Business Tourism in Yekaterinburg, Russia

Yekaterinburg (from 1924 to 1991 it was called Sverdlovsk) – is the biggest city of the Ural and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Region. Today Yekaterinburg is a major industrial centre of Russia with such key industries as mechanical engineering and metal working, and well-developed industries such as instrument making, electrical industry, iron industry and others.

However, Yekaterinburg is an important historic and cultural centre of the country, too. Its official foundation date is considered to be the 7th of November, 1723. For less than 300 years of existence Yekaterinburg managed to become famous not only for its factories and plants, but also for its sights, monuments, universities, etc. Undoubtedly, being an industrially-developed city and a significant center of trade and commerce, Yekaterinburg attracts the attention of great many tourists, especially in the sphere of business travel.

People from all over the country regularly visit the city for business purposes. The increase in the amount of the foreign companies’ offices in Yekaterinburg and the development of the trade and economic ties with the Russian and cross-border partners are contributing to the growth and development of the sphere of business tourism in the city. For the majority of tourists their planning of the business trip to the capital of the Ural region starts with searching and choosing a hotel Yekaterinburg .

The Yekaterinburg hotels are numerous and diverse enough. Some of them even gain the corresponding specialization: the so-called business hotels focus on the individual and corporate clients, visiting the city for business purposes, and offer a wide range of extra-services such as visa support, services of a secretary and interpreter, the transfer by executive- and business-class cars, etc. Having an access to the Internet, it’s easy for tourists to choose the hotel and make a booking on-line. Sites of the good hotels provide full information about the level of living conditions, availability of the rooms of different categories and all the services which are offered by this or that hotel Ekaterinburg .