Bernabò Bocca
Bernabò Bocca (Turin, 15 October 1963) is an Italian entrepreneur and politician, president of Federalberghi.
Biography
Born in Turin, he lives in Florence. He earned a diploma in economics from the School of Company Management in Turin and in 1983 became assistant to the president of Sina Hotels, the hotel chain founded by his father Ernesto in Florence in 1958. In 1985 he became general manager, in 1989 vice president, and from 1990 was president with his sister Matilde as vice president.
The chain, which has 500 employees and revenues of 50 million euros, has today 11 hotels in the cities of Milan, Romano Canavese, Rome, Venice, Perugia, Florence, Parma, Viareggio and Capri; the Florence hotel is part of the international Marriott International Autograph Collection.
He has been national president of Federalberghi since 2000; since 2000 he has been a member of HOTREC (European Hospitality Federation) in Brussels; since 2001 he has been a member of the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze Foundation; from December 2009 to April 2019 he was a board member of Findomestic Banca Spa.
In June 2019 he was elected to the Board of the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze Foundation.
Since September 2019 he has been elected to the Board of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
He is a member of the presidency committee of the Civita Association, a non-profit organization focused on art and culture.[1]
On 1 June 2005 he was awarded the title of Knight of Labour by the Quirinale.
Since 2007 he has been married to Benedetta Geronzi, daughter of Cesare. They have two children.
Senator of the Republic
In the 2013 Italian general election he ran for the Senate of the Republic, and was elected senator as top candidate for The People of Freedom in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia constituency. During the XVII Italian Legislature he was a member of the 10th Commission on Industry, Commerce, and Tourism.
On 16 November, with the suspension of activities of The People of Freedom, he joined Forza Italia.[2]
He did not run again in the 2018 Italian general election for parliament on the Forza Italia lists.