Fondazione ITS Turismo e Attività Culturali

What Fondazione ITS Turismo e Attività Culturali does

Fondazione ITS Turismo e Attività Culturali, operating as ITS Academy Turismo Piemonte, is a non-profit foundation (Fondazione di partecipazione) constituted on 23 May 2016 in Torino, Italy. It delivers two-year post-diploma tertiary technical education programs in tourism, hospitality, events, digital marketing, human resources, and sports management under Italy's national ITS Academy system. Each biennial pathway comprises 1,800 hours of instruction including 700 hours of mandatory in-company internship, and graduates receive a V-level EQF diploma with EUROPASS supplement that is recognized nationally and internationally.

The foundation operates from four campuses in Piemonte (Torino HQ at Via Massena 20 plus a second Torino site, Bra, and Novara) and runs seven core training programs: Destination Manager, Hospitality Manager, Event Manager, Digital Marketing e Comunicazione per il Turismo, HR Innovation e Organizzazione delle Imprese Turistiche, Management dello Sport, and Tourism Marketing and Event Manager. An Erasmus+ traineeship program (ECHE-accredited 2021-2027) supports international mobility. Curriculum is co-designed with industry practitioners, with more than half of faculty drawn from the tourism and hospitality sector, and incorporates Impresa 4.0 and AI topics into its digital marketing track.

The business model is that of a publicly subsidized vocational education provider. Programs are tuition-free for students, with scholarships of EUR 2,500 to EUR 7,000 disbursed based on ISEE/ISPE economic indicators, and operating costs are funded through PNRR allocations, Regione Piemonte regional funding, and national ITS Academy budgets. Governance is multi-stakeholder, with founding and participating members including Confcommercio Piemonte, Confindustria Piemonte, Unione Industriali Torino, Università di Torino, Università di Scienze Gastronomiche, Federalberghi Piemonte, Alpitour S.p.A., Fondazione Fitzcarraldo, and Città Metropolitana di Torino. Placement outcomes exceed 85-90% immediate employment in field, and Piemonte ranked first among Italian ITS Academies in the INDIRE national monitoring assessment.

Name

Fondazione ITS Turismo e Attività Culturali

Legal name

Fondazione ITS Turismo e Attività Culturali

Website

https://its-turismopiemonte.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fondazione ITS Turismo e Attività Culturali is a non-profit foundation operating as ITS Academy Turismo Piemonte, delivering tuition-free two-year post-diploma technical education programs in tourism, hospitality, events, digital marketing, and sports management across four Piemonte campuses, funded primarily through Italian public sector grants and EU programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Technical Education

NAICS

Junior Colleges (6112), Junior Colleges (611210)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Community Colleges (Applied/CTE-Focused) (EDAHADAD)

Keywords

• Higher technical education
• Vocational training
• Tourism education
• Hospitality training
• Event management courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Torino

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The foundation delivers tuition-free, two-year post-diploma higher technical education programs (each 1,800 hours including 700 hours of internship) in tourism, hospitality, food and wine, event management, digital marketing, sports management, and cultural activities across four Piedmont campuses. Programs are co-designed with industry partners and culminate in a Higher Technical Diploma recognized under Italy's ITS Academy system.

Product overview

ITS Academy Turismo Piemonte is an educational institution offering a portfolio of seven two-year post-diploma training programs in tourism, hospitality, events, digital marketing, and sports management. Each program runs for 1800 hours including 700 hours of mandatory internship. The core programs include Destination Manager, Hospitality Manager, Event Manager, Digital Marketing e Comunicazione per il Turismo, HR Innovation e Organizzazione delle Imprese Turistiche, Management dello Sport, and Tourism Marketing and Event Manager. Additionally, the institution offers an Erasmus+ international mobility program for international internships. The training methodology combines classroom instruction with practical learning-by-doing, project work, problem solving, and design thinking. The institution operates in partnership with businesses, universities, and research centers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospitality and Tourism Technician Program
• Food and Wine Technician Program
• Event Management Technician Program
• Digital Marketing for Tourism Technician Program
• Sports Management Technician Program
• Cultural Activities Technician Program
• International Hospitality Tourism Technician Program
• Erasmus+ International Mobility Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Tasso di occupazione immediata superiore al 90%
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Erasmus+ (Unione Europea)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgramma dell'Unione Europea per mobilità studentesca e staff. L'Academy ha ottenuto l'accreditamento ECHE 2021-2027. Gli Academist possono svolgere stage all'estero curricolari o extra-curricolari entro 12 mesi dal diploma.
• Hotelschool The HagueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerErasmus+ Staff for training a L'Aia e Amsterdam nel maggio 2023. Esperienza per aumentare competenze tecniche dello staff e costruzione di network tra Istituti europei di educazione terziaria.
• Institut Français d'Italie / Ambassade de France en ItalieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgetto per la promozione della lingua francese negli ITS, promosso e finanziato dall'Institut Français. Include lezioni propedeutiche al diploma di francese professionale (DFP A2) e video promozionali.
• InterBITS 2 (ALCOTRA - Interreg VI-A France-Italia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgetto europeo FEDER INTERREG VI-A Francia-Italia ALCOTRA 2021-2027. Consorzio con Fondazione ITS Energia, Environment Park, GIP FIPAN, GRETA Côte d'Azur, Université Aix Marseille. Sviluppo congiunto competenze in economia circolare e turismo sostenibile.
• Federalberghi TorinocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlleanza strategica per il futuro dell'hospitality. Accordo per l'Alto Apprendistato per formare giovani professionisti direttamente nelle strutture ricettive.
• Alpitour WorldcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrincipale tour operator italiano partner per stage. Offre opportunità di tirocinio agli Academist.
• Atlantic ViaggiminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgenzia di viaggi partner per stage e opportunità formative.
• UTravelminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAzienda turistica partner per stage e formazione pratica.
• Trincherse ViaggiminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgenzia di viaggi partner per esperienze di stage.
• Your Event GroupminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAzienda di organizzazione eventi partner per stage.
• Alpitour S.p.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio partecipante della Fondazione, tra i principali gruppi turistici italiani.
• CONFCOMMERCIO PIEMONTEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio fondatore della Fondazione, rappresentanza del commercio, turismo e servizi.
• CONFINDUSTRIA PIEMONTEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio fondatore della Fondazione, associazione industriale regionale.
• UNIONE INDUSTRIALI TORINOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio fondatore della Fondazione, associazione industriale di Torino.
• Università degli Studi di Scienze GastronomichecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio fondatore della Fondazione, partner accademico per formazione superiore.
• Fondazione FitzcarraldocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio fondatore della Fondazione, centro di ricerca e formazione nel settore culturale.
• CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI TORINOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio partecipante della Fondazione, ente locale territoriale.
• Università di Torino – Dip. ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio partecipante della Fondazione, partnership accademica per ricerca e formazione.
• FEDERALBERGHI PIEMONTEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocio partecipante della Fondazione, associazione provinciale albergatori.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hotelschool The Hague: Internationally established hospitality management school and a current Erasmus+ staff-training partner of the foundation. Directly comparable curriculum focus on hospitality management, with a much larger scale and global employer network.
• École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL): World-leading hospitality management school. Competes for the same student demographic (post-secondary hospitality training) and the same employer talent pool, but at significantly larger scale, university-degree level, and with global brand recognition.
• 24ORE Business School: Italy's leading private business school offering professional master and applied programs, including in tourism, events and hospitality marketing. Comparable applied-education positioning and Italian employer network, though broader in scope and degree-oriented.
• Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (UNISG): Pollenzo-based university that is in fact a founding member of the foundation, offering degree-level programs in food, wine and tourism. Operates in an adjacent space with overlapping employer ecosystem and student pipeline, but at university level rather than EQF Level 5.

Regional players

• GIP-FIPAN (Groupement d'Intérêt Public – Formation et Insertion Professionnelles de l'Académie de Nice): French public consortium for vocational training and insertion, identified as a partner in the InterBITS 2 ALCOTRA cross-border project. Operates a comparable post-secondary vocational model in France's Côte d'Azur, comparable curriculum and target learner profile, but in a different geography.

Direct peers

• Fondazione ITS Energia, Ambiente ed Edilizia Sostenibile: Another ITS Academy foundation operating in Italy under the same national post-diploma higher technical education framework (146 academies total). Directly comparable on funding model, EQF Level 5 credentialing, and cohort-based applied training, but in a different sector vertical (energy/environment vs tourism).
• CAST Alimenti: Italian professional school for pastry, culinary arts and hospitality with an applied, intensive training model similar to ITS Academy. Competes for a comparable post-diploma Italian student segment seeking vocational credentials in hospitality-adjacent fields.
• ALMA – The International School of Italian Cuisine: Italian post-secondary school focused on hospitality/culinary arts, offering applied technical training closely aligned with ITS Academy's hospitality-management programs. Comparable target student (post-diploma young learners) and comparable employer-driven curriculum model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/about
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/itsturismopiemonte
• Instagraminstagram.com/itsturismopiemonte

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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