Here is a short history of our company :

Russian Gateway (UK) Ltd was founded in 1999 with the specific aim of filling a large gap in the UK travel market for a Russian travel operator with a passion for customer service. Due to our unique product and service we are now eating well in to the market share of the big stuffy state run travel organisations and are proud to say we have a large number or repeat clients. We adhere to all UK and EC regulations regarding the sale of air and package travel in that your money is kept safe until after you return from your holiday. Russiana River Cruises was set up to provide value for money luxury cruises between Moscow and St.Petersburg, mostly to the UK market but over the past four years, increasingly to the USA, Australia and South Africa.

In 2005, a decision was made to expand our operations in to Europe as well, and Eurorivers.com was founded . Now, we have access to luxury river cruises all over Europe.

In 2004 we attained some new landmarks for example by chartering a full ship for 215 American passengers on a religious mission ! We designed the entire programme in close conjunction with the group's management and the cruise was a huge success. We followed this up in 2005 with another group charter in May, once again for a religious mission. Both cruises were unrivalled successes due to our diligent and precise planning. Also in 2005 we have organised a large group of members of the International Food and Wine Society of the United Kingdom.

We have been recommended by The Observer 'Ask the Experts' section, the Mail on Sunday's highly respected travel section on several occasions, The Guardian and the Scottish Sunday Herald. In 2005 we have featured in the Sunday Express Magazine's "Follow in the Footsteps of James Bond" article . We also feature in the latest batch of Lonely Planet Guides to Russia. We don't have a PR department bombarding newspapers with offers etc - we are written about by these publications as we have been recommended. Our Directors have given local and national BBC Radio interviews We are also regularly contacted by major publications like the Economist (see August 6th 2005 issue) for our opinions.

In September 2002 we were responsible for sending the entire Liverpool Football Club to Moscow to play against Spartak Moscow in the European Champions League.

We are proud sponsors of The Promise, a UK charity set up to pioneer new ways to support children with special needs within the orphanage system in Russia (see http://www.thepromise.org.uk)