Naples Capodichino Airport posted record traffic in July and raced into summer with remarkable momentum and a series of record-breaking achievements. 

Internatinal passengers exceeded 1,004,000

Gesac, Naples Airport's management company, highlights the impressive figures for July of 1,427,000 passengers which is the highest traffic recorded in the history of its airport management. International passengers reached an all-time high in July, exceeding 1,004,000 while the cumulative traffic for the past 12 months (August 2022 to July 2023) surged past 12,000,000 passengers.

Seamless global travel departing from Naples

From January to July 2023, the airport handled over 7 million passengers, marking an impressive growth of 18.4% compared to the same period in 2022. The summer Naples Airport offered a remarkable network of 113 destinations accessible via direct flights and including 16 domestic and 97 international destinations. These include European cities and the burgeoning Middle Eastern market as well as flights to global hubs facilitating seamless onward travel.  

Avani, the millennials-oriented lifestyle brand of the Minor group, makes its debut in Milan and Italy.

The former railway station now has two restaurants a gym and a spa

The recently inaugurated Palazzo Moscova is a former Nh, located between the two lively neighbourhoods of Porta Nuova, famous for its futuristic skyscrapers, and Corso Como.  The hotel is a neoclassical building designed by Giulio Sarti, which once housed the city's first railway station. It has 65 rooms and suites. The F&B outlets include the smart The Pantry restaurant and the Forte fish restaurant which has a terrace. It also has the AvaniFit gym and the AmaTi spa, located in the basement of the former railway station and equipped with a sauna, hammam and Jacuzzi.

A Pantry Restaurant for both new properties

In Madrid, the recently renovated Avani Alonso Martínez, housed in a 1919 Art Nouveau building has a façade with wrought-iron balconies, 101 rooms and, like the Milan property, a The Pantry restaurant.

The Bwh Group posted a record development in the first half of 2023 with ten new contracts.

Ten new contracts plus two 

The new contracts are for the Best Western Hotel Principe di Lampedusa in Palermo, Hotel Martello in Lampedusa, Centrale BW Signature Collection Hotel in Tirano, Best Western Hotel Leonardo Da Vinci in Erba, Hotel Massafra in Massafra, Puglia, Hotel Fiera, Verona, Sabaudia Hotel & Spa and Hotel Shelley e delle Palme in Lerici. To add to this, there are two new properties in the pipeline in Siracusa and Reggio Calabria. 

Hotel Principe di Lampedusa in Palerm

The Massafra, Verona and Sabaudia hotels will undergo retryling

"The semester that has just ended is the result of perseverance and negotiation by our development team who are a benchmark for the hotel industry and a vehicle for better performance,- says CEO, Sara Digiesi. -Ten new contracts, seven in unprecedented destinations, for a total of over 450 rooms, represent an extremely positive result and are the clear response of entrepreneurs to the value of what we are able to offer.”

The hotels in Palermo, Lampedusa, Tirano and Erba can already be booked on Bwh systems. By next autumn, the hotels in Massafra, Verona and Sabaudia will become Bwh Hotels and undergo significant restyling.

The Unahotels Imperial Sport Pesaro is the latest new entry in the Una franchising group. 

Activities for families and a sea-view restaurant

The recently renovated 4-star hotel in the Marche region has 47 rooms, including some family connecting rooms. It also has a sea-view restaurant, bar, fitness area and a swimming pool. Guests can book excursions and activities, including a range of pursuits for children and parents, including table tennis, table football and a mini-pool in the sun terrace.

“We  believe in our franchising project”

"We are delighted to welcome the Unahotels Imperial Sport Hotel Pesaro,- says Fabrizio Gaggio, general manager of the Una Group. -This new entry in the Marche is a further guarantee of the commitment of the franchising project in which we believe. It allows us to offer an increasingly diversified choice of stay that meets the needs of both Italian and international guests."

A new Versilia entry for the Baglioni Hotels & Resorts group, which will manage the former Paradiso al Mare in Forte dei Marmi from 2026. 

The hotel will be repositioned as a 5-star

The 3-star hotel, which is now closed, had 65-rooms and is located in the central Via Machiavelli, 100 metres from the beach. It will undergo a complete renovation, leading to its repositioning as a 5-star hotel. Renovations will begin in 2024 and will see the construction of 58 suites and rooms, as well as a sea-view rooftop with bar, a gym and a swimming pool. 

“Ours is historic and authentic hospitality”

The highlight will be the 300 sqm spa.

"We have been working on this project for a long time and I am really happy to be able to give this positive signal to all our partners and to travellers who appreciate our historic and authentic hospitality," said the group's CEO, Guido Polito.

The new commercial director for the Garibaldi Hotels Group is Luigi Tilotta who holds a degree in law from the Catholic University of Milan.

Climbing the management ladder

In 2010 Tilotta joined the Master Group To measuring himself first as contract manager, then as contract director and finally as chief operating officer. He acquired skills in the different areas of planning and business development, strategy and corporate assets, as well as in business relations management.

The Garibaldi Hotels Group has eleven properties

"I am really excited about this new professional adventure, - says Tilotta. -Being part of Garibaldi Hotels will allow me to see the world of tourism from a new horizon, starting with hotel management. The goals set and the growth planned, especially on foreign markets, are terrain I have specialized in over the last ten years, and they are a great stimulus for me. The 11 Garibaldi Hotels properties are, both in terms of location and structural characteristics, different one from the other and attractive to different markets and types of tourism.”  

The Bettoja Hotels Group has renovated the oldest of its three Roman properties, the Bettoja Hotel Massimo d'Azeglio.

The hotel also has family rooms

The new Premium Superior rooms at the Bettoja Hotel Massimo d'Azeglio now have a bedroom and sitting room, while the Premium Family rooms have two bedrooms, a large bathroom with two sinks. Maurizio Bettoja president of Bettoja Hotels, says “the restructuring of the d'Azeglio takes us towards the future. Our attention to history, art and service have always been a benchmark and appeal to guests who appreciate finding Italian art in a hotel.”

Click on the website to book a table or a parking space

In addition to the room renovations, the restaurant has inaugurated its renovated external seating area and a new website. On the website guests can find the restaurant's history and menus, as well as booking tables and parking spaces with just a few clicks.

France, the first incoming market for Apulia, celebrates five years of Air France flights from Paris to Bari.

“In five years we have seen traffic triple” 

Air France and Aeroporti di Puglia have celebrated the first five years of the Paris-Bari route, the celebrations underlining the strong link between the southern Italian region and France, and also with the French flag-carrier. "Italy is a key market for the Air France-KLM Group,- said Eléonore Tramus, Air France-KLM East Mediterranean general manager. -Since the reintroduction of the flight five years ago, we have seen traffic triple in response to the growing demand from tourists and business travellers.”

In July and August there are ten Paris-Bari weekly flights

During the peak of the summer season, in July and August, flights between the two cities rise to ten per week.

“We are celebrating not only the five years of Air France's presence in Apulia, – said Antonio Maria Vasile, president of Aeroporti di Puglia, but a strong, stable business partnership, studded with great successes, which has seen Aeroporti di Puglia and Air France provide answers in terms of excellence to the growing demand for mobility. We intend to continue along this successful path, certain as we are that all this can only lead to new extraordinary results in terms of growth - economic, social, cultural for our beloved Apulia".

Relais le Marne, on the border between the Langhe and Monferrato, adds eight new suites to the Dimora degli Artisti.

Each of the eight suites has an original art work

Inaugurated in 2022 with the five suites of the Dimora dei Poeti dedicated to great Piedmontese authors, the Relais Le Marne, a boutique hotel on the border between the Langhe and Monferrato, located within the Mura Mura agricultural estate owned by Guido Martinetti and Federico Grom, is now opening the Dimora degli Artisti. This is a farmhouse dating back to 1878 with eight suites, each bearing the name of the site-specific work of art of the eight contemporary Italian artists who have interpreted them. 

“I welcome those who want to enjoy this magical place”

Each of the new farmhouse suites has a different narration: that of each artist and their work of art which, as in the Dimora degli Artisti, inspired the décor. Intense colours, images and unusual details make each room unique.

"I think that beauty is the soul of our country. And I think that beauty is contagious: with this spirit I welcome those who want to enjoy this magical place,- says  Guido Martinetti. -I want those who discover Le Marne, to feel at home in one of our rooms, to walk or cycle among the vines, to have a memorable stay".

The ao Hostels second Italian hotel is due to open in Florence in 2024.

The new hostel will have 470 beds

After a work stoppage due to the pandemic, which forced the group to postpone the opening originally planned for early 2022, ao Hostels now confirms the opening of its new hostel in Florence in spring 2024. Located in Via Mannelli 119, opposite the Campo Marte station, the property will have 121 rooms and 470 beds.

“The opening of our second Italian hostel is scheduled for 2024”

"The work continues unabated, and we are very happy to be able to schedule the opening of our second Italian hostel for 2024 - says the German company's CEO, Oliver Winter. - We have signed a long-term lease for the property, and the cooperation with the municipality of Florence has been, and still is, very positive."

The property will be energy efficient and sustainable

The building, which once housed the administrative offices of the Tuscan city, is being completely renovated: from the interiors to the 1963 façade, which will be preserved. In addition to dividing up the space to make room for the reception, lobby, breakfast room and 121 rooms, the work will mainly focus on making the building energy efficient and sustainable.