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Park Hyatt to open new Nisantasi boutique hotel
A new Park Hyatt hotel will be opening in Istanbul next month in an exquisitely restored art-deco building in the trendy Nisantasi district of the city.
Lounge at the Park, an all-day dining area which will feature a wine lounge with a wide selection of champagnes and imported wines, is destined to become one of the […]
One investor buys 11 hotel rooms in Ramada Maslak
Hoffmann Construction, which is owned by the German, Klauss Hoffman, and his son Ingo Hoffman, has put up for sale the rooms in the Ramada Maslak Hotel under the rubric of the condo system for the first time. The fourth hotel of the Ramada chain will be established in Maslak in July, 2010. Hoffman Construction […]
Nearly 7 million tourists visit Antalya
Popular Mediterranean resort city Antalya, where 300,000 tourists arrived by air last week, has hosted approximately 7 million tourists this season so far, local officials say. The total number of tourists that came to Antalya between Jan. 1 and Sept. 7 is 6.8 million, indicating a 19 percent rise from last year’s number of 5,724,086. […]
Hotel managers set sights on Anatolia
A number of hotel management companies in Turkey have begun to focus on making investments in Anatolia.
According to a recent survey by the Ekin Group Research Company, the increasing popularity of Anatolia, with its beautiful natural environment, rich culture and long history, has attracted the attention of both foreign and local hotel management companies.
Ekin […]
40 percent of Turks never go on holiday
Forty percent of Turkey’s population never goes on a holiday, while a majority of domestic tourists choose only coastal regions for their vacations, a recent survey by GfK Türkiye has shown.
According to the survey, conducted to study Turks’ holiday habits, younger Turks and people with high incomes prefer to go on vacation inside the country. […]
Tourist numbers up, length of stay shortens
Volkan Simsek, president of the Turkish Professional Hotel Managers’ Assembly, has said the number of tourists visiting Turkey increased 23 percent this year, but that travelers stayed for less time on average compared to last year.
According to the Anatolia news agency, this year tourists stayed in Turkey for only nine days on average, down […]
33 hotels change hands in tourism sector
Chain hotels were taking action to accelerate their growth strategies, with more than one-third of this year’s acquisitions taking place in June and July.
The Joy Group, which particularly administers hotels for TUI, a European tourism company, and VAO Intourist, a Russian hotel group, are among the major companies that stand out concerning the recent hand-over […]
Turkey home of chain hotels, survey reveals
According to a survey conducted to create a profile of the accomodation sector in Turkey, group and hotel chains own 61 percent of total bed capacity in the country. The survey shows that foreign group and chains prefer big cities whereas domestic ones prefer coastal towns.Foreign groups and chains in the Turkish accommodation sector prefer […]
Amplio negotiates with foreign funds over hotel investment
The Amplio Real Estate Investment and Development Company has caught the attention of many foreign investors interested in partnership, beginning negotiations with seven foreign funds. The company’s primary objective is to grow to 100 hotels in the field of urban hotels and provide employment opportunities for 10,000 people within 10 years.
Alaeddin Babaoglu, who established the […]
Foreign visitors to Turkey up 19.17 pct in June
The number of foreign visitors to Turkey rose 19.2 percent year-on-year in June to 3.31 million, the Tourism Ministry said last week.
The number of tourists in the first half of the year rose over 16 percent to nearly 11 million compared with the same period last year, reported Reuters.
Tourism is a key source […]
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