Pamela McCourt Francescone
Busitalia, a Trenitalia company specialized in public road transport and integrated mobility, has acquired the City Sightseeing Italia Group.
Expanding the range of service
The City Sightseeing Italia Group provides tourist transport services in major Italian cities, and the operation is part of the vertical integration of the FS Group's Strategic Plan, which aims to strengthen intermodality and expand the range of services, including the urban tourist bus and logistics terminal segments.
“Busitalia consolidates its role in integrated mobility”
“With this acquisition, Busitalia consolidates its role in integrated mobility and strengthens its presence in a strategic sector such as tourism, responding to the needs of Italian and international customers,” said Serafino Lo Piano, CEO and general manager of Busitalia.
Rail-road intermodal solutions
The entry of the City Sightseeing Italia Group represents a further step in the development of Busitalia and the FS Group in the tourist mobility sector, in line with Trenitalia's strategy of focusing on and differentiating the leisure segment. The operation promotes the integration of local transport, railways and sightseeing services through rail-road intermodal solutions that extend the tourist transport value chain and contribute to the enhancement of cities and national cultural heritage.
170 vehicles in Italy’s main cities
City Sightseeing Italia operates, directly or through subsidiaries or affiliates, in Turin, Milan, Genoa, La Spezia, Civitavecchia, Livorno, Florence, Rome, Naples, Palermo and Verona, with over 170 vehicles, offering hop-on hop-off transport services, bus hire and tourist packages designed to help visitors discover Italy's cultural heritage.
