St. Petersburg presented to organizers of UFI global congress
On June 18–21, the Convention and Exhibition Center was visited and inspected by UFI representatives – organizers of the 85th UFI Global Congress that will be held in the ExpoForum from October 31 to November 3, 2018.
UFI representatives – Jana Hofmann and Karen Cohen, project and event managers of the Congress – inspected the venue for the 2018 Congress.
Sergey Alexeev, Honorary President of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI), President of the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs,
In the course of the visit the participants of the meeting familiarized themselves with the ExpoForum resources and performance capabilities, discussed and fixed the locations for some events of the Congress as well as holding formats and logistics of the venue. The banquet service of the Caramel Catering company arranged the food test according to the offered menu, including gala events.
The organizers of the Congress also visited and inspected hotels of the city and as a result approved the official Congress hotels: Hilton ExpoForum St. Petersburg, Lotte Hotel St. Petersburg and Park Inn Pulkovo. On one of the days the delegation visited the Catherine’s Palace in the town of Pushkin where the Congress gala dinner will be held. Besides, the St. Petersburg sightseeing tour with a visit to the Hermitage Museum was organized for the UFI representatives.
As a result of the trip, the UFI representatives emphasized that the visit for inspection purposes was successful. They mentioned that the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center was modern, had big resources and performance capacities, and was