Visitors to museums and exhibitions in Bologna increase: According to the 
Municipality of Bologna, in the current year there was a 35% increase in visitors compared to 2006, a figure that was achieved thanks to the free admission policy put in place by the Council. Thanks to this policy, visitors are stimulated to visit a museum on several different days, enjoying the works over time. More and more hotels open in Bologna, here you can book your room.
Financing for new low-cost routes in Veneto: A package of new low-cost routes is operative, with connections from Treviso to Vienna, Prague, Krakow and Budapest and from Verona to Berlin, Madrid, Warsaw, Barcelona, Sofia and Prague. “Veneto 
region is using airplanes to brings European tourists to discover its territory and it is doing it by using the airlines Air Italy and SkyEurope,” explained the Vice President of the Veneto Council, Luca Zaia”. It’s an initiative that seeks to develop incoming tourism and deseasonalise tourism flows.” If you decide to visit this incredible region you can find hotels in Verona and Venice and book online.
Religious tourism growing in Italy: The fourth “Aurea”, a religious tourism and 
protected areas fair held in San Giovanni Rotondo, closed on October 26th. Numbers were up for the event, with around 90 buyers from 21 countries who met with more than 500 sector operators who crowded the room set aside by event organisers for meetings with tour operators specialising in the religious-cultural and environmental segment. Sixty representatives of Italian demand also attended. The religious tourism is really growing in Italy and more and more American tourists are focusing on this kind of trips, Travel-Mall gives you the opportunity of asking ad hoc group quotations through the website.
ENIT New York: “2007 a good year for Italy”: “2007 can be defined as a favourable year for tourism”, stated Riccardo Strano, the Director of the ENIT office in the USA, while discussing the progress of the summer season for incoming from North America.”We are registering a trend on the rise that is also the result of promotion that is coherent with proposed tourism products. Large cultural events united with wine and food itineraries, wellness and shopping are a unique and very valued offer on this market.” For American tourists Rome, Florence and Venice continue to be the Italian destinations with the greatest market shares, while interest in smaller, less crowded cities, towns and historic villages is growing. According to Strano, airline 
connections, which increased during the high season of 2007, are also good. With Travel Mall you can do your reservations as many other North American tourists have done before, you can book your hotels in Rome in Florence and in Venice, but you can also explore the smaller towns that have a big success nowadays.
Fall in Rome, full of events. September starts with the “Notte Bianca ” on the 8th (the night when all shops, museums attrctions will be open all night long), with the reopening of the “Palazzo delle Esposizioni”. From the 5th of October the Palazzo will be open to the public with an exhibition of Mark Rothko. In the museum will open also the new “Open Colonna” a restaurant for a maximum of 200 people settled in a 
glasshouse.
Pop Art will be on scene at the “Scuderie del Quirinale”. At Palazzo Ruspoli it will be possible to see the collection Pérez Simon of Mexico City, 57 paintings from Cranach to Monet. Gauguin will be the protagonist of a retrospective at the Vittoriano complex. Other important events in Rome: Canova at the Borghese Gallery, Emilio Vedova at the Modern National Art Gallery and the Macchiaioli at the Bramante Cloister. Rome is also the set of ths Cinema Festival from 18th to 27th of October.
Travel-Mall website is full of options for hotels and excursions in Rome, all categories for all budgets.
Trapani and Sicily promote themselves for the next America’s Cup: “Sicily has all the papers in order and the experience to once again host the regattas of the America’s Cup.” This was the statement of the President of the Sicily Region, 
Salvatore Cuffaro, according to whom “in Trapani, Sicily demonstrated itself to be winning and is ready to meet the challenge. Our effort is to succeed once again in obtaining the designation for one or more acts. However, we will also be ready to host the final phase of the most prestigious competition of the sailing world, based on the beauty of the destinations, the favourable atmospheric conditions and a perfect organization.” Travel-Mall offer to clients the possibility of book several hotels all over Sicily on his website.
Minor Italy as a resource to increase tourism: “Tourism, thanks in part to the 
rediscovery of our great cultural heritage, must be a great resource in economic terms” stated the Under-Secretary of Cultural Heritage Ministry. He sees excellent prospects thanks to the so-called “Little Italy”, or rather minor destinations, towns and places which are very important part of Italian history and that could be visited any time of the year through Travel-Mall website on the page of “other cities hotels”.
From Bill Clinton an invitation for visiting Campania Region: The Campania 
region finds an exceptional testimonial. The former President of United States, Bill Clinton, that sent a message to the Campania Governor Antonio Bassolino, during the presentation in New York of the tourist project “The other Campania”. Clinton said the Campania region is one of his favourite spot and has invited the 400 participant to visit the region and its towns. We invite you to visit our Travel-Mall website with hotels in Naples and much more.
More tourists for long spring weekends in Italy and especially in Sicily: The long weekends of spring have been a great success for all Italian art cities. According to the latest data, Venice can count on a 9% increase in tourism flows (check here 
Travel Mall Venice hotel rates), with Florence at 7% (Travel Mall Florence hotel reservations), and Rome and Milan at 3%: very good performances for Syracuse ad Agrigento in Sicily with a 6% increase (Travel Mall offers in Sicily). The presence of Italian visitors seems to have slightly decreased, while tourists coming from countries in the European Union are growing well, with Spain, France, Germany and Great Britain leading the way.
Italy is the third incoming destination in Europe: Despite the growth of other areas, Europe remains the leading tourism zone of the world, this was the announcement made by the President of the “Italian Tourism Authority”, Umberto Paolucci, during a meeting with Italian members of parliament on “Italian Tourism and 
Europe” in the city of Strasburg. “We are talking about a market that registers the highest level of incoming with more than 300 billion dollars in revenues for international arrivals, at a share of 425 million arrivals, of which more than 50% determined by the residents of individual countries,” explained Paolucci. “The results are good for Italy, which is in third place after Spain and France.” Travel Mall focus all the efforts to offer the best choice of travel services to his clients, please check the Travel Mall website.
Alitalia on strike on May 3rd: We reconfirm the strike of the Alitalia personnell on May 3rd.
Tuscany in first place amongst destinations for Easter holidays: according to the data of the Tourism Observatory of Unioncamere-Isnart, Tuscany has earned first place amongst the destinations chosen for the Easter holidays. A total of 16.5% of tourists who will move on the peninsula - approximately 7 million people - will spend
the long Easter weekend in Tuscany (Travel Mall offers a wide choice of hotels in Tuscany for your booking). It is followed by Veneto (Venice hotel offer), (9.9%), Piedmont (9.1%), Liguria (8.3%) and Lazio (7.3%). Florence (Florence hotel offer)(3.3%) and Rome (Rome hotel offer) (6.2%) concentrate the greatest number of Easter tourists, followed by Siena (Siena hotel offer) (2.1%) amongst the art cities. It will be a record Easter also for the more than 15,000 holiday farms in our country, with Tuscany amongst the preferred regions together with Lazio, Umbria, Sicily and Basilicata.
Positive signs for Easter at Florentine hotels: Easter will be positive for the hotel sector in Florence and the province, at least according to the data prepared by AIA Federalberghi Firenze from the responses to a questionnaire distributed to all associates in the province. “It will not be an Easter with full occupancy perhaps in 
2007, but tourism has confirmed itself in good health and movement seems to be in further growth respect to last year, as far as regards art cities in general and Florence in particular,” confirmed the study. “Few business expect a decrease in activities, while those that indicate a stable situation boast room occupancy percentages that are rather good in many cases,” stated a press release by Federalberghi. Travel Mall offers hotels in Florence to book online and also private services as transfers or excursions.
“Matrimoni a Venezia”, marketing operation: getting married in Venice. To prepare itself for the many marriage requests that arrive from around the world the AVA (Association of Venetian Hoteliers) has created the “Just married in Venice” manual. The main clients for this type of event come from America, France, England 
and Japan. The manual is dedicated to sector operators to help them organize the event in the best way possible and, according to the AVA, it is a true marketing operation for the cities and all of Italy. Travel Mall is ready to accept your request for the organization of wedding in Italy and in Venice in particular.
Lazio Region launches photographic promotional initiative - The Tourism Councillor of the Lazio Region, Raffaele Ranucci, has presented the “Scatta il Lazio” (Take a Snapshot of Lazio) competition, “with which tourists are invited to take a photo and send it to the website www.scattaillazio.it in order to be rewarded with 
stays at regional tourism destinations,” he explained. In 2006 Lazio registered a 9.4% increase in arrivals and a 7.7% increase in overnights, surpassing the results of the Jubilee with 12 million arrivals and 29 million overnights. Rome attracted 85.4% of entering tourists (10.2 millon) and 75.8% of those present in the region (21.8 million). It was followed by seaside destinations, other art cities and the Appenines and lakes. Travel Mall offers you the possibility of booking your hotel in Rome with a wide choice of styles and categories, check our pages.
Venice launches tourism map and new accessible itineraries - The Municipality 
and Province of Venice are presenting a new map of the city and eight new ‘Venezia accessibile’ (Accessible Venice) itineraries. “The objective is to demonstrate that even if Venice is often seen as not very accessible, most of the city can, instead, be visited,” explained the administrations. So if you decide that Venice can be your next vacation city, you can find hotel rooms and regular tours on Travel Mall web pages.
Pisa-New York flight to attract American tourists - Tuscany is focusing on a new connection that Delta Airlines will be activating on June 1st from the Galileo Galilei airport in Pisa to JFK in New York. Tuscany will find itself directly connected with the USA, commented Management from the APT of Arezzo. “This is an extraordinary opportunity to develop Tuscan tourism.” The flight will be operated with a 209-seat plane (35 in business). Delta will guarantee 4 weekly connections. Between June and December the airline expects to transport 45,000 passengers. Tuscany is the leading region in Italy for tourism, so Travel Mall is ready to receive your booking requests.
We start this brief information article about the events and exhibitions you can visit in Italy in the following days and months with the city of Florence.
In Florence from March 2nd until July 29th there is: Cézanne in Florence at the 
Strozzi Palace. The exhibition will show paintings coming from the most important international collections as the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy of London, the Ermitage and so on. The exhibition will show also some important paitings of Van Gogh, Sargent, Denis, Cassat, Weir and La Farge. Book your hotel in Florence on Travel Mall and visit this wonderful exhibition.
In Rome from January 26th to May 6th: Annibale Carracci at the “Chiostro del Bramante”. An exhibition of 160 paintings and drawings by the Bolognese artist who 
lived and worked many years in Rome, as well as in Naples, Tuscany and Venice. Carracci perpetuates the dictates of the Italian Renaissance, creating highly realistic works characterised by a very decisive use of colour. The artist’s brush returns to the classical dictates of painting, reacting to the mannerist style of the period, while remaining firmly anchored to tradition. With Travel Mall online booking you can reserve your hotel in Rome and have your chance to visit this exhibition.
In Milan until March 25th: With Henry’s eyes at Forma. Henry Cartier-Bresson (1908 Chanteloup - 2004 L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue) caught many intense moments in the 
photographs he took all over Europe, Asia and America. In search of reality, he used his images of people to record the political, economic and artistic changes of the 20th century. Some of the captions fail to contextualize the issues and subjects but the exhibition offers a generous selection of his work. Over two hundred contemporary photos (both unusual and classic), period prints, drawings and documents provide a profile of the great master of the 1900s. The easyest way to stay in Milan is to book a hotel on Travel Mall.
These are just ideas, come back soon to read about other proposals and check often on Travel Mall website for updated offers.
Meetings & congresses in Italy: Italy has to confirm itself as a point of attraction of the world, cultural and tourism place and congress pole. This is the country imagined
by the Minister of Cultural Means & Events Mr. Francesco Rutelli in a recent meeting in Rome that outlined the birth of a congress district in Rome. Travel Mall gives to DMC and private companies the possibility of organizing meetings, congresses and special events alla over Italy by asking a personalized quotation through the group page or sending an e-mail to info@travel-mall.net.
New flight connections between USA and Italy: American Airlines bets on Italy, the US air carrier announced that, starting this year, the flights New York/Rome and Chicago/Rome will be operated on annual basis. From next April 10th to October 28th the flights will be on daily basis, during winter time Chicago flight will be 4 times per
week and New York flight 3 times per week. “This is an extremely positive news for tourism in Rome”, said Mrs. Maria Pia Garavaglia, councillor for tourism in Rome, adding “this is the proff that Rome is becoming a more compettive international tourism attraction. For this reason Travel Mall has the widest choice of Rome hotels you can book online: 2 & 3 star hotels in Rome , 4 star hotels, 5 star hotels at your disposal.
Umbria, an emerging tourist reality: The Governor of the Umbria region has recently celebrated the reached goal of 6 millions tourists in her region. The last years have confirmed the growing interest of the foreign visitors in this incredible part of Italy. Travel Mall offers several choices of accommodation so, for example, you can book your hotel in Assisi and Perugia.
A recent study of the Italian Tourist Board foresees a 2007 with a strong recover of 
the tourist flows from USA (again a fast growing market for Italy) and Germany, especially for the art cities. Travel Mall gives the possibility of the online reservation of hotels in all Italian art cities, you can book hotels in Rome, in Florence, in Venice, in Bologna, in Milan, in Siena and many more. Another growing niche on the Italian market is the “fly & cruise” that for the year 2007 counts on almost 7 million passengers, mostly coming from overseas, arriving and departing from the Italian ports with the major cruise lines. As said, good news for Italy from Germany, where the Bundesbank calculates that almost 5 billion Euros have been spent in Italy by German tourists. The Russian market counts a growing trend of more than 38%, while France market is at a +7%.
The National Geographic has assigned to the Natural Park of Cinque Terre the 13th place among the sites of Unesco in the world. This Park is unique not only for the 
nature but also because the locals worked together to protect the area of the park; among the initiatives we count the use of biological food in restaurants and hotels, local busses running with natural gas and the protected marine area. Travel Mall has choosen a hotel for you in the vicinity of the park and the hotel in Santa Marghrita Ligure can be booked here.
One of the most important Italian art cities is Naples, in a recent congress the Major of the city confirmed that the potentiality of the tourist growth of the city are enormous; with the key attractions of the city (the beauty of the area and the huge artistic heritage), combined with the will of the citizens and the local institutions the result will be a development of the tourism in the city. Travel Mall offers you the possibility to book your hotel in Naples with a choice among various possible budget.
