Economy and hospitality are the themes at the center of the second edition of the Catering Day for the Culture of Italian Hospitality, the event promoted by Fipe-Confcommercio, the Italian Federation of Public Businesses, with the patronage of numerous Italian Ministries, including those of Business and Tourism.
After last year’s success, 10,000 businesses in Italy and abroad, including restaurants, trattorias, taverns and pizzerias, have joined the day which is celebrated nationally on 18 May, with the aim of remembering that catering Italian, with 54 billion in added value and 1.4 million employed, is not only essential for agri-food and tourism, but is also a fundamental hub of history, traditions and identity that expresses the Italian lifestyle.
Today in Rimini, an area where catering is the protagonist of hospitality and the flagship of the tourist offer, Fipe-Confcommercio of the province of Rimini organized the launch of Catering Day alongside the institutional initiative of FIPE at the Chamber of Deputies to enhance and strengthen the value of Italian catering through a DDL. Under the motto of “Let’s take Italian catering to the top”, the Great Ferris Wheel on the port of Rimini was chosen for a particular high-altitude tasting of typical Rimini street food: piada with sardines and salad, fried fish and typical local wines.
With the patronage of the Municipality of Rimini and in the presence of the Councilor for Economic Activities, Juri Magrini, a representation of FIPE restaurateurs met together with the customers and tourists who frequent their premises, rewarded with this unforgettable experience. Together with them, in the most photographed and “Instagrammed” point of Rimini, some young influencers and food bloggers who enthusiastically joined the initiative, making it viral. On behalf of FIPE-Confcommercio, thanks for the collaboration to: La Grande Ruota Panoramica di Rimini, Avamposto restaurant, Tenuta del Monsignore and Myo spa, a leading company for the supply of office stationery and supplies for the Ho.re.ca sector , public establishments and hotels.
“This launch initiative proposed in an identifying place such as the Ferris wheel on the port – explains the president of FIPE-Confcommercio of the province of Rimini, Gaetano Callà – was truly special and highly appreciated, both by the tourists who participated and by the many colleagues who wanted to be together with us, bringing Italian catering to the top through excellent local products, which make our products known and appreciated throughout the world. food and wine proposal.
“Catering Day – continues Callà – in fact, it intends to enhance a fundamental sector for the local economy and communicate the cultural, social and identity values of which it is an expression. Italian catering interprets, and constantly reinterprets, cuisine, conviviality and our lifestyle, with an indisputable role in the development and promotion of our territory”.
