Tag: St. Petersburg
Minister: Whole Russia can be tax-free for foreign visitors by end of 2019
Chief Assignment Editor- June 14, 2019Russia's Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov today said that the tax-free system can be extended to all Russian ... Read More
Fraport traffic figures – May 2019: Frankfurt Airport reports solid growth
Dmytro Makarov- June 14, 2019Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed 6.2 million passengers in May 2019, an increase of 1.4 percent year-on-year. The growth rate would ... Read More
Russian Convention Bureau participated in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
Chief Assignment Editor- June 11, 2019The key theme of RCB's participation at SPIEF'2109, presented in various formats was "Politics and Business: Effective Interaction for Development ... Read More
Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism launches ‘Sovereign’s Road’ project
Chief Assignment Editor- June 7, 2019Russia's Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm) and the governors of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Tver regions announced the signing of ... Read More
Russian MC-21 passenger jet will make its public debut at MAKS-2019 air show
Chief Assignment Editor- June 7, 2019Russia will present the MC-21 medium-haul airliner, it is developing, to the public for the first time at the MAKS-2019 ... Read More
Holiday Inn Hotel to open near Moscow Domodedovo Airport
Chief Assignment Editor- June 7, 2019Minister of Investments and Innovations in Moscow region Michael An, Director of Moscow Domodedovo Airport Igor Borisov, and MC Sobor ... Read More
SB Architects Unveils Seven New Hospitality Projects in North America and Mexico
editor- June 4, 2019Full-service global architecture firm, SB Architects, has been breaking ground in hotel, residential and mixed-use design for almost 60 years, ... Read More
Arctic tourist train for foreign visitors launched in Russia
Chief Assignment Editor- June 3, 2019Russian Far East Investment and Export agency announced that the first charter train to Russia's Arctic region will set off ... Read More
Passenger volume climbs at Frankfurt and most of the Group airports
Dmytro Makarov- May 14, 2019Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than six million passengers in April 2019, a gain of 5.1 percent year-on-year. This noticeable ... Read More
SaferTourism.com: How dangerous is travel according to Dr. Peter Tarlow
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 3, 2019The recently concluded 26th International Tourism Security Conference in Las Vegas celebrated over a quarter Century of Tourism Safety and ... Read More
Qatar Airways launches ‘Quisine’
Chief Assignment Editor- April 29, 2019Qatar Airways has revealed a new Economy Class on-board experience branded ‘Quisine’, designed to further elevate customers’ dining experience when ... Read More
Seychelles Islands converge to Russia to meet partners in Moscow and St. Petersburg
editor- April 26, 2019The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) hit Moscow and St Petersburg in full flare, as a Seychelles oasis was created by ... Read More
Russia’s Saint Petersburg introduces ‘tourist tax’
Chief Assignment Editor- April 26, 2019Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the introduction of a tourist tax on foreign visitors in St. Petersburg, Russia. The head ... Read More
Russia to use Fan-IDs (again) as visas for 2020 UEFA Euro Cup visitors
Chief Assignment Editor- April 23, 2019Upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, have passed on Monday a bill allowing foreign tourists with Fan-IDs ... Read More
Fraport Traffic Figures March and First Quarter of 2019: Growth Trend Continues
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 12, 2019Passenger traffic rises at Frankfurt Airport - Fraport's Group airports worldwide largely report positive performance In the first three months ... Read More
UNWTO Convenes Cities in Lisbon to Cooperate on a Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Tourism Agenda
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 8, 2019The first UNWTO Mayors Forum for Sustainable Urban Tourism, co-organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ministry of Economy ... Read More
Russia prepares for OTDYKH International Travel Market and UNWTO General Assembly
editor- April 4, 2019Two landmark events in the Russian travel industry – which take place this September – mark not only an important ... Read More
St. Petersburg’s Expoforum to increase focus on international markets
Chief Assignment Editor- March 13, 2019Expoforum, the newly built congress and exhibition center located in Russia’s historic imperial capital city St. Petersburg, is taking steps ... Read More
2019 Quality of Living: Vienna is still the world’s best city
Chief Assignment Editor- March 13, 2019Trade tensions and populist undercurrents continue to dominate the global economic climate. Combined with the threat of stringent and inconsistent ... Read More
Fraport Traffic Figures February 2019: Positive Trend Continues
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 13, 2019Passenger traffic rises at FRA and Group airports worldwide In February 2019, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than 4.5 million ... Read More
Russia’s Northern Capital hosts 2019 Strategic Alliance of National Convention Bureaux of Europe event
Chief Assignment Editor- February 26, 2019Members of the Strategic Alliance of the National Convention Bureaux of Europe will hold their meeting in Russia this year, ... Read More
Fraport Traffic Figures – January 2019: Starting the New Year on a Growth Path
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 13, 2019Frankfurt and most of the Group airports record passenger growth Read More
New passenger record achieved at FRA
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 14, 2019Frankfurt Airport (FRA) served more than 69.5 million passengers in 2018, thus posting a new record high in the airport's ... Read More
Chinese tourists put Russia in top three most popular European travel destinations
Chief Assignment Editor- January 7, 2019China’s largest travel company, Ctrip, says that Russia was in the top three (after the United Kingdom and France) most ... Read More
KKK Christmas? Christmas trees ‘vandalized’ in Russia’s St. Petersburg
Chief Assignment Editor- December 28, 2018Dozens of Christmas trees were made to appear as if a peculiar Ku Klux Klan chapter had sprung up in ... Read More
Powerful new flight deals search engine launches
editor- December 14, 2018A new search engine pinpoints the cheapest dates to fly in the entire year or during a particular month. Read More
Fraport Traffic Figures November 2018: Growth Trend Continues
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 12, 2018Frankfurt Airport welcomed around 5.24 million passengers in November 2018, a growth of 4.7 percent year-on-year. This development was driven ... Read More
Four Seasons to pop down on KISMET superyacht
Chief Assignment Editor- December 3, 2018Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts will present the third installment of its original global event series in Miami aboard KISMET, ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson- September 19, 2018This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law ... Read More
Guam Visitors Bureau goes LGBT with IGLTA at the Annual Global Convention in Toronto
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 10, 2018On May 8th 2018, the Guam Visitors Bureau attended the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) Annual Global Convention, ... Read More
Marky Ramone a regular at Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg
editor- June 6, 2013The opulent, five-star Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg is the preferred hotel in the city for international celebrities. Read More
Six of the best in Russia
editor- February 26, 2013LONDON, England - With new EasyJet flights to Moscow launching in the spring, and UK tour operators reporting an ever ... Read More
Russia will tighten its visa regime for Muslims
editor- February 11, 2013MOSCOW, Russia - Russia will tighten its visa regime for Muslims and will review visas already given to Muslims irrespective ... Read More
ASM to run Route Development training for first time in CIS region
editor- February 2, 2013For the first time, ASM, the world route development consultants, are running a training course in the CIS region. Read More
Russia’s most gay-friendly city is really its most unfriendly
Nell Alcantara- February 23, 2012Gay travel websites herald St. Petersburg as Russia’s most gay-friendly city. According to gaytravel.com, “St. Petersburg is to Moscow what ... Read More
Award-winning Corinthia Hotels offer holiday excitement for quiet indulgence
editor- December 14, 2011This holiday season, Corinthia Hotels, a luxury collection of five-star properties located in some of the most beautiful European cities ... Read More
