Evaluation of the “Expoforum” congress and exhibition center as a driver for the formation of the market for hotel services in Saint-Petersburg

This article examines the influence of the Expovorum exhibition center on the formation and functioning of the hotel services market in Saint– Petersburg. In the course of the study, features of the congress and exhibition infrastructure of St. Petersburg were examined, current state of the ExpoForum center was analyzed together with the evaluation of its impact on the formation of hotel services in St. Petersburg. As a result, this research identifies a number of problems in the hotel services sector of Saint-Petersburg caused by the impact of the ExpoForum exhibition center.