And the Pioneer Award (Premio Pioniere) goes to Fabrizio Vitellino estate agent.

He has been the first estate agent in Sicily to advertise properties for sale on the island to an international audience through Gate-away.com. After him many other estate agencies in Sicily followed his same path.

“I am Sicilian but I started doing my job in Milan. Then I came back to Sicily, a region that has a lot to offer, and already in the early 2000s I realised that it could be the perfect destination also for overseas buyers looking for a home in Italy.” Fabrizio Vitellino

An interview with Fabrizio Vitellino

Watch the interview to learn more about the motivations for the Pioneer Award and, above all, to get to know Fabrizio Vitellino.

Fabrizio Vitellino is a professional real estate agent who founded Buy in Sicily Real Estate which is based in the small island of Ortygia, namely the historical centre of the city of Syracuse in Sicily.

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