Meeting of Russian business travel market leaders of the Union of Business Travel Agencies (SAD)

Vipservice took part in a business meeting of Russian business travel market leaders of the Union of Business Travel Agencies (SAD) last week. The meeting took place at the Russian office of Amadeus.

The meeting brought together not only business travel agencies, but also the top management of the Amadeus global distribution system and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Among key topics of discussion:

Self-identification of the industry. Allocation of a separate code in the All-Russian classifier of economic activities (OKVED).

Electronic voucher. Search for opportunities to avoid introduction of an electronic voucher for provision of business travel services.

Participation in legislation.

We remind you that the SAD was created to secure interests of the industry from government agencies and develop unified standards. The goal is to outline business travel as an independent sector and to protect its importance as a significant part of tourism, as well as to convey to suppliers the general position of agencies. “I am sure that the Union is creating a strong association of market experts and their partners, which will foremost benefit the industry,” Alexander Spirin, Vipservice shareholder, supported the idea.

The meeting of major players in business travel in Russia took place on a positive wave, all participants agreed that SAD would be an important and timely association. Vipservice, as one of the leaders in the business travel market, confirmed that it is ready to share expertise and, together with colleagues, seek solutions of ambiguous problems in the industry.