Federal Media Overview

On August 14, Dmitry Gorin as an Adviser to the Head of Federal Tourism Agency commented a case when news about suspension of operation appeared and then disappeared on "Natali Tours" site. Watch the videos at:
https://www.m24.ru/videos/video/14082018/182109
https://www.m24.ru/videos/video/14082018/182104

On August 16, Head of Vipservice Holding took part in "60 minutes" talk-show on "Rossiya 1" channel and summarized results of tourist season, noting high demand on Krasnodar krai and Crimea resorts and increasing travel stream into Post-Soviet countries. Watch the video at:
http://www.ontvtime.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view_record&id=1450&start_record=2018-08-16-13-57

On August 16, on the air of "Utro Rossii" program on "Rossiya 1" channel as part of a story about fake sites for recreation centers, Dmitry Gorin talked about Federal Tourism Agency's initiative to create a national platform for hotel booking, which can help tourists avoid scams. Watch the video at:
https://russia.tv/video/show/brand_id/3838/episode_id/1881251/video_id/1947793/viewtype/picture/

On August 17, on the air of "Rossiya 1" channel head of Vipservice Holding as a guest of "Utro Rossii" program discussed bottlenecks in liability insurance of tour operators and spoke about how this system will be improved in the nearest future. Watch the video at:
https://russia.tv/video/show/brand_id/3838/episode_id/1882137/video_id/1948547/viewtype/picture/

On August 17, during "Spetsialniy Reportazh" program of "Moskva 24" channel Dmitry Gorin answered questions about how exchange rate fluctuations will affect hotel business, flight prices and an entire industry. Watch the video from 13:30 at:
https://tv.m24.ru/videos/162699

On August 17, "Kommersant" newspaper published an article called "Crisis was settled by small money". CEO of Vipservice commented situation with stop of operation of small and medium tour operators and noted the resulting consolidation of touristic market. The content is available at:
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3714899