17 March - 19 March
About the event:
On March 17, 2020, Moscow will host MITT Digital — a conference about internet technologies for tourism sector that takes place on MITT, the largest tourism exhibition in Russia and CIS.
MITT Digital program includes talks by leading international and Russian experts about online travel sector, current trends, new opportunities for business, and future or tourism business.
We invite travel startups to present their projects on the conference stage in front of a professional audience. You can apply for pitch on https://travelabs.org/mitt-digital
We also have a space available for sponsors. If you would like to learn about the sponsorship opportunities at MITT Digital, reach Valentin Dombrovsky at valentin@travelabs.org
Main topics of the conference:
Online and offline opportunities for travel business
Startup technologies for travel agents and tour operators
Social media trends: Facebook, Instagram and other platforms
Marketing tools for travel sector
Current technology trends of incoming tourism to Russia
Main trend of the year: online technologies for Tours&Activities market
Key audience:
Tour operators and travel agents
Representatives of regional tourism administrations and tourism information centres
Online technology and IT solution suppliers
IT startups
Language: Russian and English
Free entrance
Co-organizer:17 March
11:00 - 06:00
Main Arena, Pavilion 1, Hall 3
MITT Digital
About the event:
Free education programme for specialists of travel agencies and other interested professionals. Everyday series of educational workshops consisting of several thematic tracks: “Successful Director”, “Effective Marketing”, “Professional Manager”. All the speakers are practitioners and famous business coaches.
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Target audience:
Language: Russian
Free entrance
17 March
11:00 - 18:00
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
11:00 - 11:50
17 March
11:00 - 11:50
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
12:00 - 14:20
17 March
12:00 - 12:30
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
12:30 - 13:00
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
13:00 - 13:40
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
13:40 - 14:20
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
14:30 - 16:30
17 March
14:30 - 15:10
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
15:10 - 15:50
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
15:50 - 16:30
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
17 March
16:40 - 18:00
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
About the session:
Series of speeches from leading analysts on the current state and development forecasts of the Russian tourism. Comprehensive analysis and up-to-date statistics for planning of successful working strategy on Russian tourism market.
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Language: Russian and English
Free entrance
17 March
13:15 - 14:15
Conference Hall E, Pavilion 1
Session
17 March
13:15 - 13:35
Conference Hall E, Pavilion 1
Analytical session
17 March
13:35 - 13:55
Conference Hall E, Pavilion 1
Analytical session
17 March
13:55 - 14:15
Conference Hall E, Pavilion 1
Analytical session
About the event:
Theory and practice of marketing and branding of territories. Brand creation tools. Connections of a destination brand with the socio-economic profile of the region. Brand application in marketing campaigns and communications. Successful Russian and foreign experience of branding and rebranding of tourist destinations
Target audience:
Language: Russian and English
Free entrance
17 March
14:45 - 16:15
Conference Hall E, Pavilion 1
Forum "FOCUS ON RUSSIA"
About the event:
Presentations of successful cases of the foreign tourist destinations development. Discussion of international experience with Russian practitioners — heads of regional tourism administrations and industry experts. Experience of solving “painful” issues of destinations development and increasing the incoming tourist flow.
Target audience:
Language: Russian and English
Free entrance
17 March
16:30 - 18:00
Conference Hall E, Pavilion 1
Forum "FOCUS ON RUSSIA"
About the workshops:
A series of master classes from leading tour operators. An overview of resorts. Analysis of advantages and disadvantages compared to competitive mass destinations. An overview of the hotel base and MICE capabilities. Selling strategy and objections handling
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Language: Russian
Free entrance
17 March
11:00 - 15:00
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
Session
About the event:
FIRST TIME AT MITT! A series of business program events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Turkey. Overview and development trends of the Turkish tourism market. Russian-Turkish summit of hoteliers and tourism business. Workshops about new and traditional tourist regions of Turkey
Target audience:
• CEOs, Commercial Directors, Heads of Departments and Specialists of Russian travel agencies, tour operators and MICE sector companies
Participation: free of charge (exhibition electronic ticket-based)
Language: Russian / Turkish (simultaneous translation)
Free entrance
18 March
11:00 - 11:30
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
Turkey Day at MITT
18 March
11:30 - 12:30
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
Turkey Day at MITT
18 March
13:00 - 14:00
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
Turkey Day at MITT
About the Summit:
Strategic panel discussion with top managers of Russian travel companies and Turkish hotels about key business problems and new opportunities for collaboration
Topics:
• Turkish hospitality market development. Pricing policy. Influence on the Russian business;
• Models of effective cooperation between Turkish hotels and Russian travel companies;
• Ensuring security of Russian tourists at Turkish resorts. Provision of qualified law and medical service;
• Loyalty programs of Turkish hotels for the Russian tourists
18 March
15:00 - 18:00
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
Turkey Day at MITT
About the event:
Overview of traditional and new touristic destinations of Turkey. Current state and development prospects of regional hotel bases. Places of interest and excursion programs. MICE-opportunities of resorts. Regions to be covered: Antalya, Izmir, Muğla
About the event:
Free education programme for specialists of travel agencies and other interested professionals. Everyday series of educational workshops consisting of several thematic tracks: "Successful Director", "Effective Marketing", "Professional Manager". All the speakers are practitioners and famous business coaches.
Subjects:
Target audience:
Language: Russian
Free entrance
Co-organizer:18 March
11:00 - 18:00
18 March
11:00 - 11:15
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
18 March
11:15 - 12:00
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
18 March
12:00 - 12:45
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
18 March
14:45 - 15:30
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
18 March
16:30 - 17:15
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
MITT ACADEMY
About the conference:
Global trends and scenarios of tourism industry development. Everything you need to know for the succesful business planning — New marketing technologies. Cutting edge IT trends. Tourism business transformation.
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Language: Russian and English
Free entrance
18 March
13:50 - 18:00
Main Arena, Pavilion 1, Hall 3
Session
18 March
13:50 - 14:30
Main Arena, Pavilion 1, Hall 3
Travel Trends
About event:
Target audience:
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Language: Russian
Participation: a fee to be paid
18 March
11:00 - 18:00
Conference Hall D, Pavilion 1
Conference on Taxes, Accounting and Law
About the event:
FIRST TIME AT MITT! Each generation prefers different formats of traveling. What is a good traveling for X and Y generations? How do generations learn about where to travel and why? What do professionals need to do to attract and retain different generarations travellers? Workshop Moderator is Evgenia Shamis, Founder, General Director and Coordinator of RuGenerations — Russian School of Theory of Generations
Target audience:
• Travel agencies
• Tour operators
Participation: free of charge (exhibition electronic ticket-based)
Language: Russian
Free entrance
18 March
13:30 - 15:30
Conference Hall E, Pavilion 1
Foresight Workshop
18 March
11:30 - 12:30
Main Arena, Pavilion 1, Hall 3
Ceremony
About the event:
On the problems of travel agent business development. Dialogue with the leaders of Russian and foreign travel companies. Tips and cases of successful professionals for business development
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Target audience:
Language: Russian
Free entrance
Co-organizer:
18 March
16:00 - 18:00
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
Travel Agency Success Secret Talk Show
About the session:
Session is designed for all the interested travel industry professionals. During the session leading world experts and visionaries will represent their vision of how the industry will develop in the coming years.
The purpose of the session is to identify the main travel trends and develop practical recommendations and action strategies for the professional community together with key experts of the Russian tourism market.
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Language: Russian
Free entrance
18 March
11:30 - 13:00
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
Panel discussion
About the event:
Free education programme for specialists of travel agencies and other interested professionals. Everyday series of educational workshops consisting of several thematic tracks: "Successful Director", "Effective Marketing", "Professional Manager". All the speakers are practitioners and famous business coaches.
Subjects:
Target audience:
Language: Russian
Free entrance
19 March
11:00 - 18:00
Conference Hall G, Pavilion 1
Session
About the conference:
Conference is targeted to travel agencies and tour operators striving to diversify the business and go beyond the traditional beach destinations. Special types of tourism and successful experience of new product development from the ground up. Practical cases presentations
Special types of tourism:
Target audience:
Language: Russian
Free entrance
19 March
11:00 - 16:00
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
Session
19 March
11:00 - 11:25
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
MITT 365 - DIVERSIFICATION OF TOURISM PRODUCT
19 March
11:50 - 12:15
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
MITT 365 - DIVERSIFICATION OF TOURISM PRODUCT
19 March
12:15 - 12:40
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
MITT 365 - DIVERSIFICATION OF TOURISM PRODUCT
19 March
13:05 - 13:30
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
MITT 365 - DIVERSIFICATION OF TOURISM PRODUCT
19 March
13:55 - 14:20
Conference Hall А, Pavilion 1
MITT 365 - DIVERSIFICATION OF TOURISM PRODUCT
About the event:
Trends determining the industry development. Corporate client requirements addressed to the organizers. Presentation of the most difficult MICE projects
Target audience:
Language: Russian
Free entrance
19 March
11:00 - 16:00
Main Arena, Pavilion 1, Hall 3
Session