Domenico Pellegrino

Since October 2016, Domenico Pellegrino has been the Chief Executive Officer of Gruppo Bluvacanze, the largest Italian network of Travel Agencies under the Bluvacanze and Vivere&Viaggiare brands, 100% owned by MSC Cruises. Blunet, a tourism distribution hub for affiliated agencies, Cisalpina Tours, a leading company in Italy for Business Travel and Mice, as well as Going, a long-established Italian Tour Operator known for the reliability and quality of the tailor-made trips it organizes, are also part of Gruppo Bluvacanze. The CEO appointment was in addition to his role as Managing Director of Business Travel and Mice (meeting, exhibition & congress) at Cisalpina Tours, which he has held since 2015. The latter has launched an internationalization program that has led to opening offices in New York, Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, Madrid, Paris, Hamburg, and Geneva since 2023. Domenico Pellegrino's career in organized tourism began thirty years ago: he joined Bluvacanze after a long experience at MSC Cruises, where he assumed increasing responsibilities until becoming Commercial Director for Italy in 2000 and, subsequently, held the position of General Manager until 2014. His resume also includes experience as General Manager at Valtur. Since March 2018, he has been president of AIDIT, the Italian Association of Tourism Distribution for companies operating in the travel agency sector, affiliated with Confindustria Federturismo. He graduated in Political Science and obtained a Master's degree in Tourism Economics from SSCTS in Milan. He later specialized in Web Marketing for Tourism at LUISS in Rome. Domenico Pellegrino is 55 years old, married, and a father of three children.