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The World Chess Championship in Sochi

2014-10-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Magnus Carlsen - Wikipedia

Coming to Sochi next month, the World Chess Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and challenger Viswanathan Anand takes place the 7th through the 28th at the Olympic Media Center, 11 Nesebrskaya St, Sochi, Russia.

Tags: chess, Chess Championship, Magnus Carlsen, Sochi events, Sochi travel, Vishy Anand, world chess

Sochi Olympic Travel Report: Get Your Red Hot Tickets

2014-01-24 by Phil Butler

Sochi Countdown Clock

News that tickets sales for the upcoming Sochi Olympics are largely unsold is pointedly not true. With the cheapest “sold out” resale seats to the Ferbruary 6th gala going at a premium above $1200 now, nothing could be further from the truth.

Tags: Olympic tickets, Sochi, Sochi 2014, Sochi countdown, Sochi Games, Sochi propaganda, Sochi reporting, Sochi tickets, Sochi travel, Vladimir Putin, Western Press

If Sochi Were Disney World Headlines Would Read: “Mickey Wacked by Russian Mob”

2013-04-03 by Phil Butler

The Russia reality, Putin with Olympic officials

On Monday the WTM Vision Conference in Moscow kicked off and already tourism figures for Russia emerge as a big topic. According to new research, Russia’s poor image in the western world drastically affects inbound tourism form American and western Europe as well. If Sochi were Disney World Mickey would have already been whacked by the mob.

Tags: Adler, bad press, Black Sea tourism, Black Sea vacations, Crimea tourism, Olympic Games, Russia propaganda, Russia tourism, Russia travel, Russia vacations, Russian government, Russian mob, smear campaigns, Sochi, Sochi resort, Sochi travel, Vancouver Olympics, West propaganda, Western Press, WTM

Sochi 2013 Coming Highlights: The Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference

2013-03-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

From last year's event

News from the Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference (RHIC) taking place October 21st – 23rd at the Radisson Blu Resort & Congress Hotel in Sochi, Russia, also heralds the coming of the much anticipated 2014 Olympic Winter Games there. The news from Bench Events and Questex Media Group LLC, the co-organizers of the event, promises yet another premier hotel investment event.

Tags: hotel events, hotel investing, Olympic Games, Russia conferences, Russia travel, Sochi conferences, Sochi hotels, Sochi travel

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