Italy in demand for MICE events
FRANKFURT, Germany - ENIT, the Italian State Tourist Board, will participate in the 11th edition of IMEX, a major promotions platform for the international meetings industry.
Agoda.com celebrates Harley Davidson’s 110th anniversary with special hotel deals
SINGAPORE – Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq:PCLN), is calling all fans of fine machines and road trips to Rome, Italy to ...
Tour operator: We're ashamed of the Tiber's state of abandonment
Tourist cruises along Rome's Tiber River have been suspended indefinitely for the first time since they began a decade ago because the waterway is judged too dirty.
Bolsena in the Lazio region welcomes tourists and locals alike
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Correspondent
Bolsena, the Lazio region in Italy, invites visitors and locals to the Hydragenas festival and Plenary Indulgence in a fairy tale setting.
Rome's shops and tourist operators continue to rip tourists off
No visit to Rome is complete without a gelato but a group of British tourists got a nasty shock when they were charged 64 euros (£54) for four ice creams.
Discovering Italy's lesser known towns and villages
Tired of Rome? Done Milan? Kids start crying whenever you suggest another EM Forster tour of Florence?
Paradise for newlyweds
Chi, the known people's magazine from Italy, has come out with a feature on honeymoons in what can be considered the nicest destination on Earth, the Seychelles.
Italy second most common tourism destination in the EU
ABU DHABI, UAE - The number of tourists from the UAE to Italy is expected to increase this year by 5-7 percent, Santino Adriano Berrino, president of the Italian Tourism Union – Foreign Branch, ...
work cut out for new airline chief
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - The Board of Alitalia met recently and finally confirmed the name of the new CEO to be Mr.
European Hotel Managers debate in Milano
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
Experience, satisfaction, ostentation, wellness, and sustainability, with time for themselves and for their families – this is a list that specifies the privileges of “deluxe,” which has no ...
Religious tourism
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - The Salento region, geographically positioned in the remote Southeast of Italy, extends its land to the extreme southern heel of the boot-shaped peninsula, and its eastern lands ...
Seychelles forges relationship with Italian town of Civitavecchia
The Principal Secretary for Tourism, Sherin Naiken, has met with the Mayor of the Italian town, Civitavecchia in Rome, at a special dinner hosted for the visiting Italian delegation.
Structure and strategies for 2013
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
The President of Alitalia, Roberto Colaninno, recently met with the 280 managers and executives of Alitalia's new organizational structure which has undergone the establishment of two Deputy ...
Grand prix italia for the best tourist film
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
The 2013 International Tourfilmfestival of Lecce will be presented in Rome on March 20 at the Grand Hotel Universo Rome.
Seychelles visibility expands in Italy
By eTN Staff Writer
(eTN) - The Seychelles Tourism Board for Italy announced during the BITM 2013 trade show in Milan, Italy, that Monette Rose, the Seychelles Tourism Board Director for Italy whose office is located ...
International Conference on Accessibility in tourism
Ensuring that tourism facilities and sites meet the needs of persons with disabilities, both as a key means of promoting tourism for all and as an engine for market growth, were the main focus of ...
we can make it
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
An Italian delegation of tour operators attended to an urgent meeting, held in Manasterly Palace on the banks of the Nile River, organized by Mr.Tawfic Assy, Chairman of the Egyptian Tourism ...
Italy Minister of Tourism and Sport
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - Leadership, jobs, and the south of Italy are the three lines of Tourism Italy in 2020, the Strategic Plan presented at Palazzo Chigi by Minister Piero Gnudi.
Universal Federation of Travel Agents Association
ROME, Italy - More than 80 associations representing thousands of travel agencies from all over the world, of which only about 7,000 are in Italy, met in Rome from February 3 to 5 to take stock of ...
Companies join forces in Italy
VERONA, ITALY - Illasi Valleys, the first association of companies in the Province of Verona focusing on territorial marketing, has been created.
the future of alitalia
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - The future destiny of Alitalia (AZ) is to be decided within a few days at the end of the lock-up for the 21 Italian shareholders of Cai, the leader of Alitalia, which from then on ...
groundbreaking agreement
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - Cathay Pacific Airways, NTV, and SEA have joined in a groundbreaking agreement that will offer passengers traveling from Florence and Bologna to Hong Kong, and all the other ...
Banner next to Statue of Dante in Via Dante
Monette Rose, the Seychelles Tourism Board Director for Italy, reported from her Office in Rome that the Seychelles flag for EXPO 2015 is being placed next to the Statue of Dante in Via Dante in ...
Chinese managers enjoy journey to Italy
MILAN, Italy – Italy and China have always been united by a special bond, right from when Marco Polo, and later the missionary and scholar Matteo Ricci, were the first two westerners to stay in ...
Growing phenomenon offers many trade opportunities
MILAN, Italy – Bit - Borsa Internazionale del Turismo - is now an active member of Visit USA, the association which promotes and develops tourism from Italy to the US.
Italy to present International Tourism Exchange
MILAN, Italy - Leaving the uncertain summer behind (in August, drop in presences kept down to 1.1% thanks to a 2.1% increase from abroad), the tourism industry now looks to the future.
Bologna airport introduces new "Elettra" charging station
BOLOGNA, Italy - Guglielmo Marconi airport has now turned to green energy.
Hertz Corporation
LONDON, England - The Hertz Corporation and Wind Mobile have launched a Mobile Wi-Fi service in Italy for Hertz car rental customers.
Italy and China have always had a special relationship
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - Ever since Marco Polo, and then the missionary and scholar Matteo Ricci - the first two Westerners to stay in the Celestial Empire - Italy and China have always been joined by a ...
Resigns from Italian railways company
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - Mr. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo founder of the new Italian railways company NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Veloce / New Fast Transport) resigned from his CEO position.