Articles tagged “moscow”

Online Travel

Skift India Report: Majority of Travelers Procrastinate Buying Insurance

Lack of education about travel insurance remains the biggest obstacle for brands’ selling it. Companies must therefore inform consumers on why they need the product regardless.

Amrita Ghosh | 8 months ago

Skift India Report: Majority of Travelers Procrastinate Buying Insurance

Tourism

Dubai’s 14 Million Foreign Visitors Last Year Nudges Closer to 2019 High

Not satisfied with merely achieving pre-pandemic levels of tourism, Dubai has now set an ambitious goal of 40 million hotel guests in 2031.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago

Dubai’s 14 Million Foreign Visitors Last Year Nudges Closer to 2019 High

Tourism

Russia Looks to India to Fill Tourism Void

Tourism to Russia has taken an enormous hit since the country's invasion of Ukraine. An economy hurt by sanctions doesn't help in its pitch to travelers either. But Russia sees opportunities with India's outbound travelers.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Russia Looks to India to Fill Tourism Void

Airlines

Russia to Invest $14.5 Billion in Building Its Own Planes as Sanctions Bite

With its aviation industry tanking due to sanctions from the West and the seizure of planes from leasing companies, the Russian government is taking a serious step to salvage what's left of a decimated domestic market.

Edmund Blair, Reuters | 2 years ago

Russia to Invest $14.5 Billion in Building Its Own Planes as Sanctions Bite

Tourism

Russia Partially Reopens Borders as Moscow Lifts Its Lockdown

It's great news that Russia has begun to allow some travelers to leave country and that Moscow has canceled its digital travel pass system that had made business and leisure domestic trips difficult.

Reuters | 4 years ago

Russia Partially Reopens Borders as Moscow Lifts Its Lockdown

Coronavirus

Russia Closes State-Run Hotels, Resorts Over Rising Coronavirus Cases

Russia has gone into tourism lockdown to combat coronavirus, including closing state-run recreational areas and hotels and halting all international flights. But the country's other problem is that a majority of its residents do not believe government figures, which show the number of coronavirus cases within Russia has only just surpassed 1,000.

Alexander Marrow and Tom Balmforth, Reuters | 4 years ago

Russia Closes State-Run Hotels, Resorts Over Rising Coronavirus Cases

Media and PR

10 Most Instagrammed Places of 2014

It is no surprise that most of the locations are tourist destinations, with the exception of two sites in Russia.

Joyce Manalo, Skift | 9 years ago

10 Most Instagrammed Places of 2014

Airlines

What it is like to spend time at “Snowden airport” in Moscow

Sheremetyevo airport may never easily roll off our tongues, but we're expecting in-the-footsteps-of-Snowden tours to start sometime soon.

Maria Danilova, Associated Press | 11 years ago

What it is like to spend time at “Snowden airport” in Moscow

Airlines

That now-infamous Moscow airport hotel of Edward Snowden, inside and out

Airport hotels are rarely happy places, so experts recommend sticking to budget accommodations and saving your money for your final destination, whether that be Ecuador or U.S. federal court, in this particular case.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Moscow takes a small step into the bike-share business

Moscow's traffic is so notoriously bad that bikes are a good idea. Surviving when the traffic's humming is another matter.

Skift | 11 years ago

Moscow takes a small step into the bike-share business