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3 Annual Turkey Hotel Expansion Summit
The 3rd Annual Turkey Hotel Expansion Summit
was held in the Titanic Business Europe Hotel in
Istanbul, Turkey on September 12 &13 as Turkey
aims to become the fifth largest tourist
destination in the world, by having 50 million
arrivals in the country and 50 billion USD in
revenue from tourism. The country is currently
the sixth most popular country as per UNWTO's
“Tourism Highlights 2012” report.
The conference was marked by over forty
speakers from International and local chains who
shared their valuable insights on this industry. The
event was supported by the Turkish Tourism
Investors Association (TYD).
The conference was lined with incredible speakers
from Nikki Beach, GRL Hotels & Resorts, Premier
Inn International, Starwood Hotels & Resorts,
Hilton Worldwide, Accor, Hyatt, Louvre Hotels,
InterContinental Hotels,, Marriott International
& Corinthia and from local chains such as
Dedeman and Limak. The speakers were not
only from hotel chains but were investors,
designers, consultants and banks who came
together and discussed on the current and
future trends to shape the future development
of Turkey's hospitality market.
NEC was the Gold sponsor, Öztiryakiler as
presentation sponsor and exhibitor sponsors
were INNCOM by Honeywell, Twent Inox, EEC
Systems and Rentokill. OPTii, Callebaut, Lumar,
Thermaflex and Tylo were attending specialists
while Optimum was Communication Partner.
The media partners for the conference were
REIDIN, Travel & Tour World, Oxford Business
Group, RFP, Europaproperty.com, Tourism
Around the World and Horwath HTL.
When
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12 - 13 September
Where
Istanbul, Turkey