Bernabò Bocca, president of the Italian hotels association Federalberghi, says that public funding can often leave larger hotel companies out on a limb. “When an entrepreneur tries to grow the aid disappears” It’s no secret that Italy’s hotel system suffers from excessive fragmentation, and Federalberghi’s president recently pointed out that…

Rome is at the centre of investments in the luxury segment as its tourism recovery is confirmed, according to data presented during Albergatore Day, an event organized by the Federalberghi Roma hotelier’s association. The Eternal City accounts for over 20% of transactions The data also sees new investments for tourism…

Announced at the end of August, the €1.4 billion in aid for the inbound sector, from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, will provide much-needed support to Italy’s inbound players. Daniela Santanché: pre-pandemic figures to be exceeded by 2023 “This is a necessary lever for tourism, we have to raise…

Will easyJet and Wizz Air end up in the hands of legacy carriers? “After covid we are certainly entering a 4 to 5 year period of consolidation of European airlines," Ryanair's Michael O'Leary told Reuters on the sidelines of a press conference in Lisbon. In Italy traffic should grow by…

"We welcome and thank Ministers Santanché and Piantedosi for the sensitivity they have shown on the issue of the passport chaos that is causing inconvenience to citizens and damaging the tourist industry," said Franco Gattinoni, president of Confcommercio's Federation of Organised Tourism. Members are experiencing delays of many months "The…

Ivana Jelinic will most likely be the next managing director of Enit, the Italian national tourist board. While waiting for the decree that will officially ratify her appointment, which is expected within five days, the minister Daniela Santanché has sent a letter to the presidents of Federturismo Confindustria, Confturismo Confcommercio…

"We were coming from two years of closures, any liquidity made by hotels went to cover the costs of the previous two years and of taxes like IMU that were also present during the closure. Now we are about to enter the low season and the music is changing because…

We have reached the point where even Carlo Bonomi's Confindustria (confederation of Italian industries) has a good word to say about tourism. The study by the Confindustria Studies Office starts on a negative note. If the high cost of petrol were to persist into 2023, up to 582,000 jobs would…