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📊 Melanie Saliger, previously a Portfolio Revenue Manager, has been promoted within HotelPartner Revenue Management to oversee strategic product development after nearly nine years with the company. HotelPartner, with headquarters in Switzerland and offices in Austria, Germany, and the UK, manages over 500 hotels in Europe. Saliger aims to enhance HotelPartner's offerings with a focus on intuitive, efficient features, and AI-based algorithms to adapt to market changes and improve hoteliers' revenues. The company emphasizes internal employee advancement and is currently innovating new products, particularly in AI, to support the hotel industry’s growth.

🏘 Volonline, led by Luigi Deli, to attend TTG Travel Experience at booth A3 stand 537, recorded a 40% growth in summer 2023 compared to the previous year. The company increased its workforce by 15%, with Angelo Cangemi focusing on tailor-made trips to African destinations including Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Botswana. New additions to the Indian Ocean team are Gabriella Salimbeni and Michele Brattini, while Massimo Pelloni joins the group office in Rome. Simona Zarri enhances the commercial team, covering Emilia-Romagna and Marche.

🛫 Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr criticizes Boeing for delays in delivering 41 new aircraft (777X and 787), which should have already been operational. These delays are affecting the financial performance of Lufthansa, referred to as the "problem child" of the group. Spohr aims to turn around the airline by 2026 for its centenary.

🏠 Robin Czullay, an employee at HotelPartner, is celebrating 10 years with the company since joining in November 2014. Initially working in the Bern office, Robin focused on the Swiss portfolio, advanced to Senior and then Chief positions, and managed the Austrian market and UK business until 2022. He values continuous improvement, team spirit, and emphasizes a culture of learning and trust within the organization. Robin has contributed to key projects like the Look & Feel Task Force, impacting tools such as the dashboard and booking analysis. He dreams of opening a New York office and wishes to travel with his wife to exquisite hotels in the company's portfolio.

🛑 Fiavet Lazio, CNA Turismo Lazio, and Assoviaggi Lazio protest against a 300% fare hike for tourist buses in Rome ahead of the 2025 Jubilee Year. The associations criticize the timing and the measure itself, expressing anger and dismay just over two months before the event. The increase is seen as a financial burden on companies and tourists with an ordinance issued without proper consultation. They request an immediate meeting with Mayor Gualtieri and officials Patanè and Onorato.

🛥 Gnv's fleet renewal in 2025 will see the addition of four new ships, including Polaris, Orion, Virgo, and a secret fourth. Gnv Polaris, featuring 250 cabins and 300 seats, will be delivered on October 14, with a naming ceremony in China on October 24. The ship will arrive in Europe between November and December, then proceed to Italy for local market adaptation. CEO Matteo Catani highlights the network's reinforcement, focusing on Sicily, Sardinia, Albania, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, the Balearic Islands, and Malta for freight—aiming to enhance summer services, particularly to Sicily, and subsequently improving overall network capacity.

🚀 Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi announces the postponement of the project to create a Saudi Arabian subsidiary, which was planned to have up to 50 aircraft. Despite this, Wizz Air will launch flights from both Milan and London Gatwick to Jeddah with the A321xlr, expanding routes from Europe to a rapidly growing tourist destination. This decision comes after the airline's focus on the Middle East, but Jeddah will remain only as a destination, not a base like Wizz Air UK, Malta, and Abu Dhabi.

🏡 At Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan, the inaugural Best Luxury Hotel Awards concluded with Borgo dei Conti winning Best New Opening, Helvetia & Bristol Firenze for Best Design, I Tenerumi Therasia Resort Sea & Spa awarded Best Restaurant, Portrait Milano for Best Breakfast, Il Bar at Aman Venice for Best Bar, and Vincenzo Falcone of Bulgari Roma as Best General Manager. Other winners included San Pietro Positano for Best Service, Adler Spa Resort for Best Wellness & Spa, La Perla Corvaia for Best Sustainability Program, and Grand Hotel Victoria for Best Innovation Technology. Special career awards were given to Paolo Lorenzoni and Giuseppe Rossi, with Mario Mancini receiving a special prize. Borgo Egnazia, the G7 2024 venue, was also recognized for its exceptional contribution to Italian hospitality.

📅 Cathay Pacific expands its European management: Adrien Ng appointed as Regional Director for Southern Europe, based in Paris, overseeing operations in France, Italy, Spain. Brian Tsoi becomes Regional General Manager for Europe, based in Frankfurt, after serving as Regional Director for Northern Europe. ????

🏩 CartOrange, a tour operator, announced a managerial team addition and new significant partnerships during their Trieste convention, which concluded on September 21. Mariagrazia Verna, with over two decades of experience, joined as the commercial manager. Collaborations with The Residence by Cenizaro, Barbados, RateHawk, and Turkish Airlines were renewed, offering exclusive rates and benefits at The Residence Maldives Falhumaafushi. The event involved 200 travel consultants and highlighted strategic goals and technological platform development.