Rimini, September 9, 2026 – “Who is really behind the macro-aggregations?”. The question is posed by Marco Ripa, president of Sib-Confcommercio, the union of beach operators of the category. In the debate between supporters and detractors of macro-aggregations, a discussion that divides even the lifeguards themselves, Ripa emphasizes who really pulls the strings.
“Large-scale operations can attract Spas and large investment funds. We ask for transparency about the participating entities, the origin of the capital, and rigorous checks on the real proposers. Because one thing is to compete at auctions with local entrepreneurs, another is to compete in macro aggregations with large investment funds or Spas with incomparably superior financial capabilities.”
Furthermore, “at this stage there is a real risk that some local entrepreneur, with unscrupulous commercial logic, may even unintentionally become a Trojan horse for operations in the hands of large external financial entities. It is necessary to know who is really investing.”
At auctions, one thing is to compete with local operators, another to compete with Spas and investment funds
The Sib for micro-aggregations, Legacoop prefers macros
The Sib supports micro-aggregations, while Legacoop embraces the macro model. “The Rimini beach needs a new season of investments and innovation, and macro-aggregations can represent one of the tools to achieve the goal. For this reason, we share the path initiated by the municipal administration and support the proposals presented by the operators associated with the Cooperativa Bagnini of Rimini chaired by Mauro Vanni. The issue should not be approached rigidly, opposing innovation and tradition, or large and small establishments, or economic categories against other economic categories. It is a wrong approach.”
We share the path initiated by the Municipality and support the proposals of Cooperativa Bagnini
Therefore, “as emphasized by Mayor Jamil Sadegholvaad, it is now necessary to renew, after years of uncertainty related to the future of concessions.”
Cna: “In favor of investments and innovation”
Also in favor of macro-aggregations is Cna, which embraces the intent, provided it is implemented in harmony with the micro. “Macro-aggregations – explains president Marco Polazzi – should not be considered either as a threat a priori or as a universally valid solution for the entire beach. A pragmatic approach is needed, capable of evaluating them case by case. Where they can promote investments, innovation and collaboration between companies, they represent an opportunity to consider. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the process safeguards entrepreneurial pluralism.”
Expiring tenders
The clash over macro-aggregations is open, but quietly the first real act of the beach of the future is coming to an end, through the renewals of beach concessions. From tomorrow it will get serious because the deadline for the tenders for the assignment of the first 27 state-owned areas on the North coast, up to Torre Pedrera, will expire. This first batch of tenders was defined at the town hall because it was ‘simpler’. In other words, the areas currently used for shading, where sunbeds and umbrellas are set up, went to auction.
While the areas of the beach establishments with cabins, lifeguard huts, and various structures, are mostly on private land, purchased over time by the heirs of the Ceschina family, who here had (as happens on other Riviera coasts) sandy lands close to the sea. Tomorrow at 1 pm is the deadline to submit proposals. Then it will be clear what shape the north Rimini beach will take.
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