In 2023, during the SPIEF, the demand for five-star hotels in St. Petersburg fell by 42%

In 2023, forum delegates booked 19% fewer hotel nights than last time.

Where did you come to SPIEF from?

Most often during the forum, business travelers traveled to St. Petersburg from Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Yekaterinburg. As for the foreign delegates, they traveled mainly from Iran, China and Uzbekistan.

For flights to St. Petersburg, commercial representatives most often chose Aeroflot (66%), S7 (12%) and Pobeda (5%) flights.

Dear a business class ticket costs 280 thousand rubles in both directions. It was bought by a representative of the mining and manufacturing industry, the flight was carried out by Aeroflot.

Accommodation

In 2023, the proportion of reservations in five-star hotels decreased from 20% to 14%. The average cost of rented rooms decreased by 13%, to 29 thousand rubles per night.

More than half of the delegates (55%) decided to stay in four-star hotels. Another 21% of business travelers prefer three-star establishments. Five-star hotels accounted for 14% of nights booked, while non-categorized accommodations, including apartments and suites, accounted for 9% of nights booked.

Who has booked hotels

Representatives of the mining and manufacturing and energy industry provided a quarter of all reserves. In second place are employees of IT and telecommunications companies, who accounted for 20% of bookings. Consulting and financial firm representatives provided 14% of the bookings. The most expensive accommodation cost a representative of the mining and manufacturing industry 1.8 million rubles for four nights in a five-star hotel.