Leading Event of Autumn and Winter Tourist Season «Otdykh/Leisure»: 26 — 28 September at Expocentr
The 13th Moscow International Tourist Exhibition «Otdykh/Leisure» will take place from 26 to 28 September 2007 in Moscow , in Expocentr at Krasnaya Presnya. This event is organised by ITE and MSI .
More than 1000 companies will become participants of the exhibition representing more than 60 countries and regions, including Russia , Austria , Australia , Argentina , Switzerland , Cyprus , Italy , Spain , France , Germany , Czechia , Serbia , Montenegro , Ukraine , Kazakhstan , Turkey , Kenya , Maldives , Netherlands , New Zealand , UAE, Republic of South Africa , Thailand , Egypt , Brazil , Vietnam , Peru , Jamaica , Indonesia , Chile , Ecuador and others. Total space of the exhibition will be more than 20000 sqm.
Yuriy Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow, stated in his support letter to the exhibition: «I am confident that „Otdykh/Leisure“ exhibition will efficiently contribute to the promotion of tourism as one of the best ways of cultural leisure and active and healthy lifestyle, to the expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of tourism and tourist infrastructure development».
National tourism offices, international tourist companies, hotels and hotel chains, airlines, Russian outbound tour operators, inbound and domestic travel tour operators, bus tour operators, hotels, sanatoria, rest homes, cruise companies, insurance companies and banks, business and incentive tourism operators, companies engaged in reservation and car rent and many others will present their services at the exhibition.
Exhibitors at «Otdykh/Leisure 2007» include such well known in tourist industry companies as Lanta Tour Voyage, Coral Travel, ICS Travel Group, Spectrum, Inna Tour, Ascent Travel, DSBW, Vremya Tour, Rossina, Sunrise Tour, Luzhniki Travel, Astravel, Carribean Club, Detour, Trach travel, Yuzhny Krest, Breeze Line, SKO Tour, TrisT, Inters, Intourbureau Omega, Pegasus, Orfey and many others.
Alexander Shtalenkov, General Director of ITE, stated: «This exhibition is of unique importance for professionals of Russian tourist market. Joining of efforts of two leading exhibition companies — ITE and MSI — in the organisation of this event provides an opportunity to present to the Russian market a large-scale event of autumn-winter tourist season ranking the second most important professional tourist forum in Russia after Moscow International Travel and Tourist Exhibition MITT».
The 4th Moscow International Exhibition for Business and Incentive Tourism MICE Russia 2007 and the 2nd International Exhibition of Luxury Travel and SPA Industry Leisure Luxury & Spa 2007 will be held within «Otdykh/Leisure 2007».
Full business programme of the exhibition, as usual, attracts keen interest of industry professionals. It comprises conferences, consulting and seminars dedicated to tourism legislation, financial and insurance warrantees and legal issues. Participants of the exhibition will hold presentations of their programmes and destinations for the upcoming autumn and winter season.
On 27 September, the 3rd Open practical Conference TBG — Tourist Brands of the Year will take place in the Blue Hall of Expocentr. This event will be attended by top managers and leading specialists of tourist companies.
To enter «Otdykh/Leisure» exhibition at Expocentr visitors will get special badges, which will work as passes to the exhibition during the entire period of the event. This nee system was first tested at MITT 2007 show ranking the third among the largest tourist exhibitions worldwide.
Another new launch at «Otdykh/Leisure» will be a VIP club of professional visitors comprising top managers of tourist companies. At the moment, more than 2500 top officials of the tourist industry have become members of the VIP club. Advantages of annual membership in the VIP club are obvious: a club member will receive a personal VIP guest badge by mail, which will give the right to enter MITT and «Otdykh/Leisure 2007» exhibitions during the entire period of the event. Members of the club also receive a VIP package of informational materials. VIP badge is also a pass to the official opening ceremony of the exhibition and VIP lounge.
Exhibitors and visitors will have a chance to use the services of a post office to send catalogues and other promotion materials to the offices in the regions with a special discount of 12.5% of standard rate. The post office will be located in Pavilion 2, Hall 2, City Express office.
For the very first time, organisers of the exhibition, ITE and MSI , will run an international exhibition of real estate abroad «Interhome» alongside «Otdykh/Leisure». Real estate brokers, agents, developers, services and construction companies, advisors, representatives of management companies, real estate leasing and secondary real estate market will present their offers and services at the exhibition. Business programme of the event will comprise consulting on real estate purchase, financing and taxation.
«Otdykh/Leisure» will be held under the support of the Committee for Culture of the State Duma of the RF, Moscow Government, Committee for Tourism of Moscow and Moscow Association of Entrepreneurs.