Scalapay, the “buy now, pay later” payment system, has announced a new strategic partnership with Hoteldoor for the management of sales and guest relations. Businesses entering the platform, which is already used by over 500 Italian hotels, will now have access to the services of Scalapay. An exceptional performance marketing…

Convention Bureau Italia and the Italian national tourist board ENIT (Italian National Tourism Board), together with partners YesMilano Convention Bureau, as Host Destination, and AIM Group International, as Creative Partner are organizing Italy at Hand, the MICE B2B fair, in Milan this December. European buyers can register for the Hosted…

La Compagnie, the 100% Business Class French airline, is to launch a new route between New York Newark and Milan Malpensa at the end of March 2022. Founded in 2014 the carrier is now ready for its debut in Italy, albeit a few months later than planned as the initial…

Milan will get 24,000 new rooms between now and 2026. Despite the crisis triggered by the pandemic the city of Milan is not standing still with hotel investors seeing a lot of potential in the city. And not just with a view to the 2026 Olympics. Estimates from World Capital…

Business travel is one of the industry sectors that suffered most during the pandemic. A study of 1,400 repeat business travellers, by market research firm Opinium for Amadeus, shows that 93% have reduced business travel by an average of 60% since the start of the pandemic (78 % for those…

Major investors in the hospitality sector are showing signs of interest again following the announcement that longstanding Four Seasons shareholder Bill Gates has acquired a controlling interest of the company. In Italy Paolo Bottelli, CEO of asset management company Kryalos SGR in an interview with the national business daily Il…