What year is this? It’s Leonardo’s year (in Italy at least)! In 2019, a series of exhibitions will celebrate the artist, inventor and all-round genius – and arguably the most famous Italian in history. The celebration will be so...
Italian trends
“You can have the rest of the world if I can have Italy,” said Giuseppe Verdi, who is one of many Italian icons and a perfect example of the Italian character at its finest. The biggest mistake made by newly-arrived expats in Italy is not...
The world can’t get enough of Milan right now. The last in a series of awards and acknowledgments won by the Italian business capital over the past year was the Wallpaper* award for Best City. The international lifestyle and design bible has...
In a continually shifting business landscape, in which startups and solopreneurs pop up beside multinational companies and millennial-powered enterprises with flat hierarchies, incentive travel is seeing a much anticipated renaissance. The vast...
When we plan team building activities for our clients, we obviously need to cater to their specific needs and tastes. One thing we have noticed, when working for international clients, is that they often include the request for food-related...
Last month we examined a prime example of super-exclusive production when McLaren sold out a whole series of hypercars before even a single one was produced. The entire range was optioned by approximately a hundred buyers when it was still at...
Every year, a number of magazines and institutions compile lists that help us get a gage of the shape and structure of our society. Forbes’ World Billionaires List is one such and, in 2018, it tells us that the comprehensive net-worth of the...
Not so long ago, we offered you a list of typically Italian Christmas gifts that included the iconic Bialetti Moka pot. If you haven’t bought one yet and you are planning on getting one, it looks like you are going to need to hurry up, because...
The idea of “social score” and “social credit” is getting an ever stronger hold on our culture and society. There are those who welcome it with enthusiasm and those who are more prone to speculate on its potential negative effects – such as are...
When you are working in Italy – or simply travelling through the Country – in December, you just know that your loved ones back home will be expecting Italian-flavoured Christmas gifts. And that goes for your colleagues and employees too. And...