There is a revolution of sorts (if you pardon the expression) taking place around the development of travel distribution in Russia.
Whilst not exactly the so-called “space race” experienced by Soviet Union cosmonauts in the 1950s and 1960s, such is the rapid development of a number of distribution channels that there is a significant reworking of “how it used to be done” taking place in the region.
First of all, Russia-based online accommodation service Oktogo is estimating gross bookings will more than treble next year to $100 million.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2012/10/26/news/russian-travel-distribution-shoots-sputnik-like-into-a-new-age/
