Rome once again took centre stage last week with a major tourism event, Federalberghi’s Art Cities Exchange at the Crowne Plaza St. Peter Hotel which was attended by over 80 top international buyers and organized by Comitel & Partners. At the over 3,000 meetings between buyers and sellers, business was…

The holiday voucher scheme for hotels, which was not fully used by Italian families, produced over €500 million. It is essential for the hospitality sector that these resources be immediately directed to the most urgent needs of our industry,” said Federalberghi President, Bernabò Bocca. €500 million from holiday vouchers “Recovering…

The crisis brought on by the pandemic resulted in losses in the order of 70% of the wealth produced by Italy’s mountain economy in 2019. Losses that now have to be recovered, especially in the field of tourism. Establishing identities for mountain destinations “The pandemic has brought to the fore…

Experiential tourism and a series of tourism proposals in the Latium region were discussed at an event entitled Rome is, new travel experiences in and around Rome organized by CNA Roma for a group of Italian and international stakeholders, journalists and buyers. “We have created new destinations and travel experiences”.…

Events, conferences and congresses are set for recovery thanks to the Green Pass and to a decree regulating social distancing. "It’s great that the regional conference approved the changes we requested to guidelines for overcoming social distancing constraints in conference and congress halls,” said Maria Carmela Colaiacovo, President of the…

"Organized tourism companies are facing this 2021 with great difficulty, as much as it has happened for 2020. For this reason, requesting the Minister Garavaglia to extend the refreshments for travel agencies and tour operators, postponing the restart will not be possible". Thus Gianni Rebecchi, national president of Assoviaggi, the…

The Italian tourism associations – from Fto, Aidit, Astoi and Assoviaggi to Fiavet, Ibar and Maavi express their satisfaction following the order from the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, to open up some exotic destinations. The ministry’s monitoring table needs improving In a joint statement they said: We now need…

Draghi's announcement to nominate Rome to host Expo 2030 comes at the most delicate moment for the events and congress sector, which is struggling to restart after the long period of inactivity due to the pandemic - said Alessandra Albarelli, President of Federcongressi & Eventi. Events are a driver of…