For the sixth consecutive year Italy has topped the prestigious Times Awards 2022, as Best Destination Country, while the Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda has carried off the Best Hotel Award. The voters of the awards, that celebrate the very best in travel, were the demanding, high-spending…

Airlines in Europe, especially low-cost airlines, are going too far. They cancel flights whenever and however they want. They set the agenda without a thought for passengers. With an arrogance we have not seen in a long time. The flight’s not profitable? Fine, let’s cancel it. Of course they can…

It's going to be a long, hot summer. And not just meteorologically speaking. The air transport industry is preparing for, or rather has already entered the throes of, the long-awaited rebound in travel demand. But, apparently, not all that glitters is gold. After two years of unprecedented crisis the signs…

Once upon a time there was Ciga. Founded in Venice in 1906, the Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi was for almost nine decades the symbol of luxury Italian hôtellerie. Among the properties that became part of its collection there are true icons of world hospitality like the Danieli, the Des Bains,…

Italy is gearing up for a bumper summer, with its art cities and seaside resorts close to sold out, and with a new variable - value - fast gaining traction. Because more and more travellers are looking for destinations that offer the best value, basing their choice on how much…

Bernabó Bocca, president of Italian hotel association Federalberghi, says that red tape is slowing down the recovery. And not just in the hospitality industry. Smaller operators and even travel agents agree, saying that a tangle of red tape is what’s stopping a true relaunch of tourism in Italy. Of course…

A trip of a lifetime on the luxurious Orient Express or, more simply, the comfort of a high-speed train: train travel across Italy is the true protagonist of this new spring. If, in the first case, it is the unquestionable charm of the historic train that conditions your choice (the…

It’s no secret that in this part of the hospitality world the pandemic has driven large numbers of people away from tourism. Let’s face it, hospitality has not always attracted top talent, but the crisis has highlighted, not that it was needed, the fragility of an industry that has always…