I-Duco Travel Summit, i-summit yokuqala yokuhamba ye-boutique, ukukhuthaza iihotele ezimangalisayo kunye namava kulo lonke elase-Italy, kwenzeka eFlorence ukususela ngo-Matshi 12 ukuya kwi-16 2018. Iworkshop inikezelwa ngokukodwa kumcebisi wokuhamba ohamba phambili ovela e-USA, Canada, UK, EOstreliya naseNew Zealand.
Umhla wokuvula wawubanjelwe eVilla Cora, ihotele yeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu eFlorence, kwaye iintlanganiso zeB2B zenzeke kwiindawo ezi-3 ezikhethekileyo: Four Seasons Hotel Firenze, St Regis kunye neBelmond Villa San Michele. Ngezi ntsuku ze-3 i-Duco iqokelele ii-arhente zokuhamba zamazwe ngamazwe ezingcono kakhulu kunye nokukhethwa kwababonisi bezinga eliphezulu abavela kulo lonke elase-Italiya, elimelwe ngabanikezeli be-Italiya be-150, ubukhulu becala iihotele zeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu. Yayisisiganeko esikhethekileyo sokukhuthaza ukhenketho olukumgangatho ophezulu olukhulayo eFlorence. Enyanisweni, ngokutsho kwedatha ye-ISTAT (i-Italian National Institute of Statistics), abakhenkethi bangaphandle bangaphezu kwabakhenkethi base-Italiya (idatha ibuyela kwi-2017) kwaye inkcitho iyonke ifikelela kwi-EUR 37 billion.
Umcimbi wawuququzelelwe nguCarlolina Perez, usomashishini waseBrazil ohamba ngokunethezeka, oye waxhaswa ngoko nangoko kwiihotele zeFlorentine kunye noMajoro waseFlorence, uDario Nardella. UMasipala waseFlorence, ebulela kwiqabane lakhe iDestination Florence Convention kunye neBureau yeeNdwendwe, wenze ukuba iSalone dei Cinquecento ePalazzo Vecchio ifumaneke kumsitho wobusuku obubalaseleyo bokuvulwa.
UCarolina Perez uthe: “Uhlelo lokuqala lweDuco lwalumnandi kuba samkele iindwendwe ezininzi kwesinye sezona dolophu zintle zase-Italiya. Injongo yethu kukukhuthaza ukhenketho olutofotofo oluvelisa iziphumo ezihle kakhulu ngokwezoqoqosho kwilizwe lonke. Ndiwongekile ngokuququzelela ingqungquthela e-Italy ngakumbi eFlorence; wonke umthengi uyixabisile into engaqhelekanga yeehotele kunye neendawo. Oyena ndoqo wempumelelo yayilumanyano oluluqilima namaziko, ngenxa yenkxaso ethe gqolo ye-Destination Florence Convention and Visitors Bureau.”
Ewe, iNdawo yokuFikela iFlorence CVB ibingumxhasi womnyhadala ngendima yoMamkeli weNdawo yokuFikela. Amaziko amaninzi aye abandakanyeka, njengoko i-Toscana Promozione Turistica, umxhasi oyintloko we-Duco, u-Enit (iBhodi yeSizwe yezoKhenketho yaseNtaliyane) eyayingumxhasi "ubusuku beqela lase-Italian" kwi-Mercato Centrale Firenze. Amanye amaqabane amaninzi kunye namalungu e-DFCVB baye babandakanyeka kwintlangano njengoTeatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, u-Alberto Sarrantonio umfaki-zithombe, uRiprese Firenze, uFlorencetown, uGalateo Ricevimenti, Iileta zomtshato di Laura Mazzetti , Socota.
UCarlotta Ferrari, uMlawuli weNdawo yokuFikela uFlorence CVB, uthe: “I-Itali yayiyinkwenkwezi yeDuco Travel Summit. Iworkshop yabeka iFlorence phantsi kokukhanya kwaye siyazingca ngesi siphumo, kuba enye yezinto esijolise kuzo kukunyusa ukhenketho olukumgangatho ophezulu. Ibilithuba elikhethekileyo lokubonisa abacebisi bohambo iprojekthi yethu entsha iDestination Florence, ephucula nenxalenye engaqhelekanga yesixeko!”
