March 14, 2025
The company Travel Open Day S.R.L., (Italian Fiscal Code no: 13119651001) whose registered head office is located in Via Aosta, 30 – 00182 Rome (RM), Italy, and on whose behalf its pro tempore legal representative (hereinafter referred as “Data Controller”), acting as Data Controller for the processing of personal data pursuant to the Articles no. 1 of the Italian Legislative Decree of the 30th of June 2003, no. 196 – Privacy Code (hereinafter referred as “The Code”) and pursuant to the articles no. 4. no. 7) and no. 24 of the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 of the 27th of April 2016 related to the privacy of the natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred as “the Regulation”) informs that, in pursuance of the Article no. 13 of the Regulation, it shall manage the processing of personal data concerning the participation in fam trips organized by Travel Open Day Srl in partnership with Italian tourism players.
1. Subject of the service
Although the GDPR is not applied to the users other than the natural persons and, therefore, do not fall within the definition of “interested party” it is possible however that during the filling of one or more fields, the persons shall insert their own personal data. In this case, all the protections provided by the GDPR and by the Italian legislative Decree no. 196/03 shall be applied.
The processed data are: personal data, information about the company’s activities, head office, address and contact information.
2. Purposes of processing and legal basis
The data shall be lawfully and correctly processed and with the utmost confidentiality, in compliance with the appropriate security measures as set out in the Code and the Regulation.
Participation in fam trips organized by Travel Open Day Srl:
With your explicit consent, we will invite you to participate in fam trips for foreign travel agents to discover what Italy has to offer in collaboration with Italian tour operators. Your data will be provided to partner operators of the event, for purposes related to the event and for future contacts.
NEWSLETTER AND INDIRECT MARKETING: with your explicit consent we will send you our newsletter or commercial information with offers from our commercial partners.
The supply of the requested data is voluntary but, in the event of failure to supply such data, the services will not be provided. The consent for direct or indirect marketing purposes is optional and the only consequence is the impossibility to send the newsletter or DEMs.
The processing of data shall be made by digital and analogical means. The data shall not be subject to public disclosure.
3. Processing methods
The Data Controller will process the personal data for the necessary time and in order to fulfil the purposes mentioned above.
In any case, to be accessed singularly and depending on the level of critical issues, the Data Controller has no prejudice in processing the data for a longer period of time when he has justified reason to retain possible that a legal dispute may ensue, and based on the Data Controller’ legitimate interest to be defended in a legal proceeding.
4. Data communication
The buyers’ data will be communicated to third-party companies involved in organizing the fam trip. The data shall be communicated to all those persons to whom the communication is imposed by law for the fulfilment of the purposes provided by law.
For the management of its activities, the company uses partners and tools provided by third party companies, all duly appointed as Data Supervisors. The list shall be reachable in the head office.
Pursuant to the recital Article no.48, the Data Controller shall also communicate the data to other companies which are connected to the same Data Controller and, in particular, to the publishing licensee Network & Comunication Srl (owner of the Italian magazine TravelQuotidiano) for internal administrative purposes.
5. Storage and Data Transfer
The management and storage of personal data shall be performed on the Data Controller’s servers located within the European Union and/or third party companies’, entitled and duly appointed as Data Supervisors. Currently, the servers are located in Europe. For the sending of newsletters, the Data Controller informs he has decided to use a company which transfers the data to non-EU countries; the data are in USA and the standard contract clauses have been stipulated.
6. Rights of the interested party
In his/her capacity as an interested party, the User has the rights pursuant to the article no 15 of the Regulation and precisely:
1. the interested party has the right to obtain the confirmation of the existence or not of personal data related to him/her, even if they are not yet registered and their communication shall be made in a human readable form.
2. the interested party has the right to obtain the indication of:
a) the origin of the personal data;
b) the purposes and the methods of processing;
c) the logic applied in case a processing is carried out by electronic instruments;
d) the specification related to the Data Controller’s, the Data supplier and the person in charge of the processing
e) the persons or the categories of persons to whom the personal data shall be communicated or who may become aware of it as Authorised Representative in the territory of the State, as responsible person or person in charge.
3. The interested party has the right to obtain:
a) the updating, the rectification, or, where interested, the data integration;
b) the cancellation, the transformation into anonymous form or the blocking of data in breach of law, as well as those data whose retention is unnecessary, in relation with the purposes for which the data was collected or subsequently processed;
c) the attestation that the operations set out in the letters a) and b) have been informed, even as regards to their contents, to those whom the data have been communicated or disclosed, unless the case where such fulfilment shall be impossible or may result in a clearly disproportionate use of means towards the protected right.
4. The interested party shall have the right to oppose, in whole or in part:
a) for legimate reasons to the processing of personal data related to him, even if pertinent to the scope of the collection;
b) to the processing of personal data related to him for the fulfillment of the purposes that are not provided by the Article no. 2
Even pursuant to the articles no. 15 et seq. of the GDPR, the user shall have the right to ask at any time, the access to his personal data, the rectifications or the cancellation of the same, the limitation of the processing in the cases provided by the article no. 18 of the GDPR, obtain the data related to him in a structured format that is commonly used and readable by an automatic device, as set in the cases provided by the article no. 20 of the GDPR. The user shall withdraw at any time his consent, pursuant to the former article no.7 of the GDPR, lodge a complaint to the competent Supervisory Authority as set in the former article no. 77 of the GDPR, in case he retains the processing of his data shall be in contrast to the relative laws and regulations in force.
The user shall send a request for opposition to the proceeding of his/her personal data, as set in the former article no. 21 of the GDPR where he puts in evidence the reasons that justify such opposition. The Data Controller reserves the right to evaluate the request that shall not be accepted in the event of legimate binding reasons in order to proceed with the processing that prevails over the interests, rights and freedoms of the user. The interested party shall exercise at any time the rights set out in the previous article by sending:
- a registered letter with return receipt to: TRAVEL OPEN DAY S.R.L., Via Aosta 30 – 00182 Rome (RM), Italy;
- an e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Published in Italiabsolutely
B&B Hotels Italia announced the opening of the Borgaro Torinese on December 29 2022. This is the group's fourth Piedmontese hotel and the third to open in the region in 2022 alone.
A 4-star just two kilometres from Turin
The B&B Hotel Borgaro Torinese is a 4-star located near Turin Caselle airport, seven kilometres from the Venaria Reale palace, ten minutes from the Allianz Stadium, and two kilometres from the city. It also has a large outdoor car park and private garage, a restaurant serving local cuisine, and modular and equipped rooms to host conferences or events for up to a maximum of 147 people. A shuttle service from the airport to the Turin train station is available for guests.
“Ten new openings in primary and secondary destinations in 2023”
“Record growth and openings in 2022, which, despite a still-pandemic start to the year, counts the opening of nine hotels in Italy, surpassing the eight of 2021,” says Valerio Duchini, president and CEO of B&B Hotels Italy. “A tight pipeline, with over ten new openings in 2023, including acquisitions and reconversions in primary and secondary destinations from north to south.”
Published in Hospitality
The Bridal Chamber, painted by Andrea Mantegna, is in Mantua’s magnificent Doge’s Palace which is Italy’s largest museum complex. It is also the 6th largest palace in Europe, with some 1,000 rooms, towers, courtyards and gardens.
The Palace belonged to the powerful Gonzagas
The palace was designed by Ludovico Gonzaga, the powerful ruler of Mantua, as a series of separate buildings and for some 400 years, from 1328 to 1707, it was linked to the Gonzaga family. In 1998, a hidden room was discovered and it is thought that it was used for performances of Monteverdi's music in the late 16th century.
Mantegna’s frescoes in the Bridal Chamber
The highlight of any visit to the many fascinating sections of the old palace is the Bridal Chamber (Camera degli Sposi) which is in one of the towers of the Castle of San Giorgio and is a masterpiece of Renaissance art. Decorated by Mantegna for Ludovico Gonzaga and his wife Barbara of Brandenburg, despite its name referring to a bridal chamber, Mantegna painted a room that was never meant to be a bedroom for newlyweds, as it had been designed as a reception room to receive important guests.
Mantegna was famous for his perspective
Andrea Mantegna was a celebrated and sought-after artist who was commissioned by high-profile clients such as the Gonzagas of Mantua and the Pope. He was most famous for his use of foreshortening and other perspective techniques and his imaginative frescoes inspired by episodes from his patron's life, make Mantua’s Doge’s Palace one of the most important and most priceless examples of Renaissance art.
Each figure in Mantegna’s portrait is recognizable
In the frescoes of court life on the walls of the Camera Picta (painted room) and, above the fireplace, one can see Ludovico Gonzaga, surrounded by his family members, as he receives the news that his son Francesco has been made a cardinal. The extraordinary thing is that each character is faithfully portrayed, and Ludovico, his wife Barbara and his children can be easily recognized. In the lunettes on the ceiling there are symbols of the Gonzaga family as well as mythological subjects and portraits of Roman emperors, all of which are intended to convey to the visitor the prestige and leadership of the lords of Mantua.
Mantegna’s extraordinary wow effect
But the most striking effect – or the wow effect as we would say today - is when you look up, because you see that Mantegna has created the illusion of breaking through the ceiling. In fact, through an oculus the viewer can see a blue sky with white clouds. Through this charming opening little cherubs, female figures and even a black figure wearing a turban, peer down, almost as if they are asking us what we are doing down below.
For information: https://mantovaducale.beniculturali.it/en/camera-picta
Published in Cities & Regions
ao Hostels Italia closes 2022 with excellent results, driven by an important second semester thanks to an average occupancy of 80% in its two Venice Mestre hostels, compared to 64% for the same period in 2021 and 68% in 2019.
“We can confidently say that 2022 has not only amazed us, but has also been the best year ever,” says Annalia Bassi, ao Hostels' new international sales manager. “From the beginning of the year it was felt that the wind had finally changed; people were less afraid to travel and the results were not long in coming, especially from the summer onwards.”
Very encouraging figures
The Venice Mestre properties were particularly popular from July to September. As a result ao Hostels Italia recorded a 26% increase in turnover in 2022 compared to 2019, welcoming up to 75% of foreign tourists, primarily German, English, and Spanish, and 25% of domestic guests. Despite the fact that there are still two months until the next Carnival weekend, the employment figures for the previous Carnival weekend are already very encouraging and currently exceed 50%.
Published in Hospitality
British Airways is to launch new flights from London Heathrow airport to Florence next summer, starting on 16 April.
BA flies to 11 cities in Italy
The new daily flight will operate from London Heathrow, departing from Terminal 5 at 07:50 and be operated by an A320Neo. The new Heathrow-Florence route, which makes the Tuscan capital one of the 11 Italian destinations - including Rome, Milan, Venice and Naples - served by British Airways from Heathrow Airport, joins the London City airport flights.
“Flight schedules have been optimised for connectivity with popular routes”
"We know that our customers love to visit Tuscany, which is why we already operate flights from London City to Florence," said Neil Chernoff, BA’s director of networks and alliances. "We have added this new route from Heathrow to the Tuscan capital to give them even more choice for exploring this incredible Italian region. This is good news not just for UK travellers, but also for those connecting to London to and from US destinations. Flight schedules have been optimised for connectivity with popular routes including New York, Boston and Chicago.”
Published in Transportation
Destination Italia S.p.A., the leading Italian travel tech company in experiential incoming tourism in the luxury sector, topped €27.4 million in bookings in the first eleven months of 2022.
2022 saw an increase in high-end tourist bookings
Compared to 2021, the growth was +275%. Last year, in the same period, bookings exceeded €7.3 million. The company, which recently announced a merger by incorporation of the B2C online tour operator Portale Sardegna S.p.A., rode the market rebound, hitting over €27 million in bookings. In 2022, compared to 2021, the group recorded an increase in bookings of high-end tourists from the US, Canada, Australia, Brazil and Argentina, Spain and the UK. The Middle Eastern market was stable, and the Russian shrunk due to travel restrictions.
“We want to become an international market maker”
The contribution of the SONO Travel Club, the business line of tailor-made tourist experiences dedicated to luxury travellers, families and small groups with high spending budgets, was very important for the 2022 growth.
"The Destination Italia Group has great ambitions: we want to become an international market maker, influencing the export of Italian tourism by channelling the flow of international arrivals to Italy, especially in the luxury segment,” said Destination Italia's shareholder Dina Ravera. “We exceeded €27 million in bookings in the first eleven months of 2022, with a +275% on the same period in 2021. We know where we want to go, and the execution of our strategy is proceeding as planned.”
Published in Tour operator
There is no stopping developments in Cortina with a view to the next Winter Olympics in 2026, and now it’s the turn of the Rosapetra Spa Resort.
Five- and six-room cottages will be added to the 33 existing keys
The property has just been acquired by Manuel Faleschini, founder of the hat manufacturer Wayscap, already involved in the former Spazio Krizia in Milan, destined to become an 18-room Philipp Plein hotel. The Ampezzo property was owned by Albino Ghirardon and will now be restyled for over €3.5 million, with include new five- and six-room cottages to be added to the 33 existing keys. The value of the sale is not known.
“Our Rosapetra project will give further impetus to the growth of Cortina”
The transfer of ownership does not, however, change the management of the Rosapetra, which remains in the hands of Relegance - The Unexpected Collection of Antonio Onorato, a long-time friend of Manuel Faleschini.
"After the success in Venice with Palazzina Grassi, I am certain that our Rosapetra project will give further impetus to the growth of Cortina," sais Onorato. Relegance's development projects also include other facilities in Venice and in other iconic locations on the Peninsula.
Published in Hospitality
The Leonardo Boutique Rome Termini and the Leonardo Milan City Center were the best performing Italian properties of the Israeli hotel company in terms of average occupancy in 2022, at 78% and 79% respectively.
Average occupancy in 2022 was 83%
The Leonardo Hotels Central Europe group is celebrating a year that finally marks a return to, if not exceeding, the pre-Covid levels of 2019. After an extremely positive summer, the Italian hotels confirmed the growth trend of the high season, closing the last three quarters of 2022 with an average occupancy of 83%. The performance was undoubtedly driven by Italian demand, but Germany, Israel and the United States also played a strong role.
Partnering major events
In 2022 the Leonardo Royal Venice Mestre was the hotel partner of the Venice Marathon as well as of Ted Talks, while the Nyx Hotel Milan hosted a fashion show for Milan Fashion Week in November, and in 2023 the company plans to consolidate these partnerships."After a first quarter slowed down by the Omicron variant, 2022 was a record year for Leonardo Hotels Italy. Daily occupancy rates on an annual basis are 20% higher than in 2019 " said Rafi Carmon, country general manager Italy & Hungary.
Published in Hospitality
The Greenhouse is an elegant outdoor lounge overlooking the lake, just a few steps from the Villa d'Este’s historic restaurant, the Veranda.
From morning coffee to lunch and afternoon tea
The Greenhouse, which opens for Christmas, is made entirely of glass and has a contemporary design. It welcomes guests to its velvet sofas, tartan furnishings, Christmas candles and two spectacular fireplaces for coffee snacks or light lunches: from caviar to oysters and the timeless Club Sandwich. The Villa d'Este's Afternoon Tea is a journey into the millenary history of tea, from China to India, to Japan and South Africa, with an appetizing selection of sandwiches and vol-au-vents, scones and cakes, as well as prestigious champagnes.
The mixologists create some marvellous cocktails
As evening approaches the Greenhouse becomes a lounge area where you can unwind with a cocktail before dinner or enjoy some live music. The mixology bartenders are ready to advise and delight with their range of exciting Villa d'Este signature cocktails.
Published in Leisure
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