The annual ‘TrEvolution’ conference by tour operator Russian Express has already completed its first four stops, drawing record-breaking participation across Kazan, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Almaty (Kazakhstan). The 2026 tour spans five cities in total (in addition to Almaty, Kazan, St. Petersburg,…
In August 2026, Russian Express, one of Russia's leading tour operators, launched a new series of educational events for agents - Trevolution. During the conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the editor-in-chief of Russian Travel Digest Marina Zatsepina sat down with Anton Savostyanov, the company’s Commercial…
Over 200 Belarusian travel agents gathered for a high-energy B2B event, bridging Minsk and the Red Sea. On July 20, 2026, the DoubleTree by Hilton in Minsk served as the venue for a large-scale workshop organized by Belarusian tour operator Intercity in cooperation with its strategic partner, the…
Coral Travel Market (CTM), operating the Coral Travel, Sunmar and Coral Elite brands, has expanded its franchise network to 1,050 offices across Russia – the highest count among all tourism franchise chains in the country, according…
On October 7, media reports the arrest of Anex Turizm Group owner Neshet Koçkar. His companies control the tour operators Anex and Intourist. However, the situation became clear soon.
Anex Turizm Group lawyers officially stated in the press that Neshet Koçkar had not been arrested and that…
The last difficult year did not break the tradition of spring events for travel agencies. An annual Tez Tour Masquerade for Russian travel agencies took place in Moscow on March 18.
About 500 travel manager from Moscow, St. Petersburg and central part of Russia were invited to the concert…
On March 9, Coral Travel held the Spring-Summer 2021 workshop at the Hyatt Regency Petrovsky Park hotel in Moscow. It was the first large-scale event of the company since the beginning of the pandemic. Everybody was eager to communicate not on-line, but face to face. The event combined traditions…
On Monday, on 23-rd of September, after news about situation with Thomas Cook, both Russian tour operators, affiliated with a company, reported about continuation of work in regular regime and independence of British company.
Intourist in the text on its web site underlines that current…
Tour operator TUI Russia and the largest charter carrier of the Russian Federation - airline AZUR air, told about the cooperation in the summer season of 2019. The capacities of AZUR air will be extensively used by TUI on 6 destinations, flights are planned from 11 regions of Russia.
The company Thomas Cook Group plc buys 100% of the tour operator Biblio-Globus. Not at all "for a penny" and not even for $ 10 million, as some publications, including the federal media, wrote. The deal was concluded on Friday, March 22.
Negotiations have been going on since August 2018.…
RossTour Company plans to complete the work of the tour operator but continue to play as tourist agency. This was announced by the company's general director Alexander Nedopolts. According to the head of RossTour, the company plans to announce the termination of the tour operator’s activity on Friday,…
On Friday, 7-th of September 2018, on the web site of the tour operator DANKO, there was a message about the suspension of activities. Here is a comment by Oksana Lyulintseva, the general director of the company, in full: "Dear Clients! Due to unfavorable market conditions, the DANKO tour operator…
“Raduga Travel tour operator announced the termination of activities due to the inability to fulfill its obligations under contracts for the sale of tourist products”, - it follows from a notice published on the company's website. The press service of Rosturizm reported that according to information…
VIP class vacations (Elite, de Luxe, Premium) are becoming increasingly popular among Russian tourists who are ready to pay for a high level of service, increased comfort and other additional services. So, many tour operators sell this type of service in addition to traditional tour packages, however…
Tour operator Gold Line announced the suspension of operations, according to the press service of the Federal Tourism Agency. The company's website says that the suspension of operations is related to damages that the tour operator has suffered due to lower demand for tours. According to information…
The reasons for such decisions are not known yet. Claim for bankruptcy of tour operator VERSA was registered on January 26, 2015. The company informed about termination of business in international tourism on September 15, 2014. For that moment, 9 000 clients of tour operator were abroad. The amount…
