The first MICE Meetings Industry and Business Travel Workshop and Conference took place in the “Renaissance Olympic Penta” Hotel within the OTDYKH/Leisure Exhibition
The exhibition was highly appreciated by the ICCA International Congress and Convention Association
The conference that took place within the exhibition was visited by Lex Granada, SITE President, Didier Scaillet, Director of MPI European Operations, Tom Halton, Executive Director of International Meeting Venues
A visit by Rey Bloom, IMEX Group Chairman, was an important landmark for the show
MIBEXPO Russia rebranding to OTDYKH MICE within the OTDYKH International Travel Market
OTDYKH MICE moved to CEC “Expocentre”
MICE Meetings Industry and Business Travel Workshop and Conference developed into the MIBEXPO Russia Exhibition within the MATIW Moscow Autumn Travel Industry Week in the IEC “Crocus Expo”
A “Corporate Buyer” programme for hosting meeting industry direct buyers was launched within MIBEXPO Russia
In order to make exhibition visiting more convenient, an on-line Appointment System to pre-arrange meetings and negotiations was launched at MATIW
The OTDYKH Mice Conference has launched a new ten-year phase. For the first time, the conference highlighted the MICE development issues in the domestic market. Ekaterinburg, Samara, Yaroslavl, St. Petersburg and Moscow, represented by Convention Bureaus, discussed their role in Russia's image creation on the business travel map