Russia is rapidly becoming one of the world’s leaders in terms of growth in outbound travellers.
It is the fastest growing outbound travel market in Europe and the third fastest growing in the world, after China and India. As Russia’s economy grows, business people’s demand for more exclusive and more expensive destinations is also increasing.

Statistics show that more than three million Russians travel worldwide on business trips each year and that more than 60% of Russian corporate meetings are held abroad. Russia is therefore a very interesting outbound business tourism market. Russia Business Travel Congress will introduce new incentive destinations and business travel solutions with concurrent levels of hospitality and service. Decision makers in charge of purchasing business packages and solutions will have the opportunity to meet global travel and tourism industry suppliers in a true business-to-business
environment.

At Russia business travel congress naseba is hosting up to 150 decision makers within travel and tourism industry and giving them the opportunity to meet with service providers who are offering solutions for purchasing business travel and incentive packages. The event is strictly limited to C -level executives such as CEO’s, Managing Directors.

Russia business travel is not a trade show or expo – it is a strategic executive congress which is composed of interactive workshops, prescheduled business meetings and educational conference sessions.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Michael J Gates, Group Managing Director, Richard Lewis Communications



• Elena Grigorieva, General Director, Paradise Travel Group (OOO Paradise-Tour)



• Helene Lloyd, Director, Tourism, Marketing & Intelligence



• Cecile Koch, Director of Sales & Marketing, MIM & Headquarters Magazine, Meeting Media Company



• Daria Donskih, Head of claim-lawsuit department, Persona Grata



• Nancy Cockerell, Managing Director, Travel Business Partnership, Editorial Director, Travel Markets and City Profiles



• Varvara Levina, The head of business trips department (manager of business travel), VympelCom

The 1st annual Russia Business Travel Congress is taking place in Moscow, on June 18th-19th 2007 at Renaissance Hotel and is supported by Business Traveller, The Moscow Times, CNN Traveller, eventmarket.ru, Events Russia magazine, Headquarters, MIM magazine, TTG Czech Republic and Travel Daily News International.