Russian Business Travel & MICE Award

General information

The annual professional award in the field of business tourism and MICE - Russian Business Travel & MICE Award – has been established in 2010 to promote and develop business tourism and congress services in Russia.

The award founders: The Business Travel magazine, Internet portal Conference.ru, the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation

The organizer: TB Events.

The project encompasses all participants of business tourism market - within its frames the best entities will be chosen in 15 major categories, among them: congress hotels (Moscow, St. Petersburg, regions of this country), congress center, an organizer of conferences and incentive itineraries in Russia and abroad, Russian TMC-company and an agency servicing corporate customers, an  airline for business travelers, national tourist office, online booking systems.

The nominations include:

1) The best congress hotel in Moscow 5*
2) The best congress hotel in Moscow 4*
3) The best regional congress hotel of the category 5*
4) The best regional congress hotel of the category 4*
5) The best alternative venue for events
6) The best platform for holding events online
7) The best conference organizer
8) The best organizer of incentive programs
9)  The best business travel agency
10) The best regional Chamber of Commerce in the field of development of the congress and exhibition industry (partner of the nomination of the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation)
11.1) The most innovative Regional Convention and Exhibition Center (partner of the RUEF nomination)

11.2)The most effective Regional Convention and Exhibition Center (partner of the RUEF nomination)

12) The best regional office in the field of development and promotion of the destination

12 A) The best regional office in the field of development and promotion of the destination according to the NCB
13) The best TIC in the field of creating and promoting travel products for business travel (partner of the NAITO nomination)
14) The best foreign office in the field of MICE promotion
15) For outstanding contribution to the development of congress services in Russia                                                             

In 2021 the Award sees itsfor the twelfth time. 

The nomination for Russian Business Travel & MICE Award 2021 will take place at the project Internet site www.mice-award.ru in the period from April 1 to June 30, 2021. The open voting will be held in Internet from July 1 to August 31, 2021.

The 12-th annual ceremony of awarding winners and laureates will take place in Ekaterinburg on December, 2021.

Information on the participation:

The participation in RBT&MA at all stages (nomination, voting, award ceremony) is free of charge.

The nomininaton of runners for the award takes place at the official site of the award - mice-award.ru - from April 1 to June 30, 2021.

To participate in forwarding nomination one shall fill in a required form that features the information on a nominee, as well as contact details:

• Company name
• Description of the company activity. The data are filled in in short arbitrary way
• The reasons for the nomination. One has to indicate specific achievements, such as: the amount of business events held; volume, range or unique nature of services provided; active introduction of new technologies, logistics solutions and innovations into operations; indications of an  expansion of customer base and various competitive advantages.
  * The information on a nominee will be publicly available to users of the official Internet site from the moment the voting mode is activated  
• Contact information.

Voting for nominees takes place at the official Internet site of the Award - mice-award.ru - from July 1 to August 31, 2021

There are certain restrictions at voting: from one and the same IP-address one may vote in favour of each nomination not more than once daily.

The Award Expert Council is set up by the Award founders to sum up the results of voting and select a winner in each category. Administrative directors of major Russian and international companies and corporations from various business areas - active customers of business travel services and MICE events - perform as experts.

Winners and laureates of the Award are determined based on the results of open voting online and overall assessment by the Award Expert Council.

Winners and laureates in the nomination "The most striking MICE project of the year", that has   special status, are determined by a special Expert Council of the nomination that includes professionals of MICE market, business travel, event industry, representatives of corporate customers from different business segments.

The award ceremony, at which winners and laureates are announced, will take place on December, 2021.
The guest registration for the ceremony starts on November, 2021.

The awards and diplomas will be presented by heads and official representatives of large state, private and public organizations, such as the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation, Russian Railways, MIG Corporation, MTS, Skolkovo Foundation, the Federal Service for Financial and Budgetary Supervision, the press-service of the Department of economic policy and development of the city of Moscow and other bodies.