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AG Boutique Journey celebrates 20 years of operating

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AG Boutique Journey, the DMC within the AG Group, sole Tourist Group in Italy that is capable of satisfying internally any request for hospitality, whether Hotel or land services (DMC/Tour Operator & Event Management Company, Hotel Group, Hotel Consultants, Restaurateur and Retirement Homes), founded and directed by Andrea Girolami, is now celebrating its twentieth birthday.

Born under the name of RSI Travel, today known as AG Boutique Journey, offers highly professional solutions for all Travel solutions, Events, Weddings and Luxury Travel. Grown from a great love and passion for Italy by Andrea Girolami, the founder and his team, has today become a contagious addiction and reached out to its entire staff.

RSI soon established itself as a dynamic reality, becoming “RSI GROUP” with five separate divisions: RSI Communication, RSI Travel, Corporate & Events, Luxury Travel and Weddings. Today, integrated into the new group, it participates in the internationalization of a wide variety of brands and thanks to its customer base, which stretches from every corner of the globe, particularly the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The company today continues to offer five separate departments, embracing every segment of demand, Individuals-FIT Groups, MICE, Luxury and Weddings.

Statement by Andrea Girolami, President and founder of the AG Group

“We are proud to have adopted an advanced business module, unique in Italy and possibly also in Europe, by positioning ourselves as a one-stop-shop for anyone who wants to visit our country at its best.

“AG Boutique Journey is not just a DMC, it is the passport to an integrated Group which operates all-round in the hospitality world and offers its own Executive and Luxury hotels, 360° scope of Consultancy to hoteliers, Gourmet Restaurants, Bistrots, stunning rooftop Terraces and a solution to any dream request of every possible and imaginable trip.  Whoever contacts us will discover not “only” rooms, but unique and original ingredients for creating a boutique journey in all forms.

“Over the many years of operating, we have adjusted our organization several times over, always in accordance with changing demand and market trends and shifts, thus confirming our dynamic and competitive nature. Today, thanks to the excellent reputation which we have gained from continuously surpassing expectations, our high standards of service, our passion for Italy and our client oriented nature, we have created an efficient and competent  format that is in a position of writing a new chapter in the history of hospitality.

“To those who continue to ask me how we got here? I reply rather moderately, by our company motto to which we still stand by today. One of our secrets is to always be large enough and small enough, that is to efficiently manage all aspects of the journey but also by giving each and every program a personal touch. “Boutique” is not just a whim or a claim, it is the necessary element in supporting the Operators, particularly at a time when moderate sales are posing as a threat and are dangerous rivals to the professionalism of the Agents, who fortunately find in us, more than just service or a supplier, they find support, friendship and partners.”

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AG Group–Your gateway to Italy is the first tourist group in Italy capable of satisfying all aspects of the incoming tourism demand internally. DMC/tour operator and event management, Hotel Consulting Company, Own Hotel Chain, Gourmet Restaurants and Retirement Homes.

Founded and directed by Andrea Girolami, an entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience in tourism and hospitality, includes:

  • AG Hotels, executive hotels in the centre of Rome, plus a deluxe property opening in Florence at the beginning of 2020.
  • AG Boutique Journey, tour operator, DMC, event agency and wedding planner with an important specialization in the luxury segment.
  • AG Hotel Consulting, consulting agency for hotels, which contributes to the marketing of many hotels in central Italy.
  • AG Foodies, bistrot in Rome and the Terraces of the AG Hotels as well as the Florence shortly, equipped with gourmet kitchens.
  • AG Domus Nova, the novelty of the Group: an important retirement home project, beginning in central Italy, to also meet the demand for hospitality for the elderly.

MEDIA CONTACT: Stefano Ferri, Press Officer, Mob. 349 5506421 [email protected]

The Seychelles Tourism Board and trade partners ready for the Italian Market

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The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) and trade partners prepare for the 56th edition of the TTG Travel Experience in Italy, Fiera di Rimini, which runs from October 9, 2019 until October 11, 2019.

The Seychelles delegation, headed by STB Chief Executive Mrs. Sherin, will also consist of the presence of STB Director for Italy, Turkey, Greece and the Mediterranean, Ms. Monette Rose with the support of a team from the Italy office and a representative from Headquarters.

The team will be accompanied by trade partners from Seychelles including 7° South, AVANI Barbarons Seychelles Resort, Berjaya Resorts Seychelles, Creole Travel Services, Hilton Seychelles Resorts, Savoy Resort & Spa and Coral Strand Smart Choice, all present at the trade event to market their services as the Tourism Board team will be selling the destination.

Speaking of the upcoming three-day event and interest of the STB to be present Ms. Monette Rose mentioned the opportunity for the destination representatives and its partners to network with key industry players and understand the recent developments and trends on the Italian market.

On her part, Mrs. Francis stressed that the participation at the TTG Travel Experience in Italy is the extension of the STB team’s presence in Europe.

“We are anticipating to extend our impact on the Italian market as much as we did in France last week, we are very much eager to keep our Italian counterparts updated with the destination and what makes us unique,” said the STB Chief Executive.

TTG Travel Experience is Italy’s most important business-to-business International Tourism Exhibition, and the travel industry’s leading event for doing business, innovating and keeping up to date.

MEDIA CONTACT: STB News Bureau, Tel: +248 4 671 354 / +248 4 671 313, [email protected]  www.seychelles.travel

Italian Exhibition Group (IEG): at TTG Travel Experience (Italy)

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Award-winning chefs and wild journeys feature for an unforgettable edition

Wanted: unforgettable travel under the banner of sport, wellness, food service, hospitality and local areas. This is what visitors to Rimini expo centre in Italy will find at the 56th TTG Travel Experience, being held byItalian Exhibition Group (IEG), from 9th to 11th October, simultaneously with SIA Hospitality Design and Sun Beach & Outdoor Style.

TTG Travel Experience is the most important Italian B2B expo on tourism: ranging from vacation products to the hospitality sector, outdoor and beach facilities, and able to attract the entire Travel Industry supply chain.

TTG Travel Experience features three macro expo areas: Italia, absolutely the world’s top showcase of everything Italy’s regions offer tourists; Global Village, with a growth in the participation of European destinations; and The World, with an ample representation of countries in America and Asia.

There will also be the inauguration of the Eatexperience (Explore, taste, enjoy) and Be Active (Adventure, Sport, Wellness) exhibitions for trade members interested in providing gourmet, innovative and travelling tourism solutions in Italy [223 million euros were spent in 2017 by foreign tourists on food and wine tourism in Italy, 70% more than 2013 (Source: Enit)]; whereas in 2016, 18.6% of the foreign tourists stated that sport was the motivation of their vacations (Source: CST).

In the Eatexperience area, preparations are under way for a multitude of scheduled events, starting with the one with the Gualtiero Marchesi Foundation, which will present the world tour of Marchesi cuisine, from Chicago to Tokyo and the major European capitals (Paris, London  and Berlin), as well as the Lake Como case history by exceptional guest Andrea Berton, award-winning chef and disciple of Gualtiero Marchesi; Le strategie globali nel turismo gastronomico e del vino (Global strategies in gastronomic and wine tourism) by Luiss Guido Carli, plus the meeting on how people’s search for gastronomic experiences will change in the hyper food world, presented by means of the analysis of Industry Vision IEG.

For information, go to en.ttgexpo.it.

FOCUS ON: TTG TRAVEL EXPERIENCE – SIA HOSPITALITY DESIGN – SUN BEACH&OUTDOOR STYLE

Classification: international expos; Organizer: Italian Exhibition Group SpA; frequency: annual; edition: 56th TTG, 68th SIA, 37th Sun; admittance: trade visitors only; tickets: free, on invitation; hours: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (last day 10:00 am – 5:00 pm); Exhibitions Italy Director: Patrizia Cecchi; exhibitor info: tel. +39 02 806892; e-mail: [email protected]; Web sites: www.ttgexpo.it  #TTG19 – www.siaexpo.it #SIA19 – www.sunexpo.it #SUN19 – #THINKFUTURE

Italian Exhibition Group Press Contacts:

Press Office Manager: Marco Forcellini

International Press Office Coordinator: Silvia Giorgi
[email protected]
P. +39-0541-744814  

Turin, the Piedmont region and its gastronomy: The pinnacle of tours proposed for summer 2019 & 2020

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AG Boutique Journey, the DMC  & Tour Operator of AG Group, the first Tourist Group in Italy in a position to satisfy in-house all forms of demand.  (DMC/Tour Operator & Event Management, its own Boutique Hotel chain and Consultants for independent Hotels’ Marketing & Yield Management, A selection of fine Bistro Restaurants and novice their private Retirement Homes for the elderly). All of these founded and Directed by Andrea Girolami who has more than twenty-years of experience in all levels of Incoming tourism. From leisure to corporate to MICE – Meetings Incentives Conferences & Events and with a department dedicated solely to the Elite luxury Sector. Today they are at the forefront and offering only the best solutions to International Tourists who wish to spend their summer vacation in Italy, which is also known as the Bel Paese.

With a great foresight and awareness of the times and even well before even CNN made their conclusions, AG Boutique Journey had already presented specific tours and products to visit Turin and the Piedmont region in their 2019 catalogue.  An area which is listed as the Royal capital in the USA’s Top 20 list for alternate destinations for travelers visiting from North America.

CNN recommendations

Over the past few days, the well-known TV news network put together their own specific list and recommended  the twenty most beautiful European cities worth visiting, and they are less known and some are off the beaten track. Turin in particular is seen as an alternative to Venice since «it is less congested». The capital of Piedmont is also the city where some of the most underestimated places in Italy are found, including the Contemporary Art museum at the Rivoli Castle, the Basilica of Superga and the Egyptian Museum, with its magnificent collection of “Egyptian artefacts.” CNN concludes that in addition to the Artistic beauty found here, Turin also offers the opportunity to sample possibly the best Italian cuisine in the country.

Piedmont a region of beauty, art and food and wine

AG Boutique Journey offers two distinct tours based solely in the region of Piedmont. There is a five-nights / six-days trip and a more deep and complex itinerary with eight-nights / nine-days trip.

Places are dreamlike and for those Italophiles who already know Italy well, one can only imagine what they are.  The Langhe hills of the Barolo vineyards, the medieval city of Asti, the beautiful Grinzane Cavour castle, named in honor of Camillo Benso, the Count of Cavour and author of the Italian Risorgimento.  The city of Vercelli with its imposing Roman ruins, the fabulous views over  Monferrato, one of the most important wine areas in Italy.  Acqui Terme with its baths dating back to the Roman times.  Then of course the city of Turin, the first capital of a united Italy (1861-1865), with its National Cinema Museum in the towering Mass Antonelliana, and the Duomo Cathedral that houses the sacred Shroud believed to belong to Jesus Christ.

The tour includes gourmet meals and tasting and is accompanied along the way with Barolo and Barbaresco wines, the famous Langhe goats cheeses.  Once these in particular Montébore, one of the local delicacies since the 15th century, as well as the soft creamy Robiola cheese from Murazzano).

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AG Group – Your gateway to Italy is the first tourist group in Italy capable of satisfying all services in-house,  from the DMC / Tour Operator & Event Management to the Hotel Consulting, their very own Hotel collection,  the Restaurants and the Retirement homes.

Founded and directed by Andrea Girolami, an entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience in tourism and in hospitality, includes:

  • AG Hotels, five 4 star hotels in the center of Rome, with a sixth opening in September and shortly after his first 5 star Hotel to open in Florence.
  • AG Boutique Journey, Established Tour Operator, DMC, Event Organizer & Wedding planner with an important sector specializing in Luxury Travel.
  • AG Hotel Consulting, Hotel Revenue and Yield Management Advisors to a selection of luxury and boutique 4 & 5 star hotels, contributing to a content of already 30 hotels within central Italy.
  • AG Foodies, Bistros in Rome and Rooftop Terraces in two of the AG Hotels with more new openings soon in Florence for Diana’s Place Bistro and an exquisite Rooftop Terrace. All Gourmet menus are creatively managed and directed by the well-known Michelin star chef Andrea Fusco.
  • AG Domus Nova, the novelty to the company sees the opening of a collection of important Retirement Homes, in response to the demand for quality hospitality for the third age and where the project is already underway and operative in Central Italy.

Media Contact:

Stefano Ferri

Mob. 349 5506421

[email protected]

AG Boutique Journey a new reference for event organization in a growing Italy

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Two decades of experience at all levels of Incoming with a proclamation in the Luxury sector on the forefront for the ever growing demand for events from overseas to the Bel Paese.

AG Boutique Journey, the DMC & Tour Operator of AG Group, the first Tourist Group in Italy in a position to satisfy in-house all forms of demand. DMC/Tour Operator & Event Management, its very own Boutique Hotel selection and Consultants for independent Hotels offering support in Marketing, Revenue & Yield Management, Selection of fine Bistros with focus on eno-gastronomy excellence, and the opening of Retreats & Retirement Homes for the elderly.  All founded and Directed by Andrea Girolami who has more than twenty-years of experience on all levels of Incoming tourism. From leisure to corporate to MICE – Meetings Incentives Conferences Events – and with a department dedicated solely to the Elite luxury Sector. Today they are proposing further enhancement to the world public as a reference for the organization of events in an Italy which is increasingly growing and is highly preferred by overseas Corporate Businesses and  Associations.

AG Boutique Journey a new reference for event organizatin in a growing Italy
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Congress Italy and AG Boutique Journey

Released by the OICE only a few weeks ago, the Italian Observatory of Congresses announced that in 2018 Italy registered 421,503 Congresses and Events which were held for a total of 597,224 days and thus showing an increase of  +5.8% and +6.7% in comparison to 2017.  These are the gratifying results, in particular, International Events are consistently increasing from 7.9% in 2017 to 8.1% in 2018, with significant numbers of the participants arriving from abroad.

AG Boutique Journey has a dynamic and professional team and hundreds of collaborators and partners around Italy and GSA abroad. It has a background of numerous hugely successful events of all kinds including Political and Federal Congresses, Corporate Incentives which advantageously draw special attention by focusing their knowledge and know how in the luxury sector.

AG Boutique Journey a new reference for event organizatin in a growing Italy
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AG Boutique Journey a new reference for event organizatin in a growing Italy
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The recognized presence of AG Boutique Journey in the Americas and Australia as well as throughout Europe where it is particularly recognized and appreciated for its unique and unusually large range of Experiential Tours and Bespoke trips, they make AG Group today, a point of reference for the organization of important Events in Italy. Thanks to the very tested and experienced leisure know how it is able to offer niche exclusivity, Traditional ideas, Artistic-cultural visits, original team building and more…. something both Corporate and Affiliate customers appreciate and which are unique in their offers for MICE.

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AG Boutique Journey a new reference for event organizatin in a growing Italy

AG Group – Your gateway to Italy is the first tourist group in Italy capable of satisfying all needs in-house, DMC / Tour Operator and Event Management, Hotel Consulting, Own Hotels, Restaurants and Retirement homes. Founded and directed by Andrea Girolami, an entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience in tourism and in hospitality, which includes:

  • AG Hotels, five 4 star hotels in the center of Rome, with a sixth opening in September and shortly after a 5 star Hotel in Florence.
  • AG Boutique Journey, Tour operator, DMC, event organizer and Wedding planner with an important sector specializing in luxury travel.
  • AG Hotel Consulting, consulting agency for 4 & 5 star hotels, which contribute to make up the content of 30 hotels within central Italy.
  • AG Foodies, Bistro in Rome and the Rooftop Terraces of 2 of the AG Hotels with new openings soon in Florence with Diana’s Place Bistro and Rooftop Terrace. All Gourmet menus are creatively managed and directed by the well-known Michelin star chef Andrea Fusco.
  • AG Domus Nova, the novelty of the Group’s important Retirement Home project, already open in the centre of Italy, in response to the demand for hospitality for the third age.

Media Contact:  Stefano Ferri, Mob. +39 349 5506421, [email protected]