The Gallery Park Volgograd Hotel asked 130,250 rubles ($2,262) for a one-night stay in its presidential suite during the World Cup, which will be held in Russia between June 14 and July 15. The regular price for the room is 5,990 rubles.
Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency has said that it will create a public blacklist for hotels that hike their prices for the 2018 World Cup.
The agency has already identified several hotels guilty of price inflation in Volgograd and Saransk, among other cities. Prices for hotel rooms in these cities rose 40 times, the head of the agency Oleg Safonov was cited as saying by the Izvestia newspaper on Thursday.
Earlier in December, the Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor initiated a case against a hotel in Volgograd that increased prices 20-fold, the state-owned TASS news agency reported.
The standard room in the Volgograd hotel also went up in price, up from the usual 1,600 rubles to 55,000 rubles during the tournament.
The Federal Agency for Tourism plans to publish a blacklist of such hotels in early 2018.
Based on ticket sales and requests, at least 1.5 million foreign tourists are expected to visit Russia during the World Cup. The Federal Agency for Tourism estimates that they will spend up to $2 billion during their time in the country, TASS reported.
BudFinder map
Beer and football is a traditional combination for millions football fans all over the world. However, in Moscow, some media are concerned about the lack of beer in the restaurants and bars in the capital of Russia. The FIFA World Cup’s official sponsor and other brewing companies assure that these worries are unreasonable and confirm that the situation is under control of the beer producers. Specially for the guests of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the BUD brand has prepared a map BudFinder with the noted best bars where all football fans can watch the matches and enjoy the official beer of the FIFA World Cup and other brands.
AB InBev Efes (BUD producer) marketing director Konstantin Tamirov has commented the situation:
“We are experiencing increased beer demand in Russia, which we expected and had planned for given the energy and excitement of FIFA World Cup. While we have heard reports of some restaurants and bars in Russia experiencing supply and delivery disruptions, we are fully operational and delivering in full capacity to our partners so the millions of football fans in Russia can continue to enjoy Bud and our other brands responsibly during the World Cup.”
