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No Racism in Tourism 

A workshop was organized in Istanbul by 

German FVW magazine, Federation of 

Turkish Hoteliers (TUROFED), and 

Touristic Hotels & Investors Association 

(TUROB) in August. 

Turkish and German tourism professionals 

presented their thoughts and expectations 

for Turkey and its travel destinations. 

TUI's Ralf Dieter Maltzahn, who is one of the speakers at the 

workshop, commented on negative image of Turkey occurring 

by increasing number of Russian and Ukrainian tourists visiting 

the country. Another German tourism professional asked if there 

is any hotel that doesn't host a Russian tourist. 

Today, people from any race, religion can freely stay together, 

communicate with each other and enjoy the holiday at any hotel 

and resort around the world. This is same for Turkey. 

Turkish tourism professionals host their guests in Turkey without 

any discrimination. 

Words of German tourism professionals in Istanbul workshop 

are very unfortunate. 

Moreover, it is contrary of TUI's 2007 advertisement slogan 

“Live life together and enjoy it”. 

CONTENTS - ‹Ç‹NDEK‹LER 

Focus on Turkey 6 

Focus on SPA & Wellness 16 

Focus on Hotels 18 

Focus on Agents & Tour Operators 21 

Focus on Airlines 24 

Focus on World 28 

Focus on Exhibition 33 

Focus on Destination 34 

Focus on Malaysia 42 

Destinasyon 44 

Bülten 49 

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12.8 Million Tourists and US$5.9 Billion Revenue 

Turkish Statistsc Institute announced 

first half of the year’s tourism numbers. 

Turkey earned US$5.9 billion 

income in the first six months. In 

the same period, Turkey’s expenses 

in tourism were US$1.5 billion. 

In the first half of 2007, income from 

tourism increased by 3.4 percent 

compared to the same term last year. 

Between January and June, 2007, 

9.6 million foreign tourists arrived 

in Turkey while 2.5 million 

Turks went overseas for tourism. 

The report, titled “Departing Visitors 

and Arriving Citizens Survey, Second 

Quarter of 2007,” highlights that the 

highest income from tourism for 2007 

peaked at $1.54 billion in June. Of the 

$3.7 billion income during the second 

quarter, $3.1 billion was earned from 

Turkish Culture & Tourism Ministry is 

preparing to launch a new promotional 

campaign to promote Turkey as a tourist 

destination next year, Ozgur Ozaslan, 

the Director General of Promotion 

Department at the Ministry, said. 

“We will prepare special promotion 

campaigns for destinations like Istanbul 

and Antalya,” said Ozaslan. 

He said that Turkey is one of the favorite 

countries with its sea-sand-sun 

tourism, culture and belief tourism enriched 

with remains of 13 civilizations 

and three religions, natural beauties 

and geography. “And therefore, we 

will give priority to all these aspects in 

our promotion campaigns,” he stated. 

According to Ozaslan, Istanbul, Cappadocia, 

Antalya, Pamukkale (Hierapolis), 

Ephesus, Nemrut (mountain), 

Black Sea region, Aegean coasts 

and Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia 

regions will be promoted as tourist 

destinations in these campaigns. 

On the other hand, golf, yachting, 

congress and city tourism will also 

be highlighted in the campaigns. 

Ozaslan said that Istanbul will be 

foreign visitors, while another $621.5 

million came from visiting Turkish citizens 

who now live abroad. During 

their vacation, the average personal 

expenditure for foreign visitors is reported 

to be $538, while Turkish visitors 

spent $875. The total number of departing 

visitors was around 6.5 million 

from April to June. This breaks down 

as 5.8 million foreigners and 740,000 

Turkish citizens. During the second quarter, 

the number of visitors was observed 

as 2.69 million in June, 2.2 million 

in May and 1.58 million in April. 

Federation of Turkish Hoteliers (TU- 

ROFED ) President Ahmet Barut said, 

“At the first 7 months of this year, 

12 million 808 thousand and 339 

tourists visited Turkey so far”. “This 

number is above 2006 figures for 

the same period however the income 

is not satisfactory,” added Barut. 

Barut said that they were happy to 

see an increase in tourist arrivals 

but they are not happy in number 

of tourist arrivals coming from EU. 

Barut commented on the new government, 

said that Culture and Tourism Ministry 

should be seperated and Barut requested 

to have a more dynamic ministry. 

Turkey to be Promoted with Special Campaigns 

promoted by its different aspects, 

including its restaurants, shopping 

malls, history, culture, arts and entertainment. 

In the campaigns, “Istanbul: 

A City where Two Continents 

Meet” theme will be emphasized. 

The logo of “Istanbul: European Culture 

City” will also be used in posters 

and promotional films, Ozaslan noted. 

Belief tourism will have a special 

place in Turkey’s promotion next 

year. Three religions and 13 ancient 

civilizations will be introduced. 

Campaigns peculiar for teenagers 

in Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria, 

Netherlands, Israel, France, Belgium, 

Italy, Spain and Poland will be prepared; 

while Turkey will try to attract 

tourists in short holidays like the Easter, 

Christmas and new year eve holiday. 

On the other hand, Turkey will launch 

initiatives to grant “a holiday in 

Turkey” award in several TV contests. 

Also Turkey will be promoted in international 

events, such as sportive events 

and fairs; while Turkey posters will be 

posted during the matches of British, 

Italian and Spanish soccer teams. 

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New Culture & Tourism Minister 

Ertugrul Gunay was appointed 

Turkish Culture 

& Tourism Minister in 

the 60th government. 

Günay was born in 

Black Sea city of Ordu 

in 1948. He graduated 

Istanbul University 

Faculty of Law and started to work as lawyer 

in 1970’s. Gunay worked as CHP’s (The 

Republican People’s Party) Provincial Chairman 

in Ordu between 1974-1987. Between 

1977-80 Gunay acted as CHP MP of Ordu. 

And between the years 1986-1987, Gunay 

worked as Ankara Provincial Chairman of 

Social Democrat People’s Party (SHP) and 

Deputy SG between the years 1990-91. 

After returning to CHP , Gunay worked as 

CHP Secretary General between 1992 and 

1994. Upon differences of views with party 

administration, Gunay broke off from politics, 

and pioneered intellectuals that traveled 

to Bosnia in August 1995 in the most 

critical days of Yugoslavia’s civil war. 

Gunay returned to active politics in 1999 

and ran for the leadership of CHP, however, 

as differences of views continued with the 

party administration, Gunay was expelled 

from CHP. Gunay, who pioneered civilian 

initiatives like “Humanity Initiative for Bosnia”, 

“East Conference”,and “New Politics 

Initiative”, has many articles on politics and 

law published in newspapers and magazines. 

Gunay entered to parliament as Justice 

& Development (AK) party MP in July 2007 

elections. 

2 Million Russian Tourists to 

Visit Turkey 

Mirjalol Husanov, 

Russian Consul General 

in Antalya, 

said that nearly 2 

million Russian tourists 

will have their 

holidays in Turkey, 

especially in Antalya. 

Recently appointed 

consul general Husanov, who 

pays courtesy calls to exporters’ unions 

in Antalya, told reporters that Russia attached 

great importance to Antalya and 

showed it by opening a consulate general 

in this city. “Russian people love 

this city because of its scenic beauties 

and climate. Antalya is a tourist magnet 

for Russian people. 2 million tourists will 

have their holidays in Turkey this year, 

especially in Antalya,” Husanov said.

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Turkey Advertising Tender on Sept. 28 

The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism 

will receive tender proposals in order 

to carry out the advertising campaigns abroad 

in 2008 in conjunction with a promotional/marketing 

strategy.In order to 

improve the image of Turkey as a tourist 

destination and increase its market share 

within the international tourism market, 

the Ministry wishes to carry out advertising 

campaigns and determine where it is 

considered appropriate by the Ministry. 

The advertisement campaigns should promote 

Turkey’s well-preserved natural beauty, 

rich history and historical sites; within 

aspects of the 13 main civilizations and 

3 major religions, which lived in Turkey, 

and which form Turkey’s historical values, 

geographic location, culture values, 

gastronomy, accommodation, shopping, 

entertainment, transportation facilities. 

The advertisement campaign should also 

promote congress and incentive travel, 

thermal-health, and eco-tourism. Accordingly, 

the Ministry of Culture and Tourism 

wishes to receive proposals, in line 

with its promotion/ marketing strategy 

and within the attached budgets. These 

will be assessed and the proposal(s), 

which are deemed to be suitable, will be 

carried out. 

Documents setting out Administrative and 

Technical Terms; Marketing Strategy; 

the Description of the Agency; and the 

Budget Allocation for these promotional 

campaigns can be obtained from the 

overseas offices of the Ministry of Culture 

and Tourism. Tender proposals must be 

received at the following address of the 

Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Overseas 

Bureau Department by end of business 

on 28th of September 2007: 

T.C. KULTUR VE TURIZM BAKANLIGI 

Tanitma Genel Mudurlugu 

Yurtdisi Burolar Dairesi Baskanligi 

Ismet Inonu Bulvari No: 5 Kat: 8 

Bahcelievler 06100 Ankara-TURKEY 

A copy of the proposed projects must also be sent as a package to the following 

address of the Turkish Culture Office in Berlin where the tender will take place: 

INFORMATIONSABTEILUNG DS TURKISCHEN 

GENERALKONSULTATS TOWERS EUROPA CENTER 6,06 

Tauentzienstrasse 9-12 

10789 BERLIN/GERMANY 

The project proposals of domestic companies should be delivered by hand to the 

Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara, whereas those of foreign companies 

should be delivered by mail, courier or delivered by hand to the Ministry. Proposed 

projects including advertising and marketing activities (The elaboration and 

application of sample media plans through creative work) can be proposed for 

one of the target market country groups designated by the Ministry, or more than 

one of the groups or for all of them. 

These Country Groups are as follows; 

1st Group: South Europe 

2nd Group: America, North America 

3rd Group: England and Scandinavian Countries – Baltic Countries 

4th Group: East Europe and Turkic Republics 

5th Group: Balkans 

6th Group: Central Europe 

7th Group: Israel 

8th Group: Middle East-North Africa 

9th Group: China 

10th Group: Far East and India 

Istanbul International Sand Sculptures Festival 

The “Istanbul International Sand Sculp- 300 trucks in an area of 5,000 square 

tures Festival” exhibition has been ope- meters. The exhibition includes sculptuned 

in Carrefoursa store at Istanbul’s res of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal 

Kadikoy district on Sunday. The exhibi- Ataturk, Istanbul’s conqueror Fatih Sultion, 

has sand sculptures made by 20 tan Mehmet, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman 

sculptors from 13 different countries. and many historical sites of Istanbul. 

The sculptors worked for three weeks The exhibition will remain open until 

and made their sculptures using a to- Sunday, September 30th, 2007. 

tal of 7,000 tonnes of sand carried by 

Turkey to be Promoted 

in Disneyland 

Turkey will be 

promoted in the 

International Food 

& Wine Festival to 

be organized in 

the Epcot theme 

park of worldfamous 

Disneyland in Orlando, the USA. 

Three Turkish nights will be organized within 

the scope of the festival that will take 

place between September 24th and November 

4th, 2007. Seven Turkish specialities, 

including hot meals, meals cooked 

with olive oil and served cold, and desserts 

will be served to 150 senior guests 

in the first event. In the other two events in 

which 1,000 people will be hosted, only 

wine and a special meal will be offered. 

Meanwhile, Turkish food will be introduced 

to the Americans between October 

25th and November 5th. Turkish authorities 

have contacted U.S. executives to serve 

Maras ice cream (a special ice cream produced 

in southeastern city of Gaziantep, 

thickened and enriched with salep --orchis 

roots power-- which gives the ice cream 

a very nice taste; it is also beaten with a 

paddle). Also, Turkish folk dance groups 

will perform shows during the festival. This 

year’s promotion theme will be Cappadocia 

where is famous with its fairy chimneys 

and churches. The Turkish stand will be 

prepared according to this theme. 

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in Nevsehir 

World’s Biggest Hot Air Balloon in Nevsehir 

World’s biggest hot air balloon 

has started to serve in Turkish central 

Anatolian city of Nevsehir. The balloon 

was produced for Turkish Uluer Aviation 

Company in Britain. It can carry 36 

people and reach 2,000 meters high. 

Halil Uluer, Chairman of Uluer Aviation 

Company, said that the balloon was 

produced in 8 months, and it is the biggest 

hot air balloon of the world. 

Uluer said that before their balloon 

was produced, world’s biggest hot air 

balloon was in Egypt and it can carry 

30 people. He added that both foreign 

and Turkish tourists show great interest 

towards tour with hot air balloons over 

Cappadocia region of Nevsehir.

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Massa Leads F1 at Istanbul Park 

Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen 

finish first and second after a 

dominant performance at Istanbul Park. 

Fernando Alonso comes a distant third for 

McLaren Mercedes, cutting teammate Lewis 

Hamilton’s championship lead to just five 

points. Hamilton comes home fifth behind 

BMW’s Nick Heidfeld.“It is so good for me 

here,” said Massa. “I love it here. I love the 

track and I love the place. It’s because my 

career switched and took off when I won last 

year.” At the end of the 58-lap race, Massa 

was 2.2 seconds ahead of Raikkonen, with 

Alonso 26 seconds back. Hamilton was 45 

seconds behind Massa. Two-time defending 

Formula One champion Fernando Alonso of 

McLaren was third and kept alive his chances 

in the driver’s standings after a mishap 

for teammate Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton had 

‘Time Present Time Past’ exhibition, a celebration 

of the work of the Istanbul Biennial 

over the past 20 years in introducing contemporary 

art to Turkey, will open its doors 

to visitors at Istanbul Modern on September 

6th. According to a press release issued by 

Istanbul Modern, as well as documenting 

the past evolution of the Biennial with a view 

to thinking about its future development and 

possibilities, ‘Time Present Time Past’ also 

includes a number of iconic works by both 

Turkish and international artists that have 

been shown in previous Istanbul Biennials. 

Co-curated by Istanbul Modern Director David 

Elliott and Istanbul Modern Chief Curator 

Rosa Martínez, the exhibition will be held simultaneously 

with the 10th Istanbul Biennial 

celebrating its 20th anniversary. The exhibition 

will feature the most inspiring and iconic 

been in third place but dropped to fifth after 

a puncture shredded a tire on the 43rd 

lap. Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime 

Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin presented 

the trophy to Felipe Massa. One of the 

most famous Brazilian soccer player; Roberto 

Carlos who plays for Fenerbahçe 

in Turkey this year, visited paddock area 

and met with his Brazilian friend; Felipe 

Massa before the race. After the race; Carlos 

commented that after the race, he is very 

happy because one day before the race he 

scored his first goal in Istanbul and next day 

his friend Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix 

in Istanbul.On Sunday, Istanbul Park has 

also hosted the Porsche Mobil 1 Super Cup. 

Dutch Jeroen Bleekemolen finished the Porsche 

Mobil 1 Super Cup race first. 

Golden Spike Portamina Indonesia Racing 

team pilot Bleekemolen completed 14 laps 

with a time of 28.07.504. 

Lechner Racing’s pilot Irish Damien Faulkner 

placed second with a time of 28.08.522 

while SPS Performance team’s pilot German 

Uwe Alzen placed third with a time of 

28.12.731. 

“Time Present Time Past” Istanbul Exhibition 

at Istanbul Modern Complex 

works from the biennials selected by the ten 

former art directors of the Biennial which are 

all well-known international curators in their 

own right. “Seeing these works re-installed 

again, not only allows us to observe the rapid 

changes that have taken place in the art 

world over the past twenty years, but also 

how Istanbul has been transformed by such 

encounters. The exhibition also reveals how, 

from the beginning of the 1990s, a new 

generation of Turkish artists has emerged 

to become increasingly integrated within a 

broader international framework. Last but 

not least, the exhibition reflects the changing 

art scene in Istanbul and the role of Biennials 

in general: each curator writing about their 

experiences of the city, the Biennial they curated, 

and their perspectives on the future,” 

said the press release. ‘Time Present Time 

Past’ exhibition will be open until December 

2nd. Also an international symposium will 

be held on September 7th and 8th to mark 

the opening of Istanbul Modern’s major autumn 

exhibition; ‘Time Present Time Past.’ 

‘The Future of Biennials’ will bring together 

the eight previous Biennial Directors, Hou 

Hanru, the current Art Director, and a number 

of participating artists to talk about this 

subject. The symposium will be held at the 

Mimar Sinan Auditorium in the Mimar Sinan 

Fine Arts University near Istanbul Modern. 

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Executive Board of 

South Aegean Hotel 

Association (GETOB) 

has gathered in ATM 

Dalaman International 

Terminal for board meeting. 

Özgür Özaslan 

who is the Director General of Turkish 

Culture and Tourism Ministry - Directorate 

General for Promotion, has been 

selected as Best Bureaucrat of 2007. 

During the board meeting, CEO of GE- 

TOB; Ilhan Açikgöz made a presentation 

of their studies in 2006-2007 period 

and announced 2008 exhibition programme.Açikgöz 

added that tourism professionals 

in south Aegean have selected 

Özgür Özaslan the best bureaucrat 

of 2007 and they will award him with a 

plaque in the coming days with a special 

ceremony. 

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Istanbul is ranked the third best city of Europe, 

according to U.S. Travel & Leisure review. 

The magazine carried out a survey in its 

last issue about best cities and hotels in the 

world and Europe. According to the survey, 

Istanbul’s ranking is 84.78 over 100, and 

was chosen as the 3rd best city of Europe. 

Florence ranked first and Rome second in 

the poll. Istanbul has been chosen as the 8th 

among the best cities of the world. 

Istanbul also obtained the most exotic city 

title among world’s best 10 cities as well. According 

to the survey, Four Seasons Hotel at 

Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district was chosen as 

the best hotel in Europe. 

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to be a Tourism Complex 

IC Group revealed their plans for future of 

Bomonti Bear Factory, which has been sold 

at a tender for YTL60.2 million. IC Group will 

open a new hotel, residence and 3,500 pax 

conference center.The tourism complex will 

preserve the factory building that is known as 

being the oldest beer factory in Turkey and 

established in 1890 by the Bomonti brothers 

of Switzerland .Famous Turkish architecture 

who is responsible with the project said that 

the residences that will be built will be the 

most luxurious in Istanbul . The residence 

building will be about 40-45 floors and residences 

on 15th floor will have garden and 

residences on 25th floor will have private 

swimming pools. The project will cost about 

US$170 million.

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Antalya Surpasses 5 Million Tourists 

The number of foreign 

tourists arriving in 

southern resort city of 

Antalya by air has reached 

5,200,507 in 

the first seven months 

of 2007. Compared 

to the same term last 

year, the number of 

foreign tourists arriving in Antalya by 

air rose by 15 percent. 822,131 foreign 

tourists arrived in Antalya by air between 

August 1st and 19th. Last year, 

695,355 foreign tourists came to Antalya 

by air. Thus, there have been an 

increase of 18 percent in the amount of 

foreign tourists visiting Antalya between 

August 1st and 19th. Most tourism 

experts indicate that the tourism season 

in 2007 is far better than 2005, a year 

that was marked as a golden year for 

Turkish tourism. These experts expect 

a continuous increase in the number 

of tourists visiting Antalya and Turkey 

in general. Moreover Turkey’s coastal 

The Mediterranean Association of Tourist 

Hoteliers (AKTOB) expects the reduction 

of the value added tax (VAT), 

to be adopted in 2008, to boost the 

Turkish tourism industry. Beginning in 

2008, the VAT rate for the sector will 

be cut down from 18 to 8 percent. 

AKTOB President Osman Ayik reported 

that the reduced VAT rate is a welcomed 

development after years of campaigning 

by the sector. It is also expected 

to boost tax revenues from tourism. 

“The reduction will not only boost the 

sector, but also helps to ward off a 

black market. There will be no excuses 

for tourism companies to evade the 

VAT on the grounds that the rate is too 

high,” Ayik said. It has been estimated 

that approximately 6 percent of Turkish 

national income is derived from tourism. 

However, the sector is often criticized 

for evading the VAT by failing to provide 

receipts to foreign travelers who 

are rarely aware of Turkish tax regulations, 

and therefore do not hold service 

providers accountable by asking for 

receipts. In the coming years, the AK- 

TOB will focus on encouraging tourism 

from Russia and the Commonwealth of 

ports welcome thousands of tourists by 

sea transportation. Two Israeli-flagged 

cruisers brought 3,175 tourists to coastal 

Alanya town of Mediterranean 

city of Antalya on Monday, August 20. 

Moreover, a total of 64,410 tourists arrived 

in the town with 83 cruisers since 

March 30th. Officials stated that cruise 

ships will continue to conduct trips to 

Alanya till November and the number 

of tourists visiting the town with cruisers 

will exceed 100,000 within this period. 

Alaaddin Yüksel; The governor of 

Antalya - Turkey’s southern resort city 

- stated that 8 million tourists will arrive 

to the city by the end of 2007. Yüksel 

indicated that Turkish Culture and Tourism 

Ministry conducted effective promotional 

activities this year that contributes 

to the number of tourists arriving 

in Antalya. Total number of tourists arrived 

to Antalya since the beginning of 

year exceeded 3,8 million. Yüksel added 

that nearly 600 planes land at and 

take off from Antalya Airport a day. 

Drop in VAT will Boost Turkish Tourism 

Independent States (CIS) countries. “In 

the past 7-8 years, the tourism industry 

along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey 

has developed rapidly. There has 

been significant growth in bed capacity 

and arrivals. We have also been 

able to attract alternative markets, 

Russia and Ukraine for instance, and 

create a trend of vacationing in Southern 

Turkey among these countries,” 

said Ayik. “We have been working to 

develop Turkey’s position as a vacation 

destination in Russia and Eastern 

Europe for 15 years now. We expect 

that in another five years, the number 

of arrivals from Russia will grow to 4 

or 5 million,” he added. At present, the 

largest proportion of tourists visiting the 

Antalya region come from Germany , 

while Russians and the Dutch make up 

the second and third-largest groups, 

respectively.. The AKTOB’s future goal 

remains developing tourism figures so 

that 40 percent of all Turkish tourism 

arrivals will be from Russia and CIS countries, 

another 40 percent from other 

European nations and the remaining 

20 percent from domestic tourists. The 

association expects the total number of 

arrivals to the Antalya region to reach 

8 million by the end of this year. “The 

focus of growth in Europe is in the UK. 

The number of arrivals from the UK is 

already notable, but many still prefer 

regions to the west of Turkey . Our aim 

is to increase arrivals from the UK to at 

least match those from Germany. In the 

long-term we would also like the proportion 

of local tourists to increase,” 

Ayik concluded. 

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154 Countries 

It was reported that Turkey ‘s southern 

city of Antalya , defined as the capital 

city of Turkish tourism, hosts tourists 

from 154 countries. Citizens from Germany 

, Russia , France , Japan as well 

as Malawi , and Cape Verde preferred 

Antalya for holiday. Germany ranks the 

first among countries sending tourists to 

Antalya . Russia , the Netherlands , Ukraine 

and Israel are other countries after 

Germany. On the other hand, it was reported 

that number of German tourists 

visiting Antalya drops this year, whereas 

number of Russian tourists rises. 28,408 

people from France, 6,202 people from 

Italy , 509 people from Spain and 363 

people from Greece visited Antalya in 

January-July period this year. 

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Income to Turkey 

There are currently 11 golf courses in 

Turkey, eight of which are in Antalya 

and three in Istanbul. With new courses 

under construction in the Antalya 

region, the total number is expected to 

reach 21 by the end of 2008. Turkish 

Golf Federation chief Ahmet Agaoglu 

said these courses were among the 

best in the world. “Between May 2006 

and May 2007, Turkey had an income 

of 160 million euros from golf tourism. 

That is a pretty good amount, when we 

reach 100 courses, the income will increase 

to 1.5-2 billion euros.” 

He added golf tourism’s share in the 

general tourism income of developed 

countries was 15-20 percent while it is 

0.4 percent in Turkey. “Foreign investers 

are willing to enter the Turkish golf 

tourism market,” Agaoglu stressed, “but 

more than 100 Turkish investors are in 

line, too. All the Turkish investors are 

very successful at construction of golf 

courses, management, and marketing. 

I do not think that foreigners will have a 

chance in Turkey.”

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“We are taking measures to convert Istanbul 

into a centre of management, finance, 

fairs and congresses and into a city with 

more qualified workforce,” Istanbul Mayor 

Kadir Topbas stated. Topbas stressed that 

they were actually designing the “ Istanbul 

of the future” and they were creating new 

and modern centres in the city. Indicating 

that nearly 13 million people moved to Istanbul 

during the last 50 years, Topbas said 

Istanbul currently faced problems caused 

by the disordered settlement stemming from 

such movement. “We are planning to create 

a new city and discipline the new settlement 

and development areas of the city in a plan- 

Cultural attaché of the Turkish Embassy in 

Tehran has announced that developing tourism 

in Iran is one of Turkey’s forthcoming 

goals. Mehmet Kaba, the cultural attaché of 

Turkish embassy in Tehran said that the Turkish 

ambassador to Tehran strongly supports 

the seminar and wishes for further coopera- 

The Chairman of the Executive Board of 

ned way, without aggrieving our citizens 

and including them into the transformation 

mechanism,” he affirmed. Noting that they 

initiated a renovation process in Istanbul ‘s 

historical peninsula as well, Topbas said, “ 

Istanbul should be protected for sure, with its 

historical peninsula, beauty, glory, minarets 

and unique skyline”. “By the year 2012, Istanbul 

will be a city with a 250-km railed 

commuter system; which will most probably 

have a third bridge over the Bosphorus; and 

which will be using the land and sea routes 

in the best way,” he indicated. Describing 

the Marmaray (subway system) as the project 

of the century, Topbas said they were 

also planning to construct another tube tunnel 

only for vehicles with tires. Moreover, recalling 

renowned Italian artist and architect 

Leonardo Da Vinci’s project which envisaged 

to build a pedestrian bridge over Halic 

(Goldern Horn), Topbas said, “We wish to 

make use of such project as a system which 

enables pedestrian crossing at both sides of 

Halic”. 

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tion over this issue. Iran and Turkey have 

some common projects on tourism and such 

seminars can be highly appreciated by both 

Iranian and Turkish tourism officials, he told 

IRNA adding “We hope the industry owners 

and officials in tourism from Iran and Turkey 

attend the seminars and get to know each 

other in order to improve cooperation.” 

The standard of constructing hotels and buildings 

in Turkey is based on the highest international 

levels while some Turkish companies 

are already building hotels in Iran with 

the Turkish government granting privileges 

to encourage more of such investments. 

At present Turkey is a considerable figure 

in constructing hotels and providing other 

services in the field of tourism and we can 

share our experience and knowledge with 

our Iranian colleagues, he added. The first 

international seminar on investment opportunities 

in Tourism is to be held in Iran soon. 

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Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) and 

Istanbul Convention and Visitors Bureau 

(ICVB); Murat Yalçintas named as the Chairman 

of Association of Chambers of Commerce 

& Industry of the Mediterranean (ASCA- 

ME). “ASCAME will contribute to not only 

commercial relations but also settlement of 

peace in the Mediterranean and the world,” 

Yalçintas said during a reception hosted at 

ITO HQ in Istanbul on the sidelines of 18th 

regular general assembly meeting of ASCA- 

ME that took place in Istanbul 

Turkey Becomes Favorite 

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Number of Arab tourists visiting Turkey has 

risen considerably after the Turkish Airlines 

(THY) increased flights between Turkey and 

Kuwait to 7 in a week. Hasan Erdem, Director 

of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies 

(TURSAB) in Southern Marmara Region, 

said that Arab tourists prefer Turkey for its 

ideal climate and nature, its cultural and social 

structure and rich cuisine. “We expect 

30-35 thousand Arab tourists to visit Turkey 

by the end of this year. However, number 

of Turkey-Kuwait flights are still inadequate. 

We requested the THY to increase its flights, 

but it could not meet our request due to lack 

of its fleet. We are planning to begin charter 

flights between the two countries next year,” 

Erdem said. 

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Caves to be Explored 

The underwater caves of the Gulf of Göko- 

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towns, will be discovered and utilized for 

tourism thanks to a project by a group of underwater 

researchers. The project is a joint 

initiative to be carried out by the Cave Diving 

and Research Group (MAGAD) and ODTÜ 

Underwater Research Society on August 

12-30 along the Gökova coast. The project 

anticipates the ecological, geological, archaeological 

and anthropological examination 

of over 40 underwater caves in the Gökova 

Gulf. 25 specialist divers will dive as part of 

the project to research the size, depth, historical 

formation of the underwater caves as well 

as to list and map the underwater sources 

in the underwater caves. Project coordinator 

Esra Demirkol said they wanted to explore 

over 40 underwater caves along the coasts 

of Gökova and utilize them for underwater 

tourism via the project. “We will also explore 

the unknown underwater sources and living 

underwater species in the area. We will map 

the caves where the Mediterranean seals 

live to ensure their long-term protection,” she 

said. “Underwater caves are our important 

natural assets which need to be preserved. 

Their formation lasts millions of years and 

bears the traces from the past in geologic 

sense. They are also home to some rare species. 

We think that our project will contribute 

to the diving tourism and enliven the tourism 

of the area,” she added. She also noted that 

the underwater will be photographed and 

recorded; water samples will be examined 

in the Hacettepe University’s laboratory. Gulf 

of Gökova coastline includes portions of the 

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la, Ula, Marmaris and Datça. The alluvial 

plain at the Gulf’s end is the location of the 

townships of Akyaka and Gökova which are 

much prized by visitors with especially Akyaka 

becoming a rising center of tourism.

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German FVW Magazine, Federation 

of Turkish Hoteliers (TUROFED), and 

Touristic Hotels & Investors Association 

(TUROB).organized a workshop in 

Istanbul at Lutfi Kirdar Convention and 

Exhibition Center on August 18. Welcome 

speeches came from FVW Editor 

in chief Klaus Hildebrandt who is also 

moderator of the workshop, Özgür 

Özaslan, Director General for Promotion 

at Turkish Culture and Tourism 

Ministry, Timur Bayindir, President of 

TUROB, Ahmet Barut, President of TU- 

ROFED. The workshop found answers 

about the position of German market 

next year. Ahmet Barut said that with 

this year’s tourism statistics, they have 

positive expectations for 2008. Barut 

added that they do not expect any 

surprising increase in tourist numbers. 

Joachim Seib from Thomas Cook stated 

that next year will be as good as 

this year, adding that he doesn’t expect 

a breathtaking season in 2008. 

Istanbul Convention and Visitors Bureau 

(ICVB) General Manager Handan 

Boyce presented “ Istanbul as MICE 

destination” to Turkish and foreign 

participants. Mrs. Boyce presented 

Istanbul ‘s venues for meetings and 

congresses. Mrs. Boyce also presented 

Istanbul ‘s current position in MICE 

industry with statistics. Mrs. Boyce 

said, Istanbul draw great attention of 

meeting planners and city’s position 

in ICCA statistics going up each year. 

Mrs. Boyce added that they are working 

very hard to make Istanbul one of 

the Top 10 MICE destinations of the 

world. “ Istanbul is competing with an 

EU city to bring a very large convention 

that will bring 25,000 people” 

said Mrs. Boyce. 

Other speakers and subjects of the 

workshop are below; 

Turkey and the marketing strategy for 

Germany 

Ibrahim Yazar, Assistant General Director 

at Turkish Culture and Tourism 

Ministry, 

Prospects and limits of the winter season 

– TUI, Rolf-Dieter Maltzahn, 

Istanbul as a destination for city breaks 

– Öger Tours, Wybcke Meier, 

Overview on the Istanbul hotel market 

– Adnan Hastürk, GM of Dedeman 

Hotel, 

Ski holidays in Turkey – Özer Ayik, 

President of Ski Federation, 

Wellness and thermal holidays – Hüseyin 

Baraner, ETTC, 

The Current development of the Turkish 

tourism and the prospects for 

2008 – Joachim Seip, Thomas Cook, 

Tunç Özler, GTI, Hicabi Ayhan, FTI, 

Ahmet Barut, TUROFED. 

Turkish Airlines and its strategy for the 

future - Faruk Çizmecioglu, Turkish 

Airlines, 

The prospects of low cost carriers for 

Turkey and Istanbul – Stefan Magiera, 

Germanwings, 

The German Business Travel and 

MICE Market – Oliver Graue, BizTravel 

Magazine 

Turkish Festival in London 

The London Turkish Festival, which 

was held for the first time in 2004 

and draws more attention every year, 

was held again on July 14 and 15 this 

year. Hasan Taslica, Chairman of the 

festival’s organizer Turkish Forum UK 

(TFUK), said their goal was to make 

the festival a traditional one. He said 

TFUK had been established to organize 

some activities of Turkish – British 

Industry and trade Chamber and aimed 

to provide information to Turkish 

society living in Britain by holding 

seminars. He added that in the same 

context significant experts were invited 

to those seminars and important 

issues like Turkey – EU relations and 

Armenian problems were handled. 

Taslica said followed all those events, 

they attempted to organize the Turkish 

Festival and added that the festival 

has drawn 100,000 visitors since 

2004. “The festival, during which 

Turkish music, handicrafts and cuisine 

were promoted, was held again in 

the South Bank part of the River Thames. 

The region decorated with flags 

and the Mehter (Janissary Band), 

which joined the former festival with 

a 30-person team, were guests at the 

festival again,” he said. Taslica added 

that Turkish music groups from Turkey 

and Britain also be performed at the 

festival. “The festival is organized 

under the auspices of the Ministry of 

Culture and Tourism , Turkish Embassy 

in London and the Turkish Consulate 

General in London . It is sponsored by 

Turkish business circles and the contributions 

of Turkish people living in 

Britain,” said Taslica. 

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ByOtell open in next month (August). 

m a d e Beside the medical facilities, the 

its soft- complex is also perfect for busiopeningness 

meetings. The complex has 

at Istanbul’s Anatolian side. Ope- 16 meeting and convention halls 

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Moreover, guests will enjoy he- contribute to boost Istanalthy 

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Fully renovated and redesigned, the Gaia Fitness Centre & Spa is the Relaxation Area: 

latest addition to the Hyatt Regency Istanbul’s luxury range of ser- The relaxation lounge is an ideal spot for guests to relax before or afvices. 

Gaia Fitness Centre & Spa is an exclusive space offering four ter experiencing the extensive Spa treatments. Here, therapists greet 

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room providing yoga and pilates classes.The Gaia Spa at Hyatt Rement, guests emerge into the relaxation lounge to enjoy an uplifting 

gency Istanbul, whose heritage stretches back to the spa traditions beverage and Turkish treats. 

of ancient Rome and the Ottoman baths from millennia ago, is now Hammam: 

ready to showcase for guests its 21 st century urban spa environment. The original hammam concept thrives in this modern spa, with its 

Today, Istanbul is abuzz, with a unique and intriguing ambience that beautiful white marble tiling, high ceilings and large central hot marble 

combines tradition with modern style and innovation, old and new, block for bathers to lie on, soak up the steam and enjoy traditional 

and East and West where continents meet. It is this ambience that is Turkish body scrubs. The hammam is a part of an overall ritual that 

displayed brilliantly at Gaia Spa. The fusion of East and West is rep- combines bathing with massage, scrubs and facial treatments. 

resented by clean, modern and minimalist lines with a little touch of Steam Rooms: 

the Far East in the décor, while the Ottoman hammam and selection In the Steam Rooms, located in the changing areas, the steam is ge- 

of treatments are drawn from traditional sources from all over the nerated at high pressures and temperatures to open the pores and 

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Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul has been 

chosen as “Europe’s Best Hotel ” by the 

4.8 million people who read Travel & 

Leisure magazine. The award was presented 

at a ceremony held in New York. 

What makes this prize so special is that 

the choice is made as a result of the 

magazine readers’ votes. The criteria 

that the votes are based include physical 

characteristics, the quality of service 

and food and drink and location. 

The Four Seasons Istanbul achieved the 

highest score receiving 93.55 points. 

The points also secured the hotel’s se- 

One of world’s largest chain hotels; 

Marriott International opened Istanbul 

Marriott Hotel Asia in August. Istanbul 

Marriott Hotel Asia will live up the 

Kozyatagi area, after opening the first 

international 5-star hotel in Istanbul’s 

Anatolian side. Marriott International 

organized a luncheon on July 27 to 

present the hotel. Speaking at the 

luncheon, General Manager Elmar 

Derkitsch said, Marriott International 

will open its first hotel in Istanbul and 

Turkey in August.Derkitsch who made 

his speech in Turkish said that Marriott 

International was previously in Istanbul 

with Ritz Carlton and Renaissance 

brands. Both sister hotels helped them 

during the past months. “Now we are 

in three locations in Istanbul, one near 

airport, one in city center, and one 

Eleven hotels in Turkey were included 

in the list of “World’s Top 100 Hotels” 

by the TUI, one of leading tour operators 

of the world. Quoting TUI Turkey 

Product and Contract Director Melih 

Yetis, reported that the top 100 hotels 

were determined by customers staying 

in thousands of hotels in the world in 

2006. The 11 hotels in Turkey are in 

southern city of Antalya are -- Lara Baruts 

SPA Hotel, Antalya Sheraton Voy- 

lection as the Fourth Best Hotel in the 

world. At the same time Istanbul was 

chosen as the Third Best City in Europe. 

This was the 12th annual poll conducted 

by Travel & Leisure. Regional Director 

and Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul’s 

General Manager Marcos Bekhit was 

in New York to accept the award. He 

attributed the winning of the award that 

brought pride and happiness, to the 

success of the hotel’s personnel. “Our 

biggest secret and source of strength is 

the personality of our workers, their education 

and their approach to guests,” 

he said. The Four Seasons is planning 

to open its second hotel in Istanbul on 

the Bosporus in Besiktas at the end of 

this year. Bekhit said that when it opens 

it will turn the hotel sector in Istanbul 

upside down. The hotel has also been 

named the best hotel in Europe by the 

385,000 readers of Conde Nast Traveler 

Magazine. 

Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia 

in Istanbul’s Anatolian side,” added 

Derkitsch. Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia 

has a total of 238 rooms, 2 ball rooms, 

and 8 meeting rooms. The largest ball 

room has a capacity of 700 people. 

The hotel also has a fitness and SPA 

club with 2 outdoor and 1 indoor swimming 

pool. The hotel has 500 cars capacity 

garage. 

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ager Hotel, Delfin Resort Lara Hotel, 

Barut Cennet Hotel Side, Amara Beach 

Side, Golden Coast Side, Delfin Deluxe 

Hotel Incekum, Melas Resort Side, Sun 

Rise Quin Hotel Side, Robinson Nobilis 

Belek and Cornella De Luxe Hotel Belek. 

Yetis said that top 100 hotels would be 

given “Holly” award at a ceremony to 

be held in Hamburg, Germany in this 

October. 

Renovated Çinar Hotel Targets 

New Market 

One of Istanbul’s oldest five-star hotels, Çinar 

Hotel has been restored in two years 

at a cost of $6 million. The hotel’s new 

target audience is young people. As Istanbul’s 

Çinar Hotel prepares to celebrate its 

50th anniversary next year, it has unveiled 

a modern face after a two-year $6 million 

restoration project. The historic five-star Çinar 

Hotel has long been a favorite meeting 

spot for many Istanbulites. It made its name 

known during the Bilderberg conferences, 

held for the first time in Turkey in 1959. 

The hotel, which within its first years was 

second only to the Hilton in popularity, 

has hosted many famous local and foreign 

people over the last half century. Hotel 

Board Chairman Murat Ercan said that Çinar 

Hotel guests are primarily German and 

French tourists, with local customers rarely 

exceeding 20 percent of business. “We 

have raised the rate of foreign customers 

to 80 percent even without advertising 

campaigns,” he explained. “The secret of 

this success is the recommendation of customers 

who are pleased with the hotel’s 

service quality.”Ercan noted that Istanbul 

has changed significantly during the hotel’s 

existence, with a marked increase in 

business tourism in recent years. With the 

rising number of fairs and conferences in 

the city, Ercan indicated that Istanbul will 

continue to see more tourists in the future. 

However, he complained that many of 

those investing in hotels are not entering 

the business wisely. “Even we hoteliers 

cannot agree with each other. If everyone 

would act together, room prices would 

be at least 50 percent more expensive in 

Istanbul . But the newcomers to the market 

destroy it. That is why prices are 35 

percent less than they must be in Istanbul 

at the moment,” he said. Despite this frustration, 

Ercan said the hotel always has 

a very high occupancy rate and hopes to 

now focus on attracting younger customers. 

Ercan has been managing the hotel 

for 17 years after taking over the business 

from his father. The Ercan family opened 

Turkey’s first HIP (Highly Individual Places) 

hotel, Bentley, in Harbiye for business 

tourism. Çinar Hotel was established in 

the early 1950s by Haydar Çinar in Yesilköy 

as a 15-room small hotel. In 1956 

the Ercan family bought the hotel and the 

land from Çinar. The hotel was opened as 

Çinar Hotel in 1958. It was favored by 

leading Turkish families in those years and 

has since been modified with additional 

buildings.

Summer Joy Continues at 

Kemer Türkiz Hotel 

V acationers 

who will select 

Türkiz Hotel for 

their holiday 

between 1 September 

and 10 

October 2007 

will have an unforgettable 

holiday in Kemer, Antalya. 

Türkiz Hotel created an autumn holiday 

package for 4 nights – 5 days accommodation, 

yacht cruise, ‘Thalasso 

Harmony’ package at unique Thalasso 

Center . Thalasso Harmony package 

includes Poseidon hidromassage bath 

which gives you endless relax moments, 

apple tea or fresh fruit juices and rest in 

private massage room with back massage. 

Abramovich Looks for 

Hotels in Turkey 

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, 

who was known for purchasing British 

Chelsea Club, is getting prepared to 

buy his second hotel in the Aegean. 

Abramovich, who bought Istanbul Safisa 

Hotel in southern city of Antalya two 

years ago, came to Marmaris town of 

Aegean city of Mugla with the 6th biggest 

yacht of the world. It was reported 

that Abromovich would buy a few hotels 

just for the billionaires of Russia. 

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Istanbul hoteliers 

saw 

impressive 

growth in 

their revenues 

per 

available 

room (revPAR) during the first six months 

of the year -- up 26 percent and trailing 

only Valencia hotels, which led the list 

with revPAR increases of 38.2 percent. 

The increased demand resulting from 

a range of conferences, trade shows 

and sporting events has benefited the 

Istanbul market greatly. Turkey has also 

been working hard to strengthen its position 

as an “arts and culture” destination. 

The flurry of activity seems to be 

paying off with visitor arrivals in Turkey 

up 16 percent from last year in May according 

to World Tourism Organization 

(UNWTO). The latest information from 

a HotelBenchmark survey by Deloitte 

reveals that revPAR across Europe grew 

by 6.8 percent in the first six months 

of 2007 -- only slightly below the 7.2 

percent growth seen during the same 

period last year. 

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Macro A.S. is stepping into the tourism sector. 

Fikret Serafettinoglu, chairman of the 

board at Macro A.S., says that the firm acquired 

the property in Ikitelli three years ago 

and due to changes in the area, has since 

decided to build a hotel. Serafettinoglu 

says that they obtained permits one month 

ago and began excavation work, and are 

currently conducting pre-discussions with 

famous chains regarding the project. “The 

interest from chains is satisfactory. We will 

decide which chain will operate the project. 

We prefer a foreign chain because it is important 

to have an international brand,” he 

says. Serafettinoglu adds that the hotel, to 

be completed in 2009, will be 20-25,000 

square meters and is expected to open in 

2010. According to him, this is a typical 

schedule, but they may be able to speed 

up the process. Serafettinoglu believes that 

the region began becoming more upscale 

following the construction of a Holiday Inn 

Touristic Hotels & Investors Association (TUR- 

OB) brought tourism professionals together 

at Çinar Hotel for traditional 2007 Summer 

Night Gathering and celebrated 36th anniversary 

of the association. Undersecretary of 

Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry; Prof. 

Dr. Mustafa Isen, Assistant of Ukraine Tourism 

Minister; Mykhaylo Kulyniak, President 

of Tourism Department of Bulgaria; Anelia 

Krushkova, President of International Relations 

Department of Georgia Hoteliers Association; 

Gvantsa Razmadze, Vice President 

of IH&RA responsible from Middle East 

region; Fakhri Twal, Chairman of Federation 

of Turkish Hoteliers; Ahmet Barut, Coordinator 

of Istanbul Greater Municipality 

Tourism Workhouse; Architect Tülin Özsöz, 

TUROB executive board members, TUROB 

members, TYD executive board members, 

and executive board members of TURSAB 

attended the 2007 TUROB Summer Night 

Gathering. Speaking at the night, Chairman 

, other prestigious buildings and shopping 

malls. There are 10 hotel projects in the region 

and soon the so-called Press Express 

Road will be famous for its hotels. “Transportation, 

proximity to the airport and Istanbul’s 

westward expansion are all reasons to 

develop this region into a hotel region. Both 

the residential projects expanding toward 

Çatalca and the Ikitelli Industrial Zone remain 

important potentials with 30,000 businesses. 

“Günesli and Mahmutbey are also 

very important. In this area there is a notable 

lack of hotels, restaurants and cafeterias,” 

he says. Serafettinoglu notes that they will 

see how the project progresses and if they 

find they like the tourism industry, they may 

consider a second hotel project. According 

to him, real estate is a favored and profitable 

investment tool. “Up until now we had 

always invested in shoes, but now want to 

spread our risk,” he says. 

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Diler Holding, known with its Cornelia De 

Luxe Resort Hotel in tourism industry, will 

open its second property in Belek, Antalya 

in June next year. Hakan Duran, General 

Manager of Cornelia De Luxe Resort Hotel, 

said the new property will have a higher 

quality of service. Duran added that the 

new property will have 1200 rooms. The 

of TUROB; Timur Bayindir stated that since 

August Turkey is happy with tourism figures 

that are well above last year’s statistics. Bayindir 

said, they aim to host 22 million tourists 

and record US$18 billion tourism income at 

the end of 2007. Bayindir added that Istanbul 

surpassed number of tourist arrivals 

compared to last year and reported that a 

total of 3 million 586 thousand tourists visited 

Istanbul in the first 7 months of this year. 

“This is an increase of 21.8%,” said Bayindir. 

Bayindir noted that Turkey recorded 

16.55% increase in tourist arrivals nationwide 

and welcomed 9 million 546 thousand 

tourists in the same period. Bayindir gave 

plaques to Undersecretary of Turkish Culture 

and Tourism Ministry; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Isen, 

and Istanbul Cup organizers Cahit Yavuz 

and Coskun Ergin who brought Venus Williams 

and other well known tennis players to 

Istanbul . Esen Çetingil; General Manager 

of Çinar Hotel who contributed the great success 

of the night with delicious food, great 

music and shows and stunning atmosphere 

at the garden of hotel, received a silver plate 

as an appreciation for the night. Bayindir 

also presented a silver plate to Assistant 

of Ukraine Tourism Minister; Mykhaylo Kulyniak, 

President of Tourism Department of 

Bulgaria; Anelia Krushkova, President of International 

Relations Department of Georgia 

Hoteliers Association; Gvantsa Razmadze. 

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hotel will have 26 suites and 19 villas. The 

hotel will serve guests with 8 restaurants; 

a main restaurant and 7 ala carte restaurants. 

The new property will operate as All 

Inclusive service and will have a SPA and 

Wellness Center. Diler Holding has also 

plans to open a golf course and hotel in 

Didim, and another hotel in Bodrum. 

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Great Hotels of the World (GHOTW; 

http://www.ghotw.com ), representing 

some of the world’s finest independent hotels, 

is delighted to announce that the 5* 

Mövenpick Resort Bodrum in Turkey , has 

now officially opened. Located in the hill 

top location of Bitez and offering breathtaking 

views of Gumbet Bay and the Aegean 

Sea , the exclusive hotel opened its 

doors in July following an 18 month construction 

process at a cost of US$12 million 

(approx. £6 million). Representing the 

standard of the luxurious new 5* resort, 

the opening will see Mövenpick Resort Bodrum 

being accepted as part of GHOTW’s 

niche luxury romantic and business & incentive 

travel collections.The Turkish designers 

and architects have worked to create 

a stylish Mediterranean hotel using the 

colours and characteristics of Bodrum. The 

emphasis has been placed on individuality 

and privacy, while creating an ultimate 

chill out atmosphere. This is reflected in the 

lobby which offers a three-floor atrium with 

plenty of natural light to highlight the original 

local artwork which is on display. The 

hotel itself also blends in with its local surroundings 

having been built in an architectural 

style and colours typical to Bodrum. 

The 92 generously sized guest bedrooms, 

which include nine suites, offer a relaxed 

and comfortable atmosphere with a contemporary 

feel. Room entrance corridors, 

floors and bathrooms are all marble, while 

oak parquet flooring is present elsewhere 

and combines with rugs, oversized beds 

and bamboo covered furniture t o create 

an elegantly relaxing atmosphere. Junior 

Suites feature additionally feature a living 

area, kitchenette and dining table and are 

decorated in a green and yellow colour 

Sungate Port Royal Hotel, 2nd biggest hotel 

in number of rooms in Turkey and one of 

the most luxurious hotels, was sold to Russian 

real estate company Mirax Group for 

scheme. Each suite 

also has a large 

terrace or private 

balcony with unobstructed 

views to 

enjoy the spectacular 

sunsets seen 

from the resort. A 

range of leisure 

facilities are available 

within the 

resort, including two outdoor pools, one 

indoor pool, a state-of-the-art fitness centre 

and a wellness centre. The wellness centre 

offers a Turkish bath (hammam), sauna 

and treatments such as Thai, Shiatsu, antistress, 

sports and deep tissue massages, 

aromatherapy and hot stone therapy. Massages 

are available either within one of 

the four treatment rooms or outside against 

the beautiful backdrop of the Aegean Sea. 

Cuisine is a strong focus of the hotel as 

the restaurant offers Mediterranean specialities 

complimented by typical ingredients 

of the region’s cuisine. Popular dishes include 

pizzas from the restaurant’s burning 

wood fire oven, sirloin from the charcoal 

grill and a range of seafood dishes such as 

classic paella and a seafood tower to include 

a selection of fresh oysters, lobsters, 

shrimps, scallops and salmon caviar. The 

hotel’s colour changing bar then offers the 

perfect place to relax with an after-dinner 

drink.Making it perfect for business and 

leisure guests alike, the hotel is only a tenminute 

drive from the centre of Bodrum and 

a thirty minute transfer from Milas-Bodrum 

airport. This makes it ideal for visiting the 

region’s historical points of interest, including 

the Mausoleum of King Mausolus and 

the Castle of St Peter. A business centre 

is also available and offers three rooms 

ideal for conferences and banquets for 

up to 100 people. In addition, a luxurious 

sailing yacht can be privately chartered to 

enjoy visits to beautiful beaches or dinners 

for up to 16 passengers. State-of-the-art AV 

equipment also complements the hotel’s inroom 

wireless LAN connectivity to offer 

business delegates the complete support 

package they need. 

Sungate Port Royal Hotel Sold to Russian Mirax Group 

US$340 million. Kazim Cengiz, an executive 

board member of Cengiz Construction 

Company which owned the hotel, and Mirax 

Group executive board deputy chairman 

Andrey Kletkso held a joint news conference 

in southern city of Antalya. Cengiz said, 

“Russian tourism sector is of great importance 

for Antalya. The hotel was sold for a 

very high price.” On the other hand, Kletkso 

stated that Russian people attach great interest 

in tourism sector in Turkey. Noting that 

they aimed to establish hotel chains in Europe 

, Kletkso stressed that they purchased 

Sungate Port Royal Hotel and undersigned a 

very important project. 

Dedeman Hotels Joins Special 

Hotels of the World 

Great Hotels of the World (GHOTW), 

representing some of the world’s finest 

independent hotels announced its new 

hotels from Turkey; Dedeman Istanbul, 

Dedeman Ankara, Dedeman Antalya 

Hotel & Convention Center, Dedeman 

Bodrum and Dedeman Cappadocia Hotel 

& Convention Center. ‘Special Hotels 

of the World’ member hotels draw 

attention of hospitality and lodging industry 

by unique sales and marketing 

opportunities and high quality service. 

Membership to ‘Special Hotels of the 

World’ realize by an invitation from 

Great Hotels Organization. Dedeman 

Hotels & Resorts registered its quality of 

service by joining ‘Special Hotels of the 

World’. The Great Hotels Organisation 

has a different and customer-driven approach 

to hotel sales and marketing. The 

Great Hotels Organisation manages the 

“GW” private label GDS chain code 

and toll-free voice reservation numbers 

operate in the USA and Europe . 

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Mike Collini, Hilton International’s Vice 

President for development in northern 

Europe, initiated talks on opening a hotel 

in Adiyaman, one of Turkey’s most 

significant tourism spots thanks to it’s 

Mount Nemrut. Collini announced plans 

include the launch of Garden Hilton, a 

new brand that will operate in Turkey. 

He added that Garden Hilton constitutess 

a very special market, one they wish 

to establish in many places throughout 

Turkey. Kosifler Group executive board 

member and spokesperson, Hilal Kosif, 

said Adiyaman is a place open to 

changes. “In collaboration with Hilton 

Hotels, we are planning to establish a 

very good complex in the city center,” 

she said. Adiyaman Governor Halil Isik 

said the city is undergoing economic, 

social and cultural development. “Adiyaman 

is one of the world’s cultural 

heritages. It has beauties that no country 

in the world has. That is why Kosifler 

Group wants to open a chain of Hilton 

Hotels in our city. This hotel complex 

will be an important investment for the 

development of our country.”

Cruise Tourism Boom 

in Izmir 

“There has been a great progress in 

cruise ship tourism sector in Turkey’s 

Aegean city of Izmir,” Izmir Chamber 

of Trade (IZTO) Executive Board 

Chairman Ekrem Demirtas said. 

Demirtas noted in a statement that 78 

cruise ships arrived in Izmir from the beginning 

of the year till August 22nd. These 

ships have brought 186,132 tourists 

to the city. A total of 47 ships had arrived 

in Izmir in the same period last year. 

Demirtas added that they expected 

122 cruisers to dock at Izmir 

Port and bring 320,000 tourists 

to the city by the end of 2007. 

Turkish Tourists Prefer 

Italy and Spain 

Turkish tourists mostly prefer Italy, Spain 

and Middle European countries as 

a holiday destination. While Turkish 

tourists desire to see Italian cities of 

Rome, Venice and Florence the most, 

they also visit Spanish cities of Madrid 

and Barcelona . Austrian capital of Vienna, 

Hungarian capital of Budapest 

and capital of the Czech Republic Prague 

are the other cities usually preferred 

by Turkish tourists during vacations. 

Ibrahim Cenk Okumus from ETS Tourism 

Agency reported that they also 

offered holiday opportunities to Turkish 

tourists in African countries of 

Egypt and Tunisia, as an alternative 

to Mediterranean city of Antalya . 

“90 percent of Turkish tourists visit 

foreign countries for cultural 

reasons,” Okumus noted. 

Moreover, Emre Tunc from Pronto Tourism 

stressed that the number of Turkish 

tourists going abroad increased recently, 

as the cost of spending a holiday at a 

hotel located in the Mediterranean coast 

of Turkey was almost the same with the 

cost of a holiday in a foreign country. 

VIP Luxury Teamed Up with MasterCard 

MasterCard teams up with VIP 

Tourism’s VIP Luxury brand to offer 

“Unique Travel Experience” to MasterCard 

cardholders. According to 

the cooperation, MasterCard Premium 

cardholders will experience unique 

travel moments with special travel 

packages created by VIP Luxury. 

VIP Luxury offers 12 different destinations 

that include World’s new 7 wonders. 

VIP Luxury together with MasterCard 

will offer “MasterCard Special Moment” 

for travelers that will participate 

“Unique Travel Experience” packages. 

VIP Tourism CEO Ceylan Pirinççioglu 

and MasterCard South East Europe 

General Manager Özlem Erçelen Imece 

organized a press conference at 

Istanbul Modern. Speaking at the conference, 

Imece stated that 85% of Pre- 

mium cardholders use their credit cards 

abroad according to MasterIndex research. 

Imece added that 14% of Master- 

Card credit cards in Turkey are premium 

cards and 51% of all transactions 

have been materializing by premium 

cards. Turkey ranks 11th place in the 

world and 3rd in Europe in the total 

number of premium cardholders. Moreover, 

Turkey ranks 9th in the world, 

and 3rd in Europe in total consumption. 

Turkey is 10th in the world and 3rd 

in Europe in number of transactions. 

Unique Travel Experience has 8 travel 

categories; Fantastic Geography (Burma, 

Peru, Brazil), Mysterious Civilizations 

(HinduChina, India, Egypt, China), 

Your Africa (Namibia – Botswana, 

Kenya – Tanzania), Gourmet Trip (Toscana 

– Wine Tasting), Glorious Lives 

(Scotland Castles, France Loire Valley), 

Seyr-ü Sefa (Cruise – Scandinavia and 

Fjord, Caribbean), VIP Luxury Private 

Collection (guests can choose their own 

hotels, transportations – a custom made 

travel experience), VIP Luxury a la Carte 

( special packages including wedding 

abroad, honeymoon, theme parties) 

MasterCard Holders Go to Holiday at Como Lake 

6 MasterCard Premium 

card holders 

(Gold and above 

cards) who make a 

transaction of YTL100 

and over will have a 

chance to win a holiday 

at Italy’s love 

and romance destination 

at Como Lake. 

6 MasterCard Premium card holders 

who make the most spending 

of YTL100 and above, between 

1 and 30 September 2007, will 

fly to Italy with their loved ones. 

Como Lake holiday, which is one of the 

MasterCard Unique Travel Experience 

tours, will take 6 couples to stay at historical 

Grand Hotel Tremezzo Palace 

, and take a romantic lake cruise on 

Como Lake , visit to Versace Family’s 

château - Fontalelle, famous Urio 

château, historical churches and botanic 

gardens. Moreover, luck couples 

will enjoy MasterCard Special Moment 

while their visit to Silk Museum that 

exhibits world’s most precious silks. 

The Como Lake tour that will be organized 

by VIP Tourism will take place 

between 26 and 29 October 2007. 

Galileo Turkey Launched Focalpoint Shopping 

Galileo Turkey launched new functionality, 

Focalpoint Shopping 

Focalpoint Shopping functionality provides 

agents with the ability to search 

and book scheduled air fares within the 

cryptic environment. By merging the manual 

comparison of tariff data and seat 

availability into a single request, agents 

can access more lower fares faster as well 

as perform more complex and tailored searches 

using the wide choice of modifiers. 

In addition, travellers can be provided with 

a fare which includes all taxes and surchar- 

ges using Automated Plating Carrier Logic. 

As many agencies are trying to find more 

and more ways to save time and improve 

efficiency, Focalpoint Shopping is 

an ideal solution as it not only enables 

agents to automate processes that have 

in the past been manual, but also shop 

for all fares available from the Galileo 

360 Fares database in one single search. 

Focalpoint Shopping enables agents 

to improve their customer service as 

search results can be tailored to customer 

preferences when searching. 

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OTI Continues its Growth in Russian Market 

Odeon Tours International 

(OTI) 

CEO Ayhan Bektas 

organized a 

press conference 

last week at Feriye 

Restaurant to inform 

about their operations. 

Bektas stated that there is an increase of 

30% in number of Russian tourists visiting 

Antalya and the pie of Turkish tour ope- 

Expedia.com(R), the world’s leading online 

travel provider, introduced the latest 

issue of its quarterly report, Expedia Travel 

Trendwatch(TM). In it, Expedia found 

that travelers are taking the tough summer 

season in stride as their desire for relaxing 

and restorative vacations outweighs 

the potential delays or problems that 

can occur during peak travel season. In 

fact, a July Expedia.com poll (1) found 

68 percent of U.S. adults who have taken 

or plan to take a summer vacation 

this year will not modify their vacation 

plans because of negative news around 

air travel hassles and rising prices. Additionally, 

an Expedia.de poll of hoteliers 

across Europe found Americans to be 

overall good tourists exhibiting such traits 

as generosity and willingness to try local 

cuisine. On the flip side, we received 

poor marks for our fashion sense, hotel 

room cleanliness and being very noisy. 

To view the complete report, 

visit www.expediatraveltrendwatch.com 

“It’s encouraging to see that despite the 

tough travel environment, vacationers are 

still hitting the roads and skies this summer,” 

said Chris McGinnis , editor, Expedia 

Travel Trendwatch. “The tradition 

of summer vacation remains ingrained in 

the American psyche and travelers are 

rolling with the punches this year. They 

are finding some surprises like lower 

airfares, warm welcomes overseas and 

new tools like user-generated content sites 

to help make better travel decisions.” 

Key travel trends and data as reported 

in the current issue of the Expedia 

Travel Trendwatch(TM) include: 

1) Summer travel update; air, 

hotel, cruise and car rentals 

rators in Russian market reached 70%. 

Bektas added that their expectations 

from German and European market 

didn’t meet with what they have planned. 

Numbers stay same as last year. 

However compensation of European market 

came with the growing numbers of 

travel from Russia and OECD countries. 

Bektas stated that they have met with 

their expectations in national travel 

with 30-40% early reservations made. 

Expedia Travel Trendwatch Reports 

Vacationers are not Swayed by Negative Travel News 

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hotel rates in most markets however; 

savvy shoppers are relying on user generated 

content on sites such as TripAdvisor.com 

to help make wise accommodation 

choices. Similarly, Expedia. 

com recently introduced the Insider’s 

Select list of the world’s best hotels as 

rated by Expedia.com travelers and the 

organization’s own destination experts. 

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goers to arrive in port a day early to 

ensure they don’t hit trouble and miss 

their scheduled departure and more 

cruise lines are offering Caribbean itineraries 

that start and end in the middle 

of the week to help avoid weekend 

bottlenecks at airports and in port cities. 

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slightly up year-over-year compared 

to last summer according to Expedia. 

com data and higher gas prices are 

not affecting the choice of car size. 

2) Americans are perceived abroad 

more favorably than they imagined 

... except for their fashion sense. 

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poll(2), nearly two-thirds (64 percent) 

of U.S. adults think that American tourists 

traveling abroad are perceived 

more negatively than they were five 

years ago. The same poll found Americans 

believe that Europeans perceive 

them as spoiled, self-centered and loud 

when traveling abroad. However ... 

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conducted by Expedia.de ranked 

Americans as second only to the 

Japanese in its study to find the world’s 

“best tourists.” Hotel managers praised 

Americans as being great tippers, willing 

to try local cuisine, will to speak the 

language and generous travelers overall. 

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gone down year-over-year and tigh- the bottom in terms of our fashion sense 

ter domestic growth could mean fewer finding shell suits (ie. sweat suits) and whi- 

discounts in the near term, but capate socks with sandals to be inappropriate 

city growth on international routes fashion choices. We are also considered 

bodes well for shoulder-season or off- loud, but slightly less so than the Italians. 

peak discounting this fall or winter. 

Türsab Visited TYD 

Executive Board of Association of Turkish 

Travel Agencies (Türsab) with the lead of 

President Basaran Ulusoy visited The Turkish 

Tourism Investors Association (TYD). 

Ulusoy congratulated new President of 

TYD; Murat Dedeman that has been 

elected with the election on April 6 and 

new executive committee members. 

After the meeting, the two nongovernmental 

organizations decided to 

cooperate at international exhibitions and 

educational programmes in order to contribute 

the growth of the tourism industry. 

Caravan Tourism Gets 

Popular in Cappadocia 

The number of camping sites allocated 

to caravans have been gradually 

increasing in Cappadocia region, 

which is one of the most renowned cultural 

and natural tourist hubs in Turkey. 

The camping centres, which spread 

over on a 7,000 sq.m. area, offer many 

services such as parking lots, showers, 

pools, toilets, electricity and water for 

both local and foreign tourists who 

visit the region with their caravans. 

By paying a fee of 5-15 EUR, visitors 

can benefit from all the facilities at these 

sites which are also open to campers 

who would like to pitch up tents. 

According to sources, many caravanners 

from Germany, France, Czech Republic, 

Hungary and Italy prefer Cappadocia 

region for their camping holidays.

WYSTC 2007 – Istanbul 

Youth and students of 

travel industry will shape 

and increase travel in 

the world. According to 

UNWTO youth and student 

travel accounts for 

20% of all international 

travellers so it is a prime 

segment within the 

industry . World Youth 

& Student Travel Conference 

is going to be 

held in Istanbul between 

3-5 October 2007. We 

have talked with Ertugrul 

Karaoglu from Intra 

Tours abut that Conference 

-Within this perspective can you tell us about World 

Youth & Student Travel Conference? 

Ertugrul Karaoglu:The World Youth and Student Travel 

Conference (WYSTC ) is the annual event of the World 

Youth, Student and Educational Travel Confederation 

(WYSE Travel Confederation), which in turn is a trade 

association made up of 500+ members representing the 

global community of youth travel, student travel and international 

education, WYSTC brings over 900 delegates, 

representing over 500 companies from 80 countries, to a 

different city on a different continent each year. This venue 

rotation is designed to bring the international marketplace 

to key destinations for the youth and student travel market. 

and to facilitate the development of international and regional 

business relationships to forster the growth of youth, 

student and international education. 

-Who should attend and why it is so important to attend? 

Ertugrul Karaoglu:Any agency providing cultural tours, 

accomodations, attractions or local transportation services, 

particularly those focused on youth, student, educational 

or cultural programs and special interest groups should 

attend in order to meet specialised sending organisations. 

from all over the world. 

Any outbound travel agency looking for unque and alternative 

products for the Turkish market which is overwhelmingly 

within the target group of youth and students. 

-2007 conference will be organized in Istanbul 3-5 October. 

How many delegates will be in Istanbul? Can you 

tell us about the programme of the conference? 

Ertugrul Karaoglu:600 delegates are already registered 

for this event - and the total anticipated at 1000 delegates 

representing 500 companies from 80 countires around 

the world. 

The program is unique in that it combines a full day of 

educational seminars for the trade on topics covering sustainable 

tourism and climate change, to latest developments 

in travel technology aimed at the savvy youth and 

student travellers, to government updates on regulations 

and policies governing cultural and educational exchange 

programmes with 2 days of business to business trade fair 

and workshop with up to 33 individualised business appointments 

between senders and receivers. This program 

is preceded by two days of Annual General Meetings of 

the global associations representing the different aspects 

of the youth, student and educational travel industries. 

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Ertugrul Karaoglu:New this year is a WYSTC legacy 

programme whereby attending organisations sponsor not 

only conference events or merchandise, but in keeping 

with our mission to “promote travel and education opportunities 

for youth and students around the world” they will 

provide sponsored programs, services and goods as a legacy 

of the conference to the host city, through sponsored 

programmes for deserving Turkish youth, or educational 

institutions. Information on WYSTC Legacy Programme 

contact us. 

-Why hosting WYSTC is very important for Istanbul and 

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Ertugrul Karaoglu:WYSTC is important for Turkey and 

Istanbul because it will help the country develop ties with 

the major movers of youth and students in the world - and 

that is important not just for Turkey’s tourism industry but 

for its public diplomacy. Youth and student travellers are 

the business and world leaders of tomorrow. Travel educates 

young people to take their place in the world as global 

citizens. Travel increases intercultural understanding, 

reduces fear of and hostility towards other peoples and in 

the final analysis contributes towards world peace. This 

is especially important for Turkey standing as it does at 

the vortex of three continents - the intersection of multiple 

cultures. 

The Turkish tourism industry will benefit from becoming a 

prime youth and student travel destination for these reasons: 

� It is a stable and reliable segment - less susceptible to 

shifts in price and political situations. 

� It offers greater dispersal into the other boroughs and 

into upstate regions as these travelers seek new destinations 

and activities. 

� It is driven by predictable motivators such as education 

(especially language travel) and work experience (such 

as internships, traineeships, volunteer programs); all long 

term programs with increase length of stay and therefore 

multiple spends. 

� It is a pioneering force in the development of new destinations 

and new models of travel - often a valuable predictor 

of future trends in the industry. 

� It provides often needed off peak traffic into destinations 

- and therefore able to fill excess capacity during low 

seasons. 

� It provides loyal customers with extended capacity for 

return business over time. 

� It provides multipliers such as VFRs and the business 

travelers of tomorrow. 

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Turkish Airlines Carries 8.9m Passengers in 6 Months 

In the first six months of 2007 Turkish 

Airlines (THY) serviced 8.9 million passengers, 

an increase of 19.4 percent 

over the same period last year. THY’s 

grounding number -- the number of 

Turkish Airlines will offer to fly with a 

special fare during Ramadan (13 September 

– 11 October 2007). Turkish 

Airlines passengers flying from Istanbul 

Ataturk Airport , Istanbul Sabiha 

Gökçen Airport , and Ankara Esen- 

Bulgaria 

Air will 

launch 

three new regular lines by end-2007, 

including to Istanbul (Turkey), Belgrade 

(Serbia) and Skopje (Macedonia), company 

CEO Dimiter Pavlov reported. The 

flights will be carried out four times per 

week at competitive prices. Besides 

plane landings -- grew by 15.1 percent, 

reaching 79,000. THY informed 

the Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB) on 

its activities between January and June. 

The total seat kilometer per passenger 

-- distance covered per passenger -- 

increased by 17.8 percent and went 

from 16.46 billion kilometers to 19.4 

billion kilometers. While the total kilometers 

of ticketed passengers amounted 

to 11.14 billion last year, it totaled 

13.57 billion this year -- an increase of 

23.3 percent. Finally, in the first half 

of 2006 the volume of mail and cargo 

carried was 75,000 tons, rsising by 

15.7 percent this year and amounting 

to 86,882 tons. 

Turkish Airlines Flies for YTL 79 During Ramadan 

Istanbul-headquartered ACT Airlines 

has signed a memorandum of understanding 

with Airbus for two A330- 

200 freighter aircraft that will allow the 

Turkish airline to offer non-stop services 

between Istanbul to Hong Kong, Singapore 

and New York. Airbus launched 

the A330-200F earlier this year and 

said that the widebody aircraft provides 

30 percent more volume than 

any other freighter in its class. It can 

First group of Algerian 

tourists arrived 

in southern city of 

Antalya’s airport 

on Friday, July 27 

as Air Algeria started direct flights to 

Antalya. “Air Algeria have scheduled 

flights to Istanbul and has now added 

another destination and will fly to Antalya 

once a week,” Ammar Faci, a director 

of Air Algeria said. “Algerians love 

Turkish people and want to spend their 

boga Airport to all domestic routes including 

Ercan Airport of TRNC can get 

advantage of fares starting from 79YTL 

for one-way and 143YTL for round-trip. 

(Including taxes) 

Turkish ACT Airline Commits for Two A330-200 

accommodate both pallets and containers 

and is capable of carrying 64 tons 

of cargo up to 4,000 nautical miles 

(7,400 kilometers) in standard “range 

mode,” or 69 tons up to 3,200 nautical 

miles (5,930 kilometers) in “payload 

mode.” “Expanding our fleet with 

the Airbus A330-200F will allow us to 

further meet Turkey’s demand for air 

cargo transportation,” said Yavuz Cizmeci, 

ACT’s chief executive officer. 

Bulgaria Air to Fly Istanbul 

tourists and Bulgarians and foreigners 

travelling for family reasons, the new 

lines will also serve business and a big 

interest is expected to them, Pavlov 

added. Bulgaria Air has already overfulfilled 

by 3 per cent its business plan 

for the summer. So far, the airline has 

carried out 16 per cent more passengers 

than forecast, Pavlov also said. 

Air Algeria Inaugurates Direct Flights to Antalya 

holidays in Turkey. Turkey and Algeria 

have historical ties. Every year 5 million 

Algerians travel to several countries 

such as Tunisia and France for holiday. 

We are planning to carry 3,000 Algerian 

tourists to Antalya this year. I hope 

Turkey will attract more Algerian tourists 

thanks to these flights,” Faci said. 

Faci added that charter flights between 

Algiers and Antalya will continue all 

year long. 

CSA Carried over 2.4 Million 

Passengers in H1 2007 

Czech Airlines (CSA) carried more than 

2.4 million passengers in the first half of 

this year. Compared to the same period 

last year, this means a 1.1% increase. 

In the first six months of 2007, Czech 

Airlines’ aircraft also carried nearly 

10,700 tonnes of goods and post. 

Overall, CSA operated over 19,200 

flights. Scheduled CSA flights carried 

2.2 million passengers in the first half 

of the year, which is one percent more 

than during the same period of 2006. 

Scheduled carriage thus accounted for 

the greatest part of the overall results, 

with nearly 90 percent. Czech Airlines’ 

charter flights carried more than 

308,000 passengers by the end of 

June, primarily to exotic destinations. 

This represents y/y growth of nearly 

two percent. The system load factor in 

January – June 2007 was 65.6 percent. 

The slight drop in aircraft occupancy 

is due to the airline’s plan to increase 

revenue by focusing primarily on betterpaying 

clientele, and by not selling off 

tickets below cost. Compared to last 

year, the number of business class clients 

increased by 6%, and the number 

of passengers in the full-fare economy 

class by 8%. “Revenue, which is the 

most important indicator of the success 

of a traditional airline, is growing according 

to plan, and that is decisive 

for CSA,” said Petr Rehák, CSA’s Vice- 

President for Sales. In Q1 2007, the 

airline’s income from carriage reached 

CZK 4.2 billion, which is a year-on-year 

increase of 6.9%. 

The most sought-after destinations on 

CSA’s scheduled flights: 

Paris 

Amsterdam 

London 

Moscow 

Madrid 

Dublin 

Bucharest 

Rome 

Sofia 

Košice 

In 2006, Czech Airlines carried 5.5 million 

passengers, for a y/y increase of 

4.8 percent. CSA carried 5.2 million 

passengers in 2005, and 4.3 million in 

2004.

Lufthansa Giving Away Shopping 

Coupons 

Lufthansa announced a special promotional 

campaign for Paris and New York passengers 

that purchase their tickets in Turkey. 

To be valid between 1 September and 30 

November 2007, passengers that will fly 

from Turkey to Paris will receive €25, New 

York passengers will receive €50 shopping 

coupons that can be used on the plane.Passengers 

that will be flying within the period 

above can get their shopping coupons at 

Lufthansa ticketing desk at Istanbul Atatürk 

Airport. 

Luxury Chauffeur Service of 

Gulf Air Extends 

Premium passengers can travel in style as 

Gulf Air has extended its luxury chauffeur 

drive service to five new stations in its newly 

revamped network. 

First and Business class travellers to Bangkok, 

Paris, Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur and Manila 

will be able to avail the service furnished 

by top of the range chauffeur-driven luxury 

limousines, equipped with air-conditioning/ 

heating, music selection, mineral water, 

daily newspaper and GSM mobile phones. 

Families and people travelling as groups with 

excess baggage will be provided with Multi 

Purpose Vans (MPVs) to make their journey 

home more comfortable. Gulf Air already offers 

the luxury chauffeur service in Abu Dhabi, 

Dubai, London and Muscat. “A top priority 

in our service philosophy is to provide the 

best customer service and unmatched travel 

comfort to our passengers,” says Gulf Air Executive 

Vice President Marketing and Sales 

Lee Shave. “With the extension of our luxury 

service, we want our premium passengers 

to experience Gulf Air’s legendary Arabian 

hospitality all the way to their doorstep.” 

The free limousine service is available to all 

full-fare paying passengers ticketed on Gulf 

Air’s long haul flights and holding confirmed 

reservations in First Class (F or A fares) or 

Business Class (J fares). In case additional 

cars required due to more number of passengers 

or excessive baggage, the same will 

be provided but the customers will have to 

settle the additional costs directly with the limousine 

company. Additional stops en route, 

if required by the passenger, should be requested 

in advance. 

The service needs to be booked at least 72 

hours prior to the date of travel. 

Lufthansa First Class Lounge Opens at Munich 

A new dimension 

in travel 

is opening up 

at Lufthansa’s 

hub in Southern Germany. From 14 

August, First Class customers and HON 

Circle members will be able to enjoy 

the exclusive atmosphere of a Lufthansa 

First Class Lounge at Munich Airport. 

As at Frankfurt, the First Class Lounge 

at Munich has a range of comfortable 

facilities and conveniences on offer. 

These include a gourmet restaurant, a 

bar area, a cigar lounge and luxury 

bathroom areas. And there is a special 

service for premium customers at Munich: 

access to and from the lounge is 

possible via Level 4 (EU Departures), as 

well as via Level 5 (Non-EU Departures). 

As exclusive passport control and security 

checkpoints are located within the 

lounge, passengers – whether arriving 

or departing – can thus change levels 

directly. “The percentage of First Class 

passengers and HON Circle members 

has grown at a disproportionately high 

rate in recent years. We are confident 

that our new service offering will continue 

to boost this trend,” said Thomas 

Klühr, Group Representative and Head 

of Hub Management Munich. The First 

Class Lounge extends over two levels 

and has a total area of 860 sq. metres. 

On the lower lounge level (Level 04), 

there is the lobby and the service area 

for the limousine transfer. If a flight is 

leaving from an apron position, passengers 

will be collected at the lounge and 

Close on the heels 

of winning the Sky 

Trax award for best 

First Class Onboard 

Catering, Gulf Air 

has introduced a whole new menu on 

its Middle Eastern sectors. Gulf Air’s 

premium class passengers can now 

enjoy a delectable, authentic Arabic 

food onboard, wherever they fly in the 

Middle East - be it Cairo, Beirut, Larnaca 

or Amman. “Gulf Air always goes 

an extra mile to make its passengers’ 

travel experience a memorable and enjoyable 

one,” says Gulf Air Executive 

Vice President for Marketing and Sales 

Lee Shave. “Our specialist menu design 

team, consisting of experienced and 

well qualified Arab chefs, has been 

working for several weeks, to bring 

together an exquisite and authentic 

Arabic menu so that customers can feel 

completely at home flying with Gulf Air. 

”From starters to main courses to desserts, 

a whole range of mouth-watering 

chauffeur driven direct to their aircraft. 

On the upper level of the lounge (Level 

05), passengers can relax or make effective 

use of their time until their flight 

departure. Separate workrooms provide 

an inviting environment for passengers 

to prepare for their next meeting. 

In the exclusive bathroom area, guests 

can unwind and freshen up before or 

after a long journey. The modern bathrooms 

are equipped with a shower or 

jacuzzi. Guests can also sit back and 

enjoy the comfort of the relaxing chairs. 

In the First Class Lounge there is also 

an attractive bar area and an inviting 

restaurant, where LSG Sky Chefs cooks 

spoil guests with a range of culinary 

delicacies such as the sushi selection, 

which changes daily, regional organic 

produce and international specialities. 

The choice range of beverages also includes 

43 vintage Armagnacs. Smokers 

can use the Cigar Lounge, where snacks 

and drinks are provided. Lufthansa staff 

look after the well-being of the guests 

and attend to their wishes throughout 

their stay in the lounge. Before entering 

the lounge, First Class passengers and 

HON Circle members can take advantage 

of other service facilities. These include 

a valet parking service, separate 

check-in facilities and fast lanes at the 

central security checkpoints. With the 

opening of the new First Class Lounge, 

Lufthansa customers will have a choice 

of five lounges at Munich with a total 

area of more than 3,700 sq. metres. 

Gulf Air Launches Mouth-Watering 

Menu for the Middle East 

Arabic dishes– Arabic Mezze, Halloumi 

Salad, Shish Tawaook, Cousa 

Banadoura, Oriental Chicken, Cheese 

Konafa, Um Ali and much more - are 

awaiting passengers onboard. “Customers 

have put an extraordinary faith 

in us by voting Gulf Air as the Best Airline 

for First Class Onboard Catering 

consistently for the fifth time in a row at 

the Sky Trax airline awards. We were 

able to achieve this because we constantly 

think of new ways to enhance 

our service levels. The new Arabic 

menu is just one more step in taking our 

passenger service to greater heights,” 

concluded Lee Shave. 

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Malaysia Airlines Wins The Worlds 

Best Cabin Staff Title 

Malaysia Airlines won the World’s 

Best Cabin Staff award at the World 

Airlines Award 2007 taking the top 

position in this 11 month survey, conducted 

between August 2006 and June 

2007, in a closely contested survey 

between the final top 3 airlines. Malaysia 

Airlines Managing Director / CEO, 

Idris Jala said, “I am very proud of our 

cabin crew and their outstanding performance. 

Our crew treat our customers 

as guests in our own home. They 

are natural, spontaneous, determined 

and willing to demonstrate the best of 

Malaysian hospitality.”“Throughout the 

year, our crew worked very hard to improve 

our service delivery as part of our 

airline-wide initiative to enhance customer 

experience, and I am delighted 

that their efforts have been recognized 

by the customers. This will go a long 

way in building our brand, customer 

value and relationship.”The cabin staff 

showcased their winning ways, and regained 

the award which they won for 

several years in the past. Focused on 

the quality of onboard customer experience, 

the survey also looked at the “soft 

service” provided including cabin staff 

friendliness, enthusiasm and attentiveness, 

sincerity as well as consistency 

Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS’) systemwide 

on-time performance improved to 

80.78% MAS Managing Director and 

Chief Executive Officer Datuk Idris Jala 

said.Referring to flight delays earlier 

this month especially to Australia, he 

said the significant improvement was 

achieved as all aircraft were now flying, 

apart from the extra flight to Melbourne 

last Monday. He said improved 

weather conditions also contributed 

to the national carrier’s on-time performance. 

“Our staff at KLIA are now 

more familiar with the new SITA Departure 

Control System for airport operations 

since its introduction on July 2,” 

he said in a statement. Earlier, Idris 

dismissed speculation that the recent 

flight delays were due to sabotage by 

in service delivery, in addition to the 

usual general service efficiency. Commenting 

on the survey result, Skytrax 

CEO, Mr Edward Plaisted said “For 

the last 4 weeks of this survey, we have 

seen the winning position move around 

between the final top 3 airlines several 

times. In the end, Malaysia Airlines’ 

passenger support saw them through 

to the 2007 title, and we congratulate 

them for this worthy achievement.” The 

worldwide survey data for this Cabin 

Staff award involved more than 3 million 

respondents representing over 

90 different passenger nationalities. 

Passengers nominated airlines in the 

2007 Best Cabin Staff Awards, based 

upon a wide variety of service quality 

attributes for cabin staff, including assistance 

during boarding, enthusiasm, 

sincerity, courtesy, and consistency of 

quality among staff. Skytrax Research 

of London , UK is an independent organization 

with 18 years specialist experience 

in airline research. The World 

Airline Awards ® are based on the annual 

World Airline Survey managed by 

Skytrax - carried out between August 

2006 and June 2007. The Survey is 

regarded as the primary benchmarking 

tool for Passenger Satisfaction levels 

of airlines throughout the world - constituting 

a unique survey format based 

upon analysis of both business and 

leisure travelers, and across all cabin 

travel types (First / Business / Premium 

Economy & Economy class passengers). 

The worldwide survey interviews 

totaled over 14 million respondents - an 

increase of 1.2 million interviews on 

the 2006 result, with over 90 different 

passenger nationalities participating in 

the survey. 

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its staff, but were due to technical issues, 

bad weather and the introduction 

of the passenger service system. Idris 

said MAS flights to Australia and New 

Zealand were much in demand among 

passengers in this region. He said 

passengers without confirmed reservations 

and those with open air tickets to 

Australian cities served by the national 

carrier still turned up at KLIA to register 

themselves on standby for travel to 

Australia and New Zealand. “Malaysia 

Airlines is rendering all possible assistance 

to these passengers by accepting 

their standby status and offering 

them seats once they become available 

when passengers with confirmed bookings 

do not show up for their flights,” 

he said. 

Malaysia Airports-GMR – Limak 

Win Istanbul Airport Tender 

A consortium of Malaysia Airports Holdings, 

India’s GMR Infrastructure and Turkey’s Limak 

won the rights to Istanbul’s second airport 

on Monday with a 1.9 billion-euro bid. 

The winning bid -- which does not include 

18 percent value added tax -- beat offers 

from four other consortiums of foreign and 

local players in a tender lasting more than 

12 hours.The consortium will build a new 

international terminal at the Sabiha Gokcen 

airport on Istanbul’s Asian side and run the 

airport for 20 years. Sources said that the 

design of the project is previously announced 

to tender participants. It will expand annual 

capacity by 10 million passengers which is 

currently 3.5 million.“Istanbul needed a second 

airport and we will serve that need,’’ 

said Limak’s Nihat Ozdemir. Sabiha Gokcen 

opened in 2001 and hosts domestic Turkish 

flights and low-cost airlines. 

The other bidders were: 

* Germany’s Fraport (FRAG.DE: Quote, Profile 

, Research), Turkey’s IC Construction 

* Turkey’s Cukurova, Austria’s Julius Meinl 

Investment, Venice Airport/Save SpA (SAVE. 

MI: Quote, Profile , Research) 

* Turkey’s Mak-Yol Construction, Eti Bakir, 

U.S-based Airport Property Management 

Cooperation between 

Pegasus and Onur Air 

Pegasus Airlines and Onur Air have 

launched initiatives to cooperate in the 

sector. However according to allegations, 

this is a purchase operation rather 

than cooperation. Sabanci Holding’s 

Pegasus will pay 150 million USD to 

Onur Air within two months.Pegasus 

Airlines --which bought 20 percent of 

Izair recently-- has 17 planes, while 

Onur Air owns 27 planes. Momentum, 

which is seen in domestic lines (that 

grew 30-40 percent in recent years), 

boosted cooperation and purchases 

between companies. Pegasus and Onur 

Air made joint formal statement and 

said a strategic cooperation agreement 

was signed between the two. Onur Air 

carried last year 4,400,267 passengers 

in domestic lines and 2,335,704 

passengers in international lines. On 

the other hand, Pegasus Airlines carried 

1,818,989 passengers in domestically 

and 1,248,062 passengers in international 

lines.

19.000 Tickets for 19YTL 

from Onur Air 

Onur Air announced its Ramadan 

campaign. The company offers thousands 

of tickets only for 19YTL. The 

company put 19 thousand seats on 

sale for 19YTL excluding VAT for the 

period of 13 September and 10 October. 

Tickets can be purchased at 

www.onurair.com.tr website. Tickets 

cost 42YTL with VAT and others expenses. 

Onur Air flies to 13 points in 

Turkey with Istanbul departure. Onur 

Air which has 27 aircrafts, carries 5 

million passengers annually. 

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Çelebi, a Turkish airport services 

provider, said second-quarter profit 

jumped 67 percent as sales rose . 

Net income rose to YTL 14.6 million 

in three months ended June 30 from 

YTL 8.74 million a year earlier, Istanbul-based 

Çelebi said in an income 

statement posted on the Web site of 

the Istanbul Stock Exchange.Company’s 

sales rose 24 percent to YTL 79.8 

million. 

TAV to Operate Antalya 

Gazipasa Airport 

Tepe-Akfen-Vie (TAV) Airports Holding 

Corp. won the auction to run Gazipasa 

Airport in Mediterranean city of 

Antalya for 25 years. Meinl Airports 

International Limited, Gazipasa Aviation 

Industry Trade Corp, Aydogan 

Tourism Trade & Industry Corp were 

the other companies that bid for the 

auction. TAV Airports Holding Corp. 

was awarded with the auction as 

it pledged to give 65 percent of its 

share to the state. 

SWISS Continues to Climb in The First Half of 2007 

Swiss International Air Lines (Group) gen- showed a further year-on-year increase in 

erated earnings before interest and taxes the second quarter of 2007 and totalled 

(EBIT) of CHF 285 million for the first six CHF 285 million for the combined first-half 

months of 2007. The result compares to an period. “SWISS continues to climb,” says 

EBIT of CHF 98 million for the same period CEO Christoph Franz. “Our encouraging 

last year. Consolidated net profit for the first first-half performance strengthens our faith 

six months of 2007 amounted to CHF 295 in our current strategic thrust. These results 

million (compared to CHF 76 million for have exceeded our expectations. Buoyed 

the prior-year period). SWISS maintained by strong demand, we further improved our 

the favourable business performance it had performance in the second-quarter period 

achieved in 2006 through the first six months on both the passenger and the cargo front. 

of the current year. Total income from op- And our consistent cost management and 

erating activities was raised to CHF 2 304 the revenue synergies that we are now de- 

million for the first-half period, compared riving from our integration into the Lufthansa 

to CHF 1 976 million for the same period Group and our membership of Star Alliance 

last year. After an encouraging first quarter, also made major contributions to these fa- 

earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) vourable first-half results.” 

Key figures from the income statement 

1st + 2nd quarter 2nd quarter 1st + 2nd quarter 

in CHF million 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 vs. 2006 

Total income from operating activities 2304 1976 1216 1047 +17% 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) 285 98 163 75 - 

Profit for the period 295 76 177 72 - 

“At the same time,” Franz continues, “we trends. So further improvements – in our 

are well aware that aviation is a cyclical processes, for instance – are still required 

business, and that our industryis presently to consolidate our market position in what is 

feeling the benefit of positive economic still a highly competitivebusiness.” 

Traffic figures 


2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 vs. 2006 

Seat load factor for european services 69.5% 68.1% 72.6% 74.3% +1.4 points 

Seat load factor for intercontinental services 83.2% 82.3% 84.5% 83.8% +0.9 points 

Seat load factor systemwide 78.8% 77.7% 80.6% 80.7% +1.1 points 

SWISS achieved stronger seat load factors stood at 80.6%, virtually unchanged from 

than other European airlines in the first-half the 80.7% of the second quarter of 2006. 

period. The higher capacity for the first six The airfreight business of Swiss WorldCargo 

months (up 12.9% year-on-year in available- continued to show favourable overall trends. 

seat-kilometre terms) was fully absorbed by Cargo load factor (by volume) amounted to 

market demand. Indeed, the 78.8% system- 84.7% for the first half of 2007, compared 

wide seat load factor for the period was a to 85.3% for the prior-year period. “The 

1.1-percentage-point improvement on the double-digit growth in our production and 

first half of last year. First-half seat load our revenues and our solid EBIT result all 

factor on SWISS’s intercontinental services bear witness to both the resounding impact 

stood at 83.2%, compared to 82.3% for the of the strategy adopted by our management 

prior-year period. Seat load factor also im- and the outstanding performance by all our 

proved on SWISS’s European network, ris- employees,” Christoph Franz continues. 

ing from the 68.1% of January-June 2006 “That’s something we can all be proud of. 

to 69.5%. SWISS carried some 5.7 million And what we now need to do is confirm and 

passengers on its scheduled services in the consolidate our current course, to ensure that 

first half of 2007, 13.4% more than in the SWISS can continue to maintain this sound 

same period a year ago. For the second- and stable performance in more challenging 

quarter period, systemwide seat load factor business times.” 


2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 vs. 2006 

Averaga number of emplyoees (full-time equivalents) 5499 5717 5583 5419 3.8% 

SWISS created around 50 new jobs a month full-time positions were shared among 6 691 

between April and June 2007. An average employees worldwide. With the ongoing ex- 

of 5 499 persons (in full-time equivalents or pansion of its aircraft fleet, SWISS is expect- 

FTEs) were employed at the company in the ed to have created some 600 net new jobs 

first half-year. The decline from the equiva- by the end of this year. Nearly all of these 

lent figure for 2006 is due to the sale of the positions are among the company’s flying 

Mindpearl call-centre subsidiary at the end personnel, mainly in the cabin crew corps. 

of March 2006. SWISS had a workforce of SWISS was also pleased to see a new Col- 

5 651 FTEs on June 30, 2007 – over 300 lective Labour Agreement concluded in June 

more than at the end of 2006. These 5 651 with the pilots of Swiss European Air Lines 

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Turkey - Partner Country at the 15th MITT Moscow 

From 19 to 22 

March 2008 at 

the leading travel 

and tourist 

exhibition in Russia the focus will be on 

Turkey , this year’s partner country at 

the Moscow International Travel and 

Tourist Exhibition Mitt. Organized by 

ITE, the 15th Moscow International Travel 

and Tourist Exhibition Mitt will take 

place from the 19th to the 22nd March 

in Expocentr at Krasnaya Presnya. Turkey 

will take place at the fair with 1254 

sqm stand, promoting the country with 

Angkor International 

Tourism Exchange (AI- 

TEX) 2007 is a large 

tourism trade event in 

Cambodia that draws 

on co-operation between the Ministry 

of Tourism of Cambodia, APSARA Authority, 

Cambodia Hotel Association 

(CHA), and Cambodia Association of 

Travel Agents (CATA) and the private 

sector. The core objective is to promote 

tourism products such as tourist attractions, 

destinations, activities and services. 

The event supports those who are 

new faces in the tourism business. Particularly, 

tourism industry can take this 

opportunity to meet buyers through a 

During ITE HCMC 

2007, Vietnam 

National Administration 

of Tourism 

(VNAT) under the Ministry of Sport, 

Culture and Tourism – Vietnam, takes 

the lead to unveil the Jewel of the Mekong 

– Charms of Cambodia – Lao – 

Vietnam for the Three Countries One 

Destination (TCOD) promotion. The 

exhibition will be officially open by the 

3 Ministers on 5th October 2007 at 

Phu Tho Exhibition Centre, immediately 

after their Tourism Ministerial Meeting 

on 4 October 2007. VNAT will have a 

dominant presence at the 3rd presentation 

of ITE HCMC 2007 which will be 

held on 5-7 October 2007. Cambodia 

and Laos will have their own booth to 

unveil their charms together with 200 

sellers/exhibitors from 10 countries/ 

regions. ITE HCMC 2007 will be the 

largest ever with 140 booths to max 

over 500 travel companies. The stand 

will be located at newly opening Hall 

8, Saloon 1. Moreover, Russia will celebrate 

2008 as Turkey Culture Year. 

During 2008, several organizations 

promoting Turkey will take place in 

Russia. In 2008, more than 2700 companies 

from 110 countries and regions 

will participate in the exhibition. Mitt 

2008 is one of the biggest 5 travel 

exhibitions in the world and most important 

travel exhibition of Russia , CIS 

and Middle East countries. 

AITEX- Cambodia, 1-3 October-Siem Reap 

matching appointment system at a cost 

effective price. AITEX 2006 was extremely 

successful in attracting hosted 

buyers from all over the world, 75% of 

which came from Europe, America and 

Asia Pacific, demonstrating the wide 

audience that AITEX captures. In collaboration 

with Apsara Authority, Siem 

Reap Provincial Authority, Cambodia 

Association of Travel Agents and Cambodia 

Hotel Association, the Ministry 

of Tourism of Cambodia is proudly organizing 

the 2nd Angkor International 

Tourism Exchange (AITEX), which will 

take place from 01st – 03rd October 

2007 at Angkor COEX, Siem Reap- 

Angkor. 

VNAT Takes the Lead in ITE HCMC 2007 

out the hall capacity. With the strategic 

alliances with 8 international airlines 

90 international buyers have registered 

for the buyers’ programme. We expect 

120 international buyers from 24 countries 

by October. The partnering airlines 

are Vietnam Airlines, Eva Airways, 

Jetstar Asia, Korea Airlines, Philippines 

Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Qatar 

Airways and United Airlines. For the 

corporate buyers, there will be special 

progamme on 6 October. This will be 

followed by cultural and entertainment 

programme by the provincial DOT and 

foreign TPO cities on the public – consumer 

days (6-7 October 2007). A Caravan 

Group from Laos headed by Lao 

Association of Travel Agents will be at 

the Exhibition on 4 October in time for 

the Opening Ceremony on 5 October 

2007. Riding the high tourism demand 

for Vietnam, ITE HCMC 2007 will set a 

record in October 2007. 

PATA Travel Mart 2007 

As Asia Pacific travel and tourism 

grows, so does PATA Travel Mart. 

The Pacific Asia Travel Association 

(PATA) announced that better 

PATA Travel Mart 2007 (PTM07) 

will be be held in Bali, “Island of 

Peace” and “Island of the Gods”. 

PATA Travel Mart will be held in 

Bali International Convention Centre 

(BICC)- Indonesia at September 25-28 

Asia Pacific continues to enjoy rock 

solid year-to-date growth in arrivals of 

about 5% (so far) in 2006. It is no 

surprise therefore to find Asia Pacific’s 

premier business-to-business travel trade 

event, PATA Travel Mart, growing 

in tandem with the region. PTM06 

in Hong Kong celebrated record 

numbers -- 417 buyer delegates met 

with 336 seller organisations, which 

occupied a net floor area of 4,076 

square meters. PATA’s stringent buyer 

qualifying procedures have proven 

to deliver the right geographic and 

industry mix of quality buyers from 

key and emerging markets. This will 

be even further enhanced at PTM07. 

Returning sellers are rewarded with 

loyalty discounts of up to 15% on 

space costs, as well as priority booth 

locations. PTM07 in Bali promises 

to reward everyone who is serious 

about Asia Pacific travel and tourism:- 

*More scheduled business appointments 

*Additional onsite networking opportunities 

*An improved buyer-seller breakfast 

meet 

*Insightful educational workshops on 

exciting emerging markets 

*Newsworthy media sessions and PR 

opportunities 

*A chance to rediscover Bali and Indonesia.

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TTG Asia Media 

has launched a 

special commemorative 

book 

entitled “Treasures 

of our 

Journey – Comm 

e m orating 

Combined 25 Years of Excellence” to 

mark the 15 th anniversary of IT&CMA 

(Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings 

Asia) and 10 th anniversary of 

CTW (Corporate Travel World) Asia- 

Pacific.This commemorative book traces 

the development and growth of 

IT&CMA exhibition and CTW Asia- 

Pacific conference over the years and 

brings readers down memory lane. In 

line with this year’s theme of “Celebrating 

the Treasures of Asia”, it features 10 

“gems” of the host countries of IT&CMA 

and CTW Asia-Pacific namely, Hong 

Kong (IT&CMA 1993 - 1996), Malaysia 

(IT&CMA 1997 – 2001, CTW 

1998), Singapore (CTW 1999 - 2003) 

and Thailand (IT&CMA 2002 – 2003, 

IT&CMA and CTW 2004 - 2007).Pro- 

International Golf Travel 

Market (‘IGTM’), 

the world’s premier 

event focused on the 

golf travel market, will 

be celebrating its 10 th 

anniversary in Cancun, 

Mexico from 3 rd to 6 

th December 2007. 

With IGTM marking its 

first decade, Mexico is 

sure to provide the perfect 

host destination. Having grown steadily 

over the past few years, IGTM has become 

the first and only trade exhibition exclusively 

dedicated to the rapidly growing and 

increasingly profitable golf travel market. 

Testament to the host destination was its 

receipt of the International Association of 

Golf Tour Operators’ (‘IAGTO’) award, ‘Latin 

America & Caribbean Golf Destination 

of the Year’, in November 2006. In 2005 

Mexico’s golf travel sector generated an 

estimated US $400 million and attracted 

600,000 visitors. With over 155 first-class 

golf courses, including Nicklaus and Weiskopf 

designed courses, Mexico’s commitment 

to developing and expanding the golf 

market has been recognised by ABTA Golf 

Magazine , which described the destination 

as ‘number 1 with discerning resort golfers, 

with Los Cabos the prime hotspot’. Further 

proof of Mexico’s strong presence in the 

duced in an environment-friendly electronic 

version, this digital book will be 

hosted on the event website till the end 

of 2007, making it available instantly 

and virtually across borders and time 

zones. The electronic book is embedded 

with cutting-edge technology to 

recreate the page-flipping motion, simulating 

the reading experience of paperbased 

publications. It also contains 

multimedia contents - seen as pop-ups 

on the IT&CMA and CTW timeline and 

Hong Kong Tourism’s videos - to provide 

an interactive experience not found 

in physical books. Mr Darren Ng, 

Managing Director of TTG Asia Media 

Pte Ltd, shared the significance of the 

digital book, “ As we strive to continue 

to provide satisfaction, innovation and 

partnership to our customers, we would 

like to thank each and everyone for the 

support for the past 15 years . Forging 

forward, we sincerely hope that our 

customers and partners will join us and 

celebrate many more years of success 

together!” 

International Golf Travel Market will Celebrate A Decade 

of Success 

market is the US PGA Tour Mayakoba Classic, 

which was staged in the country in February 

2007. “We are very excited to mark 

the 10 th anniversary of IGTM in Mexico . 

The country has one of the highest concentrations 

of world-class golf courses including 

Cabo del Sol, which is listed as one of Travel 

& Leisure Golf’s top 100 golf courses 

in the world. With its fine hotels, excellent 

climate and fascinating Aztec history, Cancun 

will provide all the facilities needed to 

support an event of the magnitude of IGTM. 

We anticipate an exciting and productive 

show,” said Mark Walsh, Group Exhibition 

Director. Breaking away from the normal 

trade exhibition format, IGTM will feature 

pre-scheduled appointments with buyers 

selecting appointments with their chosen 

exhibitors amounting to over eight hours of 

pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings. In addition 

there will also be over three hours of 

dedicated free networking opportunities on 

the show floor each day Manuel Diaz Cebrian, 

Director of the Mexican Tourism Board 

in the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia, said: 

“We are delighted to host the 10 th edition 

of IGTM. We look forward to the show and 

to the opportunity to promote the true potential 

of Mexico as a top class golf destination 

to the international golf travel industry’s 

leading representatives. The show will also 

enable other Mexican cities and clubs to 

show their attractions.” 

Tourism Opens Doors for Women 

Tourism opens doors for women’ is the 

theme for the United Nations World 

Tourism Day which as each year will 

be celebrated on 27 September, the 

anniversary of the adoption of the original 

UNWTO statutes. Following on the 

‘Tourism Enriches’ theme in 2006, this 

year’s campaign highlights the opportunities 

that the sector offers for women. 

This year’s host nation for World Tourism 

Day is Sri Lanka . 

In the context of UNWTO’s Global Code 

of Ethics for Tourism, the Organization 

intends to join forces with UNIFEM 

(United Nations Development Fund for 

Women) to enhance further the role of 

women in tourism. The program will be 

prepared for World Tourism Day and 

launched in Sri Lanka. It will be reviewed 

annually through 2015, the year 

targeted by the UN to reach the Millennium 

Development Goals (MDGs). 

Together with the Sustainable Tourism 

Research Centre in Australia, UNWTO 

will launch a new dedicated website. 

www.tourismgender.com will focus its 

attention on the role of gender in tourism 

and how to enhance it, addressing 

women as agents of change in and for 

sustainable tourism. In order to increase 

public awareness of the interrelation between 

tourism and its beneficial role for 

women, UNWTO will launch an online 

photo contest to show women playing 

leadership roles at all levels within the 

sector. The 12 selected winners will be 

exhibited during the UNWTO General 

Assembly in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 

in November. “With Sri Lanka 

as the Host Country and planned celebrations 

around the world, UNWTO is 

launching this new initiative to show the 

achievements, opportunities and challenges 

for women in tourism”, UNWTO 

Francesco Frangialli announced. “By 

working closely with our sister Agency 

UNIFEM and using our Global Code of 

Ethics for Tourism as a framework, we 

believe we can help this industry make 

even greater contribution to the Millennium 

Development Goals. ”The promotion 

of gender equality, empowerment of 

women and the elimination of gender 

disparity in education is the third UN 

Millennium Development Goal to which 

the UNWTO is committed.

AH&LA Fall Conference, in 

Conjunction with IH/M&RS, 

Features Seminars, Tributes, and 

Networking 

The American Hotel & Lodging Association 

(AH&LA) is hosting its 2007 Fall 

Conference, in conjunction with the International 

Hotel/Motel & Restaurant 

Show® (IH/M&RS), the premier trade 

event for the hospitality industry, November 

10–13, at the Jacob K. Javits 

Convention Center in New York City. 

Each year, the IH/M&RS offers more 

than 30 educational seminars covering 

topics that are relevant and timely 

to the industry. The AH&LA Hospitality 

Leadership Forum , featuring a keynote 

address by political odd couple James 

Carville and Mary Matalin, is a special 

one-day educational session taking place 

on Saturday, November 10. In addition, 

speakers from across the industry 

who are experts in their respective fields 

and represent all facets of the business 

world discuss the forces shaping the 

future of lodging. The AH&LA Women 

in Lodging Council (WIL) is hosting, 

“A View From the Top,” on Monday, 

November 12. Speakers are top-level 

CEOs who can offer insight and their 

perspective about what it takes to succeed 

in the lodging industry. Following 

the keynote seminar is a WIL luncheon, 

“Life Coaching to Get Your Career on 

Track,” moderated by gender specialist 

Barbara Annis, which will provide attendees 

with personal mentoring to provide 

strategies to improve communications 

between the sexes. Other highlights of 

the Fall Conference include: 

Opening Saturday, November 10, and 

closing Tuesday, November 13, the 

Big Apple Silent Auction also benefits 

the work of AH&LEF. Attendees and 

the public can bid on more than 250 

incredible items, including high-end 

merchandise and vacation packages, 

in person at the Javits Center or online 

at www.ahlef.org. 

AH&LA members registering for the 

Fall Conference automatically receive a 

complimentary badge for the IH/M&RS, 

the premier trade event for the hospitality 

industry and the world’s largest showcase 

and exchange of industry products, 

trends, and developments. 

ITTFA Elects New Committee for 2007/2008 

The International Tourism Trade Fairs 

Association (ITTFA), elected a new executive 

committee at its annual general 

meeting in Stockholm at the end of 

June. Tom Nutley, Chairman of ITTFA, 

believes “this newly-formed committee 

will generate a greater depth of understanding 

amongst the member shows 

and provide fresh perspective and enthusiasm 

to the association.” “All appointments 

were aimed at strengthening 

the central administration of ITTFA and 

providing a firm base for the continued 

growth of the association across cultural 

and international boundaries”, he 

continued. Committee members begin 

their term of office this July and will 

remain in their respective roles until 

the next election at the AGM in June 

2008. ITTFA, which originally evolved 

from the long-standing ETTFA, moved 

from European to International status 

in 2005 so as to grow the association 

on a worldwide basis and offer benefits 

and opportunities to all travel trade 

shows regardless of their location. ETT- 

FA was established in 1992 and has 

been dedicated to raising its profile as 

an information source for the travel and 

exhibition industries since that time. 

Chairman of ITTFA, Tom Nutley, said 

that the association had come a long 

way in the past decade, recognising the 

huge changes in the travel exhibition 

industry brought about by the growth 

in emerging markets, technology and 

the recognition of the value of the industry 

in general. He added that since 

becoming an international organizati- 

eTravel-Congress 

2007 will be 

organized from 

September 6th 

to 9th in Antalya. The congress, which 

is organized by the Verband Internet 

Reisevertrieb (VIR) - the mouthpiece of 

the online tourism business - and Turkish 

Hotels Federation (TUROFED), 

will bring representatives of successful 

travel portals such as Expedia.de and 

on, they have welcomed on board new 

members from both East and West and 

have benefited from the insight these 

shows have brought with them. Johan 

F Lundberg, Exhibition Manger TUR, 

was elected as president of ITTFA. Nutley 

commented on the appointments, 

“TUR has been a long standing member 

of ITTFA and we are confident that 

Johan’s knowledge of the association 

coupled with his experience and enthusiasm 

within both the travel and tourism 

and exhibition industries will steer the 

association through another successful 

year.” Mr Lundberg commented on the 

role; “I am delighted to take on this 

prestigious role and look forward to a 

successful year ahead. We are continuing 

to broaden our membership base, 

particularly in the area of support and 

guidance for new and upcoming shows 

in less established markets and I personally 

look forward to welcoming members 

from all corners of the tourism exhibition 

world. The internationalisation 

of ITTFA is of value to all our members 

as we continue to explore new challenges 

and create more opportunities 

to share ITTFA’s vision and knowledge 

with a larger audience. As newly elected 

President, I look forward to working 

closely with all our members to achieve 

our goals.“Klara Tihanyi, Director of 

Utazas, Hungary , was elected Vice President. 

She commented, “I am looking 

forward to my new role in ITTFA and 

hope that I can contribute to the development 

of the Association as well as learning 

from other members on how we 

can make travel trade fairs easier and 

better for all our customers.”Fiona Jeffery, 

Managing Director, World Travel 

Market, continues as Media Relations 

Officer and will also take on the role 

of Treasurer whilst Zeljka Tomljenovic 

, of ITE Travel Exhibitions, continues as 

WTO Relations Officer as well as in the 

role of Membership Secretary. 

eTravel-Congress 2007 to be Held in Antalya 

hinundweg.com and Airliner such as 

Sunexpress to discuss directly with hoteliers, 

travel agents and representatives 

of the tourism press. 

The congress will take place in the convenient 

ambience of one of the most important 

European travel destinations at 

Adam & Eve Hotel in Belek, Antalya. 

For registration and more information 

visit www.e-travel-technology.com 

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Global Trends Report 2007 

The Internet has RedSkyIT, Rezgateway, SynXis, T I Info- 

now become a cortech Pvt Ltd, TouristWay Software Engi- Euromonitor International, the world’s 

nerstone of the traneering GmbH, Tourplan, TravelCLICK 

vel industry in Euro- Inc, TravelRes and WebSource Europe 

pe and the latest online tools, tips and Ltd. Here are some of the latest trends 

leading provider of global business 

intelligence on industries, countries 

trends will be on show in World Travel at WTM that indicate how things are 

Market (WTM)’s Technology & Online shaping up this year: Online booking 

Travel Sector at London ExCeL from 12- has really taken off 

and consumers, has teamed up with 

World Travel Market for the second 

15 November 2007. WTM will show- Environment concerns are making their year to produce the World Travel 

case the most recent advances in the mark 

digital world, in which online travel is Web 2.0 social networking sites are 

seeing explosive growth of 20% with flourishing 

Market Global Trends Report. 

The report will be presented on the first 

the sector predicted to be worth over Virtual travel is hot 

day of World Travel Market at ExCeL 

£33 billion in the European Union by Video blogging is storming ahead 

2011, according to Euromonitor Inter- Self-booking tools are saving 25% in 

national. “The Travel Technology and costs 

London on Monday 12 November. 

“Travel and tourism is a core area 

Travel Online section of World Travel Affiliate site sales are booming in bil- of research at Euromonitor Interna- 

Market was the first area to sell out”, lions 

said Fiona Jeffery, Managing Director, After Web 2.0, it’s now Travel 3.0 

World Travel Market, “a sure reflection Cellphones are being promised on plational 

and together we will bring to 

the industry’s attention the very latest 

of the enormous growth in the sector.” nes, and 

trends and developments. The report 

WTM‘s seminar programmes will be Travel pods are being installed in 

revealing the most recent online tra- shopping malls. 

vel developments to pinpoint how to Online booking goes stratospheric 

aims to assist travel companies and 

organisations with planning and in- 

use technology to maximize business In the UK alone, 17 million are using vestment, helping travel professionals 

advantage. “The message at WTM is the Internet to book all or part of main 

clear that all operators can get similar holidays online. Travel sites saw traf- 

trade results if they use technology corfic double in January this year, when 

make informed choices about business 

retention and expansion, “said 

rectly and spend wisely”, added Jef- Expedia and Thompson experienced World Travel Market’s Managing Difery.”. 

A sobering recent prediction by 60% rise in traffic showing how imporrector 

Fiona Jeffery. 

research analyst group, Gartner, is that tant online booking has become. Eye- 

enterprises will waste more than £50 forTravel research (2007) also found The report will cover key trends on 

billion on the wrong networking tech- impressive growth in online booking UK/Ireland, Western and Eastern Eunologies 

and services over the next five in Central and Eastern Europe . The 

rope, Middle East, North and South 

years, highlighting the need to get the period 2005/6 saw a 200% increase 

best advice at WTM this November. in online booking growth in the Czech America, Africa and Asia Pacific. 

“No one can deny how important the Republic with figures of up to 50% in Caroline Bremner Global Travel and 

Internet has become as a channel. In Slovenia and Slovakia.With over 200 

today’s fast-moving world people need million searches carried out monthly on 

answers about what will be the next the Internet that are specifically travel- 

Tourism Manager at Euromonitor said 

“Following the success and feedback 

must-have feature for travel sites so they related, travel domain names have had of last year’s presentation and report 

don’t get left behind, and WTM can major success too in becoming an ex- 

we are delighted to be working with 

provide these. “With a thriving Technotension to advertising and marketing 

logy and Online Travel sector and full plans 

World Travel Market again to help 

to bursting technology seminar prog- Major trends – environment & Web 

ramme, WTM can ensure that busines- 2.0 

ses will find what they need to succeed Two newer trends stand out. One is the 

exhibitors and visitors pinpoint the 

key trends and issues that will drive 

whether it be online, in the real world emphasis on the environment borne out the travel industry forward over the 

or in the virtual world. ”Technology by initiatives such as lastminute.com’s coming years.” 

and Online Travel exhibitors at WTM initiative to extend carbon offsetting 

Companies exhibiting at World Travel and WTM’s own World Responsible 

The report will be presented by BBC 

Market’s Travel Technology and Online Tourism Day. The second is Web 2.0, World’s Thalia Pellegrini, currently 

Area includes : Bewotec, Biznet Soluti- which emphasises the Internet’s role in presenting the station’s Fast Track 

ons, boo.com, CodeGen Ltd, Comtec, the travel industry. As consumers have 

Conrad Advertising, E-Clear (UK) PLC, begun to feel overloaded with infor- 

travel programme covering both busi- 

FastBooking, Final Quadrant Solutions mation and increasingly turned off by ness and leisure travel stories from all 

Ltd, GlobeTrack, G-rez, Hexaware advertising and marketing, the rise of 

Technologies Ltd, Hostelsclub.com, Consumer to Consumer (C2C) marke- 

Intracom IT Services, JohnHenry.net, ting through the use of Web 2.0 has 

over the world. She has also reported 

for BBC Holiday programme tackling 

Nozio - Internet for tourism (Netplan), been unstoppable. 

the topics of avian flu in Thailand and 

Open Destinations, Open Hospitality, 

‘voluntourism’ in Tanzania.

Penang Matta Fair 

Penang Matta Fair was held between June 29- wan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, India with country promotion 

July 1. Opened ceremony given by Penang stands and stands of outgoing tour operators.This year Matta was 

Tourism Director Muhamad and Malaysian surpass last year’s record number of visitors which was 41,000. 

Association of Tour and Travel Agents-MATTA- Last year, the fair achieved RM25million (app. US$7.5 

Penang Chapter Chairman Ann G.H. Tan and million) in sales and the organizers hoped to sur- 

they hit the gong together. The Penang Matta pass RM30million (app. US$10 million) this year. 

Fair breaks a record with 73 exhibitors taking up 291 booths. The fair, which was supported by Tourism Malaysia and Malay- 

Exhibitors were mostly from neighbor countries; Singapore, Taisia Airlines, opened to public on the last two days of the event. 

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he city of Bursa, southeast sou southeast utheast of the Sea of Marmara, Marmara Marmara, lies on the and after walking w wwalking 

through a district of old houses you reach the Yildirim 

lower slopes of Ulud Uludag (Mt. Olympos of Mysia, 2443 meters). Beyazit Mosque (1391). 

The city derives its ts nname 

from its founder King Prusias, of Bith- Now make your wayto Cumhuriyet Square (known locally as heykel) 

ynia. Its previous s ant antique name was Prussa ad Hypium. It sub- and stroll along Ataturk Avenue to koza park where outdoor cafes are set 

sequently came under Roman, then Byzantine rule before falling to Orhan among flowers and fountains. At the back of the park, a long building, the 

Gazi in 1326, when it become the first capital of the Ottoman Empire. Koza Han (1490), houses the silk cocoon trade. From here you proceed 

Many important Ottoman buildings remain. 

to the covered bazaar area, with its narrow streets, caravanserais and 

Known as “Green Bursa”, the city is filled with gardens and parks and bedesten. On the other side of Koza Park satnds one of Bursa’s oldest 

overlooks a verdant plain. It is at the center of an important fruit gro- religious buildings, the Orhan Gazi Mosque, built in 1413. Nearby is the 

wing region. Bursa was and is still famus for its peaches, silk trade, towel large Ulu Mosque, constructed in the Seljuk style. 

manufacture and thermal springs. Make a point to try the locally-created A finely carved walnut mimber (speaker’s platform) and impressive callig- 

Iskender Kebap, a dish of bread, tomato sauce, strips of grilled meat, melraphic panels decorate the mosque. The sadirvan (ablutionary fountain) 

ted butter and yogurt. Candied chestnuts are another regional speciality. lies uncharacteristicly within the mosque itself under the ceiling of twenty 

A tour of the city beginsin the eastern section at the Yesil turbe (Green domes. 

Mausoleum). Set in a garden and distinguished by its exterior paneling Walking west from the Ulu Mosque you arrive at Hisar, an old and pic- 

of tiles, the mausoleum holds the tiled cenotaph of Sultan Mehmet 1. turesque quarter of Bursa. In the park that overlooks the valley are the 

Across the street, the Yesil Mosque of 1424 relects the new ottoman, mausoleums of Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire and his son 

as opposed to Seljuk, aesthetic. A medre- 

Orhan rha Gazi, who commanded the army that 

se nearby complates the complex and is 

conquered nq Bursa. The cafes of the Tophane 

also home to the Ethnography Museum. 

offer fer a good place to stop for refreshment. 

Before exploring this area, stop for a glass 

It ne nearby Ressamlar Sokak (Painters’ Stre- 

of tea in one of the traditional tea houses. 

et), ), local l artists work in the open air. At the 

Going uphill, to the east, you pass by the 

Yildiz di Park Tea Gardens in the Muradiye qu- 

Emir Sultan Mosque in its delightful setting 

arter, ter 

you get a superb view of the Muradiye

complex. complex The compound, compound in a tranquil park-like park like setting, setting contains 

the Mosque of Sultan Murat II (1426) built in the style of the Yesil 

Mosque and the tombs of Murat II, Sehzade Cem and Sehzade 

Mustafa. These contain some of the loveliest decoration and tile 

work. The nearby Ottoman House Museum is in a restored 17th 

century dwelling that provides an interesting glimpse into the lives 

of wealthy Ottomans. 

Other places of interest in Bursa include the Culture Park with 

the Bursa Archeological Museum and the Ataturk Museum on the 

road to Cekirge. 

The western suburb of Cekirge has been known since Roman 

times for its warm springs rich in minerals. Many modern hotels 

have thermal bath facilities or you can also visit the old hamams. 

Yeni kaplica (New Spring) was built in 1552 by Rustem Pasa, the 

Grand Vizier Suleyman the Magnificent. 

The Eski Kaplica (Old Spring), built on the site of the original 

Byzantine baths, is the oldest bath. The karamustafa Pasabaths 

are reputed to have the best hot mineral waters in the area. Buildings 

of interest in Cekirge include the Mosque and Mausoleum 

of Murat I and the tomb of Suleyman celebi, areligious poet. 

The monument to Karagoz commemorates the character whose 

humorous antics are immortalized in Turkish shadow puppet theater 

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Tourism Malaysia Istanbul Office to learn Turkish. 

organized a dinner at Istanbul PM Bundan added that 

Restaurant to present its new direc- they will work to 

tor; Saidi Bundan. Speaking at the strengthen tourism 

dinner, Saidi Bundan said that he ties between Turkey 

is really liked Istanbul and will start and Malaysia. 

VMY 2007 to Be Extended to Aug 31 2008 

The Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2007 will be extended to Aug term solution to the problem. Other measures include postpo- 

31 next year under the “One Golden Celebration” campaign, ning some major events. “One of them is the Malaysian Inter- 

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor national Space Adventure. We’re trying to push it to the end of 

said. He said this was to capitalise on the country’s 50th Mer- the year or early next year to enable more visitors to come in,” 

deka celebrations starting Aug 31 which should be a year- he said. Meanwhile, Tengku Adnan urged budget hotel opelong 

affair. More major events would also be organised during rators to install safety features such as emergency exits at their 

that period, he said. “I have mentioned this to the Cabinet a premises and also register their businesses with the authorities. 

few months ago but have yet to officially propose it,” he told “There’re about 3,000 unlicensed budget hotels nationwide. 

reporters after opening the Food and Hotel Malaysia 2007 We’re working to get them registered with the local councils. 

exhibition here. On the reported shortage of hotel rooms in We can’t be harsh on them because they also provide rooms 

Pahang, Langkawi, Sabah and Kuala Lumpur , he said that at for tourists,” he said when asked to comment on a recent fire 

a meeting earlier today, key industry players had agreed to at a travel lodge here. 

encourage new players to build more hotels to provide a long- 

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Penang and Malacca will enjoy between 10% and 30% incre- Lyon in France, Venice in Italy, Fez in Morocco and Istanbul in 

ase in tourist arrivals when the two cities make it onto the world Turkey that had been listed as UNESCO world heritage sites 

UNESCO heritage listing. Heritage expert Laurence Loh said experienced rapid growth, said Low. UNESCO assessor Prof 

the projected increase was based on the progress in other sites David Lung, a Hong Kong-based university lecturer, will be in 

accorded the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul- Penang from Aug 28 to 30 to assess the proposal. Prof Lung 

tural Organisation (UNESCO) heritage status. “We will see is a member of the International Council of Monuments and 

an influx of tourists. However, the main idea is not to promote Sites (Icomos). 

tourism per se but to promote the culture and living heritage to World Heritage Centre, World Heritage Bureau and World 

the world,” he said. Other advantages included better econo- Heritage Committte, will evaluate Prof Lung’s assessment bemic 

returns, new business opportunities and prestige, he said. fore making a final decision. State Tourism Development and 

Loh said this during a media briefing on the proposed UNES- Environment committee chairman Teng Chang Yeow said the 

CO World Heritage Listing For George Town at City Hall in state would work hard on this matter until it achieved its aim. 

Penang. Loh, an architect, presented a paper on “What does Penang was prepared on all aspects, including future transpor- 

it mean for Malacca and Penang to be listed?. Places such as tation linkages to secure the bidding, he said. 

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Malaysia is now among the preferred golfing destinations in (WAITGC) held in Kuching, Rosli Reshid said the rising number 

the region following an aggressive promotion and publicity of tourist arrivals in Malaysia every year was a strong indicati- 

blitz for the past few years. Malaysia Tourism Promotion Boon that the government was on the right track in promoting the 

ard (MTPB) Assistant Director Rosli Reshid Mohamed Saini said sport. Meanwhile, the WAITGC secretariat said in a statement 

that in some cases, golfers who had played in Malaysia had that the sixth leg of the WAITGC played at the Damai Golf 

returned with their families not to play golf but to spend their and Country Club at the Sarawak Golf Club on July 11 and 

vacation in this country. Speaking at a news conference on the 12. It said 32 teams took part, including teams from Australia, 

sixth leg of the World Amateur Inter Team Golf Championship Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Pakistan. 

New, Bigger LCCT to be Built in KL 

A new and bigger Low- new LCCT and for immediate allocation for the expansion of 

Cost Carrier Terminal for the current LCCT which will soon reach its maximum capacity. 

the KL International Air- “The new LCCT will take three to four years to complete while 

port will be built in three the current one would be converted for some other use,” he 

to four years’ time as the said, adding that low-cost carrier AirAsia would be operating 

current LCCT is nearing its the new LCCT. The current LCCT, built at a cost of RM108mil 

full capacity of 10 million started operations in March last year. Among the expansion 

passengers a year. The plans for it are work on the arrival and departure lounges, 

new terminal with the ca- and the carpark. He said the plan for the new LCCT would be 

pacity to accommodate finalised in a month. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong 

30 million passengers a year will be located closer to the main Choy, who was present at the meeting, said the current LCCT, 

terminal. The Express Rail Link services, which were initially which was designed as a warehouse, would be converted into 

planned for the current LCCT would not proceed, as it would a cargo terminal when the new LCCT starts operating. He said 

be connected with the new LCCT later. Deputy Prime Minister although the Government anticipated the current LCCT would 

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced this after chairing the reach maximum capacity soon, they had to build it first befo- 

Cabinet Committee Meeting on Public Transportation. He said re they could plan the bigger LCCT. Najib also said that the 

the current LCCT would undergo further expansion to increase Transport Ministry was taking steps to address complaints by 

its capacity to accommodate 15 million passengers annually. the disabled community that RapidKL and Rapid Penang buses 

“The Cabinet committee had agreed to the construction of the were not disabled-friendly despite their earlier appeals.

In the heart of Asia lies a land of many cultures, wonders and 

attractions. As well as a spectacular collection of architectural 

landmarks reflecting a multicultural heritage. In Kuala Lumpur, 

for example, the ultra-modern Petronas Twin Towers 

loom magnificently over the classic Moorish-style old 

Railway Station. Where is this land, 

so picturesque and breathtaking? 

It can only be Malaysia, Truly Asia.

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WYSTC Konferans› 3-5 Ekimde'de ‹stanbul’da 

Dünya Gençlik Turizmi Örgütü 

WYSTC'nin toplant›s›, 3-5 Ekim 

2007 tarihlerinde ‹stanbul'da 

yap›lacak. ‹stanbul, 2006 Kas›m 

ay›nda yap›lan elemelerde Fransa'n›n 

Nice, ‹sviçre'nin Cenevre ve ‹rlanda'n›n 

Dublin kentleri ile yar›flt› ve 

konferansa ev sahipli¤i yapmaya hak 

kazand›. Avrupa seyahat 

endüstrisinin Gençlik turizmine 

yönelik geliflmeler ve yeni politikalar› 

k›sa ad› WYSTC olan World Youth and Student Travel Conference- Dünya 

Genç ve Ö¤renci Seyahetleri Örgütü'nün ‹stanbul'da yapaca¤› toplant›da 

de¤erlendirilecek. Türkiye'de de üyeleri olan WYSTC konferans›nda; dil, 

çal›flma kamp›, kültürel de¤iflim gibi gençlere yönelik tur düzenleyen 400 flirket 

ve kurulufltan 900'e yak›n kat›l›mc›n›n yer alaca¤› tahmin ediliyor. Konferans 

ayn› zamanda bir tür gençlik turizmi fuar› olarak da ‹stanbul Lütfi K›rdar Kongre 

ve Sergi Merkezi ile Hilton Kongre Merkezi'nde yap›lacak. Konferans ‹ntra Tur 

taraf›ndan organize edilecek 

Türkiz Hotel'de Sonbahar Sürprizi 

1 Eylül - 10 Ekim '07 tarihleri aras›nda 

Türkiz Hotel'i tercih edenler, unutulmaz 

bir tatile sahip oluyor. Türkiz 

Hotel'in sonbahara özel tatil f›rsat›; '4 

gece 5 gün konaklama', 'yat gezisi' ve 

eflfliz Thalasso Center'›nda yaflanacak 

bir günlük 'Thalasso Harmony' 

paketinden olufluyor. Thalasso 

Harmony paketinde; sonsuz rahatlama 

hissi veren Poseidon hidromasaj 

banyosu, elma çay› veya taze meyve 

suyu ile dinlenme odas›nda rahatlama 

ve s›rt masaj› yer al›yor. Akdenizin 

kendine özgü güzelliklerini doyas›ya 

yaflamak, Thalasso Center'da yenilenerek güne bafllamak ve yaz›n son tatil 

f›rsat›n› en iyi flekilde de¤erlendirmek için, Türkiz Hotel tüm s›cakl›¤› ile konuklar›n› 

bekliyor. Kifli bafl›, günlük sadece 65 EURO ödeyerek, bu harika tatile 

sahip olabilecekler. 

Dedeman Otelleri 

'Special Hotels of the World' Üyesi 

Dünyadaki birinci s›n›f otellerle ilgili 

kurulufllardan biri olan Great Hotels 

Organisation, Dedeman Istanbul, Dedeman 

Ankara, Dedeman Antalya Hotel & 

Convention Center, Dedeman Bodrum ve 

Dedeman Cappadocia Hotel & 

Convention Center'›n art›k 'Special Hotels 

of the World'un birer üyesi oldu¤unu 

aç›klad›. 'Special Hotels of the World' üyesi oteller, sunduklar› eflsiz sat›fl ve 

pazarlama imkanlar› ve verdikleri üstün hizmet kalitesiyle konaklama sektöründe 

tüm dikkatleri üzerlerine çekiyorlar.'Special Hotels of the World' 

üyeli¤i, art›k bir marka olmufl otellerin Great Hotels Organisation taraf›ndan 

davet edilmesiyle gerçekleflmekte. Bu kapsamda, 'The Special Hotels' markas›, 

birinci s›n›f otellerin kurumsal (ifl gezisi ve toplant›lar) ve bireysel misafirlerini 

yak›ndan ilgilendiririyor. 'Special Hotels of the World' üyeli¤i ile y›llard›r 

sürdü¤ü eflsiz hizmet kalitesi tescillenmifl olan ve Türkiye'nin en yayg›n oteller 

zinciri olarak faaliyetlerini sürdüren Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International 

bugün, hizmet kalitesi ve çeflitli konaklama imkanlar›n› de¤iflik co¤rafi noktalarda 

marka ve misafir sadakati aç›s›ndan buluflturuyor. 

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manzaras›yla konuklar›n› a¤›rl›yor. Galatadan. Topkap› Saray›na kadar uzanan 

‹stanbal’un eflsiz manzaras›n› özellikle turist grublar›n› büyülüyor. Alakent 

menüsüyle ö¤le saat 12:00 gece 01:00’e kadarhizmet veren lokanta gruplar 

için ise özel fiyat seçenekleri ve ayr› salonlar› ile hizmet veriyor. 

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Türkiye, Mitt 2008 Fuar›nda 'Partner Ülke' oldu 

Türkiye, Moskova' da düzenlenen ve 

dünyan›n en büyük turizm 

fuarlar›ndan birisi olan MITT 2008 

Fuar›'na partner ülke oldu. Türkiye, 1254 m2 alan ve 500 ' den fazla firmayla 

fuar›n en büyük kat›l›mc›lar› aras›nda yer al›yor. ‹STANBUL - Türkiye, dünyan›n 

en büyük ve en önemli turizm fuarlar›ndan birisi olan MITT 2008 fuar›nda ilk 

kez uygulanacak olan “Partner ülke” ünvan›yla yer alacak. Fuar, 19-22 Mart 

2008 tarihleri aras›nda 15. kez Moskova' da düzenlenecek. Rusya, BDT ve 

Orta Asya Ülkeleri' nin en büyük turizm fuar› olan MITT 2008, ayr›ca dünyan›n 

en büyük ilk befl turizm fuar› aras›nda yer al›yor. “Partner ülke” ünvan›n› alan 

ilk ülke olan Türkiye, 500 ' den fazla kat›l›mc› firmayla fuara damgas›n› vuracak. 

ITE Group PLC. taraf›ndan organize edilen fuarda ayr›ca; T.C. Kültür ve 

Turizm Bakanl›¤› 1254 m2 alanda yer alacak . 19-22 Mart 2008 tarihleri 

aras›nda Expocentre' da düzenlenecek fuara rekor say›da kat›l›m gerçeklefliyor. 

15. y›l› organize edilen fuar; 2700' den fazla firma, 100.000' den fazla ziyaretçiye 

ev sahipli¤i yapacak. Dünya Turizm Örgütü (UNWTO), Uluslararas› Seyahat 

ve Turizm Fuarlar› Birli¤i (ITTFA) üyesi olan MITT 2008, UFI (Uluslararas› 

Fuarlar Birli¤i) taraf›ndan da onayl› fuarlar aras›nda yer al›yor. ‹lk partner ülke 

olan Türkiye, ayr›ca Expocenter' ›n yeni aç›lan Pavillion 8.Hall 1 no' lu salonunun 

tamam›nda yer alarak bir ilke daha imza atacak. T.C. Kültür ve Turizm 

Bakanl›¤›, genifl bir heyetle MITT 2008 fuar›nda yer alacak. Konuyla ilgili 

görüfllerini belirten Moskova Kültür ve Tan›tma Müflavirimiz Sn. Nermin 

Batmaz; Türkiye' nin Rusya Federasyonu' nda önemli bir destinasyona sahip 

oldu¤unu belirtti. Batmaz ; “Türkiye'yi bugün yaklafl›k iki milyon Rus turist 

ziyaret etmektedir. Do¤al ve tarihi zenginli¤imizi görmeye ve dinlenmeye 

gidenlerin say›s› her y›l artmaktad›r “ dedi. 

2008 - “TÜRK‹YE KÜLTÜR YILI” 

Turistlerin memnuniyeti ile iki ülke aras›ndaki sosyo-kültürel ve dostluk 

iliflkilerinin artmas›na ivme kazand›rd›¤›n› belirten Batmaz, 2007 y›l›n›n 

Türkiye'de “Rus Kültür Y›l›” olarak kutland›¤›n›, 2008 y›l›nda da Rusya'da 

“Türkiye Kültür Y›l›” kutlamalar› gerçeklefltirilece¤inin belirtti. Köklü tarih ve 

kültürel miraslar›n sahipleri olan iki komflu ülkenin turizm iliflkilerinin daha uzun 

soluklu olaca¤›n›n alt›n› çizen Batmaz, MITT- 15. Moskova Uluslararas› Seyahat 

ve Turizm Fuar›' n›n, Rusya turizm pazar›n›n ne kadar aktif ve dünyaya aç›l›ma 

yönelik enerjisi oldu¤unu göstermesi bak›m›ndan önemli bir organizasyon 

oldu¤unu söyledi. 

Swiss'in Kâr› Beklenenin Üzerinde 

1 Temmuz 2007 tarihinde Lufthansa taraf›ndan hisselerinin tamam›na sahip 

olunan Swiss International Air Lines, 2007'n›n ilk yar›s› için 295 milyon ‹sviçre 

Frank'l›k (244.8 milyon USD) kâr elde etti¤ini aç›klad›. Bu rakam bir sene 

öncesinin dört kat›n› oluflturuyor. fiirketin CEO'su Christoph Franz „Bu yüreklendirici 

yar› y›l baflar›s› bizim stratejik hamlelerimize olan inanc›m›z› 

pekifltirmektedir“ dedi. Franz ‚''Bu sonuçlar bizim beklentilerimizin üzerindedir. 

Lufthansa ve Star Alliance Toplulu¤u ile birleflmenin getirdigi iflbirli¤i yolcu ve 

kargodaki talep art›fl›n› da beraberinde getirmifltir. ‹kinci çeyrekteki kâr art›fl› ise 

72 milyon ‹sviçre Frank'›ndan 177 milyon ‹sviçre Frank'› olarak kaydedilmifltir. 

Yar› y›l operasyon geliri yüzde 16.6'l›k bir yükseliflle 2.3 milyar Isviçre Frank'›na 

ve operasyon kâr› da 98 milyon Frankt'tan 285 milyon ‹sviçre Frank'›na yükselmifltir. 

Böylece ikinci çeyrekteki yüzde 16.1'lik 1.22 milyarl›k ‹sviçre Frank'› 

kâr, iflletme faaliyetlerinden (EBIT) elde edilen kâr›n 75 milyondan 163 milyon 

‹sviçre Frank'› artmas›n› sa¤lam›flt›r. ‹lk yar›da yolcu say›s› yüzde 13.4 art›flla 5.7 

milyona, doluluk oran› ise 1.1 puan artarak yüzde 78.8'e ulaflm›flt›r.'' sözleriyle 

bilgi verdi. 

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5. Mövenpick Golf Cup 

‹stanbul'un ilk butik ifl oteli Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul, 

22 -23 Eylül 2007 tarihlerinde, ‹stanbul Golf Kulübü 

Maslak Tesisleri'nde 200 kiflinin kat›laca¤› bir golf turnuvas› 

düzenleyecek. 2 gün sürecek turnuvada 

bayanlar 2 erkekler ise 3 kategoride yar›flacak. Ayr›ca 

senior kategorisi de düzenlenecek. Her kategorinin ilk 

üç derecesine ve gross birincisine kupalar› akflam 

saatlerinde, Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul Skyline Club 

Lounge'da düzenlenecek olan ödül töreninde verilecek. 

Ödül töreninin ard›ndan gerçeklefltirilecek olan 

çekiliflle bir flansl› oyuncu, Swiss International Airlines 

ile gidifl-dönüfl uçak bileti, ‹sviçre'nin kayak ve golf 

merkezi Crans-Montana'da ücretsiz oyun hakk› dahil, befl y›ld›zl› bir otelde iki 

gece iki kiflilik konaklama kazanacak. Kupalar›n d›fl›nda dereceye girenlere 

Bitez'de bu yaz hizmete giren Mövenpick Resort Bodrum'da süit odada, 3 

gece kahvalt› ve akflam yeme¤i dahil konaklama, Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul'da 

haftasonu konaklama, AzzuR'da akflam yeme¤i, brunch ve çikolata masaj› gibi 

çeflitli hediyeler de verilecek. 

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Yöneticiler 

• Ingiltere'de yaflayan Rus Abramoviç Türkiye ve K.K›br›sta yeni otel yat›r›mlar› icin araflt›rma 

yap›yor. 

• Edip Araç MNG Turizm Grubunun Genel koordinatörü oldu.. 

• Prof. Ahmet Emre Bilgili ‹stanbul Kültür ve Turizm müdürlü¤üne geri döndü. 

• Gülçin Güner ALTID baflkanl›¤›na seçildi. 

• Tijen Günyol 1 Ekimde aç›lacak Dedeman fiile genel müdürlü¤ünü üstlendi. 

• Görkem Bolat Holiday Inn Istanbul City Sat›fl ofisinde göreve bafllad›. 

• Bülent Kayapehlivan Türkiye Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts sat›fl ve pazarlama direktörü olarak 

göreve bafllad›. 

• Banu Dedeman Dedeman Turizm Yat. A.fi. de sat›fl ve pazarlama direktörlü¤ünü üstlendi. 

• Tamer Yürüko¤lu Dedeman Turizm Yat. A.fi. as Operasyonlar direktörlü¤üne atand›. 

• Kerem Demircan yeni aç›lan Taksim-Istanbul'daki Mid-Town Otel genel müdürlü¤üne atand›. 

• Ömer Subafl› Sheraton Istanbul Maslak genel Müdürlü¤ünü üstlendi. 

Havayollar› 

• Delta havayollar› JFK-Manhattan aras›nda helicopter servisi baslatt›. 

• SunExpress, Ramazan'da %30 indirimli. 

• Lufthansa ile ABD 31.Mart tarhine kadar promosyonlu ve 1 Eylül - 30 Kas›m 2007 tarihleri 

aras›nda Türkiye'den Paris'e uçacak yolcular 25.- Euro de¤erinde; New York'a uçacak yolcular ise 

50.- Euro de¤erinde hediye ceki kullanabilecekler. 

• Bulgaria Air Istanbul ucuslar›na bafllad›. 

• THY Ramazan ay› boyunca 79.-YTL lik promosyon uyguluyor. 

Acentalar 

• Otel platformu www.hangiotel.com ziyaretçilerine özel K›br›s fiyatlar› sunuyor. 

• Geo Tourism Valikonagi Caddesi, Sair Nigar Sok. No. 1 D. 6 Ceylan Palas Apt. Nisantasi - 

Istanbul adresine tafl›nd›. 

• VIP Turizm Mastercard ile ortaklafla Lux turlar organize ediyor. 

• OTI Rus pazar›nda büyümeyi sürdürüyor. 

• Galileo Türkiye acentalar için yeni bir al›flverifl sistemi bafllatt›. 

Tesisler 

• Merit Crystal Cove Hotel'in çeflitli otlar ve sebzelerden oluflan geleneksel K›br›s yemekleri özel 

bir mönüsü büyük ilgi görüyor. 

• Hilton Ad›yaman, Aksaray gibi Anadolu flehirlerinde oteller açaçacak. 

• WOW Otellerinin yeni halkas› 4 ve 5 y›ld›zl› iki tesisle Istanbul Yeflilköy de aç›ld›.Tesisler ayr›ca 

Istanbulun en büyük kapasiteli Kongre merkezine de sahip. 

• Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul bir kez daha Avrupa'n›n en iyi oteli seçildi. 

• 2008 de Antalya Belek'de 2.tesisini açacak olan Cornelia ‹stanbul da da bir tesis açmay› 

planl›yor. 

• Robinson Club Çamyuva ''Singles'' parileri büyük ilgi çekiyor. 

• Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia aç›ld›. 

• ‹stanbul'un il t›p oteli Byotel aç›ld›. 

• Divan 3 otelini Pendik'te açacak. 

Fuarlar 

05-07 La Cumbre-Ft.Lauderdale 

08-16 BTF-Busan 

15-23 Wellness-Bremen 

17-18 BIT-Lima 

01-03 AITEX-Seam Reap 

05-07 ITECHMC - Ho Che Minh 

10-12 Travel Mart-Kiev 

17-20 Tourism-Sofya 

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Eylül 

20-22 TT - Varflova 

21-23 JATA/TTF-Tokyo 

25-27 IT&ME fiikago 

26-28 Leisure-Moskova 

Ekim 

18-21 ITF-Bükrefl 

23-25 TTF-Taflkent 

24-27 Tur Salon - Poznan 

24-28 ABAV-Rio de janerio

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