The annual awarding ceremony of ATOR Travel Awards took place on June 23, 2011 in Moscow. 15 foreign tourist representative offices in Russia took part in the contest.

All the participants of ATOR annual reception got a chance to lose a touch of reality, feel the atmosphere of real festivity and communicate with the colleagues in informal way during the event which was held in Pushkin State Museum in Moscow.

Before the culmination of the evening – ATOR Travel Awards ceremony, the guests had the opportunity to attend an interesting excursion about the work of the famous Russian poet and about the history and traditions of the Russian nobility in XIX century.

Despite the free and easy atmosphere of the evening, the participants of the contest couldn’t stop thinking about the possible winners of the “winged globe”. It was very hard for the jury to choose the winners as many of the countries organized interesting promotional campaigns in Russia and cooperated with the journalists and the tour operators very actively.
The prizes and diplomas in the nomination of the best press service received 3 offices: ATOUT France, Embassy of Sri Lanka and Israel Ministry of Tourism. ATOUT France also received the award in the nomination “The Best Promotional Event”.

Switzerland National Tourism Corporation was awarded in several nominations: the best promotional event, the best audio visual campaign in Russia and the best printed matter. Innovation Norway received the prizes in 4 nominations: the best promotional event, the best audio visual campaign in Russia, the best printed matter and the best outdoor advertising campaign in Russia.
Thailand Tourism Authority was awarded in the nomination “The Best Audio Visual Campaign in Russia” and VisitBritain received the diploma for the best printed matter.
An indisputable winner of the nomination “Breakthrough of the Year” became Vychegrad quartet (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary). The jury also awarded with the diplomas Croatian National Tourist Office for the active cooperation with the tour operators and the Tourism Counsellor Office of the Embassy of the Hungary for the active promotion of the country in Russia.