Interface Tourism Italy
Your Interface to the Italian Market
- Created in 2007 Interface Tourism Italy aims to follow in the footsteps of its French sister agency and to become the leading company in the Italian market.
- Thanks to its skilled, experienced employees the company has rapidly become a point of reference for both the media and the travel trade and is considered to be a highly reliable partner with which to work.
- Only 3 years after its inauguaration, Interface Tourism Italy is already rated amongst the top 5 agencies in the Italian market.
- The agency currently maintains some 10 permanent clients (5 destinations, 3 hotels or similar, 2 DMCs) + a carries out regular ad hoc activities.
- The team consists of 6 full time staff members and 1 freelance. Italian, English, Spanish, French and German are spoken.
Interface Tourism Community Italy
The agency has developed its own online B2B platform (a professional Press Room and a Trade Corner) to promote its clients to journalists, tour operators, travel agents and MICE agencies.
The agency also uses its own corporate social network pages to keep their tourist media and professional friends updated on the latest client news!
Address
Interface Tourism Italy
Ripa di Porta Ticinese, 5
20144 Milano
Italy
P +39 02 83660917
F +39 02 58109856
Affiliation
Contacts
Elena Martinetto - Managing Director
Born in Torino in 1972, Elena obtained her Law Degree from the University of Torino and then attended a Seminar in Communication Strategies at the outset of her career. She first worked as Assistant Manager - Passengers at Torino International Airport where she was responsible for general operations and for relations with TOs or Airline Managers. In January 2000 she began to experience the world of PR, working as PR Director at DSN Design Service Network in Neuchatel (Switzerland), a network of companies specialised in the design and creation of car prototypes. She created and took care of the press office and organised the Turin Car Show and the Bologna Motor Show among other such events.
After leaving DSN, Elena worked from 2001 to 2004 as a consultant for one of the biggest PR agencies in Italy where she was PR Account Manager for Hong Kong Tourism Board, Swiss International Air Lines, Boscolo Luxury Hotels and Continental Airlines.
In March 2004 she founded ES Communication with her partner, Serena Valle: they’ve been consultants for Aviareps (for Kenya Tourist Board), La Meridiana Relais & Chateaux and for Mete di Liguria, a luxury Bed & Breakfast consortium. ES Communication is focusing more now on the organisation of international events including tourism congresses and conferences, sport and cultural rvents).
In June 2007, she founded Interface Tourism Italy, together with Serena Valle.
Serena Valle - Managing Director
Born in Imperia in 1974, in 1998 she obtained her A class Degree in Foreign Languages and Literature from the Università Cattolica of Milan, specialising in Communication and Information Strategies and focusing on Tourism Management. After an initial incursion into PR she then experienced the world of tourism, working first of all in Sales & Marketing in the hotel business and then moving on to organise events and promotions such as the launch of famous cars such as the Audi TT or the Alfa Romeo 147 as well as organising jazz and classical concerts, managing sales and customer relations at international happenings such as the Montecarlo F1 race.
In 2001 Serena moved to Turin, where she started working in one of the biggest PR agencies in Italy, first as PR Account Manager for international tourist boards such as New Zealand and Kenya and then as Marketing Director for international accounts such as Hong Kong, Seychelles and Jordan.
In March 2004 she founded ES Communication together with her partner, Elena Martinetto: they’ve been consultants for Aviareps (for Kenya Tourist Board), La Meridiana Relais & Chateaux and for Mete di Liguria, a luxury Bed & Breakfast consortium. ES Communication is focusing more now on the organisation of international events including tourism congresses and conferences and sport and cultural events.
In June 2007, she founded Interface Tourism Italy, together with Elena Martinetto.
Serena's 3 homes are Liguria, Milan and New Zealand
