Uvet Hotels | Eight New Italian Entries in its Portfolio

 

Uvet Hotels part of Uvet Group, Italian leader in tourism and travel based in Milan offering innovative services and solutions for business travel, corporate events, incoming, leisure, mobility with a natural vocation for excellence and made a continuous commitment to achieve the highest quality standards in more than 65 years of history, makes a leap forward in hotel management by adding eight hotels to its portfolio, bringing it to a total of 11 units.

The eight new entries in are located in different Italian locations of great appeal, demonstrating with these operations to expand the group geographical influence in terms of hospitality from north to south, including the islands and are the Hotel Ca' Zusto and the Hotel Giudecca in Venice, the Hotel Piccolo in Portofino, the Hotel Les Jumeaux in Courmayeur,  the Hotel Alaska in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Hotel Royal in Positano, the Hotel Palumnalza in Porto Rotondo and the Hotel Miramonti in Corvara.

The President and Chairman of Uvet Group Luca Patanè commented that the expansion of Uvet Hotels in Italy demonstrates the group's strategy aimed at seizing the opportunities fundamentally dictated by the growing interest and increasing demand from international and national tourists by focusing on exclusive locations that offer an authentic experience and personalized service with the primary objective of best responding to the expectations of an international clientele demanding.

The company has also decided to fully confirm the staff of the structures taken over with a total of about two hundred employees.

Uvet Group and Uvet Hotels firmly believe that Italy with its attractiveness, cultural heritage, the scenic beauty and the excellence in the hospitality sector represents a destination of considerable appeal for this market segment.

The goal is to continue to grow while always remaining in the continuous search for hotels that are in line with the standards of the group also to offer a rich range of choices and options for customers.

Link - https://www.ttgitalia.com/hotel/uvet-hotels-sale-a-quota-undici-ecco-le-new-entry-AH21373388

Renfe | Entry into the Italian Railway Network with Arenaways

Renfe, Spain's national state - owned railway company based in Madrid, officially Renfe - Operadora created in 2005 uon the split of the former Spanish National Railway Network will have a gateway to Italy concretely in Piedmont, Italian region of the north-west bordering France and Switzerland sits at the foot of the Alps.

This operation was developed with the Board of Directors of the Spanish railway company which approved the acquisition of a share of Longitude Holding S.r.l., a Piedmontese railway company founded in Turin by a pool of Italian and international holding shareholders of the Arena group linked to Arenaways, an Italian private railway company initially active between 2010 and 2012 in the liberalized passenger transport sector and again in business from 2024 as a commercial brand of Longitude Holding.

According to the growth plans, the expansion after entering Piedmont should touch the entire Italian territory over time.

The rail transport sector will undoubtedly be enriched with the first train of the newborn Arenaways departing from the station of Cuneo,  well-known city located in the south - west of Piedmont at the confluence of the rivers Gesso and Stura a few tens of kilometers from the picturesque hills of the Langhe and in service on the Cuneo - Saluzzo - Savigliano line.

According to what reported by rainews.it ,Rai portal updated 24 hours a day, disseminating the latest news and current affairs, Renfe will support the plans of Arenaways, which aims to reach 350.000 passengers within ten years.

With medium-long term prospects, Arenaways' goal is focused on increasing the frequencies of its trains and overseeing the tourist train sector such as Novara - Varallo Sesia connecting, Alessandria - Ovada and Santhià - Arona, creating a strategic network that will directly link important localities situated in the eastern Piedmont to the Sesia Valley and Lake Maggiore with these connections.

Link - https://www.ttgitalia.com/attualita/la-spagnola-renfe-entra-in-italia-con-arenaways-HH21371565

Trenitalia - SkyTeam | Train + Plane Partnership in a Single Booking

 

Trenitalia SpA, the primary train operator of Italy partly owned by the Italian Government and a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato S,p.A., Italy's national state - owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure and real estate services and SkyTeam,one of the world's three major airline alliances founded in 2000 and with its centralised management team, SkyTeam Central, based in Amstelveen - Netherlands, has signed a memorandum of understanding to offer combined train + plane in a single booking.

This partnership undoubtedly represents a new step forward for the so-called intermodality, the intermodal passenger transport also named mixed - mode commuting that involves using two or more modes of transportation in a journey.

The agreement, explained in a joint note by the two organizations will allow travellers arriving in Italy with a flight of the Skyteam Alliance airlines to reach destinations connected by Trenitalia with high-speed trains.

When the partnership is effective SkyTeam frequent flyer members will be able to earn and spend miles when they travel on selected Frecciarossa routes and at the same time members of CartaFreccia, the loyalty card that allows you to accumulate points and request tickets or rewards from the catalog will be able to earn and spend points by traveling on selected SkyTeam Alliance flights.

SkyTeam CEO Patrick Roux commented that Italy is an important global market for business and leisure travellers and thanks to the collaboration with Trenitalia there are more options to offer customers to go how and where they want while enjoying the many benefits for which SkyTeam is known.

Trenitalia Marketing Director and CEO of Italia Loyalty Mario Alovisi said that the collaboration with SkyTeam brings Trenitalia closer to the group's vision of being one of the main players in the European rail transport market.

Link - https://www.ttgitalia.com/compagnie-aeree/trenitalia-skyteam-prenotazione-unica-per-treno-e-aereo-bh21373002

Basilicata, Italy | Growing Incoming Tourism Volume with Notable Contribution of International Visitors

Basilicata, region situated in southern Italy bordering the Calabria, and Puglia regions as well as the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas highlightighted by a rich historical heritage, rugged mountains and verdant forests has had a remarkable growth in incoming tourism with significant flows of international visitors in  2024.

The Director of the Regional Tourism Promotion Agency Antonio Nicoletti commented that the summer season in Basilicata boasts a growing volume compared to the same period in 2023 and The data collected go against the trend of the figures released nationally by Demoskopika, a well-known institute that has been operating for about 20 years in the field of economic and social research, market surveys and opinion polls based in Rome.

Talking about a growing 2024 in terms of tourist flows to Basilicata is a reason for satisfaction, the region has recorded a 60% increase in visitors from abroad compared to 2019 with a regional offer that has turned more than in the past to deseasonalization for tourism active all year round and above all spread throughout the territory.

It should also be remembered that until 09^th October 2024 Matera, capital of the provincial and one of the oldest, still inhabited cities in the world hosts the eleventh edition of the annual conference of the Association of leading English tour operators who offer Italy as a travel destination.

The Director of the Regional Tourism Promotion Agency then added that in recent years a solid framework has been built that provides a new perspective to operators while being aware of the much work to be done with in any case signals coming from the market that allow them to have reasonable optimism and confidence in the future.

Link - https://www.ansa.it/basilicata/notizie/2024/10/07/nel-2024-dati-in-crescita-per-il-turismo-in-basilicata_18edd070-6d34-43f4-9e0b-e38141cbb16f.html#

Cancún | Enlisted among the Five Best Medical Tourism Destinations in Mexico

 

Cancún, popular Mexican city on the Yucatán Peninsula bordering the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo well known for its beaches, numerous resorts, tropical weather and vibrant nighlife appears in the list of five Mexican cities preferred by international tourists where they can get some kind of medical treatment.

The Mexican city, according to data collected by the competent, local bodies, receives about 25.000 medical procedures every year, consolidating itself in the top five as far as medical tourism destinations is concerned.

The President of Coparmex, the Commission for Medical Tourism of the Confederation of Employers of the Mexican Republic, independent and voluntary employers'union that brings together business people of all sizes and sectors in the country Andrés Jurado confirmed these data by pointing out that it was an estimated number of visitors between 20.000 and 25.000 patients with an average stay of 11 nights and an economic impact of over $10.500 per night.

In the whole Mexico the specialties with the greatest demand are generally plastic surgery and bariatric surgery while currently the orthopedic surgery and joint surgery are notably increasing and they intend that in the Mexican Caribbean zone there are excellent, specialized and certified clinics highly prepared to provide these services.

Alongside all that there are other specialties apart the previously mentioned with a high demand as dentistry and there are increasingly new proposals in Cancún that at national level consolidated itself in the top 5 cities that receive patients.

In this way, medical tourism has been the driver of notable investments that undoubtedly benefit the residents of the destination since they can also better access to other medical options.

In the city of Cancún there are currently three hospitals with international certification and they hope that more clinics will have these important distinctions and generate greater confidence, arguing that border cities are still the leaders in this sector including Tijuana in the State of Baja California which is also on third place worldwide.

The private initiative has made an effort to promote medical tourism with commitment since both hospitals and clinics carried out a series of actions and the intention is for more people to know about health benefits that a destination as Cancún offers.

Link -  https://www.expreso.info/noticias/internacional/102857_cancun_entre_los_5_mejores_destinos_de_turismo_medico