Interview with Antonio Barreca Director General

Air Transport, Hotellerie, Odissey, Tour Operators

Federturismo Confindustria In this Antonio Barreca interview, the Director General of Federturismo Confindustria examines how artificial intelligence, digital transformation and industrial strategy are reshaping the future of Italian tourism. Italian tourism is going through a phase of profound transformation. Global platforms are reshaping distribution, artificial intelligence is changing the relationship with customers, international competition is…

Evolving Regulations and Voluntary Standards: Turning Compliance into Perceived Quality

DMC, Air Transport, Hotellerie, Tour Operators

Evolving Regulations and Voluntary Standards: Turning Compliance into Perceived Quality In travel, compliance is no longer merely a defensive safeguard. It is becoming a market language. Regulations are multiplying along at least four axes: traveler rights, accessibility, declared and measurable sustainability, organizational and supply chain transparency. In Europe, the revision of package travel legislation aims…

Airline Supply Chain Crisis

Supply chain in turbulence

Air Transport, Insights, Tour Operators

Supply Chain in Turbulence How airlines can protect capacity, service quality, and margins in the era of high fuel costs Between taxiing and takeoff, everything seems perfectly aligned. The aircraft accelerates, the world compresses beneath the wings, and for a few seconds, technology, people, and infrastructure function like an impeccable machine. And yet, today more…

Mom… they cancelled our flight

Air Transport, Tour Operators

How the crisis in the Middle East is reshaping global travel routes According to an analysis published by Reuters, the military tensions involving Iran and the wider Middle East have led to the closure or restriction of large portions of regional airspace, forcing numerous airlines to cancel or divert hundreds of flights and redesign entire…

Italian outbound travel events 2026

Where the world meets: the events shaping Italian outbound travel in 2026

Odissey, Air Transport, DMC, Hotellerie, Tour Operators

The tourism trade calendar has become an operational map for those working in outbound travel. Events, workshops and B2B summits are the spaces where product, relationships and strategic vision take shape, well before journeys reach the market. For the Italian travel trade, navigating European and global appointments means deciding where to invest time, resources and…