively available on Bufala.shop and Garofalo stores across major Italian cities. Inspired by early 20th-century Italian emigrants' "caciocavallo dell’emigrante," it offers an organoleptic richness and is suggested to be enjoyed fresh or melted on bruschetta.

🍷 Dibaldo Spirits introduces Sando, a modern interpretation of Vermouth Chinato, crafted by master blender Baldo Baldinini, sommelier Francesco Cioria, and Chef Max Mascia. Sando blends tradition with a contemporary spirit and is named after the affectionate nickname for the Michelin-starred San Domenico restaurant in Imola. Highlighted by the intense bitterness of South American cinchona bark, it offers a complex symphony of flavors rooted in robust Piedmontese red wine, complemented by herbal and bitter nuances of wormwood and cinchona. Sando aims to appeal to younger palates by presenting a traditional excellence with renewed language.

🍴 In 2024, Italian restaurant industry saw over €96 billion spent on dining out, a post-pandemic record. However, there was a negative balance of -19,019 between new and closed businesses, the worst in a decade. Registrations at Chambers of Commerce decreased by 1.26% to 382,680. 29,019 businesses ceased, versus 10,719 new openings. Biggest closures were in Rome (-495) and Bologna (-3%). Positive growth was noted in Palermo (+1.4%) and Naples (+0.3%). Data by Osservatorio Ristorazione, RistoratoreTop, Movimprese, and FIPE.

🚀 Egyptair, in 2024, transported over 10.2 million passengers, a 4% increase from 2023's 9.8 million. International flights accounted for 8.6 million passengers. Available seats rose by 15%, with flight hours reaching 218,798, a 10% increase from 2023. The Italian market saw a 5.1% growth, with a load factor of 74% in 2024, totaling over 264,000 passengers. Italy's Rome and Milan flights grew to 72% and 75%, respectively. Summer 2024's top destinations via Cairo were Nairobi (25%), Jakarta (23%), Guangzhou (20%), and Johannesburg (15%). Egyptair offered 30 weekly flights to Cairo from Milan and Rome, serving over 4,000 passengers each week and introduced Milan Malpensa-Luxor direct flights. They are expecting new aircraft deliveries from early 2025 through late 2026, including 10 Airbus A350-900s with Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines and 18 Boeing B737-8 Max, all operational by the end of 2026.

🏖 Danilo Curzi, CEO of Idee per Viaggiare, announced in Milan that the company is projected to close fiscal year 2025 (ending October 31) with a turnover of €122 million, up from €112 million in 2024. Starting in 1989 with a travel agency, Curzi's company has grown to 170 employees and is celebrating 30 years with events and 21 fam-trips. Idee per Viaggiare specializes in long-haul travel and is embracing digitalization, with a potential ownership transition planned around 2028-2029.