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The Franza Group’s operations are principally focused in the following areas: |
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Shipping, |
with the management of the car ferry services on the Straits of Messina (between Messina and Villa S. Giovanni) and on the Milazzo - Aeolian Islands route. It has also begun development of the “Autostrada del Mare” (Sea Motorway) with the opening of the Messina- Salerno route; link: www.carontetourist.it |
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 | Tourism, |
via the direct management of hotel properties and consultancy and management services in the hospitality sector; link: www.framonhotels.com |
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 | Real Estate, |
with activities dedicated to the design, construction, management and trading of residential, commercial and tourist properties; link: www.gfrealestate.com |
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 | Environment, |
through an industrial division (ESI) dedicated to the retrieval of used batteries and the reuse of their primary materials such as lead; link: www.esispa.it |
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Telecomunications, |
for the management of Wimax wide band frequency for Sicily. link: www.mandarin.it |
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| With activities starting in the 1950’s in the private building sector, the Franza Group began diversification in the 1960’s, dedicating itself to the management of the private and commercial naval links between Messina and Villa San Giovanni, as well as between Sicily and the Aeolian Islands; in recent years it has intensified development of its shipping sector with the opening of the Messina – Salerno, which has become the first “Sea Motorway”. |
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| Development of the shipping activities has in the meantime allowed the group to pursue a policy of diversification that has increased with the establishment of a company dedicated to property planning and management, the expansion of the tourism sector and in recent years the development of ESI, the group’s environmentally orientated industrial division and the establishment in 2008 of “Mandarin Wimax Sicilia Spa”, the WIMAX wide band frequency concessionary for Sicily. |
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| Starting with the valid experience gained since 1977 through the management of its first hotel – the Royal Palace Hotel in Messina – in 1995 a long-term development plan was launched, with the aim of establishing a national hotel chain known as FRAMON HOTELS. |
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| Framon Hotels directly manage the properties it owns, which are characterised by the uniqueness of their locations, their particular attention to detail and the architectural worth of the properties. |
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