Italy has high expectations for 2025 as a surge in arrivals from China is anticipated after the number of Chinese travellers rose by 24.7% in 2024 over the previous year for a total of 176,000 arrivals. A figure that was, however, below pre-Covid levels, when arrivals were around 451,000 (Bank…

Rome wasn’t built in a day and now, at a stately 2,778 years old, the Eternal City has placed high on a recent survey from Prime Casino, topping the list, with a score of 8.68, as the world’s oldest city under threat from climate change. Not far behind is Catania,…

According to the ENIT observatory, the figures related to food and wine tourism are particularly interesting: +176% in stays, 2.4 million overnights, and €395.5 million in international spending. Which translates into an increase of +9% over 2023, reasserting the inherent worth of this highly strategic market. Since the niche experiences…

A runway lounge “Where style takes off” is the slogan for the new ITA Airways lounge at Milan Linate Airport. It is a space imbued with the flavour of Italian excellence: the red of Campari, the aroma of illycaffè, the lighting by iGuzzini, and the clean, comfortable lines of Poltrona…

Single travel is the fastest-growing travel wave today, and in Italy alone 8.4 million singles are traveling more, spending smarter, and chasing real experiences. Old-school agencies that push couples’ and family holidays need to heed this call to action, as more and more singles demand packages that mean freedom, connection,…

Rome is the Eternal City of crumbling ruins, carb-heavy cuisine, and ancient alleyways clogged with Vespas. But 2024 brings surprising news: Rome is cheap… well, relatively. In a world where living costs are ballooning, Rome stands out in 8th position in the ranking of 42 global capitals compiled by comparethemarket.com.…

Despite the difficult current macroeconomic context there is confidence in the world of hotel transactions. Even the incipient trade war triggered by the protectionist measures of the new US president Donald Trump, does not seem to be dampening global investors’ desire for hotels. This is according to JLL's Global Hotel…