Innovazione

🏝 Ada Tour, a Pugliese operator, won a public notice by Puglia Promozione to create new tourism ideas. They developed a tour in the UNESCO-listed Geoparco Unesco dell'Alta Murgia. Francesco Tarantini, the extraordinary commissioner of the Parco Nazionale dell'Alta Murgia, emphasizes the UNESCO recognition's role in promoting tourism. The "Geoparco dell'Alta Murgia Tour: between nature, art, and taste" offers various excursions combining visits, experiences, tastings, and relaxation, available for multiple days. Partnerships enhance the tour's excellence, authenticity, and community involvement, catering to experiential and sustainable tourism trends.

🚀 "TTG Innovation", a new magazine focused on innovation within the travel industry, launches on Monday. It explores market players' strategies and their adoption of new technologies. Airlines are leveraging technology for sustainable policies, while travel agencies balance novelty with maintaining a physical customer relationship. Tour operators are customizing experiential travel, airports enhance waiting experiences, and hotels are starting to utilize AI. Italian cities combat overtourism with cutting-edge tools, and travel documents transition to smartphones. The magazine is available digitally from Monday.

🏡 In early 2025, Nicolaus-Valtur Group is experiencing a strong recovery in Egypt tourism, with the trend in early sales starting from October. President Roberto Pagliara highlights the success due to offering flexible stays of 4/5 to 10/11 nights and smart packages with low-cost or scheduled flights over charter services. The group is adapting to emerging trends like padel courts and pet-friendly holidays, and investing in AI projects to improve content creation, customer service, and tech optimization. The travel industry faces challenges in content fragmentation and the need for specialized training to embrace the sixth technological wave.

💲 Concur Travel by Sap Concur offers an intuitive, automated, and sustainable solution for corporate travel with a completely revamped platform. The new ecosystem aims to enhance efficiency, compliance, and environmental sustainability. Andrea Piccinelli, head of Sap Concur Italy, emphasizes its design for radically improved travel management and its integration of ISO 14083 compliant emission calculations through a partnership with Thrust Carbon. The redesigned user experience offers clear travel expense visibility and uniform content across mobile and desktop devices, featuring detailed rate descriptions, lodging images, and interactive maps. Concur Travel also automates requests and approvals via Concur Request, ensuring policy compliance and supporting corporate ESG goals by offering sustainable travel choices through Thrust Carbon data on greenhouse gas emissions.

🏨 D-EDGE launches a unified platform serving as a One-Stop-Shop, enhancing user experience with an intuitive booking journey and increasing operational efficiency for hotel and residence teams. This digital ecosystem caters to tourists, business travelers, and students seeking tailored accommodations.

📦 Cattel, a key player in food and non-food distribution for the Horeca channel, showcased its Private Labels at the Fiera dell'Alto Adriatico in Caorle, aiming to connect with established clients and potential partners. The company, with a 25-year history tied to Caorle, Jesolo, and Venice, offered Venetian specialties prepared by chefs using products from JesolPesca, Valdora, and other lines. Cattel has 350 personnel, 136 employees, 100 sales agents, and a fleet of 40-53 trucks depending on the season, plus 12 refrigerated boats. Their main facility in Noventa di Piave spans roughly 16,000 square meters with 13,000 storage spaces. They hold UNI ISO 45001:2018, ISO 9001-2015, FSSC 22000 certifications, and are finalizing UNI/PdR 125:2022 for gender equality management.

📌 Roma, 3 February 2025 – Consortium Sagitta, launched by Almaviva and the FS Group to promote distinctive digital solutions in international transport and logistics, aims to enhance the digital infrastructure for strategic sectors in Italy. Targeting markets in Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, and India, Sagitta will focus on digital solutions like Traffic and Transport Planning & Management, Digital Twin & State Health Monitoring, and Integrated Multimodal Mobility, including MaaS and Ticketing. Francesco De Leo of FS Group is appointed President, and Smeraldo Fiorentini of Almaviva is Deputy CEO.

🍺 Fonte Margherita 1845, an Italian company dating back to 1845 with five historic mineral water brands, will feature at Beer&Food Attraction 2025, showcasing its non-alcoholic aperitifs and beverages made with natural flavors and mineral water from the Piccole Dolomiti, all in 27.5 cl glass bottles. Their non-alcoholic drink range includes Spritz Zero, Gin Tonica Zero, Bellini Zero, Limoncello Zero Spritz, and Mojito Zero. They also offer seven flavored drinks, including Cola and Chinotto, all respecting Made in Italy authenticity. Fonte Margherita's water bottles come in 80 cl, 44 cl, and 27.5 cl sizes with a fixed residue of 107 mg/l. The company focuses on health, environmental sustainability, and design, exclusively using recyclable glass and cardboard packaging. They will be at Beer&Food Attraction 2025 in Pavilion C3, Stand 009.

🎓 Nonno Nanni, a Venetian cheese production leader for over 75 years, was honored on January 30 for its innovation at the Open Innovation Day at the University of Padua. The event was organized by the Inest Consortium, comprising nine universities and research institutes in the Triveneto area, promoting advanced technologies for regional well-being and economic growth. Nonno Nanni combines ancient cheesemaking tradition with innovation, focusing on product quality and local resources, thereby affirming its excellence in the Northeast's entrepreneurship.

🍪 The Gruppo Casa Optima at Sigep 2025 showcased its novelties in a 2,000 sqm stand, offering new flavors like Dubai Chocolate and Pokémon Peach Tea by MEC3, Profumo di Toscana kit and Morettina Pepita Pistachio spread by Pernigotti Maestri Gelatieri Italiani. Giuso introduced the high-concentration Fruttea puree line, DouMix? launched Stracciamix for shakes and smoothies, and Modecor presented the patented Golden Touch for luxurious pastry decorations, featuring Master Ernst Knam. Marketing Director Matteo Sala represented the group in an interview by Fabio Russo for HorecaTv.