The "Travel.ru Star" Award

The Travel.ru information portal, which is one of the most popular Internet tourist resources in RuNet, presents its annual “Travel.ru Star” award.

The founder of the "Travel.ru Star" award and the facilitator of the contest is Travel.ru Direct Ltd.

The "Travel.ru Star" is the first and unique consumer award in the field of travel industry in Russia.

Since 2003 the winner of the award has been selected by means of travelers’ and tourists’ online voting on the Travel.ru website. It is the customers who name the best of the best among travel agencies, hotels, resorts, airlines, countries and sources of information. Every year thousands of Internet users participate in the online voting.
Currently there are 70 nomination categories for the “Travel.ru Star” award. Everybody who takes part in the online voting can submit nominations in the existing categories (please note that it is permitted to submit nominations in several categories). Every submission made by tourist voters is immediately entered into the award competition free of charge.

The "Travel.ru Star" is also a tool for a sociological survey and marketing research

The results of such regular contests help to determine the year-to-year dynamics of the Russian travelers’ and tourists’ preferences. Other goals of the “Travel.ru Star” award contest are to disseminate information about the award winners and to let them know about the high customers’ opinion of their work in order to further stimulate the development of the services that they offer to Russian tourists.

The "Travel.ru Star" award contest is a real opportunity for the customers to thank the travel service providers.

The “Travel.ru Star” award contest is a real opportunity for the customers to thank those providers who have organized unforgettable trips for them, whose services the customers would like to enjoy again and again. It is a way to offer these service providers a chance to be officially recognized by their colleagues of the highest professional caliber.
It is not a secret that it is typical of Internet users to be interested in all things novel and unknown, and this is why there are many active and experienced travelers and adventurers among them. Not only do they use the services of travel agencies to choose their new trips but also travel independently. Upon returning home from a business trip or vacation, many of these travelers fondly remember those whose services and hospitality have not only met but surpassed their expectations. The “Travel.ru Star” Internet contest provides a unique opportunity to name the best travel service providers.

The "Travel.ru Star" award is the guiding star for future tourists.

The vote results assist the customers in choosing new travel destinations and the travel industry experts who know how to help realize the travelers’ dreams in the best possible way.

The "Travel.ru Star" award contest is a source of business opportunities for travel industry.

The “Travel.ru Star” award contest allows travel service providers to cast a vote as customers who also travel and go on business trips and vacations. It also gives them the opportunity to post on their websites brief information about the “Travel.ru Star” award contest and its banner. In other words, you can vote for somebody else and somebody else can vote for you.