MITT 2014 press conference: travel industry problems, business travel and the main events of the exhibition

On March 5th, 2014 the press conference devoted to MITT 2014 will be held in ITAR-TASS central office. The topic of the press conference is «Travel business under the pressure of individual bookings — current situation and forecast».

The problem of competition between the travel industry and individual bookings will be raised by Irina Turina, secretary and presidium member of the Russian Tour Union, and Dmitry Arutuynov, ART-Tour general director. Industry experts will tell the participants about the advantages of tour planning trough travel companies and discuss the possible risks travellers face during individual bookings. The topics discussed will also be devoted to the prospects of travel market development and the new services travel companies are ready to offer to attract customers.

This year the Russian Meeting Industry Forum will be held during MITT. It is aimed at promoting congress services in Russia and increasing expertise in the field of business event arrangement. This report will be presented by Svetlana Plieva, organizing partner of the Forum and general director of International Agency of Congress Management.

This year MITT partner country is Italy. Domeniko Di Salvo, director of Moscow office of the National Agency of Tourism of Italy (ENIT) will tell conference participants about special programs and new travel routes, primarily to small Italian towns.

One of the key events of the exhibition is the Day of the Altai region that is also MITT partner. The region will be presented at the press conference by Tatyana Sazhaeva, director of the Altai region Travel centre.

Reports will also be presented by Maxim Kurgin, general director of Profkurort, a DMC in health resort treatment and healthcare travel, and Svetlana Breskina-Borisovskaya, general director of Grekomed, who will speak about the opportunities Greece offers in the field of medical tourism.

For additional information please contact Events@businesstravelrussia.ru