Our conferences
As a strategic consultancy firm focusing on territorial economic development, Studio Sartorio Law & Economics also organises and participates in conferences. On 20 May 2023, the conference "Luino, 350 years of tourism history: From the petit tour of the Three Lakes to the Locarno-Milan-Venice waterway" was held, attended by jurists, economists, architects, historians, communication professionals, entrepreneurs and politicians, including MEP Isabella Tovaglieri. The event was chaired by Simona Fontana and her cultural association LeSempiterne.
20 May 2023 · Luino
Session One — Culture
17:15 – 17:45 · Moderator: Silvestro Pascarella (editor of LaPrealpina)
Session Two — Economics & Management: the widespread nautical hotel
17:45 – 18:15 · Moderator: Prof. Alessandro Bertirotti (University of Genoa)
Session Three
18:15 – 18:45 · Moderator: Prof. Avv. Leonardo Salvemini
Conference slides
Photo gallery
Lecture topics
The Tourism History Of Luino
An excerpt from the lecture on the history of tourism in Luino, the presence of Luino in European travel manuals more than 300 years ago, the reasons for Luino's tourist fortunes and its accommodation system during the belle époque. At the bottom of the page is an excerpt concerning the current status, projects and criticalities of the Locarno-Milan-Venice waterway.
Tourists Exploring The Borromean Islands
Main access routes to Lake Maggiore in relation to the route to/from the Borromean Islands according to early travel manuals between the 17th and 18th centuries.
Horace Bénédicte de Saussure
Reconstruction of the routes of the mountaineer Horace Bénédicte de Saussure in the Lake Maggiore region from 1771.
Johan Gottfried Ebel
Reconstruction of the itineraries in the Luino area and on Lombardy coast proposed in 1793 by the naturalist Johan Gottfried Ebel.
A Glorious Past
In the past, the hotels in Luino were for years an unmissable address for many European nobles.
Activity dates
Dates of the main activities in Luino between the 18th century and 1950 in relation to the tourism infrastructure on the most significant thresholds for local tourism.
Development opportunities
Opportunities to revive the historic Locarno–Milan–Venice navigation system as a sustainable tourism and mobility corridor.
Development opportunities
Strategic connection between Malpensa Airport and Lake Maggiore as a driver for international tourism development.