The City of Business Cooperation

Ekaterinburg offers business premises to hold events for 20 to 2000 participants. The total capacity of existing congress facilities is 15 thousand seats, while business centres and hotels being constructed at the moment will create another 10 thousand seats. Many facilities can host several events at the same time and provide space for fairs or exhibitions. Halls are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and allow holding conferences via internet. Accompanying services can be outsourced to catering, tourist excursion, translation, printing and design companies, etc. A sector of professional event organizers is shaping. 

In the recent years such major events as the meeting of Presidents of Russia and Germany, the Congress of World Federation of UNESCO Associations and Clubs, European meetings of World Trade Centres, the VIII Meeting of sister cities in Russia and Germany, the European-Asian Congress on Law "Legal Integration of the Region In the Age of Globalization, the Ural Machine-Building Forum, the Russian Economical Forum and others took place in Ekaterinburg. The meeting of the heads of SCO States and the first BRIC Summit will be held here in 2009.

Modern Ekaterinburg is a major location to hold fairs and exhibitions in Russia. Over 200 fairs arranged by regional, national and international companies take place annually. Several specialized exhibition facilities with the total area of 12,500 square meters operate in Ekaterinburg and provide a wide spectrum of services ensuring high quality of events; exhibition equipment and stands, designer and standist services and printing services are available. 15 companies arranging turn-key exhibition events operate in Ekaterinburg. The hallmarks of Ekaterinburg as a major exhibition location in the region are such specialized fairs as Ural-Siberian Scientific and Industrial Fair, Beauty Technologies Festival, Ural Jeweller, AgroForum, Construction Complex of the Big Urals, International Tourist Summer Fair and ExpoTravel.

Guests can stay in one of the 54 hotels ranking 3 to 5 stars. The total hotel room capacity by 2009 makes 6300 places. Park Inn 3* Hotel by REZIDOR SAS HOSPITALITY was the first foreign hotel to open in Ekaterinburg in 2006.  HYATT, RAMADA and Accor-Novotel (4*) will open their doors in 2009. Openings of Holiday Inn (4*) and Hilton (4*) are planned for 2010-2011.