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Leader of the Pack: Valentin from Moscow Travel Massive

This month in our Leader of the Pack series, we meet chapter leader Valentin Dombrovsky from Moscow Travel Massive and take a look at the online travel industry in Russia.

Excursiopedia Moscow Travel Massive

1. What is your connection to the travel industry?

Originally I am from small town in the Ural mountains in the heart of Russia that is called Snezhinsk (or “Snow town” if you translate it in English). I came to Moscow about 12 years ago to study but now made it my permanent home. It is also where I joined the start-up Excursiopedia, a tool for travelers to easily find and book all their experiences around the world.

2. Who is your start-up for?

Experience-seekers! Excursiopedia is for everyone who likes to have travel experiences at their fingertips when they’re planning their next trip from excursions, attractions, museum tickets, active leisure ideas, and multi-day tours. We also plan to offer event tickets to make the choice of experiences on our website even bigger.  We think travel should always be about the experience.

3. Tell us about the Travel Massive community in Moscow. 

Russia has about 150-200 online travel projects and we try to unite them with online travel professionals in Russia and Europe at Travel Massive meet ups. It’s important for us personally because it helps us connect with travel communities who are like-minded and passionate about exploring.

4. What is the biggest challenge in the online travel industry?

A lot of brands try to be everything for everyone and that is proving harder to do. Instead, think about personalization – something that might help to define the place or experience that is best for a specific consumer. Think of a solution that might bring a type of traveller what they want.

5. Where do you see the online travel industry in 5 years?

We will definitely see an increase in booking travel on-the-go via mobile internet and mobile travel apps. Gone will be the days of sitting at home at a laptop.

6. If you could book a ticket tomorrow, where would you go?

Tenerife or Maldives.

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Leader of the Pack is a monthly series that profiles the organizers and leaders of Travel Massive chapters around the world.


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