OREANDA-NEWS. On 23 July 2008 was announced, that XVI International Travel Trade Fair INWETEX– CIS TRAVEL MARKET 2008 will be held on1–3 October 2008 in the Lenexpo Exhibition Centre.

CIS Travel Market is the travel and tourism exhibition for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), North West Russia and Baltic markets.

Buyers and sellers, both regionally and internationally meet to take advantage of the increasing outbound and inbound Russian tourism potential. Held in St. Petersburg, CIS Travel Market provides you with an important and viable business alternative to the Moscow centric market.

Travel and Tourism trends reconfirm that this region is buoyant and growing and annually attracting more and more visitors from all over the world. Year on year companies within the industry are capitalizing on this lucrative market.

CIS Travel Market is the inbound and outbound travel event for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Baltic States, Russian Federation, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia.

Each year, CIS Travel Market grows in importance on the international exhibition calendar. Suppliers of travel and tourism products are benefitting from buyers recognition of the inbound and outbound opportunities available in the region.

As experienced travel and tourism experts within the marketplace, Reed Travel Exhibitions offer you as an exhibitor the unprecedented opportunity to meet with industry professionals. You can also benefit from:

• Advertising and editorial in over 40 regional newspapers and magazines in St Petersburg, Moscow and other cities in Russia and the CIS

• Publications include TTG Russia, Tourinfo, Tourbusiness and Russian Tourism Newspaper

• PR and advertising on local TV and radio

• A targeted direct mail and email campaign to all leading travel and tourism professionals in Russia, The Baltics and CIS countries so you reach the target audience effectively

• A local consumer campaign in and around St Petersburg

Abraham Jaime Peczenik, Director, Tours Brazil:

"My main reason for attending CIS Travel Market is to entice Russian tourism to Brazil. It is also important for me to visit my clients in St Petersburg, meet with tour operators and to refresh memories about Brasil and this part of the world."