And again, "Rest"!
From September 25 to 28, in Moscow, on the territory of the Crocus Expo exhibition center with a total area of more than 20 thousand square meters, the traditional international tourist exhibition "Rest - 2007" was held.
Equally traditional is the many years of participation of leading tour operators and hoteliers in Dubai, representing their services at the corporate stand of the Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing of the Government of Dubai. This year, at the DTKM stand with an area of 280 square meters. meters, 53 Dubai companies were represented, including 24 hotels and 25 tour operators, as well as organizing committees of the Dubai Summer Surprises and Dubai Trade Festival festivals, the Ski Dubai indoor ski complex and the Mall of the Emirates.
Khalifa Al Buamaim, Director of the Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing for the Promotion of Dubai Abroad, commented on the participation of Dubai in this professional exhibition: “This year we preferred“ Vacation 2007 ”to a parallel exhibition at Krasnaya Presnya, primarily because of its high state level and, accordingly, the scope of the event, the Crocus Expo exhibition center offers both exhibitors and visitors a lot of space, convenient placement inside the pavilions, as well as an ever-increasing number of participants We are satisfied with our participation in the exhibition and can be proud that the Dubai booth attracts more visitors and professionals from the tourism industry every year.Dubai has been and remains one of the most beloved destinations for leisure and business in Russia and the CIS, especially thanks to new opportunities and projects. "
Director of the representative office of DTKM in Russia, the CIS and the Baltic countries, Sergey Kanaev noted: “Everything is known by comparison. We know about the parallel exhibition at Krasnaya Presnya and we are informed about the composition of its participants. I can tell you that all the largest tour operators, like Russian ones, both foreign and foreign ones are represented here this year - at Crocus Expo. This exhibition center has the only drawback - the location, which is still difficult to reach due to traffic jams and the subway under construction. Last year the mob did not work here smart phones, now everything is fine. And with the Internet, by the way, too. I am pleased that Ski Dubai and Millenium hotels have been added to our regular participants. For the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, departure from Russia’s Emirates grew by 20%, according to the official statistics of DTKM. The number of guests of Dubai hotels increased by 6%. I believe that DTKM made the right choice by continuing to participate in the exhibition "Rest" in Crocus "
Exhibitors say
Mr. Osama Bushra, chief tourist manager of Travco, (Dubai): "We have been participating in this exhibition at the Dubai booth since 1998 - we meet here with our regular partners, get new ones, discuss new seasonal offers with them and renew contracts." Rest 2007 "- This is an excellent professional exhibition held on the eve of the high season in the UAE."
Gisele Whitaker, Marketing Manager, Ski Dubai: “We are introducing Ski Dubai in Russia for the first time, and we are pleasantly surprised that they already know about us here. We are pleased with the reaction of visitors - everyone understands how unique and attractive the snow offer in the desert is.”
Mr. M. Chako Mani, President of Royal Park Tourism Services (Dubai): “We have known and love the Russian market for a long time, and they love us here - the pyramid has already been built. But, despite good connections, annual participation in exhibitions is necessary for business development in different Our goal now is to expand our client base through the development of such a direction as corporate and incentive tourism - MICE. In general, we are satisfied with the work done. But I would like to know what we lost while skipping the simultaneously held international tourism exhibition in Expoc HTPE Krasnaya Presnya? "
Yigit Sizgin, Sales and Marketing Director, Radisson SAS Hotel, Deira Creek Hotel: "We arrived in Moscow with new seasonal offers. Unfortunately, the number of visitors to the exhibition is less than we expected. Perhaps this is due to the considerable distance and time it takes to spend to get to Crocus Expo. I would like to draw the organizers' attention to another minus - it is surprising that Internet communications are not established at this level of exhibition. "
Sirak Muradyan, General Director of the tourist company Al Khalidiah Tourism (Dubai): “This year, the exhibition was noticeably fewer visitors. It became more difficult to conclude new contracts with Russian tour operators, as prices for accommodation in Dubai hotels are growing by an average of 10-20% per year. In general, the exhibition "Rest" is an important event for professionals in the tourism industry. "
Anwar Abu Mannasar, General Manager of Net Group (Abu Dhabi, Dubai): “For us, of course, Russian tourism is very important, which is still characterized by a pronounced seasonality. We try to do everything so that tourists from Russia go to us all year round, so we offer them not only Dubai but also Abu Dhabi. We presented in Moscow our new Desert Heritage Village project, which opens in October. In addition, our company is creating a new division of Net Golf, which will attract golfers to the UAE from all over the world, including e and from Russia. "
Dmitry Zorin, general manager for the UAE and deputy director of the Russian Express company (ask Sergey for a name): “We have been working with the UAE market for 12 years. Russian tourists' interest in this area is constantly growing. Each year we, as tour operators, become more interested in this direction, since the Emirates are developing very dynamically, the level of comfort and hotel services is increasing. New means of accommodation of an international class are constantly being built. Today, the offer is no longer in demand, therefore, in peak periods we have nowhere to sit It’s a pity. Emirates is the most unique of all the countries offering beach vacations. Here you can do shopping, business all year round. The beaches are excellent, the weather is also. However, some hoteliers, in pursuit of profit, forget to monitor the quality of the services provided. for example, continuing to populate guests during repairs or renovations. But this happens in other markets. And the rest, the Emirates, perhaps, are superior to many of what we offer our tourists. "
