Route C · Thematic program
From Origin to Innovation
A theme proposed by the school, built into a program: protected-origin food and wine on one side, robotics, agricultural machinery and vertical farming on the other.
- Duration
- 8 days · 7 nights
- Base
- Milan, 4★ hotel on the metro
- Day trips
- Motor Valley, Bergamo, Franciacorta, Treviglio
- Built for
- An executive program with an agribusiness focus
Day by day
8 days, 4 of them inside companies.
- 01
Day 1 · Milan
Arrival in Milan
Airport welcome by the group’s tour leader and private transfer to the hotel.
Evening welcome aperitivo: the program, its objectives and the team that will accompany the group.
Transfer - 02
Day 2 · Milan
Milan, Italy’s economic capital
Walking tour with a guide in the group’s language: Piazza del Duomo, the Galleria, La Scala, Piazza Affari and the Italian Stock Exchange, Brera. A first reading of how Milan turns tradition, finance and design into business.
The Duomo and its rooftop terraces. Free afternoon.
City - 03
Day 3 · Maranello · Sant’Agata Bolognese
Motor Valley
Early departure for Emilia-Romagna. Morning at the museum of Maranello’s sports-car maker, with a panoramic tour around the factory avenue and test track.
Afternoon with a supercar manufacturer: brand museum and guided visit of the production line. Collaborative robotics and Industry 4.0 applied to automotive luxury.
Company visit - 04
Day 4 · Milan
Fashion and luxury
Morning in the archive museum of a Milanese fashion house, from tailoring to haute couture.
Afternoon in the Fashion Quadrilateral, then a talk at a luxury management academy on managing luxury brands and the Italian fashion market.
CultureCompany visit - 05
Day 5 · Bergamo · Franciacorta
Origin: cheese and wine
A Gorgonzola PDO dairy in a province with nine protected-origin cheeses: production, ageing rooms and the full chain of a PDO, from local farms to export. Tasting.
Afternoon at a family winery in Franciacorta, welcomed by the owner: vineyards, cellar and the classic method. Tasting.
Company visit - 06
Day 6 · Treviglio · Milan area
Innovation: technical day
One of the world’s leading tractor and agricultural machinery manufacturers: plant visit and historic museum, from the assembly line to mechanisation reaching fields worldwide.
Afternoon at a vertical farm: greens grown indoors on multiple levels, without soil and under LED light. How technology, water and energy are redesigning food production near large cities.
Company visit - 07
Day 7 · Milan
Free day and farewell
Optional suggestions: Lake Como, Leonardo’s Last Supper (advance booking), the Pinacoteca di Brera, shopping.
Evening farewell aperitivo and close of the program.
Free time - 08
Day 8 · Milan
Departure
Breakfast and private transfer to Milan Malpensa.
Transfer
Good to know
- Industrial visits run Tuesday to Friday, after a national holiday on the Monday: the calendar is built around Italian working days.
- Departure is set before a major Milan trade fair, when hotel rates rise sharply.
- No photography inside the supercar and tractor plants; closed shoes are required.
Adapted to your MBA
Built around a theme proposed by the school. The same method works for any theme: sustainability, family capitalism, the luxury economy, exports.
Make it your program.
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