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Air Malta is extending its €39.50 special Sicily fares by offering €99 return including tax to Rome, Milan and Reggio.

This offer, the airline said, is valid for travel between November 5 and December 16 (tickets have to be issued by October 15); between January 8 and March 23 (tickets have to be issued by October 31); and between April 12 and July 10 (tickets have to be issued up to January 27).

Tickets from the airline’s office at MIA would be subject to an additional service fee of €10, while a fee of €5 would be levied on tickets from the airline’s call centre.

Rocco Forte Opens 120m Euro Golf Resort in Sicily

Rocco Forte, the succesfull hotelier will finally open a golf resort in Sicily after an incredible 7 years of bureaucracy. Mr. Forte has a strong record in the hotel business and has since made huge successes of "the faded stars" within the luxury hotel sector, turning them into profitable establishments once again.

The Verdura Golf Spa & Resort will cover over 230 hectares and have a total of 203 rooms. The will be a total of four restaurants and 1.8km of its own private coastline. There will also be a massive spa.

He commented that he always wanted to do a golf resort, because he didn´t think anyone in Europe had got it right yet! This also illustrates that regardless how deep your pockets are, red tape can still take time to overcome in this region, the good news is that you can get there in the end.

Calabria Property Palm View Construction Pictures

For those of you who have purchased property in Palm View - Reggio Di Calabria here are some construction photos kindly supplied by the developer. These pictures were taken on 11th July.

We will continue to post these photos here as and when they come in.

Italy Tourism Minister Halts Rip-Offs

Michela Brambilla has made it clear she wants to stop the systematic fleecing of tourists in Italy. A recent incident regarding a Japanese couple being charged €700for a meal in Rome seems to be the catalyst for a new initiative to stop sharp practice within the many services industries involved with serving holiday makers.

She has announced the formation of a commission that will monitor the price across the sector and has given her assurance that it will stop the ridiculous rip-offs that unsuspecting travellers have to endure.

Perhaps the same idea might be employed in London!

Reggio Di Calabria Records Highest Increase in Consumer Price Index

The consumer price index in Italy decreases from 0.9% in May to 0.5% in June. This is its lowest level for the inflation index since September 1968! The highest increases in the index were recorded in Trieste (+1%) and Reggio Calabria.

Source : The Italian National Institute of Statistics

Reggio Calabria Included in GO/Air Malta Collaboration

GO and Air Malta have teamed up to launch a great travel offer – Fly Two – exclusively for GO fixed phone post-paid customers. Fly Two gives these GO customers the chance to book the holiday of their dreams or travel for business on Air Malta flights to a range of 21 destinations. The offer covers two persons on a return basis at a cost of e199 which includes taxes, fuel surcharges and fees for both passengers travelling together for the entire journey.

The Fly Two offer is valid for travel to the following destinations: Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Birmingham, Budapest, Catania, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Istanbul, Leipzig, London Gatwick, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Sofia, Vienna and Zurich.

Those interested in the exclusive travel offer may simply log on to www.airmalta.com/go and register their participation by filling in and submitting the form provided – after inputting GO in the reference field. They will automatically receive a confirmation to be presented at registration stage later on. All GO fixed phone post-paid customers will be receiving information on this offer with their bills.

Fly Two registration and ticketing will be done at the Air Malta sales office at the Malta International Airport and in Victoria up to 8 August. GO customers can utilise this offer and fly between 5 November, 2009 and 23 March, 2010 (excluding the blackout period 17 December, 2009 to 7 January, 2010).

New Air Route - Reggio -Verona

Air Italy announced the new services from Verona-"Catullo" airport to Reggio. Flights will be on Tuesday and on Thursday starting from July 28 till September 3.