ITALY MASTERPLACE
Start up, scale up a destination
Who we are?
Destination Italia is a tour operator specialized in promoting incoming tourism.
Through a network of Local Experts distributed throughout the territory it is able to offer unique and authentic content to make the most of the peculiarities that our country offers. Destination Italia promotes its products through 1,000 affiliated tour operators in 85 different countries worldwide and is today the Leader in the Incoming market for Italy. Territorial coverage, in-house technology and distribution capacity represent the pillars of our business model.
The Masterplace Project
Italy Masterplace is a territorial development format conceived and created by Destination Italia, which aims to create strategic connections between territories and the international tourism market.
Who is it aimed at?
It is aimed at destinations in start-up and/or maturing stages, to better develop their unexpressed potential.
Why Italy Masterplace?
Enhancement of Local Heritage
It enhances the territory, enhancing its most authentic and characteristic contents, as well as enhancing the real estate heritage especially that of historic centers.
Durational Employment
It is capable of generating an important inducement of long-term employment, within the community.
Visibility Opportunities for the Territory
It is a unique opportunity in terms of the visibility of the territory itself and its governance bodies.
Synergies with Local Experts
Integrative Assets for Tourism
Digital Innovation in Tourism
Promotion of Local Tourism
Macro steps:
- Definition of an agreement Between The Governance bodies of a territory and Destination Italia Spa;
- Product Department activities that defines the lines guides vocations of the territory as a direction for digitization and mapping activities carried out by the Local Expert;
- A series of events in New York dedicated at the presentation of each destination That provides for a final vote by one audience of professionals carefully selected . In the same occasion it will come Go to Market announced ( start from the distribution in the markets international tourism);
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Awarding of the first prize Italy Masterplace In the course of an event final in NY in which the first three destinations in order of vote , in front of a VIP jury, they will have the opportunity to compete the ambitious recognition.