Intourist

Arkady called Intourist, which told him that three nights before, when Arkady was being expertly beaten, the tourist W. Kirwill had tickets for the Bolshoi.

Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

Each city or village en route has its own guide, and our St. Petersburg guide -- Natasha -- was a gem who, unlike the old Intourist guides, never tried to sugarcoat anything and spoke her mind - which was candid, wise and often irreverent.

Peter Worthington: The New Russia Is Much Like the Old Russia Peter Worthington 2011

We leave the train only really to visit the derelict shell of the Intourist hotel where the group stayed in 1988: an eerie experience.

Perestroika 2010

Tour operator Thomas Cook is close to clinching a multimillion-pound deal in Russia to set up a joint venture with Intourist, the Russian travel agency established in 1929 by Stalin.

Thomas Cook nears deal with Intourist, travel agency set up by Stalin 2010

The venture, which will include Intourist ' s outbound, inbound and domestic tour-operating business and its retail travel network of 144 shops, " is in line with our established strategy of capturing growth in emerging markets, " said Manny Fontenla-Novoa , chief executive of Thomas Cook.

Thomas Cook Moves into Russia Margot Patrick 2010

The last Intourist buses are pulling out of the square.

A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

Before privatisation in 1992, Intourist was the official state travel agency of the Soviet Union; its remit was to manage the travel arrangements of foreigners visiting the Soviet Union and to maintain surveillance.

Thomas Cook nears deal with Intourist, travel agency set up by Stalin 2010

The last Intourist buses are pulling out of the square.

A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

Thomas Cook slipped 2p to 203. 5p after it said it was on the lookout for acquisitions in Germany, and was also linked with a stake in Russia's Intourist.

Banks help FTSE 100 to seventh successive daily rise 2010

The evidence is everywhere: from U.S. drinks giant PepsiCo Inc. buying a 66% stake in Russia ' s leading dairy and juice group Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods for $3.8 billion last week, to Italian bank UniCredit SpA recently vowing to add hundreds of branches in the country and U.K. travel specialist Thomas Cook Group PLC entering the fast-growing tourism market with a 50.1% stake in local expert Intourist.

Investors Wake Up to Russia Aude Lagorce 2010