MAIN TRAVEL EVENT OF AUTUMN – TRADITIONAL OPENING OF THE SEASON
14th International tourist exhibition Otdykh/Leisure 2008 and the 5th International business tourism forum MICE Russia 2008 will take place on October 1-3, 2008, in Expocentre Krasnaya Presnya.
Otdykh/Leisure exhibition and MICE Russia forum are organized by MSI and ITE – leading russian exhibition operator companies.
For the 5th time business tourism forum will be a part of Otdykh/Leisure 2008 and will include MICE section of the exhibition and two-day international Conference MICE Russia 2008 with sessions for corporate clients and industry professionals.
WHERE TRAVEL INDUSTRY MEET
Every year major players of the travel market take part in the Otdykh/Leisure exhibition.
In 2007 more than 1000 companies from more than 60 countries and regions took part in the exhibition. Those included Russia, Austria, Australia, Argentina, Switzerland, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Kenya, Maldives, Netherlands, New Zealand, UAE, South Africa, Thailand, Egypt, Brazil, Vietnam, Peru, Jamaica, Indonesia, Ecuador and others. Total exhibition area was more than 20 000 sq.m.
Participants of Otdykh/Leisure are the most prominent and constantly growing companies of the industry. Otdykh/Leisure exhibition focuses on a professional and mutually fruitful work of exhibitors and visitors. The exhibition is a closed event and no one comes «by chance». First two exhibition days are reserved for travel industry specialists – professional visitors only. Name badges and invitations for professional visitors are mailed in advance by organizers.
MASSIVE TRAVEL SERVICES EXCHANGE
Organizers have figured out the most suitable dates for the exhibition – October, 1st-3rd – which allow the tour operators to form and best represent at Otdykh/Leisure 2008 their autumn/winter seasonal offers.
- Event's location – «Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya» –is the leading fairground in Moscow city centre situated next to the «Delovoy Tsentr» underground station.
- United database of professional visitors of MITT and Leisure is the main target audience of the exhibition.
- Modern registration system – once participants are given a Professional Visitor badge they are granted access to the fairgrounds for all the three days of the exhibition.
- Extensive business program is covered by media partners and includes, but is not limited to: conferences, professional seminars, presentations, workshops, etc.
- International business and incentive tourism forum MICE Russia 2008 as a part of Leisure 2008 exhibition.
- Use of the best practices of MITT and Otdykh/Leisure exhibitions:
VIP-club for top-management of major travel companies is set up for meetings and talks;
specially constructed auxiliary premises (cloakrooms and luggage rooms).
- Minimizing exhibitors' media budgets with special offers:
MITT and Otdykh/Leisure participation package
special conditions for Domestic Tourism section participants.
- And, traditionally, visitors can enjoy our special service – delivery of catalogues and other materials to the door of their office, even if located in other regions!
