Book Your Italy is the new inbound brand by Travel-Lab Tour Operator and D.M.C. (Destination Management Company), founded in 2010 by the general manager Stefano Costa, who has been working in this field since 1994, such as a licensed hiking and tourist guide and previously an employer at a big tour operator as an account manager of group tours towards European capitals.

After his meeting with Chiara Palumbo, a licensed tour guide in the area of Lake Maggiore and Lake Como, the company created the inbound touristic product about the Italian Lakes, which oversees the organization of services for leisure, business, corporate and incentive tourism, towards the Lake District of Northern Italy (Lake Como, Lake Maggiore, Lake Garda, Lake Orta, Lake Lugano, Lake Iseo and Lake Varese), including the most important cities such as Milan, Bergamo, Turin, Verona and Venice and providing hotel reservations, transfers, special customized tours, guided visits, organization of events and team-building activities both for individuals and groups.

Starting a cooperation with some local providers, since 2015, we have been organizing daily trips and complete tours in the province of Parma, where the company has one of its headquarters. The Castles of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, the outdoor tourism thanks to the organization of hiking groups and some food and wine experiences are the most interesting products we deal with.

In 2015 Parma was awarded by the UNESCO as the Creative City of Gastronomy, thanks to its local typical products such as: Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, Parma ham, Culatello di Zibello, Felino salami, cooked shoulder of ham from San Secondo, black truffle from Fragno and Valceno, Porcino mushroom from Borgotaro, Lambrusco and Colli di Parma wines. That’s why we thought about a combination of important factors.

The inbound product Heritage Italy is the company’s third flagship, born thanks to the meeting with Nellie Italiano and her decades of experience: it is a customized way of travelling along our “tricolor boot” specially focused on a foreign target of clients who are looking for the best cultural heritage of our country, including art, music, literature and traditions.

Travel-Lab T.O. & D.M.C. is a “lab for all your travels”, in order to project customized tours towards Italy. Each customer has specific needs and, therefore, Travel-Lab ranks each inquiry as unique by customizing a trip that is truly tailor-made; this is due to the fact that our company has developed over the years a tight network of contacts and collaborations which always allows to find the best solution to any request.