Academservice organizes business trips, seminars and conferences, major political and business forums, sports events, theatre and musical tours. Academservice offers a full range of services for organizers of MICE and special events (meeting rooms and equipment, exhibitions, hotel accommodation, transport service, social program and gala-dinners, guide and interpreter service, PR assistance, floristics etc.). During November 2008 Academservice provided travel service to:  • Michael Nyman, a famous English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best known for the many movie scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway (in cooperation with Marriott Tverskaya Hotel in Moscow and Dostoevsky Hotel in St.Petersburg),  • Participants of the Efes Blues Festival that has been held in Moscow for 9 years already, annually attracting a lot of blues lovers, presenting legendary musicians of blues and special guests: Sharrie Williams, Larry McCray, Larry Garner, Sax Gordon (in cooperation with Golden Ring Hotel),  • Korol i Shut, a cult Russian punk band well-known for their “scary tales”, who performed at the Shadow club in Moscow at the beginning of November (in cooperation with Marriott Tverskaya Hotel),  • Participants of the performance called the Melodies of the Parisian salons presented to Russian audience on November 1 at the Moscow International House of Music: Sophie Marin-Degor, Claire Brua, Serge Seiferstein (in cooperation with Katerina City Hotel),  • Nikolay Baskov, a popular Russian singer, also known as a show-man and a TV anchorman, who performed in St.Petersburg on November 1 with his grandiose show that gathered many Russian celebrities in the northern capital (in cooperation with Grand Hotel Europe, Korinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, Novotel St.Petersburg Centre Hotel, Moscow Hotel, Ladoga Hotel, Grand Hotel Emerald),  • Participants of Abba the Show, a brilliant performance, the only official tribute project of the Abba band, that has already won the audience of many countries worldwide (in cooperation with Planernoye Hotel (Novogorsk) in Moscow),  • MakSim, a popular Russian singer, who performed with her new concert program “Nezhny Vozrast” (“Tender Age”) at the Ice Sports Palace in St.Petersburg on November 4 (in cooperation with Novotel St.Petersburg Centre Hotel and Ambassador Hotel),  • Tarja Turunen, a Finnish soprano singer with a unique voice of great range, ex-vocalist of the Nightwish band, the most famous European symphonic metal performer (in cooperation with Korston Hotel & Casino in Moscow),  • Mireille Mathieu, the legend of French chanson favorite among Russian public (in cooperation with Grand Hotel Europe in St.Petersburg),  • Piknik, a Russian rock band with more than 25-year history, that presented the second part of the new concert program “Polnolunie” (“Full Moon”) to Moscow audience on November 6 (in cooperation with Ohotnik Hotel),  • Fool’s Garden, a German pop-rock band famous for their hit song Lemon Tree (in cooperation with Holiday Inn Lesnaya Hotel in Moscow),  • Participants of the annual chanson festival “Russky Tancon”, a spectacular show with leading Russian chanson composers, musicians and singers: Willy Tokarev, Vika Tsyganova, Irina Krug, Sergey Lubavin and others (in cooperation with Oktiabrskaya Hotel in St.Petersburg),  • Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whitley, a Canadian duet, one of the most authentic blues singers of today and a singer, composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and session musician, a winner of many prestigious music contests (in cooperation with Katerina City Hotel in Moscow),  • The Chaif band, which is considered one of the most “national” Russian rock groups (in cooperation with Marriott Tverskaya Hotel in Moscow),  • Michael Bolton, a famous American singer, Russian by birth, who performed at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow and the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall in St.Petersburg (in cooperation with Novotel St.Petersburg Centre Hotel, Rocco Forte Hotel Astoria in St.Petersburg, and Baltschug Kempinski Hotel, Park Inn Sadu Hotel in Moscow),  • Okean Elzy, a well-known Ukrainian rock band, headliner of numerous musical festivals (in cooperation with Holiday Inn Lesnaya Hotel in Moscow),  • The Aria band, one of the oldest and the most successful metal bands in Russia (in cooperation with Oktiabrskaya Hotel in St.Petersburg and Renaissance Moscow Hotel),  • U.D.O., a German heavy-metal band founded by Udo Dirkschneider, the ex-leader of Accept (in cooperation with Borodino Business Hotel in Moscow and AZIMUT Hotel St.Petersburg),  • Licedei, a theatre from St.Petersburg considered one of the best clown-mime theatres (in cooperation with Borodino Business Hotel in Moscow),  • Tugan Sohiev, a renowned conductor, a winner of international contests, People’s Artist of North Ossetia-Alania (in cooperation with Swissotel Krasnye Holmy in Moscow),  • Participants of the Bolshaya Peremena Moscow International Festival of Theatre for Children, which is supported by the Moscow Government and the Moscow City Culture Department: the Credo theatre from Bulgaria, the Sgaramusch theatre from Switzerland, the DEREVO theatre, the AXE theatre, the Licedei theatre from St.Petersburg, and other theatres from Russia, Switzerland, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden and France (in cooperation with Tourist Hotel and Zvezdnaya Hotel),  • Participants of the NET Festival - New European Theatre (in cooperation with Maxima Irbis Hotel and Borodino Business Hotel in Moscow),  • Participants of the legendary World of Drum&Bass Festival, which annually assembles in St.Petersburg DJs and MCs considered the best electronic musicians: Andy C, DJSS, London Elektricity, Bassline Smith, Nero, Phace, Dirk D, MC Tali, MC Youngman (in cooperation with Novotel St.Petersburg Centre Hotel),  • The Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pavel Kogan, which celebrates its 65th anniversary this year (in cooperation with Grand Hotel Europe and Oktiabrskaya Hotel in St.Petersburg),  • Performers of Superdiskoteka Radio Record – 2008 retro-dance show, which returns to the unique atmosphere of childhood and youth (in cooperation with Park Inn Pulkovskaya Hotel and Oktiabrskaya Hotel in St.Petersburg),  • Emir Kusturica, a famous Serbian filmmaker and musician who performed in Moscow and St.Petersburg with his band No Smoking Orchestra (in cooperation with Swissotel Krasnye Holmy in Moscow and Grand Hotel Emerald in St.Petersburg),  • Jean-Michel Jarre, a French composer, regarded as a pioneer of electronic genre, and known as an organizer of outdoor spectacles of his music which feature lights, laser displays and fireworks (in cooperation with Ararat Park Hyatt Hotel and Borodino Business Hotel in Moscow, Kempinski Moika 22 Hotel and Ambassador Hotel in St.Petersburg),  • Adriane Queiroz and Semen Skigin who performed at the Moscow International House of Music with their Rhythms of Copacabana (in cooperation with Katerina City Hotel),  • Alarm Will Sound, a 20-member American chamber orchestra that focuses on recordings and performances of contemporary music, and described by the New York Times as “one of the most vital and original ensembles on the music scene”,  • The Tiamat band formed in Sweden, one of the leading symphonic metal bands that performed in Moscow in November (in cooperation with Maxima Slavia Hotel),  • Gogol Bordello, a multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from New York that is known for its theatrical stage shows (in cooperation with Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel),  • The Russian band Surganova and the Orchestra, who performed at the B1 Maximum club with the new program called “Provereno Vremenem” (“Time-proven”) (in cooperation with Korston Hotel & Casino in Moscow),  • Participants of M1 Challenge № 9 Mix-Fight Championship, which took place at the Ice Sports Palace in St.Petersburg (in cooperation with Moscow Hotel),  • The Client band, a British musical group considered “the picture of feminine synthpop” by thousands admirers in Russia (in cooperation with Petro Palace Hotel in St.Petersburg),  • Sumi Jo, a Grammy award winning South Korean lyric coloratura soprano, and Dmitry Hvorostovsky, “the mellow voice” and “the best baritone of the century”, who performed as a duet accompanied by the State Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg conducted by Konstantin Orbelyan at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall (in cooperation with Grand Hotel Europe in St.Petersburg),  • Guru of the world dance music Junkie XL, a Dutch musician popular worldwide, and Chicane, who has been the pacesetter in the world club industry (in cooperation with Marriott Tverskaya Hotel in Moscow),  • Brainstorm, a popular Latvian rock group that has gained recognition in Russia and Europe and performed in Moscow at the birthday of the B1 Maximum club (in cooperation with Korston Hotel & Casino),  • Amatory, one of the most popular bands on Russian alternative stage, a reiterated winner of Russian Alternative Music Prize (in cooperation with Ohotnik Hotel in Moscow),  • Patricia Kaas, the legend of the French chanson, who is regarded as “the ambassador of the French culture” in the world (in cooperation with Taleon Imperial Hotel and Novotel St.Petersburg Centre Hotel),  • The Alisa band, a well-known Russian rock group, who presented in Moscow and St.Petersburg their jubilee program: 25 years of the band, 35 years in rock-n-roll, Konstantin Kinchev’s 50th birthday (in cooperation with Oktiabrskaya Hotel in St.Petersburg and Renaissance Moscow Hotel),  • Participants and guests of the Golden Gramophone Awards Ceremony, the main event of the year for everyone who loves Russian music and one of the most expected shows of the year: Patricia Kaas, the Umaturman band, Comedy Club residents Pavel Volya and Garik Martirosyan, Grigory Leps, Valeria and others (in cooperation with Ibis St.Petersburg Moskovsky Vokzal Hotel),  • Die Apokalyptischen Reiter and Mekong Delta bands, veterans of progressive metal from Germany (in cooperation with Maxima Zarya Hotel),  • Participants of Rozamira’08 Forum of Cultural Crossroads, which is conducted on the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and joins the most talented artists, musicians, dancers and performers from Russia, China, and Central Asia (in cooperation with Tourist Hotel in Moscow),  • The troupe of the Academic Maly Drama Theatre - the European Theatre from St.Petersburg (artistic director – Lev Dodin) that came to Moscow on tour supported by the Golden Mask theatre association (in cooperation with Borodino Business Hotel),  • Participants of the Mayor’s Dance Sport Cup in Moscow and the World Professional Championship (in cooperation with Borodino Business Hotel),  • Terry Barber, an American countertenor and tenor with a unique voice timbre, whose performance on November 27 was one of the most impressive events of the Art November Festival,  • Sonata Arctica, one of the most successful bands on the Finnish metal stage, who for the first time performed in Moscow on November 28 (in cooperation with Ohotnik Hotel),  • Alex Gaudino, a famous producer and DJ, headliner of the MTV Russia Awards ceremony that took place on November 28 at Rossiya State Central Concert Hall in Moscow (in cooperation with Ararat Park Hyatt Hotel),  • Participants of the Global Dance Event – Tendence 2008, the last important dance event of the year, which reflects the main trends of the world dance culture (in cooperation with NashOTEL in St.Petersburg),  • Trivium, an American band that performed at the Port club in St.Petersburg on November 29 and the Tochka club in Moscow on November 30 (in cooperation with Borodino Business Hotel in Moscow and Ibis St.Petersburg Moskovsky Vokzal Hotel),  • Participants of Avtoradio Diskoteka 80s show, the grand concert with many stars of Russian and foreign stage: Fancy, Baccara, Boney M, Dschingighis Khan, Igor Nikolaev, Yury Antonov and others (in cooperation with Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Oktiabrskaya Hotel and Ambassador Hotel in St.Petersburg),  • Participants of the international project Gypsy Queens and Kings, which the Fanfare Ciocarlia band has already shown in a lot of countries, and performed in Moscow at the International House of Music on November 30 (in cooperation with Sputnik Hotel),  • Amel Bent, the young star of the French stage, one of the favorite new singers of Charles Aznavour, who performed with her first concert in Moscow at the B1 Maximum club (in cooperation with Holiday Inn Lesnaya Hotel).

All the hotels mentioned above are members of Best Eurasian Hotels (Best Eastern Hotels) established in 1998 as a marketing chain for consolidated promotion of hotels on the territory of the former USSR onto different markets.

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