The scheduled ABT`s «Travel manager» educational program ended on June, 11th. During 28 academic hours the course participants could discuss hot topics, get valuable advice and consultations of experts in business travel and, what is more important, get acknowledged with business trip budgeting, tender organization and conduction, particular aspects of agreements with suppliers, ways of booking services and principles of payment systems operation.

Moscow Forum of Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) «Unearthing Opportunity in Russia» took place in Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre Hotel on June, 17th and included more than one hundred travel experts. This year in addition to important topics of the business travel market the issues of data collection and its analysis were among hot topics, the organizers decided to discuss means of communication, that are more suitable for business talks and to point out the importance of analytical skills.

The participants of the fam trip which took place from May 27th to June 2nd, had a chance to get acknowledged with MICE facilities of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE. The trip was organized by the Russian Association of Business Travel (ABT) together with Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA). A group of 10 corporate buyers visited the largest emirate whose MICE venues have aroused growing interest on the part of companies from all over the world.