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. 
 

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. 

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.