ITALY / USA SERVICES
CONCIERGE IN ITALY & ADDITIONAL CUSTOM SERVICES
CONCIERGE SERVICE IN ITALY
Often I may be booked in high season and it is unfortunate for me to not be of any help to you if you are feeling lost in the area. Or perhaps you are short on time or don’t feel like researching places to visit and would like the help of a local but not necessarily have guided tours. It would be my pleasure to offer a concierge service for a small fee to assist you with:
- Suggesting and booking hotels
- Booking winery visits
- Booking restaurant meals and finding restaurants that adapt to your dietary needs
- Booking truffle hunts
- Setting up private transportation with professional drivers
- Giving you any advice needed about the area
If you are interested in the above, please write me an email and I can provide you with more details.
MORE QUESTIONS or SERVICE REQUESTS
HOSPITALITY CONSULTANT FOR RESTAURANTS
Since I love eating out and take tourists out to lunch nearly every day during peak season, I have tried many local restaurants. If a restaurant would like to know how they compare in terms of ambience, service, price and dishes, I would be happy to help.
MAY INCLUDE
- Eating a full course meal at the restaurant
- Written report of impressions with suggestions on how to improve
- Providing English language lessons targeted to the restaurant business and hospitality
- Translation of marketing materials or menus from Italian to English
HOSPITALITY CONSULTANT FOR HOTELS
With so many lodging options now available in the area, it can be very hard for visitors to choose. I am lucky to pick people up at several different hotels, b&bs, agriturismos and apartments where I get to hear feedback from the clients. I know exactly what they love and what they are disappointed in and can help.
MAY INCLUDE
- Staying a night in the hotel
- Written report of impressions and suggestions on how to improve from a guest’s point of view
- Providing English language lessons targeted to the industry
- Translation of marketing materials from Italian to English
ADD ON SERVICES
Additionally, I am part of a professional marketing team who specializes in helping emerging start-ups and already established companies with services such as:
- Graphic design services
- Printing services for promotional materials
- Development of internet platforms and e-commerce
- SEO services
- Targeted marketing campaigns
- Photography and video services
HOSPITALITY CONSULTANT FOR WINERIES
After having visited wineries all over the world and especially in Piedmont, I am lucky to see the different approaches and types of winery tours and tastings that take place. As a wine lover myself, I know what I appreciate and what I don’t when it comes to a tasting. My job as tasting room manager in an important Barolo winery also enabled me to do market research with the visitors about their local experiences which gave me further insight. By seeing firsthand so many different forms of hospitality in wineries, I can provide the winery with tips, suggestions, and criticisms from both a tour guide’s and visitor’s perspective.
MAY INCLUDE
- Observation of how winery tour and tasting is normally done
- Written report of impressions with suggestions on how to improve
- Providing English language lessons targeted at winery visits and customers
- Translation of marketing materials from Italian to English
- Providing wine gadgets and souvenir ideas for the tasting room.
MORE QUESTION or SERVICE REQUESTS
SERVICES FOR ITALIANS
This is a natural! I would be happy to offer my services if you need any sort of middleman or liason between the two countries where I spend my time. Some examples of work I can do for you could be:
- Market and promote Italian business by blogging
- Contacting American business or press for Italian businesses
- Organize events like winemaker dinners, tastings etc. in California for local Piemontese wineries
- Market research in the USA for Italian products
- Have American product samples shipped to Italy
SERVICES FOR AMERICANS
- Finding wines, assembling mixed cases and shipping them to you
- Finding any object which can not be found in the US and shipping them
- Research and visit places of interest for you if you are a tour operator or travel agent
- Interview, photograph or take videos of people or places in Italy if you are a blogger, travel agent or author
- Help find donors for charity events
- Help researching Italian ancestors
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERVICES
The original reason I first came to Italy was actually to teach English! I got my TOEFL teaching certificate and taught in private language schools and high schools in the area for 9 years. It is still a pleasure for me to offer these services:
- Translations from Italian to English
- Interpreter from Italian to English
- Private English lessons catered to you
- Private English conversation lessons
- Business English and group courses
Please let me know if you need any help with the language … Sarei lieta di aiutarvi migliorare la tua lingua inglese!
