Caravan-3, Become a reality and a success
4 July 2013
Nestled by the banks of the Moscow River, the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel and Business Center, Moscow offers an ideal location, facilities and atmosphere for tourism promotion. Thus on Friday the 5th for the second consecutive day the Workshop for the leading tour operators was conducted at the Chaykovsky hall of the Hotel Radisson Slavyanskaya. The hotel which is adjacent to the new Europe Plaza, fountain and crystal bridge features 14 meeting rooms spread over 4,400 square meters and can accommodate a meeting for 15 or an event for 1,500.
In the morning the workshop conducted with the collaboration of another well known tour operator in Moscow, “Labirint”. The company has been founded in 1995 as a tour operator for Greece and Finland with head office in Moscow. The most prolific destinations are Greece, Finland, Scandinavian countries, Baltic countries, France, Germany, Russia, Israel, Africa with tour types been Package tours, recreational tours, escorted tours, cruises, ski packages, fishing tours, conference tours, incentive tours, business trips, tours to exhibitions. The company takes part in renowned exhibitions such as MITT, MITF, Leisure (Moscow), МАТКА (Helsinki), Philoxenia (Thessaloniki), ITB (Berlin). Also it has regional representative offices in Perm, Saratov, Cheliabinsk, Kazan, Nizhnij Novgorod, Volgograd, Ufa, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on – Don.
Once again, having very warmly welcomed all participants His Excellency Udayanga Weeratunga conducted a very informative and educative presentation on Sri Lankan Tourism. The workshop which was once again attended by more than one hundred representatives was concluded in the afternoon. During the workshops the attendees were presented with audio CD package. This package of two Audio CD’s gives an exclusive commentary on 49 important tourist locations and covers Colombo, Kelaniya, Pinnawela Anuradhapura, Sigiriya, Dambulla, Mihintale Polonnraruwa, Euwara Eliya, Kandy, Yala nad Galle. The package which is been published in Russian language is an excellent tour guide to the tourist from Russia and CIS countries. The first edition was published in 2008 and more than 5000 copies have been distributed. All tourists flying to Sri Lanka by Srilankan Airlines has been availed with the opportunity of listening to this CD on board.
In the afternoon hours of the day the next major event of the campaign; shopping mall activation commenced at the shopping mall “Mega Belya Dacha” in Moscow. Major participants of the activation were “Laksala” “Siddalepa” and ‘Sri Lankan Airlines”. During the event the spectators were issued with tourism promotional materials, gift items and tea sachets. The liquid tea service organized by the Embassy served the gathering whilst the dancing troupe entertained them.
