PH Continues to Attract More Russian Tour Operators at Moscow International Travel Fair
Russian visitors at the Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition line up at the Philippine pavillion for mango cocktails after the show of flair bartenders Dennis Barela and Karina Coleen Lugtu (seen serving drinks in the photo). (Catherine Alpay photo)
MOSCOW 25 March 2019 — A delegation from the Department of Tourism (DOT) recently visited Russia to participate in the annual Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITT) on 12-14 March 2019, as well as conduct a business-to-business (B2B) workshop and reception for Philippine tour operators and resort owners and prospective Russian travel industry partners.
The Philippine delegation, composed of DOT officials, tourism industry partners, and top-class performers, received a lot of attention during the MITT exhibition. The B2B workshop attracted lots of visitors to the Philippine booth, established linkages with some 50 highly interested Russian travel agencies and tour operators.
The delegation was led by DOT Assistant Secretary for Tourism Development Planning Roberto Alabado III. He was accompanied by DOT officials from the Market Development Division, Chief Tourism Operations Officer Raymund Glen Agustin and Diegeli S.J. Liawanag, as well as Anabelle Apostol of DOT Frankfurt.
They were also joined by Annset Holidays, Uni-Orient Travel, Inc., Club Agutaya Resort, and Savoy Hotel Boracay, four of the DOT’s tourism industry partners.
DOT also brought in top-class Filipino musicians in violinist Merjohn Lagaya and alto sax player Archimedes Lacorte, and bartenders Dennis Barela and Karina Coleen Lugtu, to complete the ensemble for the tourism selling mission.
After their stint in Moscow, the DOT delegation continued on to the city of Ekaterinburg to conduct another B2B workshop. END
Department of Tourism (DOT) Assistant Secretary for Tourism Development Planning Roberto Alabado III (second from left) and Ambassador to Russia Carlos Sorreta (third from left) take a photo opportunity with Philippine tourism industry partners and Philippine Airlines’ Russian representative (second from right) during the Business Reception after the successful conduct of DOT’s business-to-business workshop with some 50 Russian travel agencies based in Moscow. (Catherine Alpay photo)
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Tourism Development Planning Roberto Alabado III (standing, seventh from left) together with Ambassador to Russia Carlos D. Sorreta (eighth from left) and other members of the Philippine delegation to the 2019 Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition on 12 March 2019. Also in the photo are DOT Market Development Division–Chief Tourism Operations Officer Raymund Glen Agustin (ninth from left), Diegeli S.J. Liwanag, Market Development Division (standing, rightmost), Anabelle Apostol of DOT Frankfurt (standing, 3rd from left), musicians and flair bartenders, and representatives from the private sector of the Philippine tourism industry at the Philippine booth. (Catherine Alpay photo)
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