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Planning for Green Flow Baikal Hotel Moving Forward

2021-02-01 by Argophilia Travel News

Green Flow Hotel

An investment project by Green Flow Baikal, LLC at Lake Baikal moves forward for the construction of a 4-star resort.

Tags: hotel development, hotel investments, Lake Baikal, Russia hotels, Russia investments, Russia resorts, Russian resorts, wellness resorts, Yevgeny Lukovnikov

Russian Hospitality Awards Offers Unique Business Platform

2017-05-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Russian Hospitality Awards

Russian Hospitality Awards is a unique business platform for cooperation and communication in between key figures in the tourism industry.

Tags: Moscow events, Russia companies, Russia events, Russia hotels, Russia travel, Russian Hospitality Awards, Russian hotels

Russia Duma Postpones Hotel-Hostel Decision

2016-12-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Double end suite via Book A Bed

The Russian State Duma has announced the decision to consult further on the bill that would prohibit residential buildings from being transformed into hotels and hostels. The first Deputy head of the party “United Russia”, Andrey Isaev made the announcement late last week.

Tags: Alla Manilova, Andrey Isaev, Russia hospitality, Russia hostels, Russia hotels, State Duma, United Russia

Russian Hospitality Awards Winners Announced

2016-03-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Russian Hospitality Awards

Last week the Lotte Hotel Moscow was the scene of the Second Annual Russian Hospitality Awards. The black tie ceremony featured the top business owners, hotel managers, and leading global hospitality decision makers as well as business and lifestyle media.

Tags: Russia hotels, Russia tourism, Russia travel, Russian hospitality

Russia Hotel Services Get Regulation Boost

2015-11-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg

As of October 21st Hotel services inside Russia must conform to new governmental rules meant to regulate the industry. The Ministry for Culture of Russia reported on these new legislation that will bind hotels and other hospitality providers aimed at previously unregulated discrepancies.

Tags: hotels, Russia hotels, visit Russia

A “Story Experience” at Angleterre Hotel

2015-07-07 by Phil Butler

The Deluxe suite at Angleterre Hotel

In a world full of hospitality choices, amid a hotel landscape where everywhere feels like the same place, it is not easy to find a truly unique experience.

Tags: Artist of Russia, Borsalino Restaurant, hotels, Kristin Intress, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Olga Malik, Russia hotels, Vaganova Academy, Worldhotels

InterContinental Introduces Holiday Inn Express to Russia

2014-10-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

IHG logo

Big news from leading hotels group IHG, one of the world’s leading hospitality brands has announced their launch of the Holiday Inn Express® brand across Russia.

Tags: CIS, Georgia, Holiday Inn, hotels, IHG, Russia, Russia business, Russia hotels

Yelena Baturina confidence: Can entrepreneurship save Europe business?

2014-09-19 by Phil Butler

Yelena-Baturina-and-designer-Tom-Dixon

With doubt cast over European business amid east-west tensions of late, finding a business person positive about growing in this market, it’s pretty rare. The latest investment/development made by Russian entrepreneur Yelena Baturina, owner of the Grand Tirolia hotel in Kitzbuhel, Austria, bears scrutiny today, if for no other reason than shining a ray of hope on European progress.

Tags: Austria business, BE OPEN Foundation, eco, energy, Germany hotels, Inteco Beteiligungs GmbH, Russia hotels, Yelena Baturina

Aeroflot & Carlson Rezidor Announce Bonus Flyer Program

2014-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aeroflot and Russia’s largest international hotel operator have partnered for an international guest rewards program. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, the leading international hotel operator in Russia, CIS and Baltics, and Aeroflot, Russias biggest airline, announced the Aeroflot Bonus frequent flyer program.

Tags: aeroflot, Carlson Rezidor, Russia airlines, Russia hotels, Russia travel

Europe to Get 900 Plus New Hotels

2014-04-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

IHG Hotel Indigo

According to a STR Global Construction Pipeline Report, some 925 new hotels with 149 thousand plus rooms are under development in Europe.

Tags: Europe hotels, hotel construction, Russia hotels, Thompson Hotels, travel

Russia Hotels to Double by 2018 Report Says

2013-03-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Ranking of international operators in the Moscow market

A report from KPMG; ‘International Hotel Operators in Russia’, tells of major hotel brands expanding to twice their current presence by the year 2018. Last year’s accelerated growth and the immediate future are discussed, as well as extended reach within the country.

The KPMG data shows that not only are key centers like Moscow

Tags: Accor, BRIC, InterContinental, Marriott, Moscow hotels, Rezidor, Russia & CIS Summit 2013, Russia hotels, Sochi, Sochi hotels, St. Petersburg

Russia Gears Up Its Infrastructure Ahead Of Sporting Events

2012-10-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

What with Russia getting ready to welcome thousands of foreign visitors from all corners of the globe when it plays host to some of the world’s biggest sporting events in the next few years, officials are undoubtedly keen to make a good impression on them.

Tags: intercontinental hotel russia, Russia grand prix, Russia hotels, russia transport, Sochi 2014, Winter Olympics

Oktogo.ru Really Is – Mostly

2012-10-23 by Phil Butler

Oktogo creative banner Facebook

In the coming months the Russian Federation will be ever increasingly in travel news leading up to Sochi 2014. For people in the online hotel booking space, and other hospitality sectors too, Russia presents a special set of potentials and hurdles as well, this is widely accepted. Many questions exist where online travel in Russia is concerned, we hope this post will clarify a few.

Tags: OTA's, Russia business, Russia hotels, Russia OTA, Russia startups, Russia travel

IHG Launches Managed Services Center Russia-CIS

2012-10-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

IHG logo

In Russian Federation hotelier news, IHG has announced plans for a managed service center that will offer guests support services in Russia and the CIS. Scheduled to open in early 2013, the Moscow center will let IHG Hotels offer features not previously available in the region.

Tags: hotel chains, hotels, Moscow hotels, Russia hotels, Russia travel

Moscow’s Hotel Metropol Auctioned

2012-09-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Hotel Metropol via website virtual tour

Times in hospitality, they are a changing. news from the Russian Federation last week tells of an iconic stay in Moscow being auctioned. The Hotel Metropol, a Moscow landmark, was sold last Thursday to entrepreneur Alexander Klyachin.

Tags: Alexander Klyachin, auctions, famous hotels, hotel sale, Lenin, Moscow hotels, Russia hotels, Russia landmarks, Russia tourism, sales

Hotel Spotlight: Azimut Hotels Novosibirsk

2012-03-18 by Phil Butler

The State Opera House in Novosibirsk

Travelers researching a trip to the Russian Federation will, undoubtedly, feel directed toward Moscow and St. Petersburg, the country’s most visited destinations. It’s a little bit funny, a country nearly as big as Canada and China combined, is so virtually unknown as to be famous for two places only.

Tags: Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk business, Novosibirsk tourism, Novosibirsk travel, Ob River, RATM Holding, Russia hotels, Siberia hotels, visit Siberia

Global Hotel Exchange Adds Russia’s Comfitel

2012-03-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

(Sergey Tokarev - Fotolia.com)

Global Hotel Exchange, the new OTA model arriving soon, has added Comfitel Group as a member of the exchange. These first Russian hotels promise visitors to St. Petersburg convenience, value, and choice in one of Russia’s greatest cities.

Tags: Comfitel, Hermitage, Russia hotels, Russia rooms, Russia tourism, Russia travel, St. Petersburg hotels, St. Petersburg travel

Russia’s Economic Recuperation: Hotel Industry Spotlight

2011-10-14 by Phil Butler

Ukraine Hotel Moscow

In hotel news from the Russian Federation, hotel values there are expected to rise, as well as in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Republic of Georgia, according to several reports. Some estimates suggest the growth rate at up to double that of other countries in Europe.

Tags: East Europe hotels, Euromonitor International, Europe hotels, Hotel Mag, Hotel Magazine, Hotel Ukraina, Hotels 2011, HVS, Jeff Weinstein, Moscow hotels, Russia hotels, Russia tourism, Russia travel, Russian hotels

World’s Biggest Best Western Opens in Russia

2011-08-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Red Square

In hotel news from Moscow, Best Western International opens their first hotel in Russia. The Best Western Vega Hotel & Convention Centre in Moscow, it not only the chain’s first Russia entry, but the franchise’s largest hotel ever.

Tags: Best Western, Europe hotels, hotels, Moscow hotels, Moscow tourism, Moscow travel, Russia hotels, Russia tourism, Russia travel. Hotel Vega

My Planet Travel Awards Voting Begins

2011-07-31 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Uzbekistan

In news from My Planet Travel Awards, people in the Russian Federation have just a couple of day remaining before voting starts on what amounts to that nation’s most massive awareness campaign that will certainly jump start Russia’s hospitality initiatives. Over 100 International and Russian companies are participating in this year’s awards, according to the news. Outbound Russian travelers have their say on hotels around the world.

Tags: Moya Planeta TV, My Planet Travel Awards, Otdykh LEISURE, Ritz Carlton Moscow, Russia awards, Russia hospitality, Russia hotels, Russia leisure, Russia tourism, Russian Federation travel, Russian hotels, Russian visas

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