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TURKEY - Tolerance, Thermal, Textile, Tourism
Turkey leads the four important T's and invites the world to enjoy
them at thier places of origin.
Konya for the Mevlana and Tolerance, Thermal Sources in mid
Anatolia, Textiles especially at Buldan and Tourism as a means of
sharing these with the citizens of the other countries.
We have Gonul Paksoy as our cover story; "From Collection to Creation" is the title that
describes her perfectly. The way she gives life to old fabrics makes her creations
unique; the owners are so privileged to use her creations. I still do not have one but
hope to have some divine creation sometime soon. Is it fashion? no, it is design and fabric
that has a past life that came to life again to be present on a living being of this time.
You have to be fit and pretty to carry these clothes, therefore Thermal Sources of
health abundant in Anatolia are the places to visit for Wellness. We have this under the
Health is Wealth section as "Salus per Aquam" . This was written by Dr. Kazim Besirli
of Istanbul University. Details of the cities in Anatolia that have Thermal Sources and
the sicknesses they cure can be found in this section.
Meet at Cazz has an important Cultural event taking place under the patronage of the
Australian Embassy and Australian Turkish Businessmen. Nicole and her Quartet will
further strengthen the cultural ties between Turkey and Australia.
Fly and Sail has the Gallipoli Yacht Rally organized by Teki Dalton. The First Anzac Cove
Yacht Rally was organized by him, TORC General Manager Cahit Uren and myself in
2001. This rally is under the Patronage of the Turkish Ambassador to Australia.
The ANZAC commemoration is on the 25th April at Gallipoli and April is the month of
remembrance for those nations that were in the war. The flowers of peace, culture,
understanding and friendship have blossomed after the flowers of blood. The Gallipoli
Yacht Rally and the Concert are the new fruits of these flowering hopes for the future.
Meet the Oriental Carpets has the 11th ICOC Conference at Istanbul. 19-22 April is the
date of the conference at the Swisshotel Bosphorus. This International Conference on
Oriental carpets was established in 1976 as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated
to advancing the understanding and appreciation of carpets and related textiles.
The conferences are held every four years.
Turkey Tourism Targets 2007-2023 by Kate Clow summarizes the Tourism Summit at
Antalya.
Unique, exciting, crossroads of culture, ideas and trade, exotic, healing the body and
spirit, TURKEY.
Alternative ideas in Tourism and their applications will be the cover story in our next
issue. It will be full of new developments in alternative tourism in Turkey.
CONTENTS
06 News Line Turkey
24 Meet at Exhibitions
26 News Line World
33 Meet at Jazz
34 Health & Wealth (Salus Per Aquam)
37 Fly and Sail (Gallipoli Yacht Rally)
38 Cover Story (Gonul Paksoy From Collection to Creation)
41 Meet the Oriental Carpets
44 Meet at Culture (Meet at the Biennial)
46 Incentive Destinations
50 Destination Managament Companies
Sevil ÖREN

NEWS LINE TURKEY INCENTIVE MAGAZINE
Turkey to Host Winter Universiade 2011
The International University Sports Foundation
(FISU) decided to hold the "Winter Universiade
2011" games in Turkey. Competing with the
Slovenian city of Maribor in the bidding process,
eastern city of Erzurum was entitled to host the
World University Winter Games in 2011. FISU's decision was announced by
the foundation's chairman George Killian in the Italian province of Turin .
The Turkish delegation in Turin, attended by Turkish State Minister and
Deputy Premier Mehmet Ali Sahin, appreciated FISU's decision to select
Erzurum as the host city for the games. After a harsh competition with the
Slovenian city of Maribor in the bidding process, Sahin stated that they were
successful because they were better prepared this time, compared to the
city's previous candidacy in 2005. Sahin said the FISU members were
impressed by their presentation, in which they even established a live
broadcast from Palandoken district of Erzurum in order to show the snowfall
to the viewers. "We are very happy because of such decision. The real
work starts now. We will fulfill our responsibilities as the state, government,
governorship and municipality from now on. We will organize the
World University Winter Games in the most successful way," Sahin
stressed. Sahin added that the total cost of World University Winter Games
is expected to be 123 million USD. "I believe the games will contribute to
social and economic life in the neighbourhood. There will be investments.
We, as the state, government, local governments and businessmen will
come together and share these expenses. I believe Erzurum will be one of
the most popular tourism centers in the world. I can say that we undertook
an organization that will also affect the neighbouring cities," Sahin commented.
On the other hand, "Summer Universiade 2011" will be hosted by
China, FISU stated.
Akdamar Church Monumental Museum Inaugurated in Van
Akdamar Church monumental museum that
is restored by Turkish Culture & Tourism
Ministry was inaugurated with a ceremony in
the eastern city of Van, on Thursday, March
29. Turkish Culture & Tourism Minister Atilla
Koc, Armenian Deputy Minister of Culture
Gagik Gyurjan, Mufti of Van province Osman
Artan and the Patriarch of Turkish
Armenians Mesrob II, were among the state
officials and foreign guests who participated
the inauguration ceremony. Director General
of Cultural Properties and Museums Orhan
Duzgun informed the participants about the
restoration works carried out in the 10th century Armenian church - now a
monumental museum. Mesrob II who delivered a speech at the opening
ceremony, said the church building is a very powerful symbol of a culture
that has contributed the Anatolian history for 3 thousand years. Mesrob II
stated that this event is considered to be a very positive development in
Turkish - Armenian relations. In his speech, Mesrob II suggested holding
annual religious ceremonies in Akdamar, in order to create a dialogue
environment between two societies. Turkish minister Atilla Koc opened and
toured the museum. Koc answered questions regarding Mesrob II's offer
about holding religious ceremonies in the Akdamar Church Monumental
Museum saying he would communicate the patriarch's offer to related parties.
He added that his mission, as the Culture & Tourism Minister, is to
restore and prepare such constructs and continued "it is the Ministry of
Interior Affairs who will make such a decision." On the other hand
Armenian deputy minister Gyurjan said the restoration works are very well
done. He noted that it would be better for the tourism if the border gates
between two countries were open. The 10th century Armenian Church is
located on the small island of Akdamar 3 kilometers off coast in Lake Van.
Built during the years 915-921 and commissioned by King Gagik I of
Vaspurakan Kingdom, the construct has an interior measuring 14.80m by
11.5m and the dome reaching 20.40m above ground. The building underwent
a restoration by the Turkish Government between May 2005 and
October 2006. The restoration works costed 2.6 million YTL.
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Ministry to Restore Turkey's Historical Sites
APRIL’07
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced plans to restore the
"lifeblood" of dozens of historical sites across Turkey with projects ranging
from restoration, reconstruction, street rehabilitation and conservationoriented
public works.
This year there are 150 planned projects, of which 129 will be completely
new, in 50 cities across the country. According to the Anatolia news agency,
nearly YTL 38 million has been set aside for the Cultural Treasures and
Museums General Directorate for the 2007 fiscal year. The money will go
to a variety of projects, ranging from repairs and restoration to environmental
conservation projects. There are already 39 projects currently
under way for the "development of the protection of historical areas,"
including restoration . Work is under way in 28 cities across Turkey, including
Konya, Kars, Tokat, Malatya, Adiyaman and Bursa. Included in restoration
plans for this year and 2008 are Konya's Mevlana Tomb; madrassas in
Karatay, Sircali and Ince Minareli; the Patara parliamentary building in
Antalya; the Muradiye and Mazlumaga hamams in Kars; Karaman Castle;
the old Bor Church in Niğde; and Tokat Castle. At Adiyaman's famous
Nemrut Mountain, plans to carry out a reordering of the area, including
assessing the state of the ruins, bringing in missing equipment, carrying
out geological research and drawing up plans for environmental and structural
preservation are under way. Similar projects have been started in
Nevsehir-Urgup, Kars-Ani and Afyonkarahisar. Historical sites in Gallipoli,
Diyarbakir and Istanbul, as well as the Muradiye tombs in Bursa will be
assessed in a separate project. Also slated for restoration in 2007 are
Ankara's Roman baths and its Temple of Augustus . A special category initiated
by the Culture and Tourism Ministry is the Castle and ramparts
repair project. This category will include Kov Castle in Gumushane, Ankara
's Kalecik Castle, Rize's Zilkale Castle, Gaziantep Castle and Sinop Castle .
Included in the repair and exhibition project for Ataturk's homes category
will be the Congress building in Sivas, Ataturk House in Tokat and Ataturk
House in Sakarya. Turkish monuments, buildings and sites outside Turkey
will also benefit from the effort to restore historical sites. According to the
ministry, the Sultan Fatih Mosque in the Albanian city of Durres, the
Suleymaniye Mosque compound in Syria and the Gulbaba Tomb in Hungary
will also be restored over the coming years, with some of the projects not
slated to be completed until 2010. An effort to restore historical cemeteries
of Selcuk Turks as well as Ottoman religious architecture will include
six different cemeteries, tombs and mosques this year, with sites in Bitlis,
Kayseri, Van, Bursa, Konya and Osmaniye slated for work. In addition to the
new projects announced by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, there will
also be ongoing work on projects started in the past, including restoration
efforts for the historical city of Ani outside Kars as well as work on the
Ishakpasha castle in Agri-Dogubeyazit. Work will also proceed in
Capadoccia for a development plan for conservation in the area, while the
old hospitals in Istanbul 's Tesvikiye and Gulhane districts continue to be
restored. In Trabzon, the Sumela Monastery will also continue being
restored. With controversy arising from time to time about the state of
Turkey 's museums, the ministry has also announced the allocation of an
additional YTL 3.2 million for security systems as well as for the purchase
of essential computer equipment.
European Marine Congress in Istanbul
The 38th Convention of The Mediterranean Science Commission will be
held in Istanbul from April 9th to 13th. The congress will be officially
opened by Prince Albert II of Monaco. More than 1,000 scientists from 40
countries will participate in the congress, which will cover impact of global
warming on world seas. Tsunami, climate changes, sea pollution, fishery,
sea transportation, Turkish straits, pollution in Black Sea and protection of
seas will also be discussed at the congress. High-level EU executives are
expected to attend the congress. With its 23 member countries, the
Mediterranean Science Commission, based in Monaco, support several
thousand marine researchers, applying the latest scientific tools to better
understand, monitor and protect Mediterranean Sea.

NEWS LINE TURKEY INCENTIVE MAGAZINE
2007, Russian Culture Year in Turkey
Culture and Tourism Minister
Atilla Koç announced that 2007
would be Russian Culture Year,
and said that the aim of his
ministry was to successfuly
promote the cultural field as
much as the tourism sector.
To this end, it has been decided
that 2008 would be Turkish
Culture Year in Russia. Koç
said that the interaction in the
cultural field between the countries will also help to strengthen relations.
Russia's Culture and Mass Communications Minister Aleksandr
Sergeyeviç Sokolov said it was very important for his country that Turkey
would organize Russian Culture Year activities. Sokolov visited Turkey two
weeks agp for the declaration of 2007 as the Russian Culture Year in
Turkey. Sokolov reported the basic principles of activities to be held in 2008,
the “Year of Turkey” in Russia, had been determined and a concrete program
would be clear before the end of 2007. However, throughout 2007 the
Russian Culture Year will be celebrated with various activities in many
cities like Ankara, Istanbul , Izmir, Trabzon and Manisa. Noting that the
declaration of 2007 as “Russian Culture Year” in Turkey had positive repercussions
in Russia, Sokolov explained what Russian people expect from the
“Year of Turkey” in 2008: “This is a very important event for our country.
Russian people already know that a country, which organizes such an activity,
will bring together the best artists , that's why there is a lot of interest
in the activities.” The protocol for the Turkish Culture Year will be signed on
April 12.
Turkey's Promotion Film on CNN and BBC
Turkey's new promotion film has started to
be broadcast on world-wide known TV
channels CNN International and BBC
World. "We will focus on the utilization of
international media, as well as Turkey's
promotion in international organizations
this year," officials of the Turkish Ministry
of Culture and Tourism noted. In this
framework, the promotion film started to
be broadcast on BBC World from the
beginning of January. The channel will show both the 60-second and 30second
versions of the film for 504 times throughout 12 weeks. On the other
hand, the film will start to be shown on CNN International's broadcasts in
Europe, Africa and Middle East this month. CNN Domestic, a TV channel
that broadcasts in USA, will also display a 40-second version of the film.
The film will be shown on CNN 693 times till the end of May. Turkey's promotion
film can also be watched at the Turkish Ministry of Culture and
Tourism's website, sources said.
Love of Continents in Istanbul
Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism will promote Istanbul as the "Love of
Continents", said ministry executives. A romantic film will be shot with the
contributions of the ministry to promote Istanbul, and be shown in the
countries where Turkey runs a promotion campaign including Britain and
the United States. In the film, two lovers will pass through historical and
cultural heritage of Turkey and meet on the Istanbul Strait (Bosphorus).
According to the executives, meeting of two lovers on the Bosphorus Bridge
represents the conjugation of East and West. The executives underlined
importance of meeting of the lovers over the hands of a bishop and the
whirling dervishes, and noted that this emphasizes the tolerance and motto
of Mevlana. Meanwhile, a royal boat from the Ottoman era, ancient city of
Ephesus, remains on Nemrut Mountain, Trojan horse, Hittite Sun, a clergyman
from the Byzantine era and a janissary are some of the historical heritage
highlighted in the promotion film.
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APRIL’07
Turkey in Bid to Become World's Thermal Tourism Spot
Turkey is set to become a thermal
tourism destination as a
result of a thermal tourism master
plan by Culture and Tourism
Ministry. The project aims to
highlight Turkey as a major
health and thermal destination
of world by 2023. Senol Aydemir
of the ministry said a thermal
tourism master plan was prepared
as part of “Turkey Tourism
Strategy 2023.” “The ancient
regions of Troy, Phrygia and
Aphrodisias are among the regions planned to be thermal destinations.
Regional tourism potential will be strengthened and developed in these
spots,” he said, adding, “In these regions, alternative tourism facilities
including thermal institutions in particular, golf, nature sports and water
sports, will be developed.” “The aged population in Europe, our target market,
has increased. If we attract this population to Turkey, thermal tourism
in Turkey can span over 12 months. Thermal tourism provides constant
employment and there is also a high demand for it internal tourism as
well,” he noted.
Thermal tourism regions:
Overall 25 tourism destinations in four regions were identified as thermal
and culture tourism development destinations as part of the master plan
according to which Southern Aegean thermal tourism region include Aydin,
Denizli, Izmir and Manisa; Southern Marmara thermal tourism region covers
Balikesir, Çanakkale and Yalova; Phrygia thermal tourism region
Ayfonkarahisar, Ankara, Eskisehir, Kütahya and Usak; and the Central
Anatolia thermal tourism region Aksaray, Kirsehir, Nevsehir, Nigde and
Yozgat. These provinces were identified due to the fact that they aren't only
promising spots in terms of their thermal sources but also for their cultural
and natural assets as an easily accessible centers. The master plan has
two legs and at first works will be carried out to determine the geothermal
features and tourism resources of the thermal centers as well as develop
their tourism potential and technical infrastructure. The ancient and
underground cities as well as historical and natural treasures nearby will
also be utilized for tourism. Some alternative 14-day tour programs have
been prepared for tourists who come to these tourism centers in order to
enable them to spend their free time in the best way. Second step will be
for reconstruction development plans and details of investments.
Short, medium and long term plans:
The master plan anticipates Turkey to be a major health and thermal
tourism destination in the world by 2023. The ministry has short, medium
and long term plans in this sense and a 50,000 bed capacity is planned to
serve between 2007-2012 in short term while 100,000 bed capacity between
2012-2017 in medium term and 500,000 between 2017-2023 in long run. A
thermal tourism council consisting of universities, nongovernmental
organizations as well as institutions operating in the field of thermal
tourism will also be established in implementation of master plan.
Thermal-oriented fairs and workshops are scheduled in Europe, Middle
East, Black Sea and Scandinavia . Turkey ranks seventh in world and first
in Europe in terms of geothermal potential. Stretching over an important
geothermal zone, Turkey is home to more than 1,500 geothermal
resources with chemically rich thermal waters. Many spas have been built
in Anatolia since the ancient ages with the discovery of healing qualities of
natural thermal waters. The historical and cultural assets used to exist
nearby these thermal sources, which thus highlights Turkey as an important
spot for health tourism as well as culture and sea-sand-sun tourism.
The need for thermal treatment increases for Europe, Turkey 's target
market in thermal tourism, due to the aged population of Europe . There is
an intensive demand for thermal treatment especially from Northern
Europe and Scandinavian countries where rheumatism-related disorders
are common due to the climate conditions.

NEWS LINE TURKEY INCENTIVE MAGAZINE
By:Kate Clow
New direction in Tourism?
The Turkish Tourism Ministry is taking a major step towards professionalising
tourism investment, marketing and promotion. Last weekend,
Antalya Valili¤i summoned 500 Turkish tourism professionals to a
conference at the Cornelia Hotel in Belek, where several working
groups tackled the key bottlenecks to the upgrading of tourism. Louis
de Cabrini of the World Tourism Organisation outlined the accelerating
expansion of tourism - more and more tourists are spending more and
more money. But then he added the sting in the tail - 'all the future of
tourism is uncertain'. In view of climate change, 'expansion can not
continue indefinitely' and finished with a plea for more sustainable and
accountable tourism. Ignoring his words, local representatives of the
hoteliers took to the floor, begging for a pre-election bribe - a reduction
in VAT in their sector, a concession on social security payments for
the employees they keep on through the winter, release of Forestry
land, more money for promotion. No recognition of long-term pressures,
and definitely no plans. Vural Oger, now a member of the
European parliament, having cheapened Turkish tourism, now tried to
regionalise it. Quoting the example of Palma, Majorca, he pointed out
how the city had been transformed, and was being marketed as a stylish
destination. Senol Aydemir of the Tourism Ministry Investment Unit
presented the first part of a master tourism plan taking us as far as
2013. It included nine cultural districts based on past civilisations -
Hittite, Troy, etc, 17 tourism cities, 30 golf courses, four districts designated
for eco-tourism, and three districts for year-round tourism. All
these districts and regions were to be linked by 'corridors' with exotic
but meaningless names - the silk route corridor, the olive corridor.
Evidently no-one in the ministry has heard of the European concept of
Cultural Routes. Sustainable tourism, the protection of the natural
environment or even the supply of water for all the golf courses was
not considered. The principle of diverting tourism revenues into the
hands of local providers was not mentioned. Later conversation
revealed the plan as being a re-hash of a two-year-old document,
which even the Ministry considers out of date. Turkey is the 9th biggest
earner from tourism in the world - and we have no better plan than
that? A year ago the Minister, Atilla Koç, speaking in Antalya, promised
us a new plan within a year - it's now clear he meant the start of work
on a new plan within a year. The Prime Minister took the floor.
Speaking fluently without notes, he made clear his disapproval of highrise
development, and approval of traditional rural architecture. He
commented on coastal pollution, saying that, as seen from a helicopter,
coastal water was coloured like a rainbow with discharged wastes.
He pointed out the function of tourism in exposing cultures to each
other, as an essential step to world peace. He listed this government's
cultural accomplishments, which have contributed towards a diversification
of tourism - the restoration of many monuments, Mevlana year,
a national library, international inter-schools competitions, and the
major IMF conference in Istanbul. Exhorting the audience to work consistently
harder, he made no promise on VAT or other concessions.
And finally a warning, that tourism should be subject to the same legal
processes as the rest of the country, and that shoddy building and environmental
damage are not acceptable. An Israeli colleague murmured
his admiration, whispering 'I couldn't imagine an Israeli Prime Minister
being able to talk on tourism like that.' After lunch, the conference
split into working groups on promotion, investment, internal tourism
and education. The one on promotion was vociferous enough, with
pleas for Turkey to be marketed on one hand, as a strong brand image
(like Macdonald's) and on the other hand, with more focus on specific
target groups. Dr Ali Alp kept tight control, pointing out that brand
marketing was not appropriate as Turkey's brand came out looking just
like Spain or Greece. The final briefing called for a commission, funded
by a levy on the sector, which would promote Turkey as a sustain-
Turkey Tourism Targets 2007-2023
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Hulya Aslantas-Universal Tourism-, Temel Kotil-Turkish Airlines- & Sevil Oren
able product using best technology. I wasn't able to attend the meetings
of the other two groups - the investment meeting was raucous and
quarrelsome, and the conclusions, while making the usual nods to
sustainability, took little heed of the World Tourism Organisation warning.
They also made a plea for tax concessions and subsidies for development.
And the internal tourism made pleas for improved transport, help with
investments and subsidies. In spite of this fractious start, the Ministry
personnel went back to Ankara with many ideas, having clarified their
own internal position and learned to look at themselves from outside.
With a follow up conference on eco-tourism planned in a couple of
months time, we can look forward to a series of quite different investment
and marketing initiatives proceeding from Ankara.
Özgür Özaslan - Head of the Promotion department - worked very hard
for the success of this conference.
Dr. Ali Alp, now of TOBB, talks to Veysel Yurdakul, whoco-ordinates EU
tourism programmes

NEWS LINE TURKEY INCENTIVE MAGAZINE
APRIL’07
Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention & Exhibition Centre
10th Year
Serving to the tourism sector as the only convention International Convention and Exhibition Center supports our tourism sector
centre of Turkey since 1996, Istanbul Lütfi Kirdar invaluably.
International Convention and Exhibition Center hosts Hosting national and international congress with high participant numbers,
multi-purpose congress' and organizations with its 26 and being located at the centre of the city within the walk distance to 5-star
� halls including 2000 audience capacitated “Anadolu hotels, Istanbul Lütfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center
Auditorium” and Rumeli Fair and Exhibition Hall, which is serving as the is celebrating its 10th year nowadays. With the renovation works hold in its
“Largest Ballroom of Istanbul” since 2000. BORSA Restaurant, which serves various halls, Istanbul Lütfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition
selected menus from Turkish Cuisine with an ideal service conception up to Center will carry on serving with its new stylish face to congress and exhibi-
5000 participants, is also a supplemental element of the Center with its 5tions through its concept changed congress and foyer halls and modern,
star wining and dining service.
Being in a professional team spirit and thoroughness, Istanbul Lütfi K›rdar
minimalist exhibition areas.
International Convention and Exhibition Center's young, dynamic and professional
personnel works within the perfectionist mentality to carry the CONGRESS AND PARTICIPANT NUMBERS BETWEEN 1996 - 2006
“congress tourism” to the place it deserves in our country. The goal of the
center is to represent our country in and outside, with its modern technical
equipments and well-educated personnel and to execute the desired and
YEAR
1996
CONGRESS PERSON
3 25.000
dreamed glorious organizations.
1997 5 4.500
Holding congress like NATO Congress, The Organization of the Islamic
1998 8 11.950
Conference (OIC), OECD, International Union of Journalists, International
Union of Architects (UIA), 31st European Society for Medical Oncology
Congress (ESMO), 17th World Congress of Accountants with great success,
Istanbul Lütfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center also
arises the trust to Istanbul as a destination. With this arisen trust, our country's
congress quota also rises and we get more congress from 4500 annual
congresses world-wide each year. Therefore, Istanbul Lütfi Kirdar
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
9
22
23
20
21
13
17
11.050
24.350
25.050
19.550
24.950
20.000
34.500
2006 29 42.850
TOTAL 243.750
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EXPECTED CONGRESS AND PARTICIPANT NUMBERS BETWEEN 2007 - 2012
YEAR CONGRESS PERSON
2007 24 28.750
2008 30 41.000
2009 17 54.000
2010 12 21.500
2011 11 19.500
2012 4 15.900
180.650

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The
Story of Turkish Coffee
450 Years
When Özdemir
Pasha, the
Governor of
Yemen,
discovered the
wonder of
coffee 450 years
ago, he brought
coffee beans
back with him
to Istanbul.
Tahm›s Sokak
Almost at once
coffee houses began
to spring up in
Istanbul, and the
drink even gave its
name to one of
the city’s streets,
Tahmis Sokak,
the Street of the
Roasted Coffee Bean.
To Ven›ce and Marse›lles
The fame of Turkish coffee soon spread to Europe –
first to Venice, then to Marseilles – and from there
to the rest of the world.
Süleyman A¤a
The French acquired the taste for Turkish coffee
above all from the Ottoman Ambassador to Paris
Süleyman A¤a, a legendary raconteur.
1871
Kurukahveci Mehmed Efendi was established in
1871. Today the company is still bringing the world
the inimitable tase of delicious Turkish coffee.
135 Years
From the first
sip, it is the
taste of
pleasure,
of memories,
of friendship…
A taste
unchanged in
135 years.
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Turkey's First Sea-View Golf Course to Open in September
LykiaLinksGolf, which is designed
by the world famous architect
Perry O. Dye for the Lykia Group in
Antalya and is Turkey's first golf
course with a sea view, will be
opened in September. The group,
which invested 60 million euros in
the golf course and LykiaWorld
Antalya Hotel that is still under
construction, will open the hotel in
June. The Lykia Group held a press conference, attended by the world
famous architect Perry Dye, to introduce LykiaLinksGolf. Dye, who noted
that he was a third-generation member of a family that designed nearly 300
golf courses around the world, said, “LykiaLinksGolf is a very important
investment for Turkey because there is no such facility in the
Mediterranean. I expect that this golf course will be one of the best 100 golf
courses in the world. I accepted Lykia Group's proposal without any hesitation
because the project made me excited. Believe me that even my
father did not design such a golf course .” He said the golf course would be
opened in September, adding that they expected that 3,000-5,000 games
would be played during the 2007 season. Lykia Group Executive Board
Chairman Burhan Silahtaroglu said, “We, as a group, have initiated many
things. We brought a hot air balloon to Cappadocia and caused paragliding
to spread in Fethiye. Now we plan to establish a big library. That's why we
ask our customers to leave their books. We already have 1,500 books but
our Turkish customers have so far left only four books.” Silahtaroglu said
there would be sections for everyone's pleasure in LykiaWorld Antalya
Hotel, adding, “In line with the hotel's architectural structure, our guests
will be able to spend their night in one of five or six places. It will be hard
for people even to see each other in the 1,200-person capacity hotel.” He
said the group's turnover was 24 million euros in 2006, and that with the
new facilities, the group's bed capacity would reach 4,100. He said they
would employ 800 more people with those investments.
Bursa Bird Paradise on Sale
The owner of the "bird paradise" in north-western city of Bursa's
Karacabey town has put the paradise on sale. The "bird paradise" has
more than 1,000 birds from 50 different species. Owner Mustafa Bilgic said
that he dedicated his life to the birds, trees and plants in the paradise for
the past 35 years. "In 1972, I arrived at Uluabat Lake near Karacabey and
noticed that the people living there were not much concerned about the
environment and its protection. Having seen the damage caused by the residents
at the Uluabat Lake, I decided to establish a 'bird paradise'," said
Bilgic. Bilgic underlined that "after purchasing a land near the Uluabat
Lake, I decided to create a 'bird paradise'. I have sacrificed a lot to preserve
the paradise. I received bad treatment from some people...my trees were
cut and I got beaten at times." "My wife and I expected to receive support
by the government and people living in the region. But no one noticed or
paid attention to what we established. We welcomed many people, including
Polish, Dutch and French visitors at the paradise. Having not received
any support from the government, I decided to sell the paradise," stressed
Bilgic. Bilgic has not announced the price he wants for his "bird paradise"
yet.
Bid for Golf Courses and Hotels in Didim
Three companies have applied for the allocation
of golf courses and hotels around Didim.
Three companies applied for the lands allocated
by Ministry of Tourism for building a
golf course and five hotels. There were no
applications for the other provinces (Isparta,
Izmir- Çesme, Kars, Kayseri, Usak and
Yozgat) in which allotments were made by the ministry for touristic purposes.
It attracted attention that all the three applications were for Didim. The
names of the applicant companies and their bids have not been disclosed.
It was stated that the results of the bids, which were submitted to the ministry
by closed envelope open tender, would soon be announced.
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Belek to Offer More Golf Pleasure for Tourists
APRIL’07
The Mediterranean
coastal town of Belek is
not only a popular and
enchanting holiday
resort but also an ideal
place for year round golf
tourism. Six new hotels
and four golf clubs are
planned for the area at
the end of the year.
Belek Tourism Investors Union (BETUYAP) Director General Sami Türker
Orçun said no more land was available in Belek to be utilized for tourism
purposes and the areas in which new holiday accommodations and golf
clubs are to be constructed were allocated a few years ago. He said six new
hotels would be built, adding, “There are currently six golf clubs in Belek
and four more golf clubs will be opened this year. Belek will thus be converted
into a tourism resort with hotels along the seaside and surrounded
by golf clubs with green fields behind the hotels.” Emphasizing the fact that
these kinds of new investments had a positive contribution on employment,
Orçun said the projected establishments would also increase the number
of tourists coming to the district. He said promotion was essential and as
the union they participated in important international fairs and planned a
series of workshops in Germany and Russia. Meanwhile, while the occupancy
rate in 21 hotels, which were open in January, became 46.3 percent,
some hotels even increased their occupancy rate to 93 percent. Belek
attracted 830,494 visitors in 2006 including 603,089 foreign and 227,405
domestic tourists, luring most visitors from Russia with 208, 930 followed
by Germany with 180,047. While June, July and August were the favorite
months for Russian tourists; German tourists came to the area mostly in
April, May and October. Overall 35 hotels with a total 34,700-bed capacity
are currently operating in Belek and this number will increase with the
opening of six new hotels, which will have a total bed capacity of 7,200.
Golf in Belek:
With the opening of four golf clubs, there will be 10 golf clubs in Belek by
the end of the year. Tourists played golf nearly 1.4 million times between
1995-2006, while last year around 55,000 tourists played 220,123 times.
March, April and November were the most popular months for golf
tourism. A true paradise for tourists on the shore of the Mediterranean in
the midst of pine forests, Belek is one of the most prominent and popular
centers of Turkey's tourism industry and is as such home to around 35
four-star or five-star hotels as well as many other accommodation, services
and entertainment facilities. Belek is a developing golf center in Turkey.
In planning the golf courses, architects took into account the preferences
and expectations of European golfers. In Belek, the perfectly landscaped
golf courses present a wonderful panorama while providing golfers with
excellent competition.
There are daily, even hourly tours from all resorts and holiday villages near
the golf courses and bookings are available via these tours and clubs. The
golf courses and temperate climate enable individuals and groups to play
throughout the year. Records show over 300 days of sunshine annually for
the region. The Kursunlu Waterfall is a place worth visiting in Belek. The
hidden cave at the back of the waterfall is a popular place for visiting. Near
Belek there is the Hellenistic city of Perge and the great amphitheater of
Aspendos that can still hold over 15,000 spectators. Belek is also a bird
paradise and there are over 100 species of bird living there.
German Die Welt Praises Night Life in Istanbul
The German newspaper Die Welt published an article on Istanbul March 10
and praised its night life. Aside from historical and touristic attractions,
Istanbul is an important city that provides exciting night life, said Die Welt.
"Istanbul is a city often visited for its palaces, mosques and museums.
However, it is a city that could be labelled as a city of parties, concerts and
fashion." Meanwhile, Turkish tourism authorities in Berlin kicked off a publicity
campaign whereby public buses in Berlin and in some other German
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Accor Opens Ibis and Novotel in Istanbul
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the opening ceremonies
of two Accor Hotels in Istanbul. Erdogan said that Turkey's peaceful,
stable atmosphere was attracting foreign investors. 4-star Novotel
Istanbul Marmara Hotel is opened its doors on March 11. The hotel is located
at the Zeytinburnu. The hotel has 208 “Novation room” and 6 “Novation
suites”. The hotel has also 5 meeting halls with a total of 225 pax capacity,
business center, broadband internet at rooms, and wireless internet
access inside the hotel. Novotel Istanbul Marmara Hotel's health club
offers guests to be fit at its fitness center and healthy at sauna and steam
bath. Other amenities of the hotel are; outdoor swimming pool, Nov'Ist
restaurant, Nov'Ist Bar and room service. Ibis Istanbul Marmara is also
opened at Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul. Both guest rooms of Ibis Istanbul
Marmara and Ibis Eskisehir that will be opened in April are decorated with
Ibis' Coquelicot Concept. The guestrooms are decorated for maximum
comfort of guests including plasma TV and broadband internet. You will
find more service that you can find in any other 3-star hotel.
Dubai to Invest $5 Billion in Istanbul
Dubai Holding property
unit Sama Dubai made
a winning bid of $705
million in a tender for
land in Istanbul's thriving
business district
where they plan to
build a major business
and leisure complex.
The winning bid gave a
fresh boost to Turkey's
real estate market,
which has been booming
on the back of strong economic growth and foreign interest. Sama
Dubai bought the land from the Istanbul municipality, which previously
used it as a bus station, and will now turn it into the " Dubai Towers"
complex. The real estate covers 46,241 square metres. Wednesday's deal
was the second major real estate tender in Istanbul this month. Two
weeks ago Turkish conglomerate Zorlu made the highest bid of $800 million
for 96,500 square metres of land in a nearby district of the city. "We
will now focus on our Dubai Towers project, the first step in our planned
real estate projects amounting to a total $5 billion," Sama Dubai
Chairman Farhan Faraidooni said in a statement.
Sama Dubai had announced in October 2005 it would invest in this real
estate in partnership with the Istanbul municipality, but later decided to
enter the tender on its own. It said the choice of Turkey for one of its
largest international projects was a reflection of its confidence in the
growth potential of the Turkish economy and its strategic position as a
global business, trade and tourism centre.
The company also has projects in Qatar, Casablanca, Dubai, Bahrain and
Oman. Based on a subsequent calculation by the tender commission the
local currency price of the land was 980 million Turkish lira plus 176.4
million lira in VAT. The city's mayor, Kadir Topbas, said the price would
be paid in cash.Sama Dubai had also made the highest bid of 840 million
lira ($602 million) in the first written round of the tender, which was
shown live on Turkish television.
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Meetings at Sarikamis Toprak Hotel
APRIL’07
Sarikamis Toprak Hotel located in Northeast Turkey is wellcoming winter
break holiday around 85-90 percent of occupancy. Sarikamis Toprak Hotel
is one of the newest ski resort hotels of Turkey opened September 2005.
Hotel has largest conference and meetings halls in Eastern Turkey
Conference and Meeting Halls
Meeting Halls : The Ball Hall 'Sarݍam' of 500 persons which is divisible into
two sections, and five meeting halls.
Meeting Equipment :
Barcovision (20 m_ curtain), video, overhead projector, dvd, simultaneous
translation rooms, plasma screen, mobile vocalization system, sound &
light room, projector, and chart.
Sar›kam›fl Toprak Hotel also offers all kinds of activities which shall relax
you out of the daily exhaustion, and add new colors to your life. You can
swim at indoor and outdoor swimming pools with the background of unique
natural views. You can also enjoy fitness center, Turkish bath, massage
services, solarium, jacuzzi, and squash facilities.
Susesi deluxe Resort & Spa to Open in May
Susesi de luxe Resort & Spa will open its
doors in May 2007. The hotel which is 35
km from Antalya Airport is located in
Belek district within the natural beauty of
Mediterranean setting. The resort has a
total of 600 rooms, 2 king suites, 4 junior suites, 20 senior suites, 46 triplex
suites, 30 connecting rooms, 4 disabled rooms, 479 standard rooms, 24
lakeside villas, and 2 special villas. All rooms will have a direct telephone
line, piped music, a balcony, mini-bar, safe box, internet connection, central
air-conditioning, bath, hair-dryer, Jacuzzi, and piped music and a telephone
in the bathroom. Susesi de luxe Resort & Spa has 4 outdoor swimming
pools of 3700, 2000, 1250, and 400 sqm in size. The resort also has two
indoor heated pools. Guests can also enjoy the sun, sea and sandy beach at
the resort's 270m long private beach. The hotel other than its main restaurant,
has 6 A la Carte restaurants where cooking is considered an art form.
The restaurants will have Turkish, Italian, Mexican, Japanese, Chinese and
seafood meals. The Spa center which covers an area of 4000 sqm houses a
beauty center, Far Eastern rehabilitation center, massage rooms, two
Turkish baths (one for VIP guests), eight VIP massage rooms with jacuzzi
and Turkish baths and saunas. The resort has 8 meeting rooms with state
of the art technical equipment. The largest meeting room is 2000 sqm and
the smallest is 40 sqm. There is also a 3500 sqm foyer area for corporate
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Turkey's Top 10 Culture Venues
Culture centers provide accessible
art opportunities for all people of a
country. They are no doubt inevitable
parts of the arts and allow people to
meet national and international talents
and masters in all fields of the
arts. Daily Hürriyet asked a jury the
places, which make the greatest
contribution to Turkey's culture.
Culture centers in Istanbul, declared
as the 2010 Cultural Capital of Europe, are dominant in the list. Here are
the Top 10 culture venues in Turkey.
TOP 10:
1. Atatürk Cultural Center - ISTANBUL
2. Aksanat - ISTANBUL
3. Bilkent Music Faculty Hall - ANK
4. Yapi Kredi Culture Center - ISTANBUL
5. Diyarbakir Culture Center - DIYARBAKIR
6. Besiktas Culture Center - ISTANBUL
7. Mersin Culture Center - MERSIN
8. I s Art & Culture Center - ISTANBUL
9. Caddebostan Culture Center - ISTANBUL
10. Cemal Resit Rey - ISTANBUL
Istanbul to Host World Mayors' Summit
The 4th World Mayors' Summit will take place in Istanbul on April 12th and
15th. Releasing a statement, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality said that
United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon, Spanish Industry,
Commerce & Tourism Minister Joan Clos and Greek Health & Social
Solidarity Minister Dimitrios Avramopoulos were expected to attend the
summit as speakers. Istanbul will host 196 mayors from several countries
and CEOs of 24 international organizations during the summit. The summit
will end with a final declaration.
24th International Ankara Music Festival
24th Ankara International
Music Festival featuring
24 performances by
renowned artists and
ensembles from 12 countries
is scheduled to run
from April 4 to 30 in
Turkish capital Ankara.
Festival that is organized
by Sevda Cenap And
Music Foundation will
host artists from Spain,
France, the USA, Austria, Sweden, Russia, Germany, Israel, UK, Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus and Uruguay, as well as Turkish artists. The
opening of the musical festival will be made by Hacettepe (University)
Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by 19 year old Russian violin Sergei
Dogadin. Bilkent (University) Symphony Orchestra will give the closing concert
of the festival. The festival program includes performances by the
Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Alexander Rudin, and
the legendary Paco de Lucia Sextet. Renown radio band from Britain "The
Voice of BBC Singers", the gospel community from the USA "Sweet Honey
in the Rock", "Paco de Lucia" and his band, and "Abba Gold" that carries on
the legend of Abba, are also included in the festival program. French artist
Georges Moustaki and his band who are known for their songs that are also
translated in Turkish, will be among the guests of the 'nostalgia concerts.'
Tickets for the 24th Ankara International Music Festival, are on sale at
www.biletix.com. Detailed information about the festival will be available at
www.ankarafestival.com
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Meptur Awarded at M&IT Industry Awards
APRIL’07
Meptur Tourism is awarded “2007 Silver Award” in the Best Destination
Management Company category at the Meeting and Incentive Travel
Industry Awards in London on the 19th of February.
Winning this award on the 30th Anniversary year of Meptur made it even
more significant and brought additional joy and pride to all its members.
The M&IT Industry Awards are voted by the readers of the "M&IT" Magazine
which is considered to be the events industry's oldest, best established and
most prestigious magazine. It is through the results of a truly democratic
process where thousands of industry professionals, both from trade and
end user corporations, vote for their favorite suppliers from all around the
world and recognize excellence.
Tomruk Ozden, President of Meptur Tourism Inc. stated their gratefulness
to all members for their continued support which has been a source of
inspiration and motivation for the MEPTUR team in creating and executing
events with the sole objective of exceeding the expectations of their partners
year after year.
Barcelo Choose FTNNEWS Best in Turkey
Barcelo Hotels organized a special dinner at Barcelo Eresin Topkapi Hotel
in Istanbul. Starting with a cocktail, the night continued with dinner. At the
night, best travel agencies according to their performances were honored
by an award.
Focus on Travel News (FTNNEWS) is awarded by the Best Online English
Tourism Newsletter Award. Ozgur Tore, Managing Editor of FTNNEWS
received the award from Barcelo executives. Istanbul Convention and
Visitors Bureau (ICVB) also received a special award. General Manager of
ICVB; Handan Boyce attended the event and took the award from Barcelo
executives. Travel Agencies received award from Barcelo Eresin Topkapi
Hotel are; Dorak Tours, Ulusoy Travel Center, Camino Tour, Öger Tour,
Neon Tours, Karavan Travel, Anadol Turizm, Mercan Turizm, FHS Turizm
Organization, Bros Turizm, Aldo Tour, ITS. Barcelo Saray Hotel presented
awards to: Intra Tour, Tentur Turizm A.S., Alibaba Tour, Tantur Turizm,
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Kas Underwater Archeological Park Opens
Turkey's most popular diving town,
Kas, now has an underwater archeological
park. The Kas Underwater
Historical Research Association
(DETAD), created the park, by sinking a
ship, Uluburun-III, and then planting
imitation artifacts around it. The project
was realized with the assistance of
many volunteers and took roughly a
year to complete. The project began with an open-sea voyage by Uluburun-
III, captained by Osman Erkut. The vessel was built by the 360° Research
Group, based on the design of the original Uluburun, an ancient shipwrecked
ship off the coast of Kas . In August 2005 another Uluburun,
Uluburun-II, sailed to Cyprus, following the same route the original ship did
3,300 years ago. Upon the return of the ship from Cyprus, then Kas
Governor Nurullah Çakir proposed that the boat remain in the coastal
waters where its precursor had been discovered. In the following days the
idea of a harbor reflecting the life of the Bronze Age, in which Uluburun-II
could be exhibited, came up from this sprang the concept of an underwater
archeological park. The Society for Naval History (DETAD) was formed
by the 360° Research Group, Underwater Research Association and volunteers
from Kas in order to realize these two projects. In September 2006
DETAD constructed the Uluburun-III, destined to be sunk for the archeological
park. The ship was submerged on Oct. 27, 2006 in the Bay of Hidayet,
home to the park. Uluburun-III is not the only artifact in the park. Imitations
of the original ship's load of copper and bronze bullion, earthenware pots
and Kenan amphorae have also been planted on the wreck, according to
the plan of where the originals were found when the shipwreck was discovered
in 1982. The shipwreck and its environs, termed “in situ,” is divided
into a grid just as in real underwater excavations. Talks are underway with
the British Nautical Archeological Society (NAS) over using the Kas
Underwater archeological park for educational purposes, as well as recreational
diving.
Submarine Tourism Surfaces in Turkey
The growing worldwide interest in
tourist submarines has reached
the shores of Turkey. The first
tourist submarine is waiting to be
sent on a voyage that will reveal
the wonders of the undersea
world of the Mediterranean as
soon as adequate financial
resources can be secured. The
submarine is the result of a project
by the Bodrum-based Underwater Technologies Research Institute
(SUTA) and is hopefully scheduled for its first assignment within two years,
if funds can be allocated for its construction. SUTA President Erkan Ayral
said tourist submarines are used to promote the underwater wealth in
Greece , Southern Cyprus and Egypt, adding, “When our project is completed,
tourists would be able to see the amazing underwater scenery while
sipping tea and coffee in comfort.” He said they planned to meet with
Culture and Tourism Minister Atilla Koç in order to attain the financial support
needed to go forward with the project. Mugla Governor M. Temel
Koçaklar said Turkey's first tourist submarine would add a new flavor to
tourism in the area. The submarine is planned to be 38 meters long, 4.5
meters wide and 3 meters high with a 47-person capacity according to the
project and supported by the Culture and Tourism Ministry and Mugla
Governorship. The submarine's top speed will be 20 miles per hour and
dive to a depth of 40 meters allowing tourists to experience Turkey's fascinating
underwater life and archaeological treasures for 12 months of the
year. The submarine is expected to cost around $1.3 million and would be
built in Tuzla or Bodrum. The submarine is estimated to carry 50,000
tourists per year.
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Lufthansa-Turkish Airlines Cooperation Begins
Turkey's Historical Heritage to be Displayed in 4 Countries
APRIL’07
Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines announced that
according to the cooperation agreement signed
by two companies with the beginning of the "2007
summer schedule", the Istanbul-Frankfurt,
Istanbul-Dusseldorf and Ankara-Frankfurt
flights will be made jointly with Lufthansa and THY. Also fares will be
adjusted reciprocally. This implementation will mean more flights, more
target destinations and better connecting flights at the centers of
Frankfurt, Munich, Istanbul and Ankara for the passengers of both airlines.
Starting from September 1st 2007, the agreement initially will give THY
passengers more flight destinations in North America (Atlanta, Boston,
Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia,
Portland, San Francisco, Washington, Charlotte) and in Far East, Middle
East and Europe in later stages. With the agreement, THY will provide the
Lufthansa passengers with 27 flight destinations in the Near East, Turkey
and the Middle East including Bishkek, Karachi, Tashkent, Dushanbe,
Damascus, Tabriz.
6th Boston Turkish Film and Music Festival
The 6th Turkish Film and Music Festival was started in Boston and will end
of May 13th. The festival started on March 29 with the showing of "Ice
Cream, I Scream" by Yuksel Aksu. During the festival, leading Turkish
director Zeki Demirkubuz will be presented with the "Excellence in Turkish
Cinema Award" with his latest film "Destiny". Eleven films will be shown in
the festival. These films are: "the Magician" by Cem Yilmaz, "Magic Carpet
Ride" by Yilmaz Erdogan, "the Play" by Pelin Esmer, "Crash" by Umut Aral,
"Destiny" by Zeki Demirkubuz, "Climates" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, "Shattered
Souls" by Mustafa Altioklar, "Killing the Shadow" by Ezel Akay, "My Father
and My Son" by Cagan Irmak, and "Borrowed Bride" by Atif Yilmaz. Also, the
exhibition "Glittering Gold: Illumination in Islamic Art" will be opened in the
Museum of Fine Arts. Meanwhile, this year's festival program will include
a series of lectures, exhibits and concerts under the theme "Mevlana and
Sufism" as 2007 was declared by the UNESCO as the year of Mevlana, celebrating
the 800th anniversary of his birth.
Turkish Ministry of Culture and
Tourism will introduce Turkey's
rich history and cultural heritage
in Japan, USA, Korea and
Australia, with exhibitions on several
themes such as Ottoman
Empire, Turkish ceramics, Venice
and Islam world and gladiators.
An exhibition entitled "Venice and
Islam World: 828-1797" will open
in USA on March 6th and will
remain open until July 8th. Life of
the Ottoman Dynasty will be introduced
with "Spectacular Ottoman
Dynasty" exhibition in Japan in
August 2007. Moreover, Turkish
ceramics will be promoted in
South Korea at an exhibition on
April 28th. The exhibition titled
"Where West and East Meet,
Turkey-Crossroad of Ceramics"
will be open till June 24th. The last
exhibition of the year, with the theme of "gladiators", will open in Australia in
October. Ongoing Exhibitions: On the other hand, Turkey's promotion continues
with recently opened exhibitions in European cities. Turkish artifacts are
on show in exhibition "Turkey: A History of 7,000 Years" opened in Italian capital
of Rome, exhibition "12,000 Years Ago Anatolia: The Oldest Monuments of
the Human Being" inaugurated in Germany and "Istanbul: City of the Sultans"
opened in Dutch capital of Amsterdam.

APRIL’07
Dedeman Hotels to Promote Palandöken Ski Resort
Dedeman Hotels group has speeded up promotion efforts for Turkey's
eastern ski resort Palandoken, which is set to host 2011 World University
Winter Games. Mehmet Varol, director general of the Dedeman Hotel in
Palandoken, said the promotion campaign would focus on capturing the
attention of tourists and will cover major cities of 16 countries including
Spain, Britain, Germany, Japan, Greece, Italy, Russia and Azerbaijan.
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OTI Organizes “Sun Partners Antalya Tourism Festival”
The Odeon Tourism International (OTI)
Group will organize the “Sun Partners
Antalya Tourism Festival” with the participation
of 3000 tourism professionals from
21 countries. Ayhan Bektas, CEO of OTI
Group organized a press conference to
give news about what is new at OTI. Bektas
started the conference with the good outlook
they have received in Moscow's MITT
exhibition. Bektas said that Odeon Tours of
the group has welcomed 20% more guests
to its stand compare to previous year. He
said the OTI Group had increased its total turnover to $400 million and foreign
currency inflow in Turkey to $250 million in 2006. Bektas announced
that they would organize the “Sun Partners Antalya Tourism Festival” on
May 15-16, 2007. During the festival the managers of travel agencies and
tour operators will have opportunity to meet with accommodation and services
providers in Turkey. Bektas stated that this year's event will be organized
every year so that the promotion will contribute to the development of
Turkish tourism. He said that Antalya's Kaleiçi region in particular would be
promoted to the visitors of the festival. Nearly 2,500 tour operators and
agency managers from Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Azerbaijani, Kazakhstan,
Georgia, Rumania, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Italy, Albania,
Kosovo, Macedonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Iran and Germany and 300 representatives
from Turkey are expected to join the festival. During the festival,
Shaman Dance Group and Tarkan will give a concert at Kaleiçi.

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Millions Visited Museums in Turkey
The Topkapi Palace, Ayasofya (Hagia
Sophia) and the ancient city of Efes (
Ephesus ) have become the favorite
sites of tourists visiting Turkey .
According to the Turkish Ministry of
Culture & Tourism Directorate of
Cultural Heritage & Museums, 1.8 million
tourists visited Istanbul 's Topkapi
Palace while the Hagia Sophia hosted
1.6 million tourists and the ancient city
of Ephesus hosted 1.2 million tourists.
On the other hand, 16 million tourists
visited 313 museums and ancients ruins
throughout Turkey in 2006.
Sabanci Museum Cooperates with Louvre
Sakip Sabanci Museum, one of
Turkey's few private museums
named after the late businessmen
Sakip Sabanci, and the
French museum Louvre sealed a
five-year cultural and scientific
cooperation protocol. Guler
Sabanci, chairwoman of museum's
board of trustees, and
Director of Louvre Henri Loyrette
signed the protocol at a ceremony
which was also attended by Turkey's ambassador to Paris Osman
Koruturk. The protocol included an exhibition in Sabanci Museum in 2008
of a collection of Islamic arts from the Louvre and an exchange of experts
from both museums to conduct research in Istanbul and Paris. Sakip
Sabanci Museum is dedicated to calligraphic art, religious and state documents,
as well as paintings of the Ottoman era. Sakip Sabanci, deceased
member of the one of the wealthiest dynasties in Turkey founded the museum
in 1998, which was opened in June 2002. In November 2005 the
Museum became the first in Turkey to host a solo exhibition for a major
Western artist, when it unveiled a collection of the works of Pablo Picasso.
Ataturk Museum at Presidential Palace to be Restored
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, whose term
in office will expire in May, will leave a
restored Ataturk Museum to his successor,
quite possibly current Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan. Sezer, renowned for his
respect for the law and nationalist identity,
will make the Ataturk Museum at the
Presidential Palace fully restored before a
Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate,
who is claimed to have views contrary
to Ataturk's principles and secularism, may
well assume the post of president. While a
tender was put out for work on the the
palace's facade and other work, a condition
appeared in the contract specifications saying
that "the work should be completed within 50 days." Thus the restoration
should be completed before Sezer's term in office ends. In this way,
Sezer will not leave the restoration of the Ataturk Museum to the new president,
highly likely to be elected by the AK Party under current circumstances.
Sezer's term will expire on May 16, and the official election
process will begin on April 16. With the tender, it is envisaged that the section
currently located within the structure of the palace and used as the
Ataturk Museum will be re-arranged and its exposure section will be
enlarged. A sentence in the announcement said that only Turkish investors
could compete in the tender.
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Venice Biennale to Have Turkish Pavilion
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The Venice Biennale, the century-old art festival opening in June, will for
the first time dedicate a national pavilion to Turkey and display African contemporary
works in its core exhibition area, its President Davide Croff said.
Croff spoke before presenting ``Global Cities,'' a June-to-August joint
architecture exhibition to be held at London's Tate Modern. The title of this
year's Biennale (June 10-Nov. 21) is ``Think With the Senses -- Feel With
the Mind: Art in the Present Tense.'' Its first-ever U.S. commissioner is
Robert Storr, dean of the Yale University School of Art, who was for 12 years
a curator at New York's Museum of Modern Art. A record 77 countries will
be represented. ``Turkey has been at the Biennale even in the past, but
this year, the curator wanted to give special attention to that country,'' said
Croff. ``He thought it was time to show how far Turkey had gone in the contemporary
arts field.'' As for Africa, Storr ``thought it was a good thing to
give a voice to a world which is not yet so established in contemporary art,''
Croff said. The African display has been selected from the Sindika Dokolo
African Collection of Contemporary Art, a 500- strong, multicountry collection
set up in Luanda, Angola, by a Congolese businessman. Biennale's
Budget The Venice Biennale has an overall budget of 33 million euros
($43.9 million), according to Croff. About a third is spent on visual arts, and
another 8 to 9 million euros go toward the annual Venice Film Festival.
Non-governmental, private funding now accounts for a third of the budget,
up from 5 percent early this decade, Croff said. From June to August, Tate
Modern's huge Turbine Hall will feature a version of a show held at the
2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. Using London as a reference point, the
exhibition will show 10 global cities' transformation as their populations
have grown. The other nine cities are Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Los
Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. The press
conference was attended, among others, by Tate Director Nicholas Serota,
and by Francis Salway, chief executive of Land Securities Group Plc, the
exhibition's main sponsor.
Dedeman Group Supports Future of Tourism Industry
The Mehmet Kemal Dedeman Research & Development Project Contest
Award Ceremony is organized at Dedeman Hotel Istanbul. The project contest
is organizing every year in the memory of Mehmet Kemal Dedeman,
the establisher of Dedeman Group, in order to support the development of
mining and tourism sectors in our country. Before presenting awards, CEO
of Dedeman Holding; Murat Dedeman and President of Dedeman Holding
Advisory Board made a welcome speech to all guests representing mining
and tourism industries. This year, there were no First Prize winners but
there were two Second Prize winners and one project awarded as the third
best project. Therefore the difference at money award for the first prize is
solved by giving scholarship to two students at all 14 universities that have
mining courses. On the other hand, Mümtaz Peker, received First Prize in
Tourism with his project titled “Social organization for collective pioneer
action in health tourism”. Pinar Yalçin received Second Prize with her project;
“Capacity and Best Location for Health Tourism to be developed
according to geothermal resources in Eskisehir ”. Peyman Ozan received
Third Prize with her project “Work Plan of An International psychiatry hospital
that will use positive science together with music therapy”.

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Hilton Plans 25 New Hotels in Turkey
The Hilton Hotels Corporation has decided to
speed up their investments in Turkey. Didier
Martin, President of East Europe and Turkey
Operations said that they have plans to open 25
new hotels in Turkey under the Hilton Garden
Inn and Hampton by Hilton brands. HHC, a member
of Hilton International since a year now,
plans to speed up their investments worldwide
as well as in Turkey.
Therefore, Mr. Martin
said in an interview with
Hürriyet Newspaper,
Hilton has plans to open
25 hotels that mostly
focus on middle class
customers in Turkey .
On the other hand, H
ilton Istanbul and Hilton
ParkSA General
Manager; Andrew
Jacobs commented to
Turkish Daily News, “We
have a very strong presence
in Turkey and now
with the integration of
HHC with Hilton
International, we have a
very strong presence in Istanbul and now it is possible to expand the new
brands into secondary cities or smaller cities in Turkey. There's already
been a discussion about several cities - Bursa, Denizli, Eskisehir,
Samsun, Trabzon, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa and Malatya.” At present
HHC has 775 hotels, which translates as 110,000 rooms. This gives it
the largest portfolio of any U.S. company. It is also preparing to open 75
hotels outside of North America, 26 of which will be in Europe . HHC has
become the biggest hotel innovator in India with an agreement for hotel
and residence projects signed with DLF Limited. The plan calls for opening
50-75 Hiltons, Hilton Garden Inns and Homewood Suites by Hilton in
India. Another important development involves China with the franchising
of 25 Hilton Garden Inn Hotels in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianshin with
Deutsche Asset Management and HQ Asia Pacific.
Hilton Hotels and Conrad Istanbul Honor Travel Agents
Hilton Turkey and Conrad Istanbul announced best performed travel
agencies that sell their rooms. The award ceremony took place at Hilton
Istanbul Convention Center, for the first time together with Conrad
Istanbul as a result of an international integration. Top three travel agencies
that sell most nights at each seven Hilton Hotels in Turkey and
Conrad Istanbul and five travel agencies that showed top performance
throughout Turkey have been awarded.
Top 5 Travel Agencies Throughout Turkey
1. Dorak Turizm
2. Vista Turizm
3. Mercan Turizm
4. Mep Tur
5. Visitur
Best Three Travel Agencies for Each Hotel
Hilton Adana: 1. Interium, 2. Vista, 3. Figür
Hilton Ankara: 1. Dorak, 2. Mep Tur, 3. 7 Tur
Hilton Istanbul : 1. Dorak, 2. Visitur, 3. Mercan
Hilton Parksa: 1. Vista, 2. Prokon, 3. Kontuar
Hilton Izmir : 1. Vista, 2. Bontrip, 3. Bookin Turkey
Hilton Mersin : 1. ATT Asil Turizm, 2. Global, 3. Olcar Tur
Hilton Kayseri : 1. Dorak, 2. Figür, 3. Dekon
Conrad Istanbul : 1. Mercan, 2. Carat Tours, 3. ODS - Dorak
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❑ Tolga Cömertoglu has been appointed to Delphin Palace as General Manager.
❑ Atilla Cengiz has been appointed Ak-Ka Hotels as Director of Sales & Marketing.
❑ Ali Ihsan Bilgi has been appointed to Sillyon Hotel & Resort as General Manager.
❑ Haluk Tüfekçi has been appointed to Turquoise Resort Hotel & Spa as
General Manager.
❑ Nejdet Tavman has been appointed to Pirate's Beach Club as General Manager.
❑ Oguz Akin has been appointed to Plaza Hotel as Sales and Marketing Director.
❑ Alain Rigazzi is the General Manager of Izmir Movenpick Hotel which will open
beginning of summer season.
❑ Gozde Eskitascioglu has been appointed to Ontur Hotels as Sales Manager.
❑ Ugur Incesu has been appointed to Majesty Resort Mirage Park Hotel as
General Manager.
❑ Jens Peter Lehmann has been appointed as General Manager to Antalya's
new hotel; LykiaWorld Antalya that will be opened for Summer'07 season.
❑ Mustafa Ekeke has been appointed to Grand Prestige Hotel Side as
General Manager.
❑ Aysu Kudret Alp is the new General Manager of Magic Sun Hotel.
❑ Süleyman Polat is the new General Manger of Kervansaray Diyarbakir Hotel.
❑ Harun Bilgiç has been appointed as Sales and Marketing Manager to Özkaymak
Falez Hotel, Antalya.
❑ Emrah Ercan has been appointed to Sheraton Maslak Istanbul Hotel as
Sales Manager for Groups.
❑ Ferahim Turan has been appointed to Sirius Hotel in Kemer as Vice
General Manager.
❑ Ruhi Cuhadaroglu has been appointed as GM of Venezia Hotel-Antalya.
❑ Tuncay Marlali has been appointed to Toprak Tourism Group as
General Manager.
❑ Levent Bekaroglu has been appointed to Concorde de Luxe Resort in Antalya as
Director of Sales & Marketing.
❑ Umit Yasar Atalay has been appointed to La Blanche Resort & Spa as
General Manager.
❑ Erdogan Kamis has been appointed to Bel Conti Resort Hotel as
General Manager
❑ Necmi Yilmaz has been appointed to Altis Golf Resort Hotel, Belek as
General Manager
❑ Iskender Gedeleç has been the new General Manager of
Belek's Tat Beach Golf Hotel.
❑ Sadun Alp has been appointed to Dionysos Hotels Manavgat, Antalya as
General Manager.
❑ Edip Araç has been appointed as General Manager to WOW World Palace and
WOW Kirifl Resort.
❑ Volkan Simsek has been appointed to Majesty Hotels & Resorts as
General Coordinator.
❑ Ali Kizildag has been appointed to Calista Resort Hotel as General Manager.
❑ Nurkaya Gündogdu has been appointed to Majesty Hotels & Resorts as
Assistant General Coordinator.
❑ Hakan Duran has been appointed to Cornelia Golf Resort as General Manager.
❑ Hakan Arslanoglu has been appointed to Sirene Golf Hotel as General Manager.
❑ Mahir Oktay is the new General Manager of Alaiye Resort & Spa Hotel
❑ Raul Salcido has been appointed General Manager of
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Istanbul.
❑ Hakan Kaya has been appointed to Silence Beach Hotel as
General Manager.
❑ Kamil Erenyatir has been appointed to Kemer Türkiz Hotel as General Manager.
❑ Kadir Ugur will manage Bentour's Switzerland operations.
❑ Bülent Balta has been appointed as General Manager to Beyond Hotel
❑ Sedat Nemli has been appointed to Kempinski Hotel The Dome located in
Belek, Antalya.
NEWS LINE TURKEY
Atilla Cengiz
Mustafa Ekeke
Tuncay Marlali
Edip Araç
Kamil Erenyatir
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Istanbul Promoted at International Confex
Turkey Stand at Confex has been organized with the cooperation of
London Office of Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry and Istanbul
Convention & Visitors Bureau. Turkey stand that set up on 80
square meters promoted Turkey with a total of 9 companies. Turkey
stand together with Portugal and Egypt were selected as one the
best 3 stand designs of the exhibition. Turkey continued to be the
sponsor of Confex badges. Turkey logo, webpage addresses of
Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry and ICVB were printed on the
badges. As the pre marketing activity of the Turkey stand, ICVB has
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Turkey stand participants were:
• Turkish Airlines
• Adam & Eve Hotels- Belek
• Divan Hotels • Papillon Hotels
• Sungate Port Royal Hotel
•The Sofa Hotel & Residences
• ODS Turkey
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sent emails to UK buyers about the Turkey stand activities. At the
lucky draw two types of packages were given to buyers. One was an
Istanbul holiday package including, Turkish Airlines round-trip tickets
for two, 2 nights accommodation at The Sofa Hotel &
Residences and city tours/ transfers by ODS Turkey and the other
one was 3 nights stay at Adam & Eve Hotel.

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Turkey Presented to Benelux Market at The EMIF Trade Show in Brussels
Turkey stand at EMIF has been organized with the
coordination of Turkish Culture & Tourism Office in
Brussels and Istanbul Convention & Visitors
Bureau. Association, agency and corporate buyers
from the Benelux countries visited 2 days fair. ICVB
was one the sponsors of “Association Programme”
and Istanbul folders were distributed to all association buyers.
Turkey stand's location was at the neighborhood of Spain, Slovenia,
Sweden, and Austria .
Two lucky buyers won the prize of a holiday package in Istanbul .
Package includes; 4 nights accommodation at Ceylan
InterContinental Hotel for two, Turkish Airlines round-trip flight
tickets to Istanbul for two, city tour and transfers organized by
Visitur. Moreover, another lucky winner won a world famous
Turkish carpet at the draw.
The Turkish stand exhibitors were;
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• Turkish Airlines •Ceylan Intercontinental Istanbul •Divan
Hotels, • The Marmara Hotels & Residences, • DMC Istanbul,
• Mep Destination Management, • Teamcon Congress Services

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IMEX Inspires Rush of New Exhibitors
One month out from the fifth IMEX
in Frankfurt, organisers, Regent
Exhibitions, have announced several
updates to the leading trade
show's line-up of benefits and
innovations. In the last month,
several organisations have announced their participation as
first-time exhibitors at IMEX. They include Passeport Chine,
Hyundai Motor Deutschland, Hogg Robinson, Starcite, Maui Jim
and Virgin Limited Edition. New hotel groups announced include
Grand Hotel Excelsior, Valentin Hotels, Premier Hotels, Hotel
Esperanto Kongress und Kulturzentrum Fulda and Suncani
Hvar Hotels. A number of exhibitors have also made further
increases in their stand sizes, with South Africa now 45% bigger,
Taipei 25% and Barbados 28% larger than last year. Puerto
Rico Convention Bureau, Sea Cloud Cruises and Macau have
also made sizeable increases over the past 4 weeks. This is in
addition to the 40 plus exhibitors who had already increased
their stands since last year's IMEX. The final line-up of
exhibitors for the IMEX Tech Tap Pavilion now totals 11 specialist
suppliers of technology products and services - the largest
number of technology exhibitors so far. The Pavilion is designed
to provide visitors with a one-stop shop for complementary
gadgets and meetings support ideas. Exhibiting companies
include COVR bvba, specialists in congress and events software
support, and onsite IT services for medical associations.
Mission Event Software will demonstrate their web based software,
wireless communication, RFID and PC based event management
tools, whilst Spotme will showcase its networking and
relationship building “people radar” and electronic business
card. Leading audience response systems provider,
OptionFinder, and online meeting presentations delivery
experts, WorldPresenter, will also be exhibiting.
Another exhibitor, Belgium-based Meeting Support Institute,
has chosen to host its first annual Meeting Content Conference
in Frankfurt the day after IMEX to maximise interest in the subject
of meetings technologies. The new conference is designed
to educate meeting professionals about state-of-the-art strategies,
tools, and techniques for improving learning, networking,
and motivation at meetings. The one day conference is expected
to draw more than 100 people to more than 20 educational
sessions and all meeting planners are welcome to attend.
Commitment to new technology
IMEX continues to demonstrate its own commitment to new
technologies by once again offering visitors its Mobile Exhibition
Assistant service. Positively received at its launch last year, this
innovative service allows users to view their online diaries,
search exhibitors, view events listings and other exhibition
information from their mobile phone or hand-held device. New
features added this year include latest news updates from the
IMEX Daily paper and pictures from the show's photo gallery.
IMEX will also be sending badge codes via mobile phone to
those visitors who register for the mobile service. Such visitors
will simply have to type their code into a self-badging kiosk for
instant receipt of their visitor badge once inside Hall 8. Other
IMEX developments include a last minute addition to the Wild
Card Winners for 2007. Western Siberia will now join Addis
Ababa ( Ethiopia ), Transylvania and the Cape Verde Islands in
the dedicated Wild Card Pavilion which showcases promising
new MICE market destinations.
In addition, IMEX has also welcomed two new sponsors to its
recently announced UK Corporate Buyers Programme, which is
being run in partnership with 'the voice of the UK events industry'
Eventia. French Caribbean body care brand, Ligne St Barth,
already works closely with Leading Hotels of the World as a
supplier of exotic spa products and treatments. Both companies
will now provide each UK buyer with a dedicated luxury gift
pack. The buyers group will also be treated to a Swiss breakfast
feast, courtesy of the Switzerland Convention Bureau.
Success for second Polish Future Leaders Forum
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Taking place just one month before doors open on IMEX on April
17th was the second ever Polish Future Leaders Forum.
Organised jointly with MPI and the University of Economics and
Computer Science in Warsaw, the Forum played host to more
than 60 students from five Polish cities, thanks to the support of
the Polish Tourist Organisation, the Convention Bureau of
Poland and Warsaw Convention Bureau. The hand-picked student
group enjoyed a day's worth of presentations from Rob
Davidson, Senior Lecturer in Business Travel and Tourism,
University of Westminster UK; Joyce Dogniez, European
Director of Operations for MPI; Dale Hudson, IMEX and
Katarzyna Sobierajska, Director of the Tourism Department of
the Polish Tourist Organisation. Both she and Edyta Musielak of
the Warsaw Destination Alliance made a point of promoting the
benefits of working within the fast-developing Polish business
tourism industry and also in local conference management.
Says Carina Bauer, IMEX Marketing and Operations Director, “
Poland is a growing market and it's terrific that industry leaders
there see the potential for educating young people and showing
them how to get involved in the events, conference and incentive
travel market. This Forum was a great chance to teach
them what is really important for the country's future and to
help to open their minds to a burgeoning new industry.” One
young participant, Marta Reinhercs, said, “Beside the obvious
benefits, like getting the chance to meet people like Rob
Davidson who is absolutely an authority in this industry, I
learned a new way to see this industry - that it demands passion
and enthusiasm if I want to succeed. That alone has helped me
decide that this is exactly what I would like to do in life.”
MPI at GIBTM
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced at the
2007 Gulf Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition
(GIBTM) in Abu Dhabi that MPI would launch a Professional
Education Conference-Middle East (PEC-ME) in April 2008 in
Dubai immediately preceding GIBTM. "PEC-ME will deliver an
educational and networking experience that will attract MPI
members from all over the world, connecting provocative meetings-
industry knowledge to people and cultures from across
the planet," said MPI President and CEO Bruce MacMillan. "We
are committed to connecting our members to the opportunities
and knowledge that already exist in the Middle East and also to
the ones that are about to emerge." The UAE has invested billions
of dollars (U.S.) in meetings industry infrastructure over
the past five years, including the development of 35 five- star
hotels and some of the world's largest exhibition facilities, the
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and Exhibition City, with
more than three million square feet of space. The announcement
of PEC-ME is the first element of a new global strategy,
recently approved by the MPI International Board of Directors,
further focusing MPI on building a global meetings industry
community that provides meeting professionals with lifetime
pathways to success. "The Global Strategy Committee created
a vision that positions MPI as a truly global resource for our
members and sustains its industry leadership role," said Mary
Casey, MPI Global Strategy Committee member and vice president,
strategic account management, Starwood Hotels and
Resorts Worldwide. "PEC-ME further establishes MPI in this
growing marketplace delivering tremendous benefits to all our
members." MPI also announced its first two partners in PEC-
ME for 2008, Reed Travel Exhibitions and MCI. "These partners
will help our community reach out to the growing number of
meeting professionals who have interests in the Middle East
and provide them with access to the education, ideas and relationships
that can only be found in the industry's largest global
community," said Didier Scaillet, MPI's vice president of global
development. PEC-ME is expected to be financially self-sustaining
in its first year. MPI's global strategy released during the
MPI Professional Education Conference-Europe in
Copenhagen.

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Guangdong Association to Join at ITE MICE
Guangdong Hot Spring & Spa
Association will organize its members
and also invite some related
enterprises from some other
provinces of China to take part in
the new Hot Spring & Spa Pavilion
in the Travel Expo held in June in
Hong Kong . The Association will also work closely with TKS,
organizer of ITE and ITE MICE, to promote and invite related visitors
to visit the new Hot Spring & Spa Pavilion. Established in
September 2004 as a non profit making organization, the
Guangdong association has now 41 members comprising mainly
of large and medium size hot spring resorts in the province.
However, the Association will also invite established spa and
water treatment centers in the province to apply for membership.
The Guangdong Association is the only of its kind in China
, reflecting its importance and also the leading position of the
province in hot spring. It appoints China 's leading hot spring
and spa portal, China Spring Online “http://www.18.com”, as its
official portal, which forms strategic partnership with other
leading travel portals in China and supplies them with content
on hot spring. Official portal of the Association will also help in
promoting the pavilion. The Guangdong association expects to
bring in at least 20 participants. Besides exhibitors from the
Association, TKS will also invite hot spring and spa exhibitors
from other countries and regions to take part in the pavilion.
Related seminars have also been planned to enhance the overall
attractiveness. “We are particularly pleased with the cooperation
with the Guangdong Association! Popularity of hot Spring
and spa has been growing fast and from strength to strength.
Therefore, it is timely to hold the pavilion, to respond to market
demand and to further developing hot spring and spa. By focusing
on specific sector, the pavilion also complement well our
travel expos which is largely being organized geographically as
we have around 50 official pavilions by tourism authorities from
all over the world”, said KS Tong, Managing Director of TKS. The
next ITE which covers mainly leisure travel will be held from
June 14 to 17 this year at halls 1A, B & C, and hall 2B of the Hong
Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, while ITE MICE which
covers business and MICE travel from June 14 to 16 at hall 2B
of the same center. ITE & ITE MICE are being organized by TKS
Exhibition Services Ltd., and supported by China National
Tourism Administration, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Macau
Government Tourist Office and the Travel Industry Council of
Hong Kong. Official Airlines, Cathay and Dragonair , and Official
Rail, KCRC, sponsor our hosted buyer program. In addition, ITE
MICE is also being supported by the Hong Kong Exhibition &
Convention Industry Association, chambers of commerce /
CCPIT of Guangzhou, Dongguan and Shenzhen.
More Than Ever, IAPCO is The PCO's Quality Brand!
Over 70 IAPCO members
met in the beautiful
city of Sevilla early
February for the Annual
Meeting and General
Assembly of the universally renowned association of
Professional Congress Organizers. IAPCO has been for decades
known for its position in the meetings marketplace as being the
benchmark of meetings management quality. Because of the
evolution of the market, members decided 2 years ago to start
rethinking the quality control of the association. This led to a reenforcement
of the membership criteria under the control of an
independent Quality Control Committee. In Sevilla, the members
have unanimously voted for this new process where application
procedures have been further tightened to ensure the
quality control that members and clients expect from the association.
Whilst much of the application procedure has been
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The SITE Touts Award-Winning Chapters
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operated for many years, today, with this new strict monitoring
system in place, applications will continue to be closely scrutinised.
But once a member, there was no specific action to control
the members continuing professionalism. To this end,
members agreed at the Annual Meeting, to implement a selfassessment
quality programme, combined with a quality check
to be monitored by the independent Quality Committee. “ This is
a fantastic development for IAPCO” says Patrizia Buongiorno,
Chair of the Quality Committee and IAPCO Vice-President, “and
for clients who will, from 2008 onwards, be able to see on the
website, which members have participated in the quality check
programme. Furthermore members will be able to benchmark
themselves against the world's leading PCOs on an on-going
basis, and judge any areas which they feel they may wish to
improve upon ”. The members fully endorsed the programme,
the first stages of which will be launched in April 2007. IAPCO is
entering a phase of continuing education and quality control,
thus proving clients and institutions the quality brand of the
members.
During The Society of Incentive
& Travel Executives' (SITE)
International Conference 2006
in December, five chapters
received awards for their
unparalleled efforts in 2006.
Chapters were required to submit an application on the merits
of their programs and award winners were selected by the
Chapter Leadership Council in the categories of Education,
Special Events, Membership, Wild Card and Chapter of the Year.
2006
Winners included:
Education - SITE Florida
Membership - SITE Great Britain
Special Event - SITE Southern California
Wild Card - SITE New Zealand
SITE Finland won the 2006 SITE Chapter of the Year . Finland is
geographically a large country; however is only inhabited by 5.2
million people. The SITE membership represents regions from
the very south to the very north, with a majority of the members
working within the inbound incentive travel arena. Despite the
long distances, SITE Finland has managed to arrange interesting
educational events always attended by more than half of the
membership. Additional achievements include a website in
Finnish to best serve its members, an expert process for strategic
and budget planning and a heavily utilized feedback forum
where members can quickly communicate their ideas for activities
and development to the Board of Directors. "Our chapters
are truly the backbone of our organization supporting SITE's
purpose of fostering networking and professional development
among individuals and business entities involved in the use of
motivation, incentives and travel rewards," said SITE President
Lex Granaada. "We are proud of these volunteers and awardwinning
chapters for their hard work, creativity and dedication
to our industry." The 34 global chapters of SITE play a crucial
role in communicating the needs of the regional/local area and
are instrumental in setting the direction of the international
Society. "All of our 2006 winning chapters have common strategic
approaches allowing them to be at the pinnacle of success,"
said SITE CEO, Brenda Anderson. "To name a few, they are each
engaged in strategic planning, have a constant pulse on their
membership and lean on SITE headquarters for expert guidance.
We thank them all for serving as role models not only for
our organization but also for the industry as a whole. We are
inspired by their achievements and look forward to their continued
growth."

Record Tourist Arrivals in Malaysia in 2006
Malaysia achieved a record number of tourists and foreign exchange earnings in
2006. While arrivals, at 17.55 million, were marginally above the projected 17.5
million, total receipts were RM1.13 billion short of the projected RM37.4 billion.
"We managed to achieve our target of 17.5 million. We crossed the figure registering
17,546,863 tourists, eventhough we had to deal with problems with taxis, immigration
and tourists accused of khalwat," Minister of Tourism Datuk Seri Tengku
Adnan Tengku Mansor said. This year, Tourism Malaysia is targeting an average
monthly arrival of 1.675, up from 1.462 in 2006. The total 20.1 million tourists are
expected to spend up to RM44.5 billion during their stay here. If Malaysia manages
to achieve this, tourism receipts would continue to be the country's second largest
revenue earner for the country after manufacturing since 2000.
Mr. Zulkifly Said (right) said that 7 thousand Turkish tourists visited Malaysia last
year, their aim for 2007 is to increase this number to 8-10 thousand tourists.
The Malaysian Water Festival Launch Kicks off at
Langkawi
This year, the legendary island of Langkawi has
the honour to play host as to the Pesta Air 2007
(2007 Water Festival) launch. The national
launching ceremony on 7 April 2007 at the
Dataran Lang ( Eagle Square ) will be graced by
Their Majesties the King and Queen of Malaysia
accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses the
Sultan and Sultanah of Kedah. The event will kick-off a month-long water festival
(6 April - 6 May). Among the water-based recreations that will be featured include;
kayaking, canoeing, jet-ski competitions, fishing competitions, white river rafting,
river safaris endurance race, underwater treasure hunts, squid fishing, and crosschannel
swimming competition.
NATION WIDE CELEBRATION & EVENTS
High energy water sports and competitions are showcased in various states all
over the country with the main activities in Pantai Cenang ,Langkawi (6 & 7 April),
Danga Bay, Johor (21 April), Regatta Lepa, Semporna, Sabah (20 -22 April), Perlis
(28 April), Labuan International Sea Challenge (4-6 May) Labuan, Federal Territory
and Pantai Puteri, Melaka (4-6 May).
CLOSING CEREMONY
Although the Pesta Air will come to a close on 6 May 2007 at
Pantai Puteri , Melaka, that does not necessarily mean it is the
end for water sports in the country. Water sports will still continue
throughout the country as there are activities and competitions
planned throughout the whole year.
PESTA AIR AS CATALYST FOR TOURISM
Increasing numbers of tourists are aware of Malaysia 's potential as a host venue
for water sports championships. As such, the annual Pesta Air is a catalyst to create
awareness and take water sports to a higher level with many new events and
competitions, hence providing another good reason for tourists to visit Malaysia.
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Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre First in Asia to be
Green Globe Benchmarked
In another progressive leap, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) has
proven its commitment to excellence by becoming one of two convention centres
worldwide to be the first in their industry to achieve the prestigious Green Globe
Benchmarked status. Awarded under the international Green Globe
Benchmarking programme, this Benchmarked status places the Centre as pioneer
of the Asian region. A worldwide Benchmarking, Certification and improvement
system, Green Globe assists the international travel and tourism industry to
attain sustainability. It provides a certification system that responds directly to the
major environmental problems facing the planet, including the greenhouse effect,
over-use of freshwater resources and the destruction of biodiversity. The Centre's
receipt of the Green Globe Benchmarked status is in recognition of its conscientious
first steps towards improving their business and community's environmental,
social and economic performance. On achieving this status, Mr Geoff Hayward,
Director of Facilities, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre says: “It is really quite a
coup and we are extremely proud to be the first Asian convention centre to be
recognised for operating with these environmental performance standards. This is
certainly in line with our goal to establish the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre as
not only a world-class international venue, but a leader in the local community
working towards more environmentally sound operating processes”. The
Benchmarked status commits the Centre to a standard of excellence in energy and
water consumption, total waste production and community commitment, as determined
by their unique earth check measures. It also commits the Centre to
implementing an integrated environmental and social sustainability policy. With a
commendable sustainability policy already in place, the Centre achieved above
earth check 's best practice results in energy consumption (41 per cent), water
consumption (27 per cent), water saving (25 points), waste recycling (7.6 points)
and pesticides (25 points). According to Mr Hayward, measures implemented to
accomplish this include taking maximum advantage of the Centre's natural light,
courtesy of its intelligent building design; keeping a keen eye on energy-saving
technology innovations; and pushing the 3R (Reduce, Re-use and Recycle) campaign.
The latter encourages the Centre's staff and visitors to segregate their rubbish
into colourful bins strategically located around the Centre. Mr Jason Keating,
General Manager of Green Globe Asia Pacific and Green Globe International says:
“I am delighted that the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre has achieved
Benchmarked status. The Centre is a prime example of an organisation committed
to environmentally sustainable tourism. They have demonstrated through a
variety of initiatives, that the business and its employees can make a difference by
reducing their environmental impact. The commitment they have shown with their
participation in the Green Globe programme and their achievements set an example
for similar facilities worldwide and other businesses to pursue.” The Centre's
Benchmarked status will be reviewed annually, against changing criteria to reflect
the increasing sophistication in environmental needs. From here, the next step for
the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre will be moving forward towards being Green
Globe certified.
About the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, which opened in June 2005, is a component
part of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) and is managed and operated by
Convex Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a joint-venture company between KLCC (Holdings) Sdn
Bhd and Ogden International Facilities Corporation Pty Ltd, Australia. The Kuala
Lumpur Convention Centre is a wholly-owned facility of Kuala Lumpur Convention
Centre Sdn Bhd which in turn, is owned by KLCC Holdings Sdn Bhd, a whollyowned
subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). The Centre, which
consists of two auditoria (seating 3,000 and 500 respectively), 9,710 sq metres of
exhibition halls, a Grand Ballroom which seats 2,000 diners, a Banquet Hall for
500, a Conference Hall for 1,800 and 20 other meeting rooms, represents an
investment of RM550 million (approximately USD146 million) and 20,059 sq metres
of function space in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

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CIBTM 2007: LEADING HOTEL BRANDS JOIN CHINA'S
MEETINGS AND INCENTIVE SHOW
CIBTM 2007, taking place at the
China World Exhibition Hall in
Beijing from 3-5 July, is growing in
size and stature. It was recently
voted “the most want-to-attend
event in 2007” in an Asia-Pacific
online survey conducted by CEI Asia.
“We are building on a strong global portfolio of meetings and incentives
shows. We just had a very successful launch of our new GIBTM show in
the Middle East. This demonstrates Reed's growing commitment to the
global meetings industry and the future development of CIBTM is central
to our ambitions to create the leading event for China & the wider
Asia region.” Says Paul Kennedy MBE, Group Event Director for Reed
Travel Exhibitions. This will be the first year that InterContinental Hotel
Group will have a stand at the show while also accommodating a selected
group of Hosted Buyers in their Beijing property.
CIBTM 2007 will for the first time provide a dedicated area for the country's
leading business city, Shanghai. At the same time, a Hosted Buyer
group from the Shanghai Association and Government will be brought
to the show to take part in the event. Kuala Lumpur Convention Center
(KLCC) will be showcasing its facilities as well as promoting the fact that
they are the first and only convention centre in the world to have
achieved the Green Globe Benchmark. Green Globe assists the international
travel and tourism industry to attain sustainability.
More Tourist Boards: Singapore Tourism Board, Maison de la France,
Egypt, Brunei Tourism Department, and Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority
represent just some of tourist offices that have confirmed their participation
at the event. South Africa will be represented by Charles Drewe
& Associates, with a number of partners from the country. Beijing
Continental Grand Hotel as well as Tianlun International Hotels are also
participating, along with a strong representation of local and international
independent hotels and hotel groups. A new initiative for 2007 will
be a two-way appointment system enabling both exhibitors and Hosted
Buyers to select business meetings and maximise their diaries for the
event. This is a development of the Hosted Buyer Programme which has
run since the show's inception and has now become an integral part of
it's success. “CIBTM is the leading meetings and incentive platform in
the region and will see new initiatives this year in line with the repositioning
withinthe Reed Travel Exhibitions Meetings portfolio. We are
introducing some of the core brand values of EIBTM and our other portfolio
events, to ensure that CIBTM provides the best business opportunities,
professional education and networking events throughout the
event. We are delighted to see that CIBTM came first in the survey conducted
by CEI Asia, this helps to emphasise the importance of CIBTM's
position in the industry for the Asia Pacific region.” Says Graeme
Barnett, Event Director.
Gulf Air Hosted Global Aviation Technology Convention in Bahrain
The 95 th International Airlines Technical Pool
(IATP) Convention, hosted by Gulf Air, organized at
the Gulf Hotel Convention Centre. The inaugural
ceremony was attended by Civil Aviation Affairs
Under Secretary Captain Abdulrahman Al Gaoud
and Gulf Air Acting President and Chief Executive
Ahmed Al Hammadi and other dignitaries. "In
order to meet these challenges, new collaborations
and partnerships are vital; brainstorming
and pooling of ideas is critical and, sharing and exchanging issues of
concern are essential," said Mr Al Hammadi in his opening speech,
highlighting the dominant role played by technology and the challenges
due to technology changes in the aviation industry. He also underscored
two issues currently faced by the aviation industry: "On one hand we see
an enormous growth in the number of aircraft but the phasing out of old
aircraft is much less. On the other hand we have a very limited capacity
of hangars. This has lead to a critical situation; shortage of bays and
demand for slots has pushed up maintenance costs, adding a heavy
burden on airlines, which are already over-burdened with mounting fuel
costs. Fuel is still a global headache - both in terms of cost, and as
importantly, in terms of the new focus on carbon emissions," he added.
IATP Chairman and Cargolux International Airlines Director of
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Maintenance and Production Ted Moos thanked Gulf Air for playing host
to the conference and gave an overview of IATP ' s role and objectives.
He also praised the cooperation among the member airlines in various
technical issues. The three-day event was attended by about 400 delegates
representing global aviation and related industries, including aircraft
manufacturers Airbus and Boeing. Over several technical sessions
and workshops, delegates discussed technical issues relating to the
introduction of A380 and Boeing 787aircraft including spares provisioning,
the business related to ground handling and ground maintenance
equipment, aircraft recovery kit contents and certification of kits. As
hosts to the event, Gulf Air took the delegates, who have come from far
and wide, on a tour of the Kingdom and accorded an evening reception
at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) on Sunday March 11, where the
guests were introduced to traditional Arabian folk music and dance,
henna painting and falconry. The IATP meet was hailed as an important
gathering of technical professionals from global aviation industry, who,
in the spirit of co-operation, gather twice a year and discuss sharing of
resources, thus generating economic savings, while improving operating
efficiency and other issues. The IATP, established in 1948, is a convention
of airlines made up of over 100 member airlines, 28 associate
members including aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Boeing
with over 400 members from the aviation industry on its roll. Over the
years, the organisation, which contributes immensely to the aviation
industry, promoting unparalleled safety in the skies and forging strong
bonds between airlines around the world, has aimed at providing a global
airline network to facilitate the exchange of ideas and cooperation.
New Global Strategy of MPI
Meeting Professionals International
(MPI) announced significant details
of its new global strategy March 18
at Professional Education
Conference-Europe in Copenhagen .
Attending the event was HRH Crown
Princess Mary of the Kingdom of Denmark , patroness of the conference.
The global strategy, approved by the MPI International Board of
Directors in February, has six tenets to be implemented over the next
two years:
• New Professional Education Conferences,
• More regional offices,
• CultureActive Tool
• Web Portals that centralize community knowledge and
business opportunities,
• Trade missions to build relationships and
• Global Workshop Program.
“The Global Strategy Committee created a vision that positions MPI as
a truly global community for our members and sustains its industry
leadership role,” said Mary Casey, MPI Global Strategy Committee
member and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide vice president of
strategic account management. The first element in the strategy is the
launch of a Professional Education Conference-Middle East (PEC-
Middle East) in April 2008 in Dubai , United Arab Emirates , immediately
preceding the Gulf Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition
(GIBTM). PEC-Middle East is expected to be financially self-sustaining
in its first year. “As meeting professionals, our job is to connect people
to knowledge, networks and marketplaces,” said Bruce MacMillan, MPI
president and CEO. “The expansion of our community will make it more
valuable for everyone-more knowledge to access, bigger and more
diverse networks of people to tie into, and more marketplaces from
which to derive business opportunities.” “Pursuing its global strategy in
Asia later this year, MPI will open an office in Singapore ,” added Didier
Scaillet, vice president, global development. “A strong presence in the
global marketplace will provide a community platform to support our
members who have an interest or desire to expand their business into
other regions of the world.” Updates on MPI's global strategy activation
will be released during the MPI World Education Congress July 28-31 in
Montréal.

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Michelle Nicolle Quartet to bring two nations together once more in the music of the Soul
Top Australian Jazz Quartet to Tour Turkey
Australia's multiple-award winning first lady of jazz, vocalist
Michelle Nicolle and her Quartet will tour Ankara and Istanbul in
April 2007, coinciding with the 2007 Anzac Day commemorations,
and as part of a wider European and Asian tour.
Anzac Day is celebrated each year on 25 April with a dawn service
on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, and in services across
Australia, where Australians remember those who fell during the
battles of Canakkale. The day is one of remembrance and sorrow,
and here in Turkey, where the tradition began, it has led to
mutual respect and great friendship between the Australian and
Turkish peoples.
It is in the spirit of this great friendship that the Australian
Embassy in Turkey, in association with the Australian-Turkish
Business and Industry and the Ankara Jazz Association, is seeking
to develop cultural ties between Turkey and Australia-and the
Michelle Nicolle Quartet will showcase the best in Australian jazz
performance.
Melbourne-based arranger-composer, band leader and jazz
vocalist Michelle Nicolle is Australia's first lady of jazz. With her
full ranging marvellous voice, her profile has risen rapidly, and
she has become known as Australia's finest jazz singer of the
world class.
Michelle has released five beautiful albums, all of which received
high acclaim. Her latest CD, What Kind of Fool, was released in
November 2005. In 1998 at the Wangaratta International Jazz
Festival (Melbourne), Michelle won the prestigious National Jazz
Award. The Michelle Nicolle Quartet are: Michelle Nicolle,
vocals; Carl Dewhurts, guitar; Tom Lee, acoustic bass; and Rony
Ferella, drums.
"Michelle Nicolle stands above any other jazz singer in the country...
Australian jazz singing doesn't come any better than this,"
reported The Weekend Australian
"Michelle Nicolle has a rare flair for jazz singing, lively ingenuity
in her phrasing, interpretation, improvisation, and in her
exploitation of her considerable range," said the Sydney Morning
Herald
The Michelle Nicolle Quartet will perform at the Swissotel in
Ankara on Tuesday 17 April; and at Babylon in Istanbul on
Thursday 19 April. Tickets are available from these venues.
Further Michelle Nicolle information: www.michellenicolle.com -
and tour organiser / promoter: www.henk.com.au
Media Inquiries: Elif Barutcuoglu-Wade, Public Relations
Manager, 0312 4599504.
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By:Dr. Kazim Besirli Istanbul University Health Tourism
Health tourism can be defined as the people traveling to other destinations
to be treated and thermal therapy is greatly included in
this definition. The dates and the institutions as far back as the
Roman times. "Travel to be cured" had been said by the Moslem
prophet Hz.Muhammed and this shows that this habit has been
formed ages ago and brought about the institutions that reached to
our age. Before the Romans especially some of the antique cities at
the Western Anatolia had central heating systems and the hot
water baths"HAMAM" worked with the thermal waters. Especially
during the Roman Period, thermal water usage as a classical
Roman custom has spread to the world. Also Cesar is known to
have said that "the tribes without thermal waters and hamams are
barbarians". The Seljuk and the Ottomans have valued this old
Anatolian tradition and had the Turkish Hamam idiom accepted
internationally as the Roman Hamams. The geological thermalists
use the SPA or HAMAM as a shortened definition for the thermal
institutions. Turkey is located on a very important geothermal belt
which in a way is a gift for the country but by the same token not a
very joyful situation in the short/long term. However, here we have
to talk about the healing thermal waters and proudly add that
Turkey is amongst the first 7 in rich geothermal sources with great
potential. There are more than 1300 thermal waters from
20degreesC to 110degreesC, with a floe of 2-500lt./sn.
There are approximately 250 thermal centers from these geothermal
resources.
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Old Hieropolis city was built on the rich mineral waters running
underneath her and the white lakes formed on the hills from the
mineral water flowing from the mountains, is spectacular. No
doubt, that the habitants of Kaunos of old Lycian has had baths at
the rich muddy mineral rich waters of the Koycegiz Lake.
Izmir-Balcova thermal waters are located in the Agamemnon
Hamam place that has been known for the healing effects of its
waters since the Roman period. The first settlement place of the
Ottoman Empire, Bursa had been established at the skirts of the
Mount Olympos now called Uludag. The natural thermal waters at
Cekirge encouraged the Ottomans to built big domed hamam complexes
at the place where Roman and Byzantium hamam complexes
were during the reign of I Murat (1359-1389).
From Romans to Cleopatra
Health tourism these days makes us recall SPA Centres. The original
name being "Salus Per Aquam""SPA"is the name of the water
therapies exercised since the Roman times.
Healing with water means the usage of water in different heat levels
amd with different methods giving the feeling of wellness with
the application of these systems in a compact theraphy.
The mineral water, in other words thermal waters, has healing
effects from high-blood pressure to cholestrol, from artirithis to
dermatological care. Therefore whenever water and health are
pronounced together, "thermal waters and hamam" comes to our
visiual thinking. This has been a trend all through history, even
Cleopatra came to the Bolu thermal waters for beauty cures.
The civilization brought stress that created health problems
resulting in job inefficiency. This situation created the need to
escape into nature and get cures in thermal waters and relaxing
climatic conditions.
Thermalism and Climatizm
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a specialized doctor and within a scheduled program that includes
physical therapy, rehabilitation, exercise, diet as supportive elements
within a cure period for the human health factor is called
Thermal Therapy.
The tourism movements within this scope is called Thermal
Tourism.
Thermal waters are widely used for balneology. Balneotheraphy is
the cure applied in mineral thermal waters and is generally applied
under these headings;
General swimming pool
Treatment Pool
Special treatment bath
General bath pools
Massage showers
Massage sections (general, partial,under-water)
Mud baths
Steam baths
Drinking cures
Gazes baths
Under skin injection
Sauna
Turkish Bath (HAMAM)
Climatization means to be at healthy climatic surroundings.
Climatic sources are; mountains and caves. Another definition is
the application of open air to cure certain maladies and oxygen cure
at a healthy climatic conditions.
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Thalassotheraphy: Health from the Sea
The Sea and its by-products are used for this purpose as thermal
applications to prevent health and as a means of curing certain illnesses.
Within the scope of the health tourism it is widely used
these days. The sand baths are traditional in Turkey's cure culture
for the treatment of aches and pains at the lower back and joints.
Sea water is the most vital element of thalassotheraphy. Sea water
has somewhat similar chemical combination of our blood. Sea
water can be used by skin absorption, drinking, or breathing. It creates
an ideal surrounding for exercise and creates a more advantageous
physical conditions compared to unsalted water.
The sea shore atmosphere carries positive effects and most important
of all it has the microclimatic, biological, psychological and
social useful effects of a kind of ecological treatment.
Thermal Fish for Healing
"Kangal Fish Thermal Center" at Mid Anatolia is an extraordinary
and important thermal cure center, a unique leader of its kind in
the whole world. This center is located 13km. to Sivas/Kangal and
has 36 degrees warm curing waters with bicarbonate, calcium,
magnesium and the little 2 to 10cm length fish that give positive
results at the cure of certain kind of skin diseases.
At Sivas there are also Hot Cermik and Cold Cermik thermal centers
that are famous for the cure of certain illnesses.
A Healthy, Peaceful, Happy Holiday
The demands for the cure and Thermal Therapy has created a new
understanding of visit to a country with specialized hotels, services,
understanding , catering and health cure applications within the
purpose of feeling well and vacationing at the same time. This we
now call WELLNESS. Most of the hotels, resort, holiday villages
have brought together the most important SPA centers of Europe in
their institutions with additional investments to make their clients
feel WELL. The German Kneippness brand patented therapies, aromatic
cabins, La Stone Therapy and the Cleopatra Bath are all at
your service under the careful guidance of the expert team.
Forget everything and let your soul free with the touch of the
magic touch of the water!Spoil Yourself! Wake up the Beauty in
You!Be Healthy!
Take your shoes of and feel the earth under your feet taking all your
electricity away. Than look up to the sky, take a deep, oxygen full
breath, feel your cells filled with energy, than return to your hotel
and leave yourself into the mineral water .....Do thee now, as it is
not possible to find all these in one place but you are lucky that you
have found them all in one place because You are in TURKEY.
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Afyon
Ankara
Oylat
Çanakkale
Denizli
Diyarbak›r
Adana
a cure for everything
The Thermal sources are good for
all maladies. Here is the city's and
thermal waters that cure certain
illnesses.
Adana (Haruniye Thermal):
Rheumatism, skin, nervous sicknesses,
eating disorders, liver
and gall bladder, intestinal problems
Afyon (Omer, Gecek, Gazligol,
Hudai): Rheumatism, skin, heart
and circulatory, digestive, joint,
liver, gall-bladder, eating disorders,
nerves, female sicknesses,
kidney and urinary system.
Amasya (Terzikoy):Rheumatism,
stomach and intestinal problems,
urinary system, eating disorders.
Ankara (Kizilcahamam and Sey
Hamam): Liver, gallbladder,
stomach and intestines, heart,
circulatory disorders, rheumatism,
joints, circulatory system,
nervous disorders
Balikesir (Gonen Thermal): Liver,
gall-bladder, kidney, rheumatism,
female disorders, colisistisis,
nerves, hardening arteries,
Bingol (Kos Thermal): rheumatism,
heart and circulatory, respiratory
system, female, nerves and
gall-bladder, eating disorder
Bursa (Oylat, Cekirge): Obesity,
rheumatism,painful sicknesses,
arterial problems, bronchial
problems, liver, gall-bladder,
mild diabetes, gouts.
Canakkale (Kestanbol): Infected
female problems, rheumatism,
sciatica, bone tuberculosis, calcification
of the bones, lunatic
glands swelling, lung diseases.
Denizli (Pamukkale, Karahayit,
Cizmeli, Golemezli, Tekkekoy
and Kizildere): Digestive system,
stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder,
obesity, diabetes, gouts,
heart, thickening of he arteries,
blood-pressure, bronchial asthma,
rheumatism, skin.
Diyarbakir (Cermik):
Rheumatism, skin, respiratory
system, female, joints and bones.
Erzurum (Pasinler):
Rheumatism, skin and limb
fatigue, nervous disorders, joints
and calcification of the bones.
Eskisehir ( Saricakaya,
Sakarilica): Diabetes, obesity,
Nevflehir
‹zmir
K›rflehir
Konya
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gouts, kidney.
Izmir (Sifne, Ilica, Icmeler,
Balcova, Cesme): Rheumatism,
female disorders, metabolic syndrome,
liver, gall-bladder, pancreas,
digestive system, eye diseases,
hear, nervous system.
Kirsehir (Terme): Rheumatism,
heart and circulatory system,
nerves and limb fatigue.
Konya (Ilgin): Combined applications,
rheumatism, liver, gallbladder,
skin, metabolic syndrome
.
Kutahya (Harlek, Muratadagi):
Rheumatism, liver, gall bladder,
skin, metabolic syndrome,
female, nerves, limb fatigue,
joints and classification of the
bones.
Manisa (Kursunlu): Rheumatism,
skin, respiratory system, nervous
disorders, post operation, joints
and calcification of the bones.
Mugla (Sultaniye): Rheumatism,
skin, circulatory system, heart
respiratory system, nerves, kidney
and urinary tract sicknesses,
female.
Nevsehir (Kozakli): Rheumatism,
skin, heart and circulatory system,
respiratory system, female,
nerves and limb fatigue, nervous
disorders, joint and calcification
of the bones, post operational
treatment
Rize (Ayder): Rheumatism, skin
limb fatigue, joints and classification
of the bones, female, nervous
and limb fatigue.
Samsun (Ladik): Rheumatism,
nerve and limb fatigue, joint and
calcification of the bones, nervous
disorders.
Siirt (Billoris): Rheumatism, skin,
respiratory system, female, nerve
and limb fatigue, joints and calcification
at the bones.
Sivas (Kangal): Skin diseases of
all sorts
Yalova (Thermal, Armutlu):
Rheumatism, painful sicknesses,
diabetes, gouts, obesity, cholesterol,
heart and circulatory system,
nervous disorders.
Yozgat (Sarikaya): Rheumatism,
skin, respiratory system, female,
nerve and limb fatigue, joint and
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By:Teki Dalton
T
he GALLIPOLI YACHT RALLY 2007 will again sail to Anzac Cove,
attend the 92nd Anzac Day Dawn Service and sail along the
Gallipoli Peninsula and down the Turkish Aegean Coast.
The Rally will commence from the Dardanelles city of Canakkale and the
yacht charter will conclude at Cesme with stopovers at Anzac Cove,
Bozcaada, Assos, Ayvalik and Foca.
Apart from the special symbolism and emotion of being part of the Dawn
Service at Anzac Cove on the 25th April and the Commemorative Service
at Lone Pine or Chunuk Bair, the special cultural and sightseeing program
being offered in the program will provide all participants with an everlasting
memory. Optional tours include the ancient city of Troy and Pergamon.
A tour of the ancient city of Ephesus and the city of Istanbul will take place
after the charter yacht handover at Cesme. More details of these tours are
contained in the Gallipoli Yacht Rally program for 2007. An optional tour of
Capadoccia is also offered either before the start of the rally program or
at the end.
Early in 2001 the then Turkish Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Mr
Umut ARIK, announced that a series of annual yacht races would be held
in Turkey to commemorate the first Turkish-Anzac encounter at Gallipoli
in 1915 which led to an eternal bond of friendship between the Turks,
Australian and New Zealanders. This led to the first visit to Gallipoli in 2001
of Australian and New Zealand yachtsmen to participate in the commemorative
services and enjoy Turkish hospitality as well as discover the rich
antiquities of the country. The GALLIPOLI YACHT RALLY has the full support
of the Turkish Government and obtains official permission for its comprehensive
program.
The Gallipoli Yacht Rally has developed great friendships and cooperation
at the Ports of Call and often the Mayor of the town or the Provincial
Governor will attend the Rally’s informal functions.
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YACHT RALLY
A yacht rally is a series of short day passages, with at least one day
between each to allow for sightseeing. This type of event attracts people
who are not fully experienced sailors and sailors who would not be happy
with long races that may incorporate night sailing or tricky navigation. For
those who may feel less competent, at an extra cost, a day skipper can be
employed. However, these yachts are easy to sail and can be handled competently
by four people. The yacht rally concept allows for a series of races
to be conducted between yachts of various sizes, speed and crew experience
with a winner (or winners) being determined by arbitrary handicaps.
This table could include yacht length, penalties for motoring, bonus points
for sailing the course, 'spot' navigation etc. Because of the difference in
length of the yachts, there may be handicap starts to allow the yachts to
arrive at the finish at about the same time. The rally concept has the
emphasis on fun and sailing enjoyment with a party at the end of each leg.
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Gonul Paksoy From Collection to Creation
G
onul Paksoy, our cover story, will present three exhibitions to the
world of Creation and Art.
The first Exhibition will take place at the Kadir Has University
"Rezan Has Museum" at Halic (Golden Horn).
"From Collection to Creation - Gonul Paksoy"
The exhibition will be opened on the 19th April for two weeks.
It will be within the International Congress of Textiles and Carpets, ICOC.
The second exhibition will again be at the Has University to celebrate the
10th anniversary of the University.
"Soil shaped by Culture" archeological collection of pottery - Gonul Paksoy
The exhibition will open on the 8th May and will be for four months.
The third Exhibition took place at Kuwait between March 3-8 2007 and it was
on the aerations of Gonul Paksoy.
"Timeless Purity" (minimalism) was the name of the exhibition.
Alongside the new textiles you use in the garments you create, you also use
quite precious and very original old fabrics. You treat each one in a special
manner and sometimes you dye them. What is your reason for using and
dyeing old fabrics? Why do you feel the need to do this?
The reason why I dye fabrics anew is in part to be able to play with their texture
and in part because I do not like their color. By playing with their texture
and color, I obtain a totally different fabric. I transform the colors into
mine. Dyeing old fabrics, especially Ottoman textiles, can have some incredibly
beautiful results. Many of these fabrics had once been used in the imperial
palace or in places having to do with the court. The best craftsmen were
employed to weave them, the best threads, the best dyes, the best silver
threads were used to produce them. I must say that, the fabrics woven in
Istanbul, Edirne and Hereke hold a special place in my eyes.
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Isn't it risky to use this kind of material?
Textile products need to be preserved with great care. You need to have special
conditions to reduce their rapid deterioration. This is something only
certain museums are able to achieve. When I purchase certain fragments, I
see that they have been preserved with care by their previous owners
between several sheets of paper. This gives fabric more endurance.
Whereas there are others who , even if they keep something because they
think it is of value, they can cause it harm by keeping it in inappropriate conditions
or without special care. And such fabrics demand much more attention
when they are cleaned, washed and dyed. There are some valuable
pieces amongst the old fabrics I have bought and some of them are in pretty
poor state. Indeed, this is a form of risk taking. I succeed in recycling
such a fragment then I win, and my gain is a fantastic piece, but if I don't,
then I accept losing the money and effort I spent on it. At times, a piece of
fabric that looks sturdy may begin to tear once you start detaching it. You
need to be very attentive and act with care in this job. From time to time people
ask me whether I do not feel uneasy when I modify a kaftan. No, I don't.
I protect everything that needs protection. This is why I have a lovely collection
of textiles. If one day a textile museum is founded in Turkey, or if I can
set up a museum myself, I shall exhibit all of them. If a big museum is founded
and I can have confidence in their management, I may even donate my
acquisitions. I do not destroy things, I believe that I re-infuse life into those
things that have been abandoned and are about to disappear. I add them my
energy and incorporate a tremendous amount of love and effort in them. I
endow them with an artistic identity. The women who have bought Gonul
Paksoy garments become addicted to them and they become an inseparable
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There are traits that create mystical undertones in your garment. Where
does such design find its source?
MY aim is not, of course, to create a mystical garment. The garments worn
by Sufi dervishes were my starting point, but I gradually developed a style of
my own. I reached a synthesis here. When the garments or fabrics you have
found or have had woven, dyed and used in new applications become incorporated
into the realm of your creativity, your thoughts and your feelings, you
end up by creating a work of your own. What I call my design, is none other
than a new arrangement that takes shape under the influence of all that I
have accumulated up to then. There is a certain atmosphere about the things
I create that can be attributed to this and what makes them look mystical is
their simplicity, their being free of nonessentials. The tones I use and which
lead you to think that you are seeing everything behind a grey-colored veil,
could be reinforcing the mystical impression they create. I can easily say
however, that when I started off I had no claim of creating mystical garments.
Can we say that you are using fusion in your fashion designs?
I rearrange materials according to my own taste, my own way of sensing
things and my own observations. There are new fabrics and old fabrics,
things Oriental and things Western. Speaking of East and West , I am speaking
of course of Turkey. 95% of the fabrics I use are from Turkey. There
might be some Central Asian fabrics and embroideries among them. What it
boils down to though is whatever material I may be using becomes my own.
Fabrics undergo enormous change as a result of different applications. This
may also be considered to be a kind of fusion, a different kind of synthesis.
And here it is your talent, your knowledge and your wealth of experience that
show you the way. For, you begin to search, to see, to choose things and to
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elaborate ideas on them. This leads you to new designs. The same thing is
true for clothes, for jeweler, for everything I do. Alongside all this, if you
spend all your time producing things and working very hard you begin to get
closer to the results you would like to achieve. You do not of course think you
are going to create a synthesis while you are doing all this. But then you
realize that you have created a new synthesis. I have never considered
myself an orientalist. I do not make authentic clothes, but I use authentic
fabrics. I incorporate authentic fabrics into designs that are much more simple,
uncluttered and with plain lines. Looked at from this point of view you
may be right in using the term fusion. Still, I would not like to limit what I am
doing to this term. I do not want to place what I do in this or that current. I
have created my own style. There are no tags on any of the objects I choose
to define as art objects, I choose to define as art objects, but people can easily
see that it is my work.
Gonul Paksoy says here that she has little to do with fashion and that she is
not a fashion designer and yet she designs something and in doing so She
conceives it as a work of Art.
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Meet at the Carpet World-ICOC 2007
Central Asia has been famous for its fabrics for long time. Arts fabrics of
the early Middle Ages take place among the most significant achievements
in Eastern applied arts. Many elements of fabrics' woven patterns and plots
were used in Eastern silver jewelleries, wood engraving and ganch. Textile
materials were used to make clothes for court officials of the highest rank.
These were all luxury items. They used to predominate among the items in
international trade together with jewellery, valuable weapons, glass, etc.
The majority of trade goods between Eastern Asia and the Mediterranean
had been carried along the famous Silk Road. All branches of the Silk Road
passed through certain cities in Central Asia. Those famous and wealthy
cities were Bukhara, Samarkand, Merv, Khiva, Fergana, Kashgar and
Yarkand.
In 14th and 15th centuries Central Asia became one of scientific, cultural
and art centres of Eastern Islamic world under Timurids rule. Timur established
his empire's capital in Samarkand and forced handicraftsmen captured
in battles settle down there. They significantly contributed in rapid
development of Timur's Empire by using their knowledge and experience
in architecture, textile and arts. Consequently, this region became a centre
of silk-spinning and well known for its delicate fabrics.
These fabrics were used to make clothes, turban scarves, women's
scarves, patterned head wear, embroidered skullcaps, decorated curtains,
blanket, mattress and pillow cases, horsecloth, as well as for floor and wall
decoration, covering of marquees and yurtas.
Following series of historical periods in the second half of 19th century
weaving became the most developed branch of handicraft. Many cities and
villages of Central Asia such as Bukhara, Margilan, Hodjent, Kitab, Karshi,
Samarkand and Fergana were famed for their fabrics different from each
other with appearance and patterns. The most popular fabrics were kala-
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16th CENTURY, EASTERN ANATOLIA CARPET
mi, alocha, adras, chit, susi, sateen, satin and bakhmal. 60s and 70s of 19th
century witnessed prosperity of silk weaving.
In 19th century Central Asian Khans were after luxury and grandeur of their
palaces instead of arts and philosophy. Equipping and clothing revealed the
main symbols of power, wealth and prestige of Emir's court. Travelling
princes, ambassadors and high ranking guests who visited Emirs received
caftans and similar valuable items as presents. Caftans served not only as
presents for guests, but they could also be used for payment of services.
Khiva's Khan gave caftans to mercenaries for cut heads of his enemies.
Caftans were priced as four-head, twelve-head or forty-head according to
quality of fabric. People could easily be recognized by their clothes.
Production of arts fabrics required involvement of several textile professions.
Weavers divided into two groups - one of them being occupied directly
in weaving. The other group called 'aburbandi' designed patterns for fabrics.
Special craftsmen called 'rangrez' were occupied in dying fabrics
according to their patterns. The work of rangrez required not only technical
knowledge but also sophisticated arts skills. Ancient symbolic and
magical figures served as fabrics' ornaments. Different circles, discs and
stars formed an ornament commonly called a moon. A palmetto called
'bodom' was among widely used ornaments. Plant motives were the most
popular ones. Notable patterns were known among craftsmen as 'lamp',
'tortoise', 'lion's tail', 'pistachio', etc. There are many common features in
ornaments of adras, velvet and silk, as in book design and architectural
ornaments.
Ikats are the most interesting among Central Asian fabrics. Wonderful
colours and unique patterns remind modern paintings. “Abr” (Persian -
cloud) is appropriate and traditional name of the most prestigious and
beautiful Central Asian fabric. In Arabic it is called asab, in Turkish -
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CENTRAL ANATOLIA KILIM, 120x455 cm. 18th CENTURY.
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18th CENTURY, KONYA
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ipekshahi, in Indian -
patola. In Europe ikat is
mainly known with its
Malayan name.
Seven coloured ikat,
which was produced
from the beginning till
the middle of 19th century,
is recognized to be
the highest achievement
of Central Asian fabric
dyers. Later ikat
weavers applied only
two or three dying
baths.
Herat and Bukhara
miniatures of 15th-19th
centuries are valuable
sources in studying his-
17th CENTURY, CAUCASIAN SIZE: 255X435 CM.
torical clothing of
Central Asian nations.
Miniatures of Heart provide
the basic information
in studying Central
Asian clothing of 15th-
16th centuries. In that
period Herat was a cultural
centre and trendsetter
of entire Middle
East. On the one hand
clothes of that period
combined features of
Turkish and Persian-
Mesopotamian clothing,
and on the other hand
Mongolian and Chinese
patterns.
In Bukhara, which was
accepted as a trendsetter,
men's caftans of silk
ikat were appropriate
outer clothing of nobles.
Content and style of
women's clothing differed
according to age
17th CENTURY, KONYA SIZE: 147X242 CM.
17th CENTURY, CENTRAL ANATOLIA groups. Each region's
clothing was different from others not only by style but also by width, height
and colour patterns.
In Uzbekistan there are certain types of men's and women's clothes, which
are different in style and purpose. The have different names: 1-Kaltacha. 2-
Paranja. 3-Kaltacha-mursak. 4-Chapan-tin, joma. 5-Chapan-tun. 6-
Chapan-yaktak. 7-Yaktak. 8-Kamzol. 9-Kamzol-yaktak. 10-Kurta. 11-Tun.
12-Kamzol. Many of these items are present in Mehmet Cetinkaya's ikat
collection.
Mehmet Cetinkaya's collection in Istanbul gallery has wide variety of samples
with different features. One of the valuable collections comprises
clothes of Uzbekistan's ikat. The collection consists of 99 caftans. These
caftans made of outstanding ikat shall be exhibited in ICOC conference in
April 2007. The exhibition shall take place in the Museum of Turkish and
Islamic Arts. The majority of items in this collection are made in 19th century,
and there are several clothes made in the second half of 18th century.
Abr patterns are the common feature of the items in this collection.
These clothes are made of silk and silk mixture fabrics: shohi, taffeta, satin,
duruya, adras hisari, Karshi and Fergana silk mixture fabrics.
The collection mainly consists of women's clothes, and there are also sev-
17th CENTURY, KONYA SIZE: 142X190 CM.
eral men's caftans - yaktak and chapan. Ikat fabrics designed for clothing
differ from others with rich variety and special character of patterns. 17th CENTURY, KAPADOCIA (UCHISAR) SIZE: 180X310 CM.
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The 10th International ‹stanbul Biennial,
organised by the ‹stanbul Foundation for
Culture and Arts, will be open in the city
from September 8 - November 4, 2007,
under the curatorship of Mr. Hou Hanru,
currently Director of Exhibitions and Public
Programs at San Francisco Art Institute.
The 10th International Istanbul Biennial, titled “Not Only Possible, But Also
Necessary - Optimism in the age of global war”, will not be a thematic
exhibition in the traditional manner; rather, it will emphasise artistic production
based on collective intelligence and the living process of negotiating
with physical sites. The biennial will focus on urban issues and architectural
reality as a means of exposing different cultural contexts and
artistic visions regarding the complex and diverse forms of modernity.
The 10th International ‹stanbul Biennial, organised by the ‹stanbul
Foundation for Culture and Arts, will be open in the city from September
8 - November 4, 2007, under the curatorship of Hou Hanru, currently
Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at San Francisco Art
Institute. The 10th International ‹stanbul Biennial will not be a thematic
exhibition in the traditional manner; rather, it will emphasise artistic production
based on collective intelligence and the living process of negotiating
with physical sites. The biennial will focus on urban issues and
architectural reality as a
means of exposing different
cultural contexts and artistic
visions regarding the complex
and diverse forms of
modernity. Therefore,
instead of imposing any defi-
THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE
10th INTERNATIONAL ‹STANBUL BIENNIAL
10th INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL (September 8 - November 4, 2007)
Not Only Possible, But
Also Necessary: Optimism
In The Age Of Global War
nite concept on the event via fixed exhibition format, we decide to open up
the Biennial as a platform of imagination, dialogue and production. The
issues that the Biennial is focused on will be explored and realised both
materially and physically at Biennial sites, specifically selected for their
historic and functional characteristics, through a continuous process of
dialogues among international artists, local public and specific contexts.
Hardly appeared in tourist maps of ‹stanbul, these sites are culturally and
politically symbolic of the question of modernity: “situ-actions”, generating
situations as a force of urban transformation. The artists to participate
in the 10th International ‹stanbul Biennial will be determined by
Hou Hanru, the curator of the exhibition. Hou Hanru continues to carry
out research both in Turkey and abroad with this objective. The assessment
of submitted portfolios and visits to exhibitions will play a significant
role in the final selection process. If you wish your work to be documented
in our artists' archive and present your work to Hou Hanru, the curator
of the 10th International ‹stanbul Biennial, please send an introductory
portfolio with samples of your work to the address below.
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The ‹stanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts has been organising the
International ‹stanbul Biennial since 1987. The Biennial aims to create a
meeting point in ‹stanbul in the field of visual arts between artists from
diverse cultures and the audience. The nine biennials ‹KSV has organised
up to now have enabled the formation of an international cultural network
between local and international art circles, artists, curators and art critics
by bringing together new trends in contemporary art every two years.
Considered as one of the most prestigious biennials alongside Venice,
Sao Paolo and Sydney, the International ‹stanbul Biennial prefers an exhibition
model which enables a dialogue between artists and the audience
through the work of the artists instead of a national representation
model. The curator, appointed by an international advisory board, develops
a conceptual framework according to which a variety of artists and
projects are invited to the exhibition. The most comprehensive international
art exhibition organised both in Turkey and throughout the geographical
sphere we are in, the ‹stanbul Biennial plays an important role
in the promotion of contemporary artists not only from Turkey but from a
number of different countries in the international arena. The opportunity
to follow developments and discussions in the art world, and therefore a
complimentary educational program is provided both for students and
viewers of art through the exhibitions and simultaneously translated
panel discussions, conferences and workshops organised within the
scope of the exhibitions. After the first two biennials realised under the
general coordination of Beral Madra in 1987 and 1989, ‹KSV decided to
adapt a single curator system following the ‹stanbul Biennial directed by
Vas›f Kortun in 1992. The Biennial was organised under the curatorship of
René Block in 1995, Rosa Martínez in 1997, Paolo Colombo in 1999, Yuko
Hasegawa in 2001, Dan Cameron in 2003 and Charles Esche and Vas›f
Kortun in 2005, and will be realised by the San Francisco-based Chinese
curator Hou Hanru in 2007.
‹stanbul Kültür Sanat Vakf›
Uluslararas› ‹stanbul Bienali
Istiklal Cad. No. 146 Beyoglu
Istanbul - Turkey
ist.biennial@iksv.org
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Hou Hanru, is a Paris - San
Francisco based critic and
curator. Director of
Exhibitions and Public
Programs and Chair of
Exhibition Studies and
Museology at San Francisco
Art Institute. Born in 1963 in
China and moved to Paris in
1990s, he is an Advisor (professor)
at the Rijksakademie
van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Visiting Professor at
HISK, Hoger Instituut voor Shone Kunsten, Antwerp, Beligium, Member
of Advisory Committee of De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, French correspondent
of “Flash Art International”. He was also a member of Global
Advisory Committee of Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis He has curated
over 50 exhibitions including “Laboratoire pour un Avenir Incertain
(Laboratory for an Uncertain Future)”, Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2006,
“Never Go Out without My Dvcam”, ICO Foundation, Madrid, 2006,
“Beyond, the 2nd Guangzhou Triennale”, Guangzhou, China, 2004-2006,
“Go Inside” in The 3rd Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania, 2005, “Out Of
Sight” De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, 2005, “Excessive, dense,
speedy, complex, empty… but Humane - contemporary creative activities
(digitally) facing the post-planning urban world.”, “Argosfestival”,
Bruxelles, Oct. 2004, “Nuit Blanche 2004”, Paris, 2 Oct. 2004, “A L'Ouest
Du Sud De L'Est/A L'Est Du Sud De L'Ouest”, Villa Arson, Nice, Centre
régional d'art contemporain Languedoc Roussillon, Sète, April -
September 2004 “The Fifth System - Public Art in the Age of Post-
Planning”, the fifth Shenzhen international public art exhibition, 2003,
“Fabricated Paradises”, Le Parvis, Ibos, France, 2003, “ Z.O.U. - Zone Of
Urgenc” (the 50th Venice Biennale, 2003). “Arte all'Arte, VIII” (San
Gimignano, Siena, etc. 2003), “Small Is OK” (Friart, Fribourg,
Switzerland, 2002), “Gwangju Biennale 2002”, (Gwangju, Korea),
“Asianvibe” (EACC, Castellon, Spain, 2002), “Asian Party, Global Game 1,
2, Cutting Edge Asia” (ARCO, Madrid, 2001, 2002), “Paris pour Escale”
(Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris 2000-2001), “My Home Is
Yours, Your Home Is Mine” (Samsung Museum, Seoul, Korea 2000,
Opera City Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2001), “Shanghai Spirit -- Shanghai
Biennale 2000” (Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2000), “Leaving
the Island, Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival” (Pusan Art
Museum, Pusan, Korea 2000), “Fuori Uso”, Pescara, Italy, 2000, The
Mind on the Edge (of the New Centres), PhotoEspana, 2000, Madrid,
Project Rooms, ARCO, 2000, the French Pavilion (with Huang Yong Ping),
Venice Biennale, 1999, Biennale of Photography (Centro de La Imagen,
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Mexico City, 1999), , “Unlimited NL. 2” (De Appel Foundation,
Amsterdam, 1999), “Gare de l'Est” (Casino, Forum of contemporary art,
Luxembourg, 1998," Cities on the Move ", (1997, Wiener Secession,
Vienna, Austria, 1998, CAPC, Bordeaux, France, PS1, New York, 1999
Louisiana Museum, Denmark, The Hayward Gallery, London, Bangkok,
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki …), "Hong Kong, etc." in
"Johannesburg Biennale", Johannesburg, South Africa(1997),
"Parisien(ne)s" (1997, Camden Arts Centre, London),"Out of the Centre -
Chinese contemporary art" (1994, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland),
“China/Avnat-Garde” (China National Art Gallery, Beijing, 1989)...
Jury Member of Taishin Awards for Contemporary Art, Taipei, 2005,
Berlage Institute of Architecture, Rotterdam, 2005, ASEAN Art Awards,
2004, Bangkok, La Seine, ENSBA Paris, 2003, Rencontre de la photographie,
Arles, 2003, France DAAD, Berlin, 2003, Hasselblad Award,
Sweden, 2002, Artissima, Torino, 2002, Art Prize of Evens Foundation,
Paris, 2002, Philip Morris Art Award, Japan, 2002, Echigo-Tsumari
Triennale (Japan, 2001-2003), Media Art Award 2000, ZKM, Karlsruhe,
Germany, Baloise Art Prize, Basel, 2000, Chinese Contemporary Art
Awards (Beijing), the Hugo Boss Prize 1998, The Solomon Guggenheim
Museum, New York, selector of the Prize of Fondazione Sandretto Re
Rebaudengo Per l'Arte, Torino, Italy (1998)... etc. Publications in numerous
art magazines and catalogues and lectures in many international
institutions. His book “On The Mid-Ground” was published by Timezone
8 (edited by Yu Hsiao-Hwei), Beijing-Hong Kong, in 2002.
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Convention & Exhibition Venues of Ankara
Name
Number of Halls Total sqm
Ankara Hilton Hotel 8 - 600
Buyuk Anadolu Hotel 13 1.800 2.000
B.Surmeli Hotel 7 1.900 900
Hotel Bilkent Ankara 7 1.650 760
Hotel Dedeman 4 - 500
Sheraton Ankara 7 1.650 700
Swissotel Ankara 7 813 1200
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Ankara the capital of Turkey is located in the centre of Anatolia province.
With a known history of around 3000, Ankara has seen great heights in the
past. Around 3000 years ago, the Hittites established a city by the name of
Akuwash (old name for Ankara) at the intersection of two trade routes in
Turkey. During its earlier phase, Ankara was ruled by Phrygians,
Macedonians (under Alexander the Great), and Romans. Seljuk Turks captured
the city in 1071 AD and renamed it as Enguriye. Most important
moment in the history of Ankara came when Atatürk founded his provisional
government here in 1920, and in 1923 when it became the capital of
Turkish Republic. The city has seen a number of changes since then, however
it has been successful enough in maintaining a fine balance between
the old and the new and thereby living up to its unique identity as the
"Melting Pot of East and West". Today, Ankara is a sprawling urban mass
thoroughly organized and well - planned and much European in look than
most of the cities in Turkey. Its wide-open roads, large hotels, restaurants
and government offices distinguish the city. Besides, there are several
tourist attractions and meetings in the city making it an ideal destination
for the tourists and mice industry.
City At a Glance
Population: 4 Million
Traffic Code: 06
Telephone Code: 0312
How to go
Ankara's international Esenboga Airport is well connected to other cities
in Europe as well as to important destinations in other parts of the world.
What to do
The foundations of this citadel were laid by Galatians to be completed by
the Romans. Byzantines and Seljuk made major changes later on. The
citadel is located atop a hill in the old city where one can see some fine
examples of traditional architecture of Ankara.
What to see
• The Ankara Citadel
• The Museum of Anatonian Civilisation
• An›tkabir
• The Temple of Augusts
• The Roman Bath
• The Column of Julian
• Had Bayram Mosque
• The Hatti Monument
• Victory Monument
• Monument of the Republic
• Yeni Mosque
• Kocatepe Mosque
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In the picturesque old quarter of Kaleici, narrow, winding streets and old
wooden houses abut the ancient city walls. Since its founding in the second
century B.C., Antalya has been continuously inhabited. The region, bathed
In sunshine 300 days of the year, is a paradise of sun-bathing, swimming
and sports activities like windsurfing, water skiing, sailing, mountain
climbing and hunting. If you come to Antalya in March or April, in the mornings
you can ski the slopes and in the afternoons swim in the warm waters
of the Mediterranean. Important historical sites await your discovery amid
a landscape of pine forests, olive and citrus groves, and palm, avocado and
banana plantations. The Turquoise Coast is the tourism capital of Turkey.
Its full range of accommodations, about 35 000 delegates, sunny climate,
variety of excursions and activities, and its warm hospitality make it a
sought-after venue for meetings and conferences. The Antalya Covention
Bureau, ACB, is an independant, non-profit making organisation. Founded
in 1995 as an off-shoot of the Antalya Promotion Foundation (ATAV) which
has became a member of the European Federation of Conference Towns
(EFCT)in1997. More information; A Culture, Exhibition and Congress
Center was opened in 1996 in the Konyaalti Quarter. The Congress hall
itself is in a glass pyramid.
City At a Glance
Population: 2 Million
Traffic Code: 07
Telephone Code: 0242
How to go
Antalya airport is 10km east of the city centre, and has direct flights from
Europe. It is well connected to other parts of Turkey, and daily direct
flights from Istanbul and Ankara.
What to do
With its palm-lined boulevard, internationally-acclaimed marina, and old
castle with traditional architecture, all set amidst a modern city, Antalya
is a major tourist centre in Turkey. In addition to the wide selection of
hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and shops, the city also plays host to
a number of sporting events throughout the year, like International Beach
Volleyball, triathlon, golf tournaments, archery, tennis and canoeing
competitions. The Cultural Centre, which opened in 1995, hosts cultural
and art events in the fields of music, theatre, and creative arts. The main
area of interest in the city is central old quarter within the Roman walls,
known as Kaleici, and there are many good museums.
What to see
• Archaeological Museum • Truncated and fluted minarets
• Hadrian's Gate Old Harbour • Perge, Side, Aspendos
• Düden and Kurflunlu Waterfalls • Antalya Castle
Convention & Exhibition Venues of Antalya
Name
Number of Halls Total sqm
ADORA HOTEL 10 1.681 1.350
ANTALYA CULTURE CENTER 2 1100 1.000
KEMER RESORT HOTEL 8 2.871 1.150
LIMAKATLANTIS HOTEL 9 2.812 1.200
LARES HOTEL 6 1-452 1.300
UMRA HOTEL 6 1-930 1.200
MIRAGE PARK HOTEL 6 2.145 1.500
PINE BEACH CITY 15 4.168 2.575
PORTO BELLO HOTEL 7 2.353 1.250
SILENCE BEACH RESORT 5 2.812 1.250
SABANCI CONGRESS CENTER 2 4.500 2.500
KERVANSARAY LARA 8 3.000 2.500
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The former capital of three successive empires-Roman, Byzantine and
Ottoman-the city is a fascinating mixture of past and present, old and
new,modern and traditional.The museums, churches, palaces, mosques
and bazaars, and the sights of natural beauty seem inexhaustible. As you
recline on the shores of the Bosphorus at sunset contemplating the red
evening light reflected in the windows and slender minarets on the opposite
shore you understand, suddenly and profoundly, why so many centuries
ago settlers chose to build on this remarkable site. In addition to
its unique historical and cultural background and innumerable attractions,
modern hotels, exclusive restaurants, nightclubs, cabarets,
bazaars and shops make Istanbul a superb site for meetings, conferences
and conventions. Istanbul is fast becoming one of the most popular
international congress and exhibition destinations. The opening of the
Lütfi Kirdar Istanbul international Conference Center (I ICC) doubled the
capacity of congress facilities in Istanbul. The I ICC is ideally located in
the modern district of Harbiye, at the center of the city's business, cultural
and commercial life, surrounded by some of Europe's top quality
hotels. Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau (ICVB) has all the contacts
and information for your meetings in Istanbul. More information;
City At a Glance
Population:14 Million
Traffic Code: 34
Telephone Code: 0212 (European side) - 0216 (Asian side
How to go
Istanbul city has modern and new international airport, which is well connected
by regular flights, with most important destinations in Europe,
Middle East, ana North America with. Besides, vast networks of flights fly
between Istanbul and various other cities of Turkey. Ataturk International
Airport is 20 km from city centre. Helicopter service is also available
between the cities.
What to do
While in Istanbul there is so much to do and look forward to. The museums,
castles, palaces, great mosques, bazaars and sights of natural
beauty seem inexhaustible. Being a cultural and historical centre, exploring
the grand heritage of the city should be the top most priority.
Shopping which can be a pleasure in the markets of Istanbul should form
another important part of your itinerary. More than anything else a walk
down the lanes and by lanes of the many bazaars in Istanbul can be a
great experience, if interested in feeling the culture and lifestyles of the
people of this amazing land.
What to see
• Dolmabahçe Palace • Küçüksu Pavillion • St. ‹rene
• Blue Mosque • Topkapi Palace • Mosaic Museum
• Covered Bazaar • St. Sophia • Kariye Museum
• Beylerbeyi Palace • Yerebatan Cîstern • Miniaturk
Convention & Exhibition Venues of ‹stanbul
Name
Number of Halls Total sqm
Largest Hall
Capacity (Theatre)
Abdi ‹pekçi Sport Center 1 - 10.500
Atatürk Culture Center 4 1.062
Ceylan Intercontinental 2 2.200 400
Feshane Fair Center 3 5.500
Grand Cevahir Hotel 22 - 2.750
Istanbul Hilton Exh. Center 9 2.824 1.500
Lütfi K›rdar ICEC 21 3.000 4.980
Military Museum Culture Center 5 2.462 1.000
Open Air Theater 1 - 4.000
Swissotel The Bosphorus 2 3.738 840
TÜYAP Fair & Congress Hall 3 16.000 1.000
World Trade Center 2 52.000
Cemal Reflit Rey 1 1.400 861
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APRIL’07
‹ZM‹R
Nick named in Turkish Beautiful Izmir the city lies at the head a long and
narrow gulf furrowed by ships and yachts. The climate is mild and in the
summer the constant and refreshing sea breezes temper the suns heat.
Behind the palm-lined promenades and, avenues which follow the shoreline,
the city, in horizontal terraces, gently ascends the slopes of the surrounding
mountains. The third largest city in Turkey, Izmir's port is second
only to Istanbul's.The Original city was established in the third millennium
B.C. (at present day Bayrakl› ), and at that time shared, with Troy, the most
advanced culture in Western Anatolia. By 1500 B.C., it had fallen under the
influence of central Anatolea's Hitite Empire. In the first millennium B.C.,
Izmir, the known as Smyrna, ranked as one of the important cities of the
Ionian Federation, and it was during this period, one of the city's most brilliant,
that Homer is believed to nave lived here. The Lydian conquest of the
city, around 600 B.C., brought this period to an end, and Izmir remained little
more than a village throughout the Lydian and the subsequent sixth
century B.C Perisian rule. In the fourth century B.C. a new city was built at
the instigation of Alexander the Great on the slopes of Mt. Pagos
(Kadifekale) Izmir's Roman period, from 27 B.C., gave birth to its second
great area. Byzantine rule followed in the fourth century and last until the
Seljuk conquest of the 11th century. In 1415 under Sultan Mehmet 1. Izmir
became part of the Ottoman Empire.Izmir Convention & Visitors Bureau
has all the contacts and information for your meetings in Izmir.
More information; +90.232.464 03 47-48
City At a Glance
Population: 3,5 Million
Traffic Code: 35
Telephone Code: 0232
How to go
Adnan Menderes Airport, 16km south of the city centre, has several daily
flights to Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya. There are also regular flights
from many European cities.
What to do
While in Izmir see the sights, the Arkeoloji Müzesi (Archaeological
Museum), near Konak Square, houses a superb collection of antiques
including the statues of Poseidon, and Demeter which, in ancient times,
stood in the agora. Neighboring the Archaeological Museum, the collection
of the Etnografya Müzesi (Etnographical Museum) contains folkloric
artifacts among which are fine collections of Bergama and Gördes carpets,
traditional costumers and camel bridles. Situated on Atatürk
Caddesi is an old Izmir house used by the founder of the Turkish
Republic, the Atatürk Müzesi (Atatürk Museum) exhibits photographs of
the leader as well as some of his personnel effects. The SelcukYasar
Müzesi (SelcukYasar Art Museum) is a private museum on Cumhuriyet
Bulvari with a collection of 20th century Turkish art. And wander in the
bazaar, sip drinks and dine at the pleasant waterfront restaurants.
What to see
• Clock Tower • Çeflme • Priene
• Kadifekale • Ephesus, Seljuk • Milet
• Ceflmealti • Pergamon • Dydima
Convention & Exhibition Venues of ‹zmir
Name
Number of Halls Total sqm
INCENTIVE MAGAZINE
Largest Hall
Capacity (Theatre)
Aegean University Hall 6 - 1.000
Altinyunus Holiday resort 9 - 650
Atatürk Cultural Cent. 1 - 650
B.Efes Conv. Center 12 - 1.550
Izmir Hilton 14 - 1.000
Eylul University Hall 3 - 540
Sabanc› Cultural Cent. 2 - 1 054
Thermal Princess Hotel 6
Thermal Princess Izmir 6 - 1.300
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D.M. COMPANIES INCENTIVE MAGAZINE APRIL’07
Company Overview
Summary of main activities
Established in 1980 in Istanbul INTRA TOURS-DMC provides a range of incoming travel and
incentive services and is the flagship of Intra Group which comprises of 4 companies involved
in several branches of tourism in Turkey.
Organisational structure
INTRA TOURS-DMC has a destination based organisational structure, with departments specialised
in incoming from main destinations; accompanied with a dedicated incentives department.
Headquartered in Istanbul, Intra's branch and operational offices are located in key
coastal cities namely Antalya, Bodrum and Kusadasi. At the main office in Istanbul a crew of
25 very efficient and dynamic individuals works year round, handling all kinds of operations
from individuals to large groups.
Business Strategy
INTRA TOURS-DMC has been quite successful predominantly in Mediterranean Europe and
moved hundreds of thousands of tourists to Turkey from all over the world. In the recent years
we have started also serving the North American, North & East European and Middle Eastern
clientele and already moved thousands since our decision to expand into these markets.
Intra is a major member of Turkish Travel Agents Association (TURSAB) with rankings in
the top 50's in annual revenues through the recent years, and it aims to place itself among
the top 10 incoming tour operators in Turkey in the long-term future by securing its position
as the leading incoming operator from Italy and Spain while establishing major presence in
the new markets.
Services
• Incentives & Congresses & Conventions -This is a totally independent
department catering for the incentive and meeting industry
• Groups , Special Interest & Study Tours
• F.I.T. Programs & Seat In Coach Tours
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Ertu¤rul Karao¤lu
President & Ceo
• Resort , sea-side operations
• Pilgrimage Programs & Tours
• Cruise charter & cabin rental
• Flight charter operations
Member of: ASTA - UFTAA - SITE - FIYTO and TURSAB
Headquarters
Kazim Orbay Cad. 24 /1 Atman II apt.
Bomonti Sisli 34380 Istanbul TURKEY
Phone: (90-212) 234 12 00
Fax : (90-212) 241 08 85
e-mail:mail@intraturkey.com www.intraturkey.com
Executive Officers
President and CEO Mr. Ertugrul "Arturo" Karao¤lu
Coordinator & Director Italy Department Mr. Birhan Bilen
Marketing & Sales Director Mr. Bülent Senses
Marketing & Sales Coordinator Mr. Rıfat Karagedik
Executive Operations Manager -Italia Mr. Birhan Bilen
Sales & Marketing Manager Incentives & Groups Ms. Pinar Aykut
Director for Spain & Latin America Mr. Nuri Buluto¤lu
Director Group & FIT Operations Mr. Kasim Basak
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KARAVAN has been active in the tourism industry since 1969.
The company is owned and managed by the Baltazzi family,
which has a long tradition of hospitality in Turkey. Sultan
Abdul Mecid was a guest in their Izmir (Area) home in 1850
as was Sultan Abdul Aziz in 1863. Aristide Bey Baltazzi was
officially recognised for his contribution in organising the
first international exhibition in Istanbul (The "Osmanli
Sergisi" - "The Ottoman Exhibition") in 1863, which created
the first tourism group movement ever to Turkey. To these
experiences and traditions the Baltazzi family has added
modern methods and technology to create the KARAVAN
GROUP of today with its divisions of Karavan MICE, Karavan
Incoming, Karavan Mar each of them leaders in their sector.
CLIENTS
• Menarini
• Alfa Romeo
• Austria Telecom
• Ayca
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Capitalia
• Chiesi
• Congresso Condress
• Dolce & Gabbana
• Elbit System Ltd.
• Electra
• Eurobank Greece
• Fernet Branca
• Fiat
• Fininvest
• Finmeccanica
• Firma
• Fortis
• Lilly
• Lusofarmaco
• Maserati
• Mastercard Italy
• Mediaset
• Mitsubishi
• Philips
• Pirelli
• Pituras Bruguer
• PTT
• RAI
• Royale Belge
• "Seferis in Izmir" International Congress
• Suchard
• UCB
• Unifood
• Unione Cattolica Della Stampa Italiana
• Vaccine Vision
• 3M