With its charming old towns, exquisite cuisine, unmissable cultural sites and dazzling landscapes and beaches, it is easy to see why Sicily topped The Telegraph’s recent study as Europe’s greatest island. Having whittled down 10,000 Mediterranean islands and islets to a shortlist of 50, the UK daily then crunched the…

When United Airlines was planning its second daily New York-Naples flight, who knows if it had already bet on the Napoli soccer team winning its third, historic championship after no less than 33 years when, in 1990 the legendary Diego Armando Maradona brought the trophy to Naples. Tourists arriving in…

The bosses of major airlines always complain when something gets in the way of their goals. IATA speaks of 4,500 cancelled flights during the French strikes against the measures of Emmanuel Macron's government. Some 730,000 passengers were affected. This is a. IATA study that would like to influence the debate…

The hotel investment market in Italy is in a state of flux since the abrupt slowdown in the last quarter of 2022 that closed below the previous year's level (€1.4 billion according to the Pambianco Observatory. Ed.). High inflation rates and financing costs seem to be stalling capital which is…

Holiday rentals in Italy’s great art cities and, increasingly, in small towns and rural areas, are growing by leaps and bounds. While this is a boon for local economies, more and more communities are being impacted by episodes of antisocial behaviour that are making residents see red. In England, in…

Patiently, but not too patiently, the day of truth is at last with us. Fewer than a dozen days - probably before 24 April - separate us from the signing of the pre-agreement between Lufthansa and the Ministry of Economy and Finance for entry into the capital of ITA Airways.…

As Eurocontrol has already announced, this summer will be another hectic one for European skies. For the second year in a row airlines and airports will be unprepared for the mass of flights that, in practice, is now identical to that of 2019. That is, the year before the pandemic.…

A beauty tax, and quite a large one, was the provocation launched by Elisabetta Fabri at the first Pambianco hospitality forum. A tax, as a contribution to culture, to be paid by tourists arriving in Italy, to protect Italy’s natural heritage. Of course, you would then have to understand and…