Incoming travel agent in Russia, Ukraine, Baltic States and Central Europe; Bedbank and FIT rates with allocations and freesale for the travel trade

DMC and wholesaler - services to the travel industry since 1991

FIT services

INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL SERVICES FOR:

DYNAMIC PACKAGING
BUSINESS TRAVELLERS
ONLINE RESERVATIONS SYSTEMS

The range of services we offer our tour operator and travel agency clients is second to none and includes:

Best prices based on huge volumes of wholesale travel
Our own Russian visa support
Fast response
Our own hotel quotas to ensure the lowest possible prices at all times
All levels of hotels
Sightseeing programmes with professional guides of all languages
Concierge services for VIP guests
Welcome pack for FIT travellers
Our own guaranteed departure tours in Russia
Your own airport signs/guide badges if required
Western standards of service
£10 million liability insurance
24 hour local emergency contacts for all travellers
English speaking reservations staff in all our offices
Transiberian and domestic rail
Deluxe Rail travel
Eurolines bus (Baltics) and Tallink Ferries

How to work with us:

Our FIT tariff: You can start selling immediately using our agent tariffs.
We have FIT tariffs for:
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Baltics, Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus

Our tariff contains rates for:
- Hotels
- Transfers
- Sightseeing

All rates are nett (non commissionable). Revised tariffs are sent out regularly with any changes made by the hotels or due to exchange rate variations.

Online Hotel reservations: We can provide rates and inventory for your online system.

Upgraded Service for VIP travellers:
- Concierge services for VIP guests
- Welcome letter for FIT travellers
- Your own airport signs/guide badges

If you are servicing the 5 star deluxe VIP market, we can assist you with an enhanced service. Please ask for details

Making a reservation:
We are happy to accept your reservations on res@aslatravelgroup.com. For volume sales we will create a dedicated email address for your agency.

Payment:
We ask for full prepayment by bank transfer or credit card (charges apply).

Your vouchers:
The guest should have a prepaid voucher from you. It should be payable to Asla Ltd with any hotel reference number included. Please send us a sample of your voucher.

Contact numbers + Emergency contact:
We will supply you with our local office details together with out of hours contact numbers for 24 hour emergency cover. Please add this to the details on your customer voucher.

Contract:
We do not have a formal agreement, unless you plan to feature specific hotels in a brochure as part of a package, in which case a contract will confirm the rate for the period specified.

Russian Visa Support:
We provide the visa support to you free of charge when you book the hotel with us. Restrictions apply to certain nationalities, please ask us.

Russian Visa Service (Available in UK only):
Let us process your customers’ Russian visas at a fraction of the normal price. Please ask for details.

Agent support:
We have knowledgeable staff in all our offices your reservations team are welcome to contact us by email or telephone if they have any questions at all about our services. We are always ready to give assistance and advice.

We also have power point presentations which you might find useful for training purposes - please ask about these.

Hotel maps:
You can view hotel locations on our maps

Trans-Siberian Rail:
We operate a luxury rail programme - you can review all the information required on our website www.ClassicTrainTravel.com We provide 10% commission on the luxury rail bookings featured.

We also provide tailor made trans-Siberian programmes on the regular - 'no-frills' services. Prices for these services are nett and are available upon request.

Guaranteed Departure Tour:
We operate our own 7 night guaranteed departure tour in Russia (Moscow, Novgorod and St Petersburg).

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Latest Travel News

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:21:30 GMT

MS Nikolay Chernyshevsky Cruise Video

Select-a-tour.com has released a video of the Russian river cruise aboard MS Nikolay Chernyshevsky. View the excellent facilities and get a taste of what can be expected on board.

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:33:00 GMT

Security at Stations in Russia

Security has been tightened this week at the railway stations for the Sapsan (day train) departures in both Moscow and St Petersburg: metal detectors and luggage screening machines are being installed to scan luggage.

This means more time needs to be allowed for departures at the station.

Please bear this in mind when arriving at the respective stations.

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:48:00 GMT

Visa Registration in Russia Made Easier

Stop Press: It is now easier for those staying in apartments in Russia to register their visa - this now needs to be done within 7 working days, not 3 as previously was the case.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:30:00 GMT

Another Successful School Visit To Russia

Great feedback from a Thai School visiting Moscow and St Petersburg is just in. A school party from Thailand had a memorable visit - for photos, Visit our facebook page for pictures!

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:06:00 GMT

Group Visas to China - Available NOW!

We are handling increasingly large numbers oif visas for travel to China for UK originating groups - group visas are increasingly complex, so please contact our visa team for full details of this service on visas@aslatravelgroup.com

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:40:00 GMT

BA Russia Flights and Code Share with S7 Airline

British Airways and Russian carrier S7 Airlines have started codesharing on each other's flights between London Heathrow, Moscow and across domestic routes in Russia from February 8, 2011. This follows S7's recent entry into the Oneworld Alliance.

The codeshares will operate on S7 flights between Moscow and Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk and Ufa.

All British Airways services between Moscow Domodedovo and London Heathrow Terminal will carry an S7 code as well.

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:06:00 GMT

Moscow Domodedovo Airport - Statement from Operations Direcor

TO: All Tour Operators

As you may be aware, there was a bomb attack at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport (DME) yesterday afternoon.

While we cannot offer official advice, we note that the general UK Foreign Office advice regarding travel to Russia has not changed (see link below).

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/europe/russian-federation

Tours and programmes are currently running as normal, and flights are operating in and out of DME. We are monitoring the situation on the ground closely and will keep you updated with any developments which may affect our clients. We understand that there is increased security in place at all transport hubs, public places and hotels.

May I take this opportunity to remind you that we are contactable 24 hours a day both in Russia and in UK. All clients currently travelling have been accounted for and our local team are in contact with them to ensure that they are safe and well.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns at all.

Paul Tann

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:59:00 GMT

Euro 2012 Ukraine & World Cup 2018 in Russia

Our teams in Ukraine are already hard at work planning programmes for sponsors, press and fans for 2012 in Kiev - and our teams in Moscow and St Petersburg are busy preparing programmes for the World cup in Russia in 2018.

All Sponsors, Incentive Houses, Agents, Press Organisers and Tour Operators are kindly invited to send RFP's or Tender documents to our UK Head office in the first instance for detailed proposals as soon as information becoems available.

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:38:00 GMT

Kazakhstan Consulate Requires Personal Attendance to Grant Interviews

The Consulate of Kazakhstan in London currently requires personal applications for visas for Kazakhstan - please check with our office for up to the minute information...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:18:00 GMT

Hotels for Champions League Group Matches - Group and FIT

We have secured rooms in key cities for the Champions League Group Matches - from Amsterdam to Zilina (both alphabetically and geographically) including Moscow, Donetsk, and all destination cities...so contact us with your needs for Chelsea, Manchester United, Spurs and Arsenal!