Dear Subscriber,
With the first month of 2012 already passed, there are only 70 days until the B2B Travel Workshops in Baku and Almaty, so for companies interested in entering these growing, oil rich markets, please sign up by March 10th by registering on www.B2Btravelworkshop.com. Alternatively, you can request a meeting with myself or the B2B Project Manager Maria Gorbacheva at ITB Berlin. We will both be available for any clients wishing to get more business from the Russian markets or the CIS. Although the economic situation in Europe is mainly doom and gloom, Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan all expect positive growth rates in 2012 from between 3.5% and 6%, so if your traditional markets are stagnating, then we can help you enter and develop new ones.
Best regards,
Director
TMI Consultancy
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