After last editions’ success, the BTO is back in Florence. This year, such an event will move to Fortezza da Basso.

Without a doubt, it’s an unmissable appointment for everyone working in tourism marketing and hospitality industry.

The event will last two days, in which the partakers will have the chance to confront each other with many international experts and leading companies through debates, training sessions and product presentations.

The program will be presented on the official website, where you can also buy your tickets.

Among the topics of the fair, some particular ones

Like every year, the marathon of Florence is back. The contestants will run through centuries of history and art, in the beautiful setting of the city of Florence; a unique atmosphere which has made it an unmissable event for thousands of sportspeople from all over the world.

42.195 Kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards) through lots of breathtaking glimpses of world-famous landscapes and sights; a race through Piazza Duomo, Piazza della Signoria and the unique Ponte Vecchio, to have its end in the prestigious Piazza Santa Croce.

This is the most important street running event in Tuscany, and by now it’s also become the main one in Italy and among the first 20 in the world for number of contestants and quality.

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Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, the school with several years experience in teaching Italian to foreign students, announces the start of a brand-new course: the “Italian Tour”, a course that allows participants to know and discover Italy by giving students the opportunity to study in several cities. In this way, they will have the chance to visit Italy and, at the same time, learn Italian language.

With this course, students will appreciate Italian language even more and they will go into Italian atmosphere and culture with a 360 degrees experience, which will give them the chance to visit beautiful the most beautiful cities and places in Italy.

As a matter of fact, Scuola Leonardo da Vinci has schools located in 4 wonderful Italian cities: Milan, Florence, Rome and Siena, which have similar syllabus and where students can attend the “Italian Tour”

St Michael Feast was born in 16th century in a “sacred and profane” context and it offers visitors musical entertainment, folk songs, games and much more!

It takes place in September, from 28th to 30th, during which the four districts of the little town of Carmignano (in the province of Prato, Tuscany) challenge each other showing their own parade, with music, costumes and decorated floats.

The districts are distinguished by name and colour: white for “la Torre” (the Tower district), yellow for “il Leone” (the Lion), green for “l’Arte” (the Art) and blue for “l’Arcangelo” (Archangel).

When the parades are over, it’s time for the “Donkey Race”:

Energycon is a 2 yearly event that is organized by IEEE Region 8 (including Europe, Africa and Middle East).

The conference offers participants the opportunity to share and compare ideas and opinions about issues concerning generation, transmission, supply, conversion and use of electric energy.

Each edition is hosted by a different country and this year, it’s Florence, where