Enit, Garavaglia and the (non-existent) Albeggiani case

13 May 20213 years ago babelfish

Facts, rumors and scenarios on the arrival at the ENIT (the National Agency for Tourism) of the managing director Albeggiani wanted by the Minister Garavaglia and on which the sector associations have not expressed criticism. Downsizing in sight for the director of Enit Bastianelli?

Is there really an uproar in the associations linked to tourism activities for the CEO arriving at the Enit?

Converging sources – governmental, institutional and the economic sector linked to tourism – say no.

Certainly there is the intention of the Minister of Tourism, Massimo Garavaglia (Lega) to appoint a CEO (Giuseppe Albeggiani) at the head of the Enit National Agency while Giorgio Palmucci, who arrived at Enit in the early days of 2019, remains as president by the will of the then Minister of Agriculture, Gian Marco Centinaio (Lega).

Some indiscretions have credited doubts about the name indicated by Garavaglia for the Agency now led by the executive director Giovanni Bastianelli (former Confcommercio manager) who has also placed himself at the head of Enit's foreign offices as well as recently launching initiatives – such as web radio – on which there is more than one question at ministerial level.

Certainly the arrival of Albeggiani will reduce Bastianelli's perimeter and role.

Instead – according to the reconstruction of Start Magazine – the associations probed by Garavaglia in view of the appointment of the managing director (Federturismo Confindustria, Confturismo Confindustria, Assoturimo Confesercenti and Fiavet) have not objected to anything on the curriculum of Albeggiani, who is a manager and expert consultant in marketing.

Not even Federalberghi, the powerful association chaired by Bernabò Bocca – already a member of the Forza Italia parliamentary and notoriously close to the center-right parties despite having bipartisan relations – had nothing to complain about the name of Albeggiani.

Only a member of the Federalberghi bureaucracy would have received reservations, perplexities and criticisms, but apparently for extra-social reasons.

Perhaps some insiders were expecting an internal promotion of Enit?

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/enit-garavaglia-e-il-caso-inesistente-albeggiani/ on Thu, 13 May 2021 09:56:02 +0000.