According to Domodedovo Airport, from March to September of 2013 almost all top destinations were growing, aside from Egypt and Croatia. The mean growth value constituted 15.8%.
It is notable that up to 80% of tourist flow gives tour operators scope, while 20% give profit. In order for the ‘profitable share’ of tourists to grow, tour operators should offer a number of additional services to their clients
Mr. Shpilko also said that the fastest growth rate (6.1%) in terms of tourist flow was exhibited by the countries of the Far Abroad, while prior to this year the CIS showed the best growth rate results
The leaders of online travel business gathered in the Moscow ‘Aerostar’ hotel on November 14-15 for the annual conference E-Travel, with Travel Russian News magazine as the media sponsor. Representatives of more than 30 companies from Russia, Denmark, India and the UK presented reports and took part in panel discussions on the most urgent and relevant topics.
80% of the Eastern European market of travel service online sales is controlled by 20% of the companies operating within the business. Such were the results gathered during a PhoCusWright research in Eastern European countries, which were announced by the company’s spokesman, Krasimir Simonski, on the international conference ‘Air Transport Marketing and Sales’ that was held in Moscow on November 21-22.
Advertising campaigns of Russian airlines are, for the most part, aimed at the upper middle-class. This, in part, causes many Russians to regard air services as something luxurious which, in turn, causes airlines to lose a large portion of potential clientele. This opinion was put forward by Lev Koshlyakov, deputy corporate communications CEO of the ‘UTair’ airline, on the international conference ‘Air Transport Marketing and Sales’ that took place in Moscow on November 21-22.
Starting January 1, 2014 Federal Tariff Service is going to raise prices for seats in sitting and couchette carriages by 4.2%. It was announced on a press-conference by Vladimir Kalyapin, the first deputy CEO of Federal Passenger Company (FPC), TRN correspondent reports.
As part of the ‘Vacant Seat’ joint affair between the company HeadHunter and Travel Russian News (TRN), a TOP-20 list of the most high-paying jobs in tourism was created. The list features the vacancies throughout Russia that are currently relevant and available on the HeadHunter site.
Experts predict that by the beginning of 2014 one in seven Russians will be using mobile applications for travel; right now the ratio is one in fifteen. The majority of American and European tourists use apps to buy tickets, book hotels and take care of other travel needs. Experts say that it will take about two years for Russia to catch up and start using apps on a mass scale. One of the fundamental elements for developing this segment is security.
According to the WTTC estimate, Russian business travel market is bound to grow from $6.5bn to $18.4bn by 2020, with the year-over-year growth of 6%. Global market is to spike from $820bn in 2010 to $1600bn in 2020 with the growth rate of 4.3% a year. However, on an ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) Central European chapter meeting that took place in St. Petersburg experts deemed many Russian cities to have large potential in the MICE sector. Yet due to a number of reasons this large potential is largely wasted, and TRN magazine is here to discover why…
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