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Best of the best French hotels paid a visit to Moscow

19:15, 22 сентября 2014

Directors of14 out 16 French palace-hotels came to Moscow to meet local tour operators and the media. The meeting is the first of its kind organized by the French Tourism Development Agency (Atout France). It’s no coincidence that it was held in Russia. According to the the Agency’s Head, Mr. Christian Mantei, Russian tourists account for a significant share of France’s most celebrated hotels’ clientele.

 

In 2013, about 800 thousand Russian tourists visited France. The plan for the year 2014 is to welcome a million Russians, said minister counsellor Frederic Mondoloni. “In current situation it’s going to be harder to achieve this result, because of the political discord and the deceleration of economic growth in Russia. Russia is a growing market for us. And I can assure you that our top priority is to increase the number of Russian visitors to France. We have arranged the trip exclusively to promote our palaces internationally. And our first destination is Russia” he added.

 

As was noted by nearly every palace, Russian guests account for 20-25% of all their clients. And during the high season (August for seaside hotels and January for Courchevel) this figure is a lot higher. Despite the downfall of the Russian tourist flow to France, Heads of the palaces haven’t been reporting any crisis situation. “We don’t have any decrease in the number of Russian tourists thus far. We’ll see how the situation is going to unfold at the end of the year,” said the Director General of the Plaza Athenee Hotel. “The volume of bookings at our hotel is now at exactly the same level as it was in 2013. It’s only that the payments are now being made not 1-1.5 years prior to arrival as before, but closer to check-in date,” added the spokesperson from Courchevel’s Les Airelles. Her colleague from the K2 Hotel doesn’t have any problems with bookings for the period from January 1st to 12th, the most popular dates with Russian tourists: “I think that the crisis hasn’t affected high-end customers. They keep travelling as they always did.”

 

In the evening, the tour operators along with some Russian celebrities were invited to Moscow’s most prestigious department store to attend a grand party hosted by Atout France and French palace-hotels. Cocktails, snacks and desserts cooked by the palaces’ chefs, barmen and confectioners were served to the guests.


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