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JULY / AUGUST’2014 No: 137

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We should Protect Nature Tourism is to discover nature.

The start of tourism movements is the travel act to discover the beauties of this planet. Listen music of waves in Portofino, enjoy a romantic sunset on your honeymoon in Maui Island, watching the beauties of Bosphorus scene while tasting unique Turkish food, increase your adrenaline by climbing top of the Himalayas, discover nature architecture of Cappadocia with a balloon ride, underwater beauties of Maldives, dance of water at Niagara or Igassu, scenic view of rocks at Copper or Grand Canyon......

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To discover many natural beauties in this planet is tourism. However increasing population and consumption change the balance of nature.

When destruction of nature by humans is added, the response of nature to that becomes harsher.

Eruption of volcanoes that affect continents, climate changes caused by hole in the ozone layer, the floods destroying countries, flooding, or the opposite running out of water at rivers, lakes ...

Tourism is not only the peace between humans; tourism is also the peace with nature!

Wish you sunny & green holidays.

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06 Turkey news 20 Exhibitions ATM-Dubai 22 Hotels 24 Mahan Air 26 Airlines 28 WTA-Dubai Ceremony 30 Focus on Nostalgia 32 World News 34 Interview 35 Cruise News 36 Nostalji 38 Kruvaziyer Turizmi 40 Destinasyon Dubai 44 Bülten 50 Kısa Kısa 4

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43 million tourists to Turkey

The number of tourists to Turkey is expected to rise to a record high of 43 million this year, with a moderate increase in tourism income also projected, according to Başaran Ulusoy, the chairman of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB). “We are walking straight to our target of 43 million tourists and $36 billion income,” Ulusoy told Anadolu Agency in a recent interview in Çorum.

The tourist income figure exceeded $34 million last year,

according to figures by TÜRSAB, and although it predicts a rise in the number of tourists this year it also foresees a fall in income per tourist. However, figures estimated by sector bodies the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) and the Tourism Ministry conflicted with this estimate.

TÜRSAB is anticipating a large influx of tourists to the western province of Çanakkale next year, the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli. In particular, Australians and New Zealanders pay respects on the anniversaries ever year to commemorate the tens of thousands of losses at the site during World War I. TÜRSAB Chairman Ulusoy said his organization was focusing on promoting Turkey for domestic tourists along with foreign visitors, vowing to focus on the less popular non-coastal areas in the country. “There is life on Anatolian soil,” he said, underscoring the presence of different attraction points.

Rise in tourism income day vacation opportunity at country’s coastal beauties or culture attractions for local holiday makers.

According to the report, southeastern holiday town Bodrum and the southern province of Antalya that accommodates scores of shores will remain the favorite destinations for Turks who want to take a little time off.

The report predicts the share of local tourists in hotels will rise up to 40 percent in Bordum, while it will remain at around 15 percent in Antalya resorts.

Despite a decline foreseen in foreign tourists, the number of tourists to Turkey, which was 39 million in 2013, is expected to rise to a record high of 43 million this year, with a moderate increase in tourism income also projected.

A total of 57 million people mobility is expected for the whole year, according to TÜRSAB’s calculations.

Nearly 5 million of 14 million Turkish tourists expected for this With the aim of compensating for its losses from decline in year will spend their holiday at touristic facilities like hotels and European tourists, the Turkish tourism sector will try to allure pensions. Most of those 5 million are predicted to take their local tourists. vacation during the busy summer season that comprises of the This summer’s season is expected to witness a boom with the May-September period.

Ramadan holiday, according to a report released by the top The figure of income from tourism exceeded $34 million last sector organization. year, according to figures by TÜRSAB. Although TÜRSAB “2014 Tourism Season Report” released by the Association predicts a rise to $36 million this year, it also foresees a fall in of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB) says the tourism income per tourist. sector is suffering from a retreat in some markets including In his remarks quoted in the report, TÜRSAB chairman Başaran Germany, Ukraine and Belgium and looks to raise the number of Ulusoy also warned of the losses suffered by illegal tourism Turkish tourists. agencies.

“The sector will have up to 30-40 percent price reductions “People should be cautious about these agencies, which are during Ramadan in order to not leave their business up to preferred because of the perception of having lower prices. chance,” the report read.

Unlicensed agencies cause unfair competition, as well as The three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, also known as the Ramadan threaten safety,” he said.

Holiday, will fall between July 27-30 this year, creating a five-

Millions of travelers visited Istanbul in the first 5 months of 2014 The Istanbul Culture and Tourism Directorate announced the number of tourist arrivals to Istanbul in May 2014. The number of tourist arrivals to Istanbul continues to increase compare to previous years’ arrival figures. It is very likely that Istanbul will break all time tourist records by the end of 2014.

During the first 5 months of 2014, top nations are as follows: Germany: %9.9 (425.463), Russia:%5.8 (248.757), Iran:%4.4 (187.348), France:%4.2 (179.344), USA: 4.1% (178.034), UK:%4.1 (175.720), Italy:%3.8 (162.684), Libya %2.7 (116.074), The Netherlands %2.7 (115.761), Ukraine %2.6 (111.857)

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Istanbul strengthen its position in Top 10 of ICCA Rankings

Istanbul has been ranked 8th in the Top 10 of ICCA Rankings, according to the 2013 data. ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association, announced 2013 Rankings for cities and countries.

Istanbul uplifted its position in the Top 10 of rankings.

According to the data released by ICCA, Istanbul has been ranked 8th with 146 congresses in 2013. Turkey has been ranked 18th with 221 congresses and has taken place in Top 20 for the first time and 10th in Europe. This result points to a 14 % rise comparing to 2012 in which 128 events were held. If congresses with more than 300 and 500 guests are taken into account, Istanbul ranked 1st leaving capitals like Paris, Berlin and London behind.

Istanbul hosted 80 important congresses in 2013 with more than 300 guests while Paris hosted 73, Singapore 70, Berlin 64 and London 63. Moreover, Istanbul hosted 49 events with delegates above 500. Singapore hosted 44, Paris 41 and Berlin 37 in 2013.

ICVB General Manager Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu said, “According to the results on 2013 results, Istanbul ranked at 8th place of the world’s most popular congress destination. Istanbul, which was listed in the Top 10 for the third consecutive year, strengthens its position in the Top 10 at world meetings industry. Istanbul has 18 more congresses compare to 2012 by hosting 146 congresses and

conventions in 2013.”

“Istanbul, which is ambitious for hosting congresses over 300 and 500 delegates, has been ranked as the world’s most popular city to host large-scale conferences in 2011 and 2012” added Mrs. Fisunoğlu.

ICCA CEO Martin Sirk commented: “Once more our members and researchers have identified that the international association sector has been growing strongly over the last year, as has been the case throughout the last few years of global economic uncertainty. Why is this so?”

“Firstly, almost all international associations have a statutory duty to meet on a regular basis, and their annual or biannual main congresses have become increasingly “mission critical” for their communities of members and stakeholders.”

“Secondly, economic strength in certain regions of the world is stimulating growth in regionally rotating association meetings, particularly in Asia and Latin America, but we now also see this trend starting to emerge in regions such as Africa and Middle East.” “And thirdly, association congresses are to a large extent driven by scientific, healthcare and technological advances, and we are continuing to live in an era where the accelerated expansion of discovery and innovation is at an unprecedented level, creating entirely new associations and events to share insight into and develop new business from this new knowledge.”

Germans ranked first for tourists visiting the city of Istanbul, according to Istanbul’s provincial culture and tourism directorate.

Germans have become accustomed to Turkish culture due to the presence of more than three million Turks since the labor force agreement signed in the 60s. Germans are ranked first for the number of tourists visiting Istanbul in the last three months with around 350,000 citizens, followed by approximately 260,000 Russians and around 213,000 Iranians.

Germans made up 9.1 percent of the tourists visiting Istanbul in January 2014, while Russia stood at 6.1 percent and Iran 5.2 percent. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute’s report for the first quarter of 2014, tourism revenue reached $4.8 billion across Turkey, an increase by 3.4 percent compared to same period of 2013, with 76.2 percent of tourism revenue coming from foreign tourists.

Foreign tourists spent an average of $877 during the first three months of 2014. Basaran Ulusoy, Head of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies, told the AA that tourism revenue in the first quarter of 2014 was good but insufficient, adding they expected around 39 million tourists to visit Turkey in 2014.

Ulusoy added, “Tourism is Turkey’s future. Istanbul is globally attractive. If political stability exists, economic stability also appears. Turkey is seeing the benefits of a stable economy.”

Turkey hosts more than 800,000 Syrian refugees, most of whom have fled Syria due to the civil war raging since 2011, and still receives Syrian tourists to Istanbul but their numbers have fallen severely. The number of Syrians visiting Istanbul decreased from 2.2 percent to 2.0 percent between January and March.

The number of Ukrainian tourists coming to Istanbul also fell during the past three months to 3 percent. In February, protests erupted in Ukraine following the ouster of former President Viktor Yanukovych, after he opted to ditch a trade deal with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia in November 2013.

Ulusoy stressed that tourism in Turkey has been affected by the Syrian civil war, saying he hoped the civil war would end soon. The number of tourists from countries suffering domestic political tension was very low during the first three months of 2014.

Germans rank first in Istanbul tourists

Roman temple’s remains found at Black Sea province

The remains of a Roman temple have been discovered during drilling for the construction of a school in the northern province of Bartın’s Amasra district.

The construction process has been stopped and the school will now be constructed elsewhere. Archaeological excavations will soon start over an area of 3,000 square meters in order to reveal the ancient settlement.

Amasra Museum Director Baran Aydın said a column heading, pedestals and the marble ground of the temple had been uncovered.

“We estimate that that temple dates back to the Roman era. You can find works from the Roman and Byzantine eras everywhere in Amasra. During one-month-long preliminary works, we found data that may be very important for the district. The first findings show that the temple collapsed during an earthquake. Further works might reveal the ancient city under the district,” Aydın said.

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Instagram photographers focus on Turkey

A unique social media project called #ComeSeeTurkey was launched Wednesday in Istanbul, aiming to promote Turkey’s history, culture, and people on the Instagram social media platform, via images shot by 20 photographers who between them command millions of online followers.

Although focused on Instagram, the project – estimated by one organiser to cost around 800,000 Turkish liras – will also use Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, rather than traditional advertisement channels, to showcase Turkey.

Twenty Instagram users from different parts of the world with high numbers of followers or who enjoy great popularity, have been invited to Turkey for the two-stage project that will last 24 days and take place on two separate journey routes, covering a total distance of 7,000 km.

In two groups, these photographers along with a #ComeSeeTurkey team will tour Turkey’s 24 cities and shoot photos in the places they visit, and then share their photos with the world on their Instagram accounts, as well as the social media accounts created for the campaign.

Popular Instagram photographers from 13 different countries will try to depict Turkey’s rich culture and beauty from their own point of view as Instagram photographers from all around the world.

One of the ‘Instagramers’, Christoffer Collin, a 30 year-old from Sweden with almost 600,000 followers, said he was excited to discover places in Turkey that would be normally unusual to travel and to reveal the beauty there via socail media.

The only Turkish photographer in the group, Sezgin Yilmaz, told an AA reporter that Turkey had a lot material to work on in artistic sense which will be uncovered during the tour.

First-time visitor to Turkey, Putri Anindya, a 22 yearold journalism student from Indonesia, said she started photography just for fun but was now getting serious as the power of social media brought her to Turkey for her first promotion project.

In the first phase of the project, ten of these Instagram users will start their tour in Istanbul’s Dolmabahce Palace on April 16.

They will also travel from Turkey’s north eastwards, visiting the cities of Trabzon, Artvin, Ardahan, Kars, Agri, Van, Mardin and Gaziantep, while the other ten photographers will visit central and western cities and places including Kayseri, Capadoccia (Nevsehir), Konya, Antalya, Aydin, Pamukkale, Dalyan, Bodrum, Izmir and Gallipoli in the second stage.

A special team from Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT will accompany the photographers, shooting a documentary to be broadcast at the end of the project.

The #ComeSeeTurkey project has its own website and Instagram account, which aims to attract a total of 26 million users.

Started under the auspices of the Turkish Presidency, the project’s main sponsor is the Turkish Union of Chambers and Exchange Commodities, and co-sponsored by Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkish Airlines and the Turkish Photojournalists’ Association.

Istanbul Modern celebrates its 10th year with “Rainbow” Istanbul Modern, the first private museum of modern art in Turkey hosts modern and contemporary art exhibitions, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its foundation in 2014. Istanbul Modern ushered in the New Year with Sarkis’ work entitled “Rainbow”. Starting on the night of December 31, 2013, Sarkis’ installation “Rainbow” continuously illuminates Istanbul Modern’s front façade with its dazzling colors.

Since the day it opened, Istanbul Modern has hosted different branches of the arts and has received over 5 million visitors. For its 10th anniversary events, by organizing various contemporary, creative, and lasting programs which foster active participation, the museum will continue to be a versatile platform for communication where everyday life meets art.

The first of a series of events that will take place throughout the year, the installation “Rainbow” was produced in neon and measures 7.5 meters in height and 15 meters in width. Showing a rainbow in the process of forming, the installation “Rainbow” will illuminate art and museum visitors for 365 days. “Rainbow” reminds us of the states of becoming of art as a never-ending

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field of thought and action. It symbolizes the endless rhythm, excitement, and joys of life.

Sarkis defines his installation as a “rainbow gaining momentum toward the Big Bang” and adds: “Rainbow should be regarded as a miracle. Art is always about new beginnings; there are references, but in the process of creating, all of these references disappear, giving way to fresh ideas.”

Chief Curator of Istanbul Modern Levent Çalıkoğlu stresses that Sarkis identifies the work of art with the rainbow’s process of coming into being. About the installation “Rainbow,” Çalıkoğlu says: “In his works, Sarkis treats of the concepts of memory, cross-cultural interactions, and history; his work “Rainbow” makes reference to the state of becoming of a natural phenomenon which visually impresses people. Sarkis constructs a parallel relationship between a miracle of nature and the excitement and uncertainties felt at the moment an artistic idea is born. How is an idea born, how does it develop, and what does it result in? Sarkis identifies the work of art with the rainbow’s process of coming into being. For us, this project, realized as we enter our 10th year, also refers to the different disciplines of art we host in our museum.”

Within the scope of the project, a documentary was produced showing the making-of and production technique of the installation “Rainbow”.

Istanbul Modern also invites visitors to take photos under the “Rainbow” and share them on social media channels with the hashtag #undertherainbow. Photos shared by visitors and sent to Istanbul Modern will be gathered in a special album on Facebook.

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Opening from 9am Monday – Thursday (previously 10am) WTM will give exhibitors and buyers from WTM Buyers’ Club an extra hour each day to agree business deals.

Furthermore, the event will stay open for an extra two hours to 8pm on the Wednesday evening, giving exhibitors the opportunity to host WTM 35th event celebrations on their stands.

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WTM 2013 facilitated more than £2.2 billion in industry deals – with exhibitors from the Europe & Mediterranean and UK&I regions expected to sign deals worth £494 million.

This year we expect even more business to be conducted, with Turkish exhibitors at the forefront of signing contracts. One of the best ways for exhibitors to meet new buyers and sign deals is the WTM Speed Networking, which takes place on Monday and Thursday mornings.

What will the event programme look like at WTM 2014?

This year sees the introduction of a Spa and Wellness Programme to the highly successful events programme. There will be more than 100 sessions covering a range of topics including aviation, cruise, social media, and responsible tourism.

WTM 2013 Events Programme has an attendance of more than 16,000 – a 9.5% increase on WTM 2012.

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Antalya hosted 3rd stage in World Archery Cup

Turkey’s Mediterranean city of Antalya hosted the third World Archery Cup stage which took place 10 – 15 June 2014.

Turkey has hosted an Archery World Cup stage in Antalya since first edition in 2006 – and in 2013, the World Archery Championships were held in Belek.

Long-time supporter of the Archery World Cup and other international archery events, Turkish Airlines has renewed its partnership deal with World Archery until the end of the 2015 season. Turkish Airlines became the official airline of World Archery with the launch of the Archery World Cup in 2006. It has supported the growth of the World Cup circuit and archery’s evolution into one of the core Olympic sports.

The organisation will retain its airline sector exclusivity for the duration of the extension.

Included in the extension is the 12kg additional luggage allowance certificate for archery equipment. Available to all athletes, staff and official travelling to World Archery events, the new certificate can be found on the World Archery website and should be presented upon check-in.

Over the last eight years, Turkish Airlines – the global network carrier – has seen the value of its association with World Archery consistently increase as the sport gains wider

exposure. Archery is now regularly broadcast on television channels around the world, offers one of the best live event experiences on the Olympic programme and receives significant international press coverage.

World Archery President Prof. Dr. Ugur ERDENER said: “We are extremely thankful to Turkish Airlines for its continued support of not only our federation but our athletes, officials and staff that travel worldwide to events. Turkish Airlines is the best airline in Europe – and an airline that cares about its passengers and excellence, in aviation and in sport.”

New historical sites in İzmir İzmir is expected to host more local and foreign tourists this year due to the opening of historical sites in the province. Works on the ancient sites are being accelerated in order to finish them for the summer season. Officials belive the number of visitors will increase to a great extent this year. İzmir’s six ancient sites, where excavations are still being conducted, will open to visitors soon. İzmir is currently one of the centers of intense archaeological works in the country, with 22 excavations currently taking place. Works on these ancient sites have been accelerated recently in order to be ready in time for the upcoming tourist season during the summer months.

The Director of Provincial Culture and Tourism Abdülaziz Ediz said there was a noticeable increase in the number of local tourists at the ancient sites and museums. He said the number of foreign tourists began to increase with a rise in cruise tourism. “With a history of 8,500 years, İzmir is an area where settlements have existed since the prehistoric age. It has hosted an array of cultures from various regions. There are 22 ongoing excavations, 15 are carried out by a Turkish team, three by foreign teams and four by museum directorates.

We have accelerated work to open these excavation areas to visitors as soon as possible. The ancient city of Metropolis in Torbalı will be open to visitors from the beginning of the season. The ancient site of Teos in Seferihisar will be finished toward the end of the season. Visits to the ancient prophecy center of Claros in the district of Özdere and Urla’s ancient city of Klazomenai will begin this year, too. The Ayasuluk Fortress, which is the most visited place after the ancient city of Ephesus and the House of the Virgin Mary in Selçuk, will be open to visitors – with some restrictions – this season,” Ediz said. be aware that there were no tourist guides or specialist facilities to meet their needs. “This is why tour operators did not include these locations in their programs.”

He said they believed the number of visitors to museums and ancient sites would increase to a great extent in 2014.

“Companies that come to İzmir for meetings have started to dedicate one day of their programs [in visiting] ancient sites.

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This also caused an increase in cultural tourism among local tourists. Students also have a significant interest in visiting museums and ancient sites. We are working to increase our outreach to students by supporting projects that educate young people about these ancient sites,” Ediz added.

Annually, approximately 3 million people visit 16 museums and ancient sites in İzmir. The Ephesus ancient city has the highest number of visitors. This is followed by St. Jean Church in Selçuk, Acropolis in Bergama, Terrace Houses in Ephesus, and the ancient city of Asklepieion in Bergama.

The Prehistoric Life Museum, which is under construction in Yeşilova Mound by the Bornova Municipality, will open in July.

The facility will be the sixth archaeological center that will open to visitors this season.

According to officials, it will be the one and only in Turkey.

Associate Professor Zafer Derin, Yeşilova’s Mound deputy head of excavations, said the ancient city, scientific laboratories and the Neolithic village complex had been designed all together, so that visitors would be able to experience social life in the prehistoric age.

Besides Yeşilova Mound, the most important prophecy center of the ancient ages, Claros, will open to visits this year, too.

Although it is not an ancient city, the prophecy center also draws many visitors.

Metropolis and Teos are also expected to draw many visitors this year as well.

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The 21st Istanbul Jazz Festival Begins

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Arts and Culture (İKSV) and sponsored by Garanti Bank for the past 17 years, the 21st Istanbul Jazz Festival begins on 1 July.

Taking place across 13 different venues until 16 July and hosting over 200 local and international acts in Istanbul, including masters like Hugh Laurie, Katie Melua, Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, as well as the rising stars of international jazz, such as Cécile Mclorin Salvant and Kellylee Evans, the festival will also bring the magic of jazz to the city’s parks with

this year’s new event, “Jazz in the Parks.”

During its first week, the 21st Istanbul Jazz Festival will host the Turkey premiere of one of the country’s most important artists, composer, author, and musician Zülfü Livaneli’s new piece composed for poems of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, “Rumi Suite-The Eternal Day”. The concert, featuring Zülfü Livaneli as composer and including his on-stage presentations, will be taking place with the contributions of the Goethe Institut at Sepetçiler Kasrı (Basketmakers’ Kiosk) on Wednesday, 2 July evening at 21.15.

Jazz lovers can check out the festival programme on http://caz.iksv.org/ as well as through the İKSV Mobile application. The İKSV Mobile application, developed with the support of Vodafone Red, is available for download for free at AppStore and Google Play.

Tickets for the “Rumi Suite-The Eternal Day” project and other concerts that are part of the 21st Istanbul Jazz Festival may be purchased from Biletix outlets, from İKSV’s main box office without a service charge, and from event venues on the day of the show. (İKSV’s main box office is open on weekdays and Saturdays between the hours of 10.00-18.00.) Credit cards are a valid form of purchase and in addition to full-fare tickets, the option of discounted tickets for students will also be available for each event.

The 4th International Istanbul Ballet Festival The 4th International Istanbul Ballet Competition and Festival, organized by the State Opera and Ballet (DOB), ended on June 26 with a gala night and an award ceremony held at Istanbul’s Cemal Reşit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall.

While delivering the opening speech, DOB General Director, Rengim Gökmen, said Istanbul was a good location to create new ballet stars and also to promote the art to a wider audience.

At the ceremony, the finalists of the competition were presented their diplomas by jury president, Irek Mukhamedov.

The greatest award of the event, the Istanbul Grand Prix prize, went to Kanstantin Geronik and Ludmila Kitrova, a couple from Russia. The couple received their award from International Organization of Turkic Culture (TÜRKSOY) Secretary General Düsen Kaseinov. The ceremony ended with performances by competition winners.

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Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery presents photographs of Turkey’s recent history

In the exhibition “On the Road”, a compilation from the archive of Nar Photos between 2003-2013, Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery presents a panorama of events and situations which took place in Turkey’s recent history or whose effects are still felt today.

Throughout the course of an unpredictable journey, “On the Road” keeps record of stories which have been left in the shadows. Curated by Sena Çakırkaya, the exhibition will be on view between May 28-November 9, 2014.

Nar Photos is an independent collective which, since 2003, has been bringing together the diverse viewpoints in Turkey through their egalitarian, democratic approach and their stance for freedom. Using photography as a visual tool to understand and express the world, the agency chooses to question rather than accept facts as they are presented.

By exposing the different situations in life, they create a collective memory of the recent past as well as a broad area for discussion. Eliminating the borders between art photography and photojournalism, Nar Photos powerfully merges aesthetics and content through their feature stories and the impressive images they capture in their photographs. Through the feature stories and news photography by the agency, the exhibition touches upon major events that have happened in Turkey while also objectively reflecting authentic snapshots from around the country. The exhibition’s curator Sena Çakırkaya notes that “the photographs do not show facts as they are presented to us; rather, they display steps of a journey toward questioning the things that are accepted as facts. This visual archive does not look from without; with its sincere approach, it intervenes, rather than standing by as a mere witness. It invites us to confront and reckon with our times. The photographers in the collective take on an active role that triggers change by creating a social consciousness. Having an autonomous structure, the collective provides a stage for issues which are not shown or sufficiently spoken of to be represented.”

The exhibition features 75 photographs that deal with various subjects: the city and urban transformation, public transportation, the Inönü Stadium, Gezi Park, immigrants, and night life; celebrations such as circumcisions, henna nights, Newroz, and the Kafkasör Festival in Artvin; panoramas of diverse geographies such as Kars, Ardahan, and Ararat; Armenians, Kurds, Greeks, Assyrians and their ceremonies; seasonal workers, denim sandblasters, paper scavengers, and strikes; the street with its LGBTQI and International Women’s Day marches. In addition to these photographs, the exhibition also features 6 videos produced collectively: Auction, Kalanda, Inönü Stadium, Lübbey, Akhuryan Station, and the North Istanbul.

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The exhibition “On the Road” features photographs by 20 artists:Adnan Onur Acar, Ahmet Şık, Aylin Kızıl, Barış Sever, Eren Aytuğ, Erhan Arık, Fatma Çelik, Fırat Aygün, Gençer Yurttaş, Gülşin Ketenci, Hüsamettin Bahçe, Kerem Uzel, Lezgin Kani, Mehmet Kaçmaz, Özcan Yurdalan, Ruben Mangasaryan, Saner Şen, Serpil Polat, Serra Akcan and Tolga Sezgin.

Aiming to expose living conditions in people’s lives, Nar Photos’ member artists believe that the function of images comes before their plastic or aesthetic value. Members of Nar Photos prefer to produce photographic interviews which have the potential to promote change. Stating that each of their photographs has a different story, they explain how they made the selection for On the Road as follows: “Rather than asking “what is happening in Turkey?” we preferred to ask ourselves the questions “What was it that we saw? What was of value and importance to us? What were the events and facts that had an impact on Turkey’s social and political life?” First of all, we are not people who are interested in photography per se.

Rather than photography’s mechanical, aesthetic, or formal aspects, we are interested in its function, in the fact that it is a tool. The second and more important part is the question of what our photographs will change in both our and other’s lives. Our premise is that every photograph is taken for other people. When you show someone a picture, you want to effect a change in that person. We know we can’t change the world through photography, but we do question whether we could, at least, create some shift in opinions, make up for missing information, and whether we could make ourselves, and also the viewers, take a more critical look at the subjects we deal with, a look that is more concerned with the world; and a more critical look at ourselves as well. This actually has more to do with the way we relate to life than with photography itself.”

Mostly focusing on topics in Turkey which remain invisible or are left in the shadows, Nar Photos is interested in what is really happening and tries to filter these out by attempting to show reality without distorting it in the images they capture.

One thing to which they attach as much importance as the shooting process is how to select the photographs and what long sentence these will form once they are put together: “What we do may not be of any value today, but we do realize that we have to accumulate, to be aware of the times, and to look at those times not from today’s perspective but by projecting them forward and looking at them from that point; and we can feel that we are gradually gaining this ability. We believe that all that we go through during this process will acquire a different significance in the future and will serve as real data for the next generation and the one after that.”

F TURKEY NEWS

Treasures of ‘Magnificent Century’ come to Istanbul

project about the trade ship that had sunk in the 16th century had come up due to this interest.

“Excavations are still continuing in the shipwreck, which was discovered by a Belgian tourist in 1968. Some objects that have been removed from the shipwreck and cleaned are on display at the Croatian Museum of History. The ship is directly related to Ottoman history. This is why we have decided to organize this exhibition in Istanbul,” he said.

Aydemir said the objects had been ordered for the renovation of the Seraglio section in the Topkapı Palace. “A lot of objects, accessories and treasures were sent to the Ottomans in the winter months of 1583, but the ship sank in the northern Dalmatian coasts. We can get clear information about the objects via the insurance documents of the ship. The most important artifacts found in the ship are objects displayed in Topkapı Palace. Among the striking pieces were a 43-meterlong weaved silk cloth, glass objects made on Murano Island and candles that were found in an iron chest.”

He said the treasures ordered by Safiye Sultan and Nurbanu Hundreds of objects and accessories, which were ordered Sultan had been removed by the insurance company after during the renovation of the Seraglio at the time of the Ottoman Sultan Murad III, went down into water when the ship the accident. “We don’t have any information about whether sank near the inlet Gnalic in Croatia. The 16th century treasures, these treasures were sent to Istanbul or not. We believe these objects are very precious to understand the magnificence of which have been removed from the shipwreck, will arrive in the Ottoman palace,” he noted.

Istanbul next year for an exhibition.

Aydemir said the Creation Culture Minister Andrea Zlatar Works have been continuing for the exhibition “Gnalic Violic and Turkish Culture Minister Ömer Çelik had signed a Shipwreck – 16th Century Treasures,” which is one of the protocol for the exhibition, and they had agreed in principle significant cultural projects between Turkey and Croatia. with a museum in Istanbul. Aydemir said a project was also The coordinator of the project, the Turkish Foundation of the carried out to simultaneously display the artifacts removed Underwater Archaeology President Oğuz Aydemir said due from the Saint Paul shipwreck, which sunk in the 16th century to the fact that 2013 had been launched by UNESCO as the 500th Year of the map of Piri Reis, they had organized Piri Reis around the Croatian Mljet Island. “The İznik tiles found in this shipwreck have not been displayed so far. The project drew cartography exhibitions in six Croatian cities. attention of businessman Ömer Koç, who has a big collection of He said the Turkish TV drama “Magnificent Century” (Muhteşem Yüzyıl) was very popular in Croatia and people were İznik tiles. We plan to exhibit these tiles in Istanbul first, then Zagreb and finally in Dubrovnik,” he said. much interested in Ottoman culture and that the exhibition

Turkish Film ‘Winter Sleep’ wins top prize at Cannes Film Festival Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan accepted the coveted Palm d’Or for his film “Winter Sleep” at the Cannes Film Festival 2014.

Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan dedicated the award to “the young people of Turkey, those who lost their lives during the last year.” Running more than three hours, “Winter Sleep” is about a family running a hotel in the snowy Turkish hills and their strained relationship with their village tenants.

This is a great surprise for me,” Mr. Ceylan said in English. “This year is the 100th year of Turkish cinema, and it’s a good coincidence, I think.”

American actress Julianne Moore won the best actress award for her portrayal of an aging film star in David

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Cronenberg’s dark Hollywood parody, “Maps to the Stars.”

Bennett Miller won the award for best director. His wrestling drama “Foxcatcher” stars Channing Tatum and Steve Carell.

Best actor went to Timothy Spall who stars as British painter J.M.W. Turner in “Mr. Turner.”

Turkey issued travel warning for Iraq Turkish citizens have been warned by Turkey’s foreign ministry not to travel to Iraq as the security situation has deteriorated in the country and remains unpredictable.

Unrest in Iraq is running high as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant militants have seized two new towns after taking control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, threatening to move south towards capital Baghdad.

ISIL militants also abducted 49 Turkish consulate staff members, including the consul-general and family members in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

A statement released by the Turkish foreign ministry recommended that Turkish citizens leave Mosul, Kirkuk, Salahuddin, Diyala, Anbar and Baghdad provinces within the shortest possible time and avoid travel to these towns.

In Brief n Özgül Özkan Yavuz has been appointed ICVB as the new General Manager of the bureau.

Ozgul Ozkan Yavuz

n Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul announces the appointment of Vito Romeo to the position of

Vuslat Dagli

General Manager.

Vito Romeo

n Emrullah Akçakaya has been appointed as General Manager for Dedeman Hotels.

Asli Borakan Eryoner

n Martı Istanbul Hotel announced the appointment of Bozkurt Atabek as new General Manager.

Emrullah Akcakaya

n Uygar Koçaş has been appointed General Manager at The Marmara Taksim.

Ali Turk

n Ata Eremsoy promoted as vice president of the executive board at The Marmara Collection Turkey.

Bozkurt Atabek

n Dedeman Istanbul Hotel has announced the appointment of Ahmet Cemal Arıkan as General Manager.

Ilter Turkmenoglu

n Seda Bayburtlu Tolunay has been appointed Mardan Palace as Marketing Manager.

Uygar Kocas

n Ahmet Emin Ok, has been promoted as General Manager of Dedeman Park Gaziantep. n DoubleTree by Hilton Malatya announced the appointment of Haluk Bilgili as General Manager.

Mete Atakuman

n Vuslat Dagli has appointed as Sales and Marketing Manager at Ramada İstanbul Asia.

Ata Eremsoy

n Sirene Belek Hotel has appointed Ercan Çek as the new General Manager.

Aytekin Guc

n Asli Borakan Eryoner has been appointed to Dorak Holding as Director of MICE. Ahmet Cemal Arikan

n Ali Türk has been appointed as General Manager of Istanbul Gönen Hotel. n İlter Türkmenoğlu has been appointed as General Manager of Hilton Garden Inn İstanbul

Seda Bayburtlu tolunay

Aybike Ceylanlar

Atatürk Airport.

n Mete Atakuman has been appointed as General Manager of Jumeirah Guangzhou.

Cennet Funda Cam Ahmet Emin Ok

n Aytekin Güç, has been appointed as General Manager of BW Citadel Hotel Istanbul. n Aybike Ceylanlar has appointed as Sales and Marketing Manager at Rixos Hotels.

Haluk Bilgili

n Cennet Funda Çam has been appointed as General Manager of İzmir Wyndham Özdilek.

Atakan Turhan

n Atakan Turhan has been appointed as General Manager of Ankara Mövenpick Hotel.

Ercan Cek

n Sinan Yılmaz has been appointed as General Manager of Shangri-La Pekin Kerry Hotel Beijing.

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F EXHIBITION ATM-Dubai With over 2,700 exhibitors from 83 countries, Arabian Travel Market was held May 5-8 in Dubai, UAE. Now in its 21st year, the 2014 edition was a complete sell out, with 25,000 square metres - including one extra hall – makes ATM the largest travel trade exhibitor event ever

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to be held in the Middle East. The show has grown by 8% since 2013 and welcomed over 2,700 exhibitors, with 420 main stand holders and exhibitors from 83 countries as well as 68 national pavilions. Over 21,000 local, regional and international industry professionals attended the show from 157 countries.

Turkey also participated ATM-Dubai with largest Ministry of Tourism and private stands.

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F HOTELS Istanbul Marriott Hotel Sisli opened A formal opening ceremony officially marked the opening of the Istanbul Marriott Hotel Sisli.

This represents the global hospitality company’s 7th hotel in Istanbul and 11th in Turkey. The opening ceremony hosted by the hotel’s General Manager Thomas Eder, welcomed several local celebrities and businessmen. Marriott International President and Managing Director of Europe; Amy McPherson also attended the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony and cocktail, which was held at The Dish Room Restaurant & Terrace Bar, featured a concert by famous Turkish popsinger Kenan Dogulu and musical performances of Sun Band Orchestra.

New Holiday Inn Express near Istanbul International Airport InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the signing of Holiday Inn Express® Istanbul – Halkali.

Holiday inn expressThe hotel, due to open in 2014, will be the first internationally branded limited service hotel near Istanbul International Airport.

The 110-room hotel will operate under a franchise agreement with Liv Yapi Gayrimenkul Yatirim. The

property, overlooking the main street on the Basin Express Highway, will feature a number of meeting rooms and the brand’s signature Great Room, where guests can enjoy a complimentary Express Start® breakfast.

The hotel’s excellent location near Istanbul International Airport is easily accessible to both business and leisure guests looking for a comfortable yet affordable night’s stay. The hotel is also well placed to receive guests from the CNR Expo, International World Trade Centre and Olympic stadium located nearby.

DoubleTree by Hilton Malatya center, two massage rooms, steam room, sauna, Turkish bath, sun terrace, as well as an indoor pool, guests will be able to completely relax in the hotel’s tranquil surroundings. Drawing on local culinary traditions as well as world cuisine, guests will be able to satisfy their appetites with quality dishes in The Meliddu Restaurant, which offers delicacies from Malatya prepared by award-winning Executive Chef, Onur Şen, and enjoy breath-taking views of Beydağı from the Teras Bar & Grill.

Armin Zerunyan, country general manager, DoubleTree by Hilton and Hilton Worldwide announced Turkey, Hilton Worldwide said, “We are the opening of the DoubleTree by Hilton Malatya. The honoured to celebrate the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton 202-room new build hotel is located in Malatya’s central Malatya with our team members and guests today. Hilton business district, within close proximity to the Malatya Park Worldwide continues to provide world-class hospitality Shopping Mall. across its five brands operating in Turkey, and this latest DoubleTree by Hilton DoubleTree by Hilton and Hilton opening will be a standout addition to the portfolio.”

Worldwide announced the opening of the DoubleTree by Situated a mere 17 miles from Malatya Airport, DoubleTree Hilton Malatya. The 202-room new build hotel is located in

by Hilton Malatya is also in close proximity to the most Malatya’s central business district, within close proximity to renowned historical and cultural attractions of the region, the Malatya Park Shopping Mall. The 18-story hotel boasts including Mount Nemrut, A UNESCO World Heritage site, modern and comfortable accommodation with unique views the Aslantepe Ruins and Malatya Castle. The hotel is wellof the local skyline. connected to the wider Anatolian region via highways and John Greenleaf, global head, DoubleTree by Hilton, said, railways.

“We are proud of our growing portfolio of DoubleTree Haluk Bilgili, general manager, DoubleTree by Hilton Malatya, properties around the world, and Turkey is a very exciting said, “We are excited to welcome our first guests to and important market for us. DoubleTree by Hilton Malatya DoubleTree by Hilton Malatya and present them with our is an ideal addition to our portfolio and we look forward to warm and welcoming DoubleTree by Hilton cookie, a small providing our signature services and special comforts that symbol for which the brand is internationally known. With our guests have come to expect when they stay at any of the range of outstanding business and leisure facilities in our more than 370 locations worldwide.” the centre of this ancient city, we feel that DoubleTree by DoubleTree by Hilton Malatya is ideally situated and Hilton Malatya encapsulates the contrast of antiquity and designed to welcome business and leisure guests alike. modernity in this flourishing location.” DoubleTree by Hilton With a spa and health club including a 24-hour fitness Malatya is located in the city center at İnönü Street.

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DoubleTree by Hilton Izmir local delicacies at the hotel’s restaurant, Smyrna.

John Greenleaf, global head, DoubleTree by Hilton said, “DoubleTree by Hilton Izmir – Alsancak is a welcome addition to our portfolio. The hotel offers the perfect base from which to explore Izmir, which is rich in cultural heritage and a top business destination. We’re excited to be introducing our award-winning brand in yet another dynamic destination, joining five other DoubleTree by Hilton hotels currently trading across Turkey.”

Situated in Alsancak, the hotel is within walking distance of Izmir’s DoubleTree by Hilton Izmir – Alsancak earlier this month many visitor sights, including welcomed guests for the first time, marking the upscale its historic clock tower in Konak Square and the vibrant brand’s debut in Turkey’s third most populous city. The 115- Kemeralti Bazaar. DoubleTree by Hilton Izmir – Alsancak is room hotel recently underwent a refurbishment programme located 20 minutes from Izmir International Airport, which and boasts a stunning roof top pool and bar, providing views offers direct flights to 45 international airports. over Izmir’s city centre and the Aegean Sea. Simon Vincent, president, EMEA, Hilton Worldwide, The 21 storey hotel appeals to both corporate customers said, “Turkey is growing as a global holiday and business and leisure visitors, and incorporates a range of upscale destination, attracting more than 34 million visitors in amenities for which DoubleTree by Hilton is known around 2013 alone. In addition to its numerous tourist attractions, the world. Each guest at the hotel will be greeted with a Izmir’s thriving commercial centre plays a vital role in the signature DoubleTree by Hilton warm chocolate cookie upon country’s economy, and there is robust demand for quality check-in, and the welcoming atmosphere will continue meetings and entertainment space. DoubleTree by Hilton throughout their stay, courtesy of the DoubleTree by Hilton Izmir – Alsancak is an elegant addition to the city’s hotel CARE service culture. market.”

The DoubleTree by Hilton award-winning CARE culture DoubleTree by Hilton Izmir – Alsancak has been refurbished – which stands for ‘Create A Rewarding Experience’ for to provide 800 square meters of quality events spaces, guests, team members and the community empowers incorporating four spacious meeting rooms and a 350 Team Members to provide the special comforts and acts square meter ballroom. The hotel will participate in of kindness that make the traveller feel human again.

Hilton HHonors, the award-winning loyalty program with Guests can relax with a traditional Turkish bath, visit the approximately 38 million members. It is situated at Ismet spa and fitness centre, or sample international cuisine and Kaptan Mahallesi 1373 Sk N5 Konak Izmir.

Antalya leads in Green hotels

Antalya İstanbul İzmir Muğla Hatay Şanlıurfa Denizli Ordu Ankara Gaziantep Giresun Konya Sinop Yalova Nevşehir

2013 11 4 1 2 1 * * * * 1 * 1 * * 1

2014 41 9 7 7 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 *

By the end of May 2014, number of environmental friendly establishments which received Green Star certificate from Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry reached 80.

Compare to same period last year, number of establishments that had Green Star certificate counted 22.

According to the research by AKTOB, Antalya leads in environmental friendly hotels&resorts. 41 establishments in Antalya received Green Star certificate.

Istanbul follows Antalya with 9 certificates. Izmir and Mugla have 7 certificated establishments.

The Green Star certificate, which the ministry formed to encourage and document Turkey’s facilities’ compliance with green criteria, has become a goal for hotels.

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F Denizaşırı Uçuşlarda Mahan Air Business Class

Denizaşırı Uçuşlarda Mahan Air Business Class için Tayland’ın başkenti Bangkok’a yaptığımız yolculuğumuz Mahan Air ile gerçekleşti.

Daha önce de tüm diğer havayolları için yaptığımız testlerde olduğu gibi bu testimiz de sadece bir yönü kapsayacak şekilde kaleme alındı ancak dönüş yolundaki önemli farklılıklar gerektiğinde yazımıza yansıyacaktır.

Denizaşırı uçuşlarda havayolu kuruluşlarının Business Class tanıtımına bu sayımızda İran’ın Mahan Air Havayollarını konu ediyoruz.

Iran havayolu Mahan Air için İstanbul çıkışlı uzun uçuşlar doğal olarak Tahran aktarmalı gerçekleşiyor.

Nisan ayı ortasında davetli olduğumuz Sangkron Festivalleri

Uçuş Destinasyonu: İstanbul-Tahran-Bangkok İstanbul- Tahran

Tahran - Bangkok

Uçuş no: W5113

Uçuş no: W5051

Uçak tipi: A320

Uçak tipi: A310

Check-in başlangıcı: 07.15

Check-in başlangıcı:18.30

Boarding başlangıcı: 09.15

Boarding başlangıcı: 17.30

Uçuş saati: 10.15

Uçuş saati: 21.30

Kalkış saati: 10.20

Kalkış saati: 21.45

Take off:10.44

Take off: 22.56

Belirtilen uçuş süresi: 3 saat 00 dak.

Belirtilen uçuş süresi: 6 saat 45 dak.

Gerçekleşen uçuş süresi : 2 saat 53 dak.

Gerçekleşen uçuş süresi : 6 saat 35 dak.

Varış saati: + 14.45 (+ 1.30 saat)

Varış saati: 06.30 ( Ertesi gün)

Check in: İstanbul Atatürk Havaalanına vardığımızda Mahan Air’in checkin bankoları açılmıştı ve Business Class bankosundan 5 dakikada İstanbul-Tahran uçuş kartlarımızı aldık. Tahran – Bangkok uçuş kartlarımızın Tahran’da verileceği söylendi.Tehran’da Bangkok uçuşu için yaklaşık 4 saat kadar vaktimiz olduğundan çok dert etmedik. Ancak Mahan Air’in belki de tek eleştireceğimiz servisi Tahran’da transit masasının olmaması.Transit bölümden gidiş salonlarına geçmek için polis kontrolune geliyorsunuz ve

İngilizce bilmeyen polis memuruna derdinizi anlatıp Mahan Air görevlisinin gelmesini bekliyorsunuz. İniş-kalkış arası kısa olan transit uçuşlarda gecikme yaşanmaması için transit yolcusu olan uçuşlarda mutlaka Mahan Air görevlilerinin transit salondaki bankolarında yer alması gerek.

Bu tip çok uzun süre beklemeli aktarmalı uçuşlarda en büyük korkumuz bagajların geç gelmesi, daha da kötüsü kaybolmasıdır. Ancak Mahan Air’de bunu yaşamadık.

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Lounge:

İstanbul’da kısa sürede biten Check in işlemlerimizin ardından Mahan Air’in anlaşmalı lounge servisi Millennium Lounge’a geçtik. Çok sayıda havayolunun kullandığı İstanbul’daki bu lounge’u yazmaya gerek yok.

Ancak Tahran’daki lounge’u sevdik. Tüm havayollarının kullandığı bu Business ve First Class lounge mütevaziliği yanında çok rahat. Hızlı internet ve yeme içme çeşitleri İstanbul Millennium Lounge’a göre daha zengin.

Alkollü içki yok ama taze mango suyunun ve dondurma ikramının bile olması bizi şaşrttı. Mahan Air Bangkok’daki Suvarnabhumi havaalanı lounge’ı da yine çeşitli havayollarının ortak kullandıkları Mahan Air uçuş kapısına yakın kullanışlı bir lounge.

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Ucak içi

Uçuş Animasyonları:

Mahan Air’de en zayıf halka uçuş animasyonları idi.Filmler sessiz sinema örnekleri gibiydi.Business Class bölümünde tek ekran ile verilen filmler doğal olarak seyretmeyip uyumak isteyenler için sessiz olarak verildi. Ancak alt yazıların İngilizce olmaması nedeniyle yemek dışında kalan zamanlarımızı uykuya ayırmamız zorunluluk oldu.

Ingilizce gazete ve dergi de olmaması da bu bölümde not vermemizi zorlaştırdı.

İstanbul-Tahran-İstanbul uçuşlarında A320 ile uçtuk. Ortalama 3 saatlik bir uçuş için koltuk yatışı ve rahatlığı yeterli. Tahran-Bangkok-Tahran arasında uçak tipi A310 oldu. 7 saatlik yolculuğumuzda da rahat ettik.

Bangkok’giderken dağıtılan Business Class çantaları eksiksiz sıhhi malzemeli hatta deri kaplı hesap makinalı bloknot, iğne iplik seti bile düşünülmüştü.

Ancak Bangkok-Tahran arasında nedense bu çantalardan dağıtılmadı.

Kabin ekibi

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Varış:

Kabin ekibi hem gidiş hem de dönüşte güleryüzlü ve isteklerimize yetişebilmek için mükemmel hizmetleri ile takdirimizi topladı.Yolcu ile tek tek ilgilenip ve isimlerimizi de söyleyerek hitap tarzları ile daha da yakınlık duymamızı sağladılar.

Yeme & İçme :

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Havaalanlarına varışlarımız zamanında hatta erken gerçekleşti.

Bavullarımızın konveyöre geliş zamanlamasını Bangkok’da pasaport kontrolunden çıktıktan sonra hemen gelmesi nedeniyle iyiydi. Ama İstanbul hava alanında hep yazdığımız yetersiz hizmet anlayışı nedeniyle bavulların geç gelmesine artık kızmıyor ve bunun havayolu ile ilgisinin de olmadığını biliyoruz.

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Mahan Air’de alkollü içki servisi yok.

Ancak yemekler özellikle İstanbulTahran-Bangkok gidişimizde mükemmeldi. İstanbul-Tahran arasında menü’de zengin başlangıçlar ile ana yemekde lezzetli balık ve tavuk alternatifleri sunuldu. Tahran-Bangkok arasında catering İran yemekleri ağırlıklı olarak verildi.

Tüm uçuşlarda üç başlangıç tabağı ve ardından 2 alternatifli ana yemek sunuldu. Tatlı, meyve ve değişik çeşitli peynir tabağı, bitki çayları ve içinde filtre kahve, espresso ve cappuccino nun da bulunduğu çok seçenekli kahve ikramı keyifliydi.

Ancak dönüş uçuşumuzda menü yoktu ve catering gidiş’e göre zayıftı.

Sonuç

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Türkiye’ye 1994 yılından buyana uçan Mahan Air’in, İstanbul çıkışlı özellikle Uzakdoğu ve Ortadoğu destinasyonlarında kısa sürede adından daha sık söz ettireceğine inanıyoruz.

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Mahan Air ile bazı Uzakdoğu Destinasyonların Business Class Fiyatları

Bangkok

1 Yıllık Gidiş-Dönüş 1307

Euro +Vergi

Sangay-Guangzhou

1 Yıllık Gidiş-Dönüş 1407

Euro+Vergi

Dubai

1 Yıllık Gidiş-Dönüş 670

Euro +Vergi

Delhi

1 Yıllık Gidiş-Dönüş 1027

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F AIRLINES Turkish Airlines’ Africa network expands Turkish Airlines announced a new destination is joining its growing network with the addition of its 26th destination in Africa and 107th in the world.

Turkish Airlines’ 256th destination, Cotonou, Benin flights began. Roundtrip flights between Istanbul and Cotonou are operated 4 times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays in both directions.

Introductory round trip fares are available from Istanbul to Cotonou starting at 420 Euros (including taxes and fees).

Additionally, for the first 6 months of operations to new destinations, there is a special offer for Miles&Smiles members, with a 25% reduction in the miles needed to redeem either award tickets or upgrades.

Cotonou flight times as scheduled from June 23th; Flight No. Days

Departure

TK559

IST

Sunday

Arrival

15:25 20:05

COO

TK559

Sunday

COO 21:05 21:50

ABJ

TK559

Sunday

ABJ

22:50 08:40

IST

TK561

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

IST

15:25 20:05

COO

TK561

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

COO 21:05 21:50

ABJ

TK561

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

ABJ

IST

22:50 08:40

*All times are in LMT.

Turkish Airlines announced 9th Italian route Turkish Airlines helps to ‘Widen Your World’ by launching flights to another world famous Italian city.

With existing services to Rome, Milan, Venice, Naples, Bologna, Genova, Torino and Catania, Turkish Airlines now adds flights to Pisa, its 9th destination in Italy and 25th destination in Southern Europe. Pisa flights will be operated in both directions with 4 weekly services on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Introductory round trip fares are available from Istanbul to Pisa starting at 99 Euros (including taxes and fees).

Additionally, for the first 6 months of operations to new destinations, there is a special offer for Miles&Smiles members, with a 25% reduction in the miles needed to redeem either award tickets or upgrades.

Pisa flight times as scheduled from June 26th; Flight No. Days

Departure

Arrival

TK1397

Monday, Thursday

IST

09:00

10:25

PSA

TK1398

Monday, Thursday

PSA

11:25

14:50

IST

TK1399

Tuesday, Saturday

IST

12:40

14:05

PSA

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Atlasjet Appoints APG as its GSA in 2 Countries Turkish’s Atlasjet has announced its appointment of APG as its GSA in the USA and Canada from May 1st. APG will be providing full sales and marketing services as well as call centre and ticketing facilities.

Atlasjet has also signed with APG to join ARC in the USA giving access to more than 14,300 travel agencies

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Atlasjet, founded in 2001, is an airline headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, which operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights. With its fleet of A319, A320 and A321 aircrafts, Atlasjet offers scheduled flights to Turkish cities, including Adana, Antalya, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Bodrum, Dalaman, Istanbul and Izmir. International destinations include North Nicosia, London, Tehran, Erbil, Suleymaniah, Symferopol, Tbilisi and Nizhnekamsk

Boeing, Turkish Airlines finalize order for new aircrafts Boeing and Turkish Airlines today finalized an order for 15 additional 737 MAX 8s, valued at $1.6 billion at list prices. The order follows the announcement in May 2013 when the Turkish flag carrier placed the largest Boeing order in the airline’s history for 50 737 MAXs and 20 Next-Generation 737s.

“Today’s order represents another component of our continuous growth strategy, with the 737 MAX providing Turkish Airlines with increased flexibility across our ever expanding network,” said Dr. Ahmet Bolat, chief investment and technology officer of Turkish Airlines. “Our strong partnership with Boeing has been a significant factor in Turkish Airlines’ success and we look forward to taking delivery of these highly efficient airplanes.”

With today’s announcement, Turkish Airlines has more than 100 unfilled orders for Boeing airplanes; 65 737 MAXs, more than 25 Next-Generation 737s and 20 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The Istanbul-based carrier currently operates a fleet of more than 100 Next-Generation 737s and 15 777-300ERs.

Delta Air Lines Launches Nonstop Service between Istanbul and New York Delta Air Lines resumed its nonstop seasonal flights between Istanbul and New York-JFK. The flights will operate daily in conjunction with Delta’s joint venture partner Air France and KLM. “Our summer service provides customers from Istanbul with travel options to visit iconic sites across the United States, with passengers having over 50 convenient connections from New York,” said Perry Cantarutti, Delta’s senior vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Delta’s flight will also bring valuable business tourism opportunities for Istanbul which has recently been voted the top worldwide destination*.”

Delta’s nonstop service between Istanbul and New York-JFK is

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scheduled as follows: The services to New York-JFK will be operated with a 225 seat B767-300 aircraft featuring fully flat-bed seats in BusinessElite.

Each forward-facing seat converts to a 180-degree full flat-bed and offers direct aisle access in a 1x2x1 configuration. Other product initiatives being rolled out across Delta’s international fleet include the expansion of Wi-Fi service by the end of 2015.

Orenburg Airlines launched direct flights to Izmir Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport welcomed the first flight of Orenburg Airlines from St. Petersburg, Russia as part of Versa Travel’s 2014 summer season operations.

Orenair B737-800TAV Izmir General Manager Erkan Balcı said “Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport is striving to fulfill its role that it has undertaken as the gateway to Izmir and the region. Today, when Izmir and its surroundings are analyzed, we see that the majority of the tourists make their first entry to the country and the city via air transport. We also see an increasing demand from Russia to Izmir especially during the past few years. In parallel to this, we have now another flight added to those to Izmir as part of the increasing operations of the travel agencies for the recent years. We wish all the best for the direct flights that Versa Travel launched between St. Petersburg and Adnan Menderes Airports.

We also thank Versa Travel for their confidence and faith in Izmir.” Versa Travel General Manager Vladimir Dorofeyev stated “We are trying to accommodate the demand we receive from our customers living around St. Petersburg with the charter flights that we launched in 2011 and increased to twice a week this year.

Our Izmir flights are becoming very popular with the support we receive from the local hotels and our agencies. In addition, the

friendly hospitality and modern facilities at Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, one of the highest quality airports operated by TAV, play a significant role in this operation.

In this context, the positive feedback we get from our customers in terms of service quality they receive in Izmir and Turkey is an indication of the right decision we made about flying to Izmir.” Orenburg Airlines’ direct flights between St. Petersburg and Izmir will be facilitated on Sundays and Thursdays until the 23rd of October. There are flights to 86 destinations in 36 countries through 55 airlines at the international terminal and to 22 destinations with 6 airlines at the domestic terminal of Izmir. Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport provided service to almost 10.2 million passengers in 2013, with an increase of 9 per cent compared to the previous year.

Qatar Airways launched direct flights to Istanbul’s second airport Qatar Airways has continued its expansion plans with the launch of direct flights to its third destination in Turkey. The airline’s inaugural flight to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport touched down on Thursday evening to mark the five-star airline’s 140th destination from Doha. The historic flight signaled the start of a four-times-weekly service to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen, extending the airline’s reach in Turkey’s largest city. The route, which will be operated by an Airbus A320, with 12 seats in

Business Class and 132 in Economy, will be Qatar Airways’ third route to Turkey, in addition to dedicated flights to Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Ankara. With the addition of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen, the number of flights to Turkey rises from 14 to 18 frequencies each week.

Flight schedules between Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport and Doha, are as follows:

Mondays and Saturdays:

Depart Doha QR243 at 1355 hrs, arrive Sabiha Airport at 1810 hrs Depart Sabiha Airport QR244 at 1905 hrs, arrive Doha at 2300 hrs

Tuesdays and Thursdays:

Depart Doha QR243 at 1320 hrs, arrive Sabiha Airport at 1735 hrs Depart Sabiha Airport QR244 at 1835 hrs, arrive Doha at 2230 hrs

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F WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS JW Marriott Marquis Dubai hosted World Travel Awards Middle East Gala Ceremony at May 4.

With guest of honour His Highness Sheikh Juma Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum in attendance, Etihad Airways successfully defended its title of Middle East’s Leading Airline, while Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing took the titles of Middle East’s Leading Destination and Middle East’s Leading Tourist Board.

His Highness Sheikh Juma Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum was also honoured during the ceremony, being welcomed to the World Travel Awards Academy alongside the leadership elite of

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the global tourism industry.

World Travel Awards’ media partners; New Focus Travel Magazine and FTNnews.com are represented by Suat Töre who presented an award at the ceremony.

Turkish hotel group Rixos won two awards in the ceremony.

Rixos Bab Al Bahr awarded as Middle East’s Leading All Inclusive Resort and Rixos The Palm Dubai Hotel awarded as Middle East’s Leading Lifestyle Resort World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony will head to Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso in Athens, Greece, on August 2nd.

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F That’s Oriental’!

30 Years in Tourism Publishing In the early days of 1984, studies began for Turkey’s first English edition tourism magazine. The magazine named “Focus on Tourism”, is planned to publish 4 times in a year according to the seasons and initially prepared to put in the hotel rooms.

The magazine, which was published since 1991 by Suat Töre as editor in chief, has started publishing bi-monthly by S&M Publication ltd as ‘New Focus Travel Magazine’ from August 1991 till today.

You will find some pages from 1985 first issue, about Beyoglu, Side, Bosphorus, History of Bursa city, famous Turkish kebab House, Beyti.

History of Bursa city

Beyti, The kebab

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How will Beyoğlu become ‘’Beyoğlu’’

Side; History on Beauty

Ferries of Bosphorus

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F WORLD NEWS ITE HCMC September 11-13 ITE HCMC International Travel Expo will take place 11-13 September in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. ITE HCMC is the best single platform catering to this multi-billion dollar tourism market. The exhibition serves as the leading powerhouse in presenting travel and tourism products, packages and services in the Mekong region and the world. The event is YOUR link to the inbound and outbound tourism markets within the Mekong

region and beyond. ITE HCMC 2014 showcasing both inbound and outbound for trade and public in all growing industry segments. This year, we will be featuring 6 key segments, introducing Leisure Travel; Luxury Travel; Medical Tourism; MICE; Education Tourism and Spa & Wellness, (targeting to both trade and public participation and to guarantee a wider capture of both local and international business opportunities.For more information; www.itehcmc.com

Japan Travel Mart 24-28 September at Tokyo

Visit Japan projects. Under the circumstances, “Visit Japan Travel Mart 2014“ an inbound business meeting involving the representatives of foreign travel agencies that provide trips to Japan and the representatives of Japan’s travel industry.

This year, will hold it at the same time as “JATA Tourism EXPO Japan” (an integration of the former “Tabi Fair Japan” and “JATA “TABIHAKU” Travel Showcase”) as part of an international sightseeing event, in an attempt to make it one of the world’s largest international travel events. We strongly recommend that you participate in this business meeting because it will allow you to hold efficient business talks by using a web-based The year 2013 marked the first time that Japan received 10 appointment matching system, and will surely be useful in million foreign tourists in its history. Now the authorities are developing new products for travel in Japan. We sincerely targeting an even higher goal of 20 million tourists. To that end, administrators and private corporations have joined forces encourage you to take advantage of “Visit Japan Travel Mart to disseminate the appeal of Japan as a sightseeing destination 2014” as an opportunity to exchange information and views concerning travel to Japan. to people abroad, while promoting the development of For more information; www.vjtm.jp attractive travel products for Japan and engaging in other

Europe to Host First-Ever International Conference on Halal Tourism Europe is hosting the first-ever international conference on halal tourism to look at how the industry can capitalise on one of the fastest growing sectors in the world.

The Halal Tourism Conference, which is being held on 22 and 23 September 2014, will bring together the global travel industry to discuss ways of tapping into this niche market. The event, which is being hosted in Andalucia, Spain, aims to equip delegates with market intelligence, industry forecasts and trends to understand how to market to the lucrative Muslim consumer and benefit commercially.

According to the latest figures, the halal tourism sector was worth $140 billion in 2013 representing around 13% of global travel expenditures. This figure is expected to reach $192 billion by 2020. Organiser Tasneem Mahmood, from CMM, said the conference hopes to have attendance and representation from every region of the world and presents great opportunities for countries like Turkey.

She said: “This is a groundbreaking event for halal tourism which is directly reacting to current market trends and addressing the needs of the industry. It is the first time such a global event is being staged looking at halal tourism in detail.

For a country like Turkey, with a deep Islamic heritage and so much to offer, it presents a real opportunity to attract visitors.

“Every country and business needs to look at Halal tourism because it is growing so rapidly and the Muslim consumer is increasing spend on leisure holidays.

“Our research has shown there are so many countries and travel operators who can benefit from halal tourism but are currently missing out. Within Europe alone, and Gulf countries

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there so many Muslim travellers for Turkey to target. This conference will show the opportunities that are present and show you exactly how to grab them.

“It will be an excellent knowledge forum and an ideal platform for exchange of experience between experts in the industry and countries who are actively engaged in halal tourism.

“This conference will also be a great way to network with leisure and travel businesses from around the world to develop new partnerships.”

The two day event hopes to attract tourism boards, tour agencies, tour operators, restaurants, media, hotels, airlines and suppliers to the travel sector. The event will also feature seminars from industry experts, workshops, networking sessions and an exhibition.

A series of workshops will provide with information on what the industry needs to prepare to make the destination attractive to the Muslim market by understanding its needs and expectations.

Guest speakers at the event include tourism ministers, halal institutions, marketing experts and academics. Partners for the event include Andalucian Tourism Board, The Spanish Tourism Board, Turkish Airlines, Granada Tourism Board, El Legado Andalusi and the Halal Institute.

The Halal Tourism Conference 2014, hosted in partnership with tour operator Andalucian Routes, will take place from the 22nd to 23rd September 2014 at the Granada Conference and Exhibition Centre, Andalucia, Spain.

It will be followed by a two day tour of the region of Andalucia to provide businesses with a live case study of a region that is becoming more Muslim friendly and is actively working to meet the needs of Muslim travellers.

For more information on the event including how to attend as a delegate please visit the website www.htc2014.com

ILTM Spa 2014 Welcomes new destination and wellness spas With wellness tourism already a US$439 billion market and set to grow to US$678.5 billion before 2017, ILTM Spa has announced some of the headline destination and wellness spas. They will take part in this year’s event at the Café Royal, London, 29 September – 1 October 2014, in association with Healing Holidays.

Reed Travel Exhibitions launched the specialist, invitation only ILTM Spa in 2012 to provide a platform for the great and the good of the global spa and wellness industry to address the burgeoning growth in wellness lifestyle trends.

Athipat Jitchaiwat, Sales Director commented, “ILTM Spa is an ideal platform for Chiva Som - an opportunity to meet specialist Wellness & Spa buyers from all over the world in oneto-one meetings at a focussed, high-end event. Last year’s event is still proving very successful for us and we are looking forward to ILTM Spa 2014 with great expectations.”

The Oetker Collection will also take part for the third year and Aman Resorts will join ILTM Spa for the first time in 2014.

ILTM Spa is a three day event comprising a high profile Opening Forum and educational sessions, one-to-one pre-arranged business meetings and after hours networking. Some of the world’s top spa destinations, wellness resorts and retreats will meet with buyers from 20 countries, all of whom specialise in designing luxury leisure programmes with specific interest in spa and wellness travel.

Record Growth of Wellness Travel Market in Middle East / Africa

While the Middle East and Africa is currently the smallest global wellness travel market, it is potentially the fastest growing market, according to a research which is released at Global Wellness Tourism Congress.

Currently growth in the Middle East/North Africa region is 16.2% annually, according to the research undertaken by SRI

International for GWTC, with the sector expected to be valued at US$16.6bn by 2017.

Other figures suggest the UAE will demonstrate the fastest growth of any country in the Middle East/Africa region at 17.9% – giving it a ranking of sixth worldwide.

The global wellness tourism market is estimated at $439bn, and rising at approximately 50 per cent faster than the tourism sector overall, according to the GWTC. Presenting the findings at ATM, Anni Hood, tourism and government liaison for GWTC said wellness-focused travel was growing fast across the region: “We have a luxury/spa hotel building boom across the GCC nations and the revitalization of indigenous practices such as hammam and baths – while Africa is tourism’s next frontier with the rise of healthy adventure safari tourism, continued growth of spa/wellness resorts and emerging destinations.”

Among other findings in the report: the Middle East/North African region drives 4.8 wellness-focused trips annually, both inbound and domestic; the UAE generates 800,000 trips related to the sector with an expenditure of $1.4bn, with a similar number of trips in Morocco and Egypt.

World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony World Travel Awards will head to Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso in Athens, Greece, on August 2nd for the event, with voting scheduled to close on June 23rd. World Travel Awards President Graham Cooke said: “August will be a busy month for World Travel Awards, with the first port of call scheduled for Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso for the Europe Gala Ceremony.

“I have been in close contact with the team there and I know they are as excited as we are that World Travel Awards is visiting the destination for the first time.

“Ballot boxes will close in just two weeks, so it is vital you register now to make your opinion heard at the event on August 2nd.”

Niki Fotiou, Marketing & PR Manager, Divani Collection Hotels,

added: “Our preparations for this significant event are now well advanced and we look forward to welcoming industry leaders from across the continent to Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso and to Athens, Greece.”

World Travel Awards is celebrating its 21st anniversary in 2014 and begun its annual Grand Tour at the JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai in May. Quito, Ecuador, will also welcome World Travel Awards in August, for the South & Central America Gala Ceremony, while Anguilla will step up to host the Caribbean & North America Gala Ceremony later in the month.

Transcorp Hilton Abuja, in Nigeria, picks up the baton for the Africa Gala Ceremony in September, while The Oberoi, New Delhi, India, will host the Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony in October.

World Travel Awards then heads to the jewel of Moroccan tourism, Marrakech, for the Grand Final in November.

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F INTERVIEW NF: Also new trends in hospitality sector, economical crisis in Europe and affects in Turkish tourism?

In the last 2 years in European tourism sector due to the economical throttle, package prices fell down in popular destinations like Greece and Spain. Of course in preliminary it effected the sales in Turkey negatively. However economical crisis in Europe caused social conflicts, rebliane against government. In addition to this, it caused serious service and personnel losts which occurred annulment of the reservations and so it caused the German and Scandinavian costumers to prefer Turkey predominantly. Another important point that I want to mention is that the Iranian and Israel markets are in a serious escalation in this sector.

Hospitality Industry Trends in Alanya, Turkey

NF: Could you please tell us Goldcity Hotel? Why guests prefer your hotels, your important markets? What’s new in the hotels… etc?

We have been adopting a condominium system in Goldcity consisting property and hotel management. By this system Coordinator of Aydoğan A.Ş.; Gülçin Güner shared her thoughts property owners can use all facilities which they can find in a with New Focus Travel Magazine (NF) about hospitality luxury 5 star hotel. On the other side they can lease and invest industry in Alanya and in Turkey as well. their unites. We reached the right scale in service, quality and parity in Goldcity. With the interactive sales policy in our NF: Could you please introduce your background in price Hotel we want our guests to live our Hotel and make them Tourism and Hotel industry? happy during their destination time. According to our Hotel management logic we use our onset on repeat guests and I’ m involved in tourism industry since 26 years and started in variety on market. Goldcity, with its own grandeur peculiar, let Banana Hotel which was known as the head location of Alanya the guest live the variation with min. 101 sqm family suites, hospitality. Afterwards, I made the openings and management aquapark with 20 slites, Cable Park which is only 5 in the whole of Ananas and Obaköy Hotels. While Obaköy Hotel’s success Turkey, amazing sightview, abundantly pool choices, 3500 sqm was getting higher at least it was transferred to Taksim Hotel. Spa Wellness area, professional fitness room with professional training instructors (in different sections). The most important So I gave up my duty there and established my own hotel markets that we can list are Scandinavian, Russian, UK, management and consultancy private firm. In this sector I continued as a management partnership for 3 hotels between Holland-Belgium, Germany, Turkey and also Iran.

Goldcity has 111,714 sqm sport complex including 2 UEFA 1996-2004. I entered to ALTID (Alanya Hoteliers Association) standard football fields, 6 tennis courts, volleyball and as a board member in 1999 and continued my mission as basketball courts. Through our sport complex facilities, we have a president 6 years long. Then I passed my administrative been cooperating sport agencies for football camps especially during the winter season. Starting from 15th of December function to my colleague. As a basis of volunteerism I believe that this is the right behaviour approach in the vocational civil till end of march at least 30 football teams accommodate in our Hotel. By the way MICE is also very important part of our organization for democracy. Currently I’ve been working as Hotel. We have totally 3 meeting rooms in different capacities. a coordinator for Aydoğan A.Ş. since 2005 (Goldcity, Sentido Goldcity is pretty popular for wedding celebrations, congresses Gold Island, Sentido Golden Bay). Additionally, I’ m doing the and meetings together with its professional conference hall management of my own company and also I’m a member of and function room. Regarding the golf course we are awaiting POYD, Alanya Skal and TUROFED (Turkey Hoteliers Federation) a process from the tourism ministry. Furthermore the short distance from GZP (Gazipaşa) Airport to Goldcity Hotel (only 20 council. min.) is a great opportunity for investment and our company.

NF: What is your thought about the future of Hotel industry in Turkey and Alanya, as a past President NF: Whats is the percentage of bookings via internet for your hotels comparing to the of Alanya Hotels Association? traditional distribution channels?

Of course the trends/sales channels and marketing models and also customer expectations change with the time; but the variety of mentality is important in this sector. We all know that Tourism improves in the whole world and also in Turkey. So we should focus on tourism derived income and profit. Hereby government should compose, stimulate and support the tourism policy. Nowadays education and qualified personnel are the most important topics in Hotel industry.

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As a BtoC and BtoB online sales channels we use especially dynamic packages in England market actively which sell mostly in our destination. Moreover, we have contact and agreement with almost all of the X operators (dynamic tour operators) in Germany. Finally we care on following the reservation on websites with online panels up to the end consumer. The 40% of the total reservations that we get are from the online panels and operators.

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The cruise industry continues to play its part in helping Europe’s economy emerge from the economic downturn bydelivering another strong year of growth in 2013. Figures released today by CLIA Europe have revealed that the cruise industry’s economic output in Europe reached 39.4 billion euros in 2013, an all-time high, up from 37.9 billion euros in 2012.The direct expenditures generated by the industry reached 16.2 billion euros, up from 15.5 billion euros in 2012.

In terms of employment generation, in 2013 the cruise industry accounted for 339,417 jobsamounting to 10.5 billion euros in employee compensation, 4% more than in 2012.

Three major factors largely account for the cruise industry’s strong year-on-year growth: an increase in European sourcedpassengers; a surge in the number of cruise passengers embarking from European ports; and European shipyards’ continued dominance of the global cruise ship-building business.

According to CLIA Europe’s 2014 Economic Contribution Report, an estimated 6.4 million European residents booked a cruise

holiday in 2013, representing a 3.6% increase over 2012 and accounting for 30% of all cruise passengers worldwide. Europe is also a major destination for cruise passengers and ships from around the world, attracting substantial tourism investment and spending. Thus the number of passengers embarking on their cruises from European ports reached 6 million in 2013, i.e. a 5.2% increase over 2012. Around 5 million of these were European nationals, with the remaining 1 million coming from third countries.

European shipyards, which build most of the world’s state-ofthe-art cruise liners, enjoyed a 4.7% increase in their revenue.

In 2013, cruise lines spent 4.03 billion euros on new builds and refurbishments in Europe,the second annual increase following a period of retrenchment. Currently, including deliveries scheduled for the first half of 2014, European shipyards are under contract to build 24 cruise ships with a combined value of 12.1 billion euros through to 2017.

Pierfrancesco Vago, CLIA Europe’s Chairman, said: “The positive results achieved this year reaffirm Europe’s position as a dynamic hub at the core of the global cruise industry, being the second most important market worldwide. The cruise industry keeps generating great economic benefits for Europeduring this crucial period of recovery, producing much-needed employment for European citizens as well asnew business for its industries and revenue for its states.”

Robert Ashdown, CLIA Europe’s Secretary General, said: “Despite the difficult economic circumstances of 2013, over 6 million Europeans enjoyed cruising last year, more than double the number of a decade ago. Cruising also helpsincrease the number of tourists visiting Europe, with one million third-country nationals embarking on a cruise from a European port in 2013, as well as continuing to ensure Europe remains the global leader for cruise ship-building, with 24 new cruise ships scheduled for delivery by 2017.Beyond these hard economic facts, it is important to remember that cruising remains one of the safest, most affordable and memorable vacation experiences available today.”

Greece has maintained its ranking as the third most popular destination in Europe, with 4.6 million passenger visits in 2013.

Greek ports, including Santorini, Corfu, and Mykonos, are among the most popular ports of call in Europe, and Piraeus ranked fifth among all European home ports, with a throughput of 1.3 million passengers, up almost 1% on 2012.

With its hundreds of thousands of tourists per year, the cruise industry makes a significant contribution to the Greek economy.

In 2013 the direct economic contribution in Greece was 574 million euros, the seventh highest in Europe, and the cruise industry generated over 11,000 jobs. This was despite difficulties facing the Greek economy, which contracted by 3.9% in 2013, following several years of crisis.

Kyriakos Anastassiadis, CEO of LOUIS Cruises and Member of CLIA Europe’s Executive Committee, said: “With its incredible cultural heritage and natural beauty, Greece remains a key market for the European cruise industry. Thanks to the first signs of economic recovery in Greece and a more positive economic outlook, we are now cautiously optimistic for the future of the Greek cruise industry, which has a huge potential for growth.

“We are committed to tap further into the Greek market’s potential and we will work with local, national and European authorities to overcome the hurdles that are still hampering cruise invest-ment and operations in the country, from port fees to poor infrastructure development. Together we can boost the cruise industry in Greece and make further significant contributions to growth and jobs.”

Key 2013 figures released by CLIA Europe: 43 cruise lines domiciled in Europe, operating 125 cruise ships with a capacity of around 145,000 lower berths.

A further 73 vessels with a capacity of around 104,000 lower berths deployed in Europe by 24 non-European lines.

39.4 billion euros in total output.

16.2 billion euros in direct spending by cruise lines and their passengers and crew.

339,417 jobs.

10.5 billion euros in employee compensation.

574 million euros indirect economic contribution in Greece (seventh highest in Europe).

Piraeus is fifth most popular home port in Europe (fourth in the Med) - with a throughput of 1.3 million passengers, up almost 1% on 2012.

Greek ports are among the most popular ports of call in Europe with Santorini, Corfu and Mykonos taking 3 of the top 11 most popular ‘port of call’ ports in Europe.

The cruise industry generated over 11,000 jobs in Greece in 2013.

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30 Years in Tourism Publishing

F Focus on Nostalji

Bangkok Skal Dünya Kongresi, Mengü İlban, Asuman Tarıman eşleri ile. Ben de !

1996, Rauf Denktaş, Kaya Akbaşoglu ve eşi Yine Skal. G.Afrika.Kimler yok ki...

1995-Yakın planda Nuri Kavur, Salih Çene, Asuman T

Gazeteci misafirlerimiz, Meksika,Almanya, Fransa, Isviçre, Çe

Talha Çamaş ile 1992 New Focus 1.yaş kokteyli 36

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Bir ITB’de Skal Türkiye masası.Kimleri tanıyacaksınız bakalım

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TUYED Yönetimi olarak, Özen Dallı,Sunuk Pasiner, Haluk Durukal, Halim Bulutoğlu ile TUROB Başkanı Ali Güreli’ye plaket takdim ettik G.Afrika.Aydın Aytuğ, Kervansaray Kuşadası Ali Acuntaş Ferit bey ve Jo Keşişyan

Nuri Kavur ile Eurobolsa- Mazatlan, Meksika.Salut Negro Modello !

Sevgili Meksikalı Maria’lar İstanbul Voyager fuarında.

Oğuz Şahin, Romanya İstanbul Turizm Müdürü Dan Gaman ile Bükreş fuarı 1998.

Tarıman...

ek Cumh.den.

92 ITME Şikago. Allegro Metin ve Adil ile sonrdan Kowboy Suriyeli Ermeni dostumuz Dan

nsal Şınık Los Angeles Skal.Arkada Aydın İldem ve Melike Doğruer

Bükreş Turizm Fuarında standımız Üst Antalya’lılar, altdaki Jo abi yaramaz öğrencileri fırçalarken !

Fitur-Madrid akşamı, Esra Değirmenci, Alper Can Bulcum, Kamil Erenyatır, ve Zafer Civelek ile.

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F CRUISE Türk kruvaziyer turizmi Dünya genelinin 2 katı büyüdü tutar ortalama bin 719 dolar. Yani kruvaziyer turizminin sadece gemiler açısından büyüklüğü 36 milyar dolara ulaşmış durumda. Bu rakama, kruvaziyer turistinin gemi dışında yaptığı harcamalar dahil değil. Kruvaziyer turisti normal bir turistin ortalama 3 katı kadar harcama yapıyor. Örneğin Türkiye’de normal bir turistin günlük ortalama harcaması 50-55 dolar seviyesindeyken, transit bir limanda kruvaziyer turisti için bu rakam 120 doları, ana limanlarda ise 150 doları geçiyor.

Kruvaziyer tayfası da limanlarda günlük ortalama 70 dolar harcama yapıyor. Bu rakamlar baz alınarak yapılan hesaba göre, kruvaziyer turisti ve tayfasından Türkiye’de esnafa yaklaşık 400 milyon dolar para bırakıyor.

TÜRSAB’ın ‘Kruvaziyer Turizmi Raporu’ 2003 yılından bu dünyada ve Türkiye’de bu segmentte yaşanan gelişmeleri gözler önüne sererken bundan sonra atılması gereken adımları da masaya yatırıyor.

Yunanistan faktörüne rağmen kruvaziyer yolcuların Türk turizminde önemi giderek artıyor. 2003 yılında sadece 581 bin kruvaziyer yolcuyu ağırlayan sektör, 11 yılda yüzde 285 gibi büyük bir atışa imza atarak 2.2 milyon yolcuya ulaştı. Oysa aynı dönemde dünya kruvaziyer turisti sayısındaki artış yüzde 150’lerde kaldı. Yani Türkiye dünya genelinin 2 katına yakın bir büyümeye imza attı.

Kruvaziyer turisti, sağladığı gelir açısından da iştah kabarttı.

Kruvaziyer turistinin 7 günlük bir seyahatte gemide harcadığı

İzmir’in hedefi 1 milyon kruvaziyer turisti

Bu yıl sonuna dek İzmir Alsancak Limanı’na 500 milyon turist bekleniyor. Kruvaziyer turizminin parlayan yıldızı, turist sayısında İstanbul, Kuşadası ve Antalya limanlarını geride bırakan İzmir Alsancak Limanı’na yılın ilk beş ayında ABD’li ve Avrupalı yolcu taşıyan 43 gemi sefer düzenledi. İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürü Abdülaziz Ediz, kruvaziyer turizminde dünyada daralma olduğunu ancak Türkiye’deki destinasyonların hala cazibesini koruduğunu, İzmir’in de Türk limanları arasında yükseldiğini belirtti. Türkiye’de kruvaziyer turizmin son 7-8 yılda hız kazandığını anlatan Ediz “Kruvaziyer yolcusu İzmir’e kültür turizmi için geliyor. Bu konuda İzmir’in çok önemli bir potansiyeli var. Efes gibi

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örenleri İzmir’i ilk sıraya taşıyor. Kentimiz daha uzun süre bu öncülüğünü ve farkındalığını sürdürecek,” dedi.

Kruvaziyer turizminin sürdürülebilir olması için limanın fiziki koşullarının iyileştirilmesi gerektiğine işaret eden Ediz, sözlerini şöyle sürdürdü: “İzmir’e daha çok Avrupalı ve ABD’li turist geliyor. Bazı kruvaziyerler Akdeniz’den sonra Karadeniz’e geçiyor. Turist sayısı hedefinde bu yıl geçen yıllara göre çok iddialı değiliz. Sanıyorum Alsancak Limanı 2014 yılında 400 binin üzerinde yabancı turist ağırlayacak, yaklaşık yarım milyon turist hedefliyoruz diyebiliriz. Liman konusunda ciddi bir yenilenmeye ihtiyaç var. Alsancak Limanı yeterli değil. İzmir’in kültürel mirası cazip ama turistleri bu cazibeye taşıma konusunda sıkıntımız var.”

Abdülaziz Ediz, geçen yıl kruvaziyerlerin sıkça uğramaya başladığı Çeşme Limanı’nın da yıldızının parladığını ve gittikçe daha fazla konuk ağırlayacağını sözlerine ekledi.

F DESTİNASYON Dubai

3 Günde Dubai H

er yıl ATM fuarı nedeniyle Mayıs ayı başlarında Dubai’ye yolumuz düşer. Yalnızca 3 gün fuar için bir otelde kalır, fuar sırasında davetli olduğumuz akşam düzenlenen etkinliklere katılır ve bu arada ne görürsek görürüz. Eğer vaktimiz kalırsa da Dubai’nin olmazsa olmazı AVM’lerine giderek bakınır varsa alışverişimizi yaparız.

Bu yıl hem Dünya Turizm Ödül töreni nedeniyle, hem de fuar sonrası biraz keyif yapalım düşüncesi ile 3 gün daha fazla kalarak Dubai’nin yıllar sonra yaşamını değişmiş haliyle tekrar izledik.

Dubai’de hem deniz, hem de yaşam için Jumeriah önerilir.

Yıllar önceki deneyimlerimizden bildiğimiz, Mayıs ayında bile o masmavi denizli, incecik beyaz kumlu plajında yüzmek, evinizde hamama girmekten farksızdır. Sıcak su, nemli ve

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40c lere ulaşan hava sıcaklığında plaj keyfi alamazsınız.

Dubai’nin yüksek sezonu Kasım-Mart ayları arasında da bu durum çok değişmez.

Ancak bu yıl Dubai’nin yapay adası Palm Jumeriah’a gittik. Palmiyeye benzetilerek yapılan bu suni adanın en dış yaprağının ucunda yer alan tesisimiz Rixos’da 3 gün konakladık. Ve denizin sanırız bir adada olamamız nedeniye Jumeriah plajlarından çok farklı olarak, serin olduğunu şaşırarak gördük. Rixos The Palm Dubai, Palm’in denizden karaya en yakın, kara yolu ile de en uzak tesisi. Ama her iki ulaşım yolu için ücretsiz sunulan özel otobüs ve deniz shuttle servisleri ile şehre ulaşım sorun olmaktan çıkıyor.

Rixos The Palm Dubai, 233 oda ve 28 rezidanstan oluşuyor.

Otel, çağdaş ve lüks mimarinin yanısıra geleneksel Türk

mimari yapısıyla dikkat çekiyor. Geniş ve ferah ana lobi, her odaya ait özel balkonlar Orta Doğu mimarisinin izlerini de taşıyor. Her odasının Dubai denizi manzarasına sahip olduğu otel, kral dairesi, royal süit, presidential süit, senior süit, business suit, junior süit ve deluxe olmak üzere 7 farklı oda kategorisinden oluşuyor. Otelin konsepti hem iş hem de resort otel olarak hizmet vermesini sağlıyor.

Toplantı odaları, olimpik yüzme havuzu, özel plajı, SPA ve spor aktivitelerinin en yüksek standartlarda sunulduğu Rixos The Palm Dubai, doğu ve batının sentezlenen ruhunu Arap Körfezi’ne de taşımayı

hedefliyor. Rixos’un apartmanlarla beraber yaklaşık 500 milyon dolarlık bir yatırım. Oteldeki personelin % 30’u Türkiye’den. Önce 3 günde Dubai’de neler yapabileceğinize bakalım.Eğe Dubai’ye ilk defa geliyorsanız, alışveriş için mutlaka zaman ayırmalısınız. Bizim AVM dediğimiz ‘’Mall’’ lar Dubai’nin alışverişte vazgeçilmez mekanlarıdır. İşte size bu AVM’lerden birkaçı; Deira City Center, en büyük AVM Dubai Mall, Mall of Emirates (içinde kayak merkezi var), Wafi Center, Burjuman center, Ibn Batuta Mall,Dubai Marina Mall....

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F DESTİNASYON Dubai

Ayrıca akşamları da bizim kapalı çarşı’nın benzeri Medinat Souk turistik alışveriş mekanını görmelisiniz. Burası ayrıca keyifli bir akşam içkisi ve yemeği için çok çeşitli restoran, cafe ve bar ile hizmet veriyor.

Dubai’de 3 güne sığırabileceğiniz diğer etkinlikleri de şöyle sıralayalım. Çölde 4 x 4 cipler ile safari, yine çölde göbek danslı bedevi yemekli gece eğlencesi, Dünyanın en pahalı otellerinden Burj ul Arab ve Dünyanın en uzun binası Burj Halife, çocukları eğlendirmek için su parklarıyla ve dev akvaryumuyla Atlantis ve bir diğer su parkı Wild Wadi ve alışverişiniz sonrası Dubai Mall’ın açıkhava bölümünde yer alan The Dubai Fountain’de her akşam mutlaka tekrarlanan müzik ve lazerli havuz gösterisini öneririz.

Kısaca Dubai üç günde dolu dolu gezilip yaşanılabilecek bir destinasyon.

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F BÜLTEN 5 ayda 10 milyon turist

Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, 2014 yılının Mayıs ayına ait ziyaretçi rakamlarını açıkladı. Mayıs ayında Türkiye’ye gelen ziyaretçi sayısı bir önceki yılın aynı ayına kıyasla %2,36 oranında artarak 3 milyon 900 bine ulaştı. İlk beş ayda Türkiye’ye gelen toplam ziyaretçi sayısı ise % 4 oranında artarak 10 milyon 900 bin oldu.

Mayıs ayında Türkiye’nin en büyük pazarı durumundaki Almanya’da yüzde 14 oranında ziyaretçi kaybı yaşanırken, Fransa’da yüzde 5,11 ve Hollanda’da ise yüzde 5’lik ziyaretçi kayıpları yaşandı. Mayıs ayında Avrupa OECD ülkelerinde yaşanan toplam ziyaretçi kaybı ise yüzde 5,73 oldu. İngiltere, Finlandiya, Polonya ve Macaristan pazarlarında ise değişen oranlarda artışlar kaydedildi.

Türkiye’nin diğer önemli pazarları durumundaki Rusya’da yüzde 14 ziyaretçi artışı kaydedilirken, Kırgızistan’dan yüzde 33, Tacikistan’dan yüzde 47 ve Türkmenistan’dan yüzde 12 yolcu artışı gerçekleşti. İç savaş yaşayan Ukrayna’da ziyaretçi gelişi yüzde 12, Kazakistan’da ise yüzde 5 azaldı.

Türkiye’nin diğer iki önemli pazarı İran’dan gelişler yüzde 18, İsrail’den gelişler ise yüzde 27 arttı.

Yılın ilk 5 ayında ise Türkiye, Avrupa ve OECD pazarlarında toplamda yüzde 1,67 oranında ziyaretçi kaybı yaşadı. Ziyaretçi kaybı Almanya’da yüzde 7,40, Avusturya’da yüzde 6,59, Fransa’da yüzde 2,22, İspanya’da yüzde 14,60 ve Norveç’te

yüzde 25 olarak gerçekleşti. İlk 5 ayda Almanya’dan 110 bin Avrupa ve OECD ülkelerinde toplamda 73 bin yolcu kaybı gerçekleşti. İlk 5 ay itibariyle Rusya›da yüzde 11,3, İran›da yüzde 44,26, İsrail›de yüzde 65,33 ve Çin›de yüzde 42 oranında ziyaretçi artışı yaşandı.

Alanya sahillerini ALTİD işletecek

Antalya’nın Alanya ilçesini ziyaret eden Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Menderes Türel, Alanyaspor’a 1.5 milyon lira bağış yapmaları ön şartıyla Alanya sahillerinin ALTİD tarafından işletilmesi konusunda prensipte anlaştıklarını açıkladı.

Başkan Menderes Türel, Alanya ilçesi ziyaretinde yoğun bir gündemle ziyaretlerde bulundu, sorunlara çözüm aradı. Alanya Koordinatörü Hüseyin Güney’den ilçe sorunları ile ilgili bilgi alan Türel, burada Alanya Turizm İşletmecileri Derneği (ALTİD)

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Başkanı Burhan Sili ve yönetim kurulu üyeleriyle toplantı yaptı.

Başkan Menderes Türel, Alanyaspor’a 1.5 milyon lira bağış yapmaları ön koşuluyla Alanya sahillerinin ve su sporları ünitelerinin eskiden olduğu gibi ALTİD tarafından işletilmesi konusunda mutabakata vardıklarını söyledi. Türel şöyle konuştu: “ALTİD Alanya sahillerinde kaliteli hizmet sunan bir turizm örgütü. Şu anda Alanya sahilleri konusunda yetki henüz bizde değil. 1 hafta 10 güne kadar yetkiyi alacağız. Yetkiyi aldığımızda bu sahillerin ALTİD tarafından eskiden olduğu gibi işletilmesi konusunda mutabık kaldık.

Bizim sahillere bakış açımız belli. Konyaaltı’nda olduğu gibi tüm sahillerde halkımıza en kaliteli hizmeti vermek istiyoruz. Bu hizmeti verirken hiçbir maddi beklenti içinde değiliz. Bu beklentimizi ALTİD’le de paylaştık.

Maliye’nin Konyaaltı’nda olduğu gibi bize tahakkuk edeceği ücreti ödemeleri suretiyle sahillerin ALTİD tarafından işletilmesi konusunda prensipte anlaştık.

Ancak bu durumu bir ön koşula bağladık.

ALTİD turizmde bir çatı örgüt. Alanya’nın sosyal hareketlerine destek olmalı. Kendilerine Alanya’daki en önemli sevdamız, taraftarı olduğumuz Alanyaspor’a destek olmaları beklentimizi ilettik. Alanyaspor’a 1.5 milyon lira bağış yapmalarını ön koşul olarak sunduk. Bunu sağladıkları takdirde yolumuza sıkıntı olmadan devam ederiz. Buna sıcak yaklaşım göstermeleri en büyük dileğim.”

2014 de 43 milyon turist TÜRSAB ‘2014 Turizm Sezonu Raporu’na göre, geçen yıl toplam 39 milyon kişiyi ağırlayan turizm sektörü yurtdışında yaşayan vatandaşlarla birlikte bu yıl toplam 43 milyon kişiyi misafir edecek. Bu dönemde yurtiçi ve yurtdışında seyahat edecek Türkler’in sayısının ise 14 milyonu aşması bekleniyor.

Yani 2014 yılı içinde toplam 57 milyon kişiyi aşan bir hareket söz konusu olacak. TÜRSAB üyesi acentalardan alınan bilgiye göre yurtiçindeki 14 milyon kişinin yaklaşık 5 milyonu bu sene tatilini otel, pansiyon gibi turizm tesislerinde geçirecek. Beklenti söz konusu 5 milyon kişinin 3.5-4 milyonun mayıs-eylül döneminde tatile çıkması yönünde.

Avrupa Birliği üyesi ülkelere vizesiz seyahat

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandaşları, en erken 3 yıl sonra Avrupa Birliği üyesi ülkelere vizesiz seyahat edebilecek. Avrupa

Birliği’nin şart koştuğu ve Aralık ayında Ankara’da imzalanan geri kabul anlaşması, Meclis onayından geçti.

Süreçte herhangi bir sorun yaşanmazsa en geç 3 buçuk yıl sonra Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandaşları için Avrupa’ya vize zorunluluğu kalkacak.

Anlaşmaya göre, bir üçüncü ülke vatandaşı, Türkiye üzerinden kaçak yollarla Avrupa’ya giderse ve yakalanırsa, AB ülkeleri bu vatandaşı Türkiye’ye geri gönderebilecek. Türkiye de bu anlaşma gereği bu kişiyi kabul etmek zorunda olacak.

Kaçak göçmenler ülkelerine gidinceye kadar Türkiye’de barınacak. Türkiye ayrıca, sınırlarda kontrol ve gözetimi arttıracak. Avrupa Birliği, en az 3 yıl boyunca Türkiye’nin yükümlülüklerini yerine getirip getirmediğini kontrol edecek.

Eğer anlaşmanın tüm gerekleri sağlanırsa, Avrupa Birliği, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandaşlarına vize uygulamasını kaldıracak.

Caz Festivali, 1 Temmuz’da başlıyor İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı (İKSV) tarafından Garanti Bankası sponsorluğunda düzenlenen 21. İstanbul Caz Festivali, 1 Temmuz’da başlayacak. İKSV›den yapılan yazılı açıklamaya göre, festival, 16 Temmuz›a kadar 13 farklı mekanda, Hugh Laurie, Katie Melua, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Cecile Mclorin Salvant ve Kellylee Evans gibi isimlerin de yer aldığı 200›ü aşkın yerli ve yabancı sanatçıyı ağırlayacak.

Açılış konserinde, Elif Çağlar, Alp Ersönmez, Mert Önal, Çağrı Sertel ve Toygun Sezen’den oluşan Four in the Pocket, 1 Temmuz’da Avusturya Kültür Ofisi Bahçesi’nde sahne alacak.

Hugh Laurie, The Copper Bottom Band ile 9 Temmuz’da Cemil Topuzlu Açık Hava Sahnesi’nde müzikseverlerle buluşacak.

Davulcu Manu Katche, basçı Richard Bona, saksafoncusu Stefano di Battista ve piyanist Eric Legnini aynı sahneyi paylaşacak. Konser, 7 Temmuz’da Santralİstanbul Kıyı Amfi’de gerçekleştirilecek.

“Afrika’nın en önemli divası” ve “Afrika müziğinin tartışmasız kraliçesi” olarak nitelendirilen Angelique Kidjo, 14 Temmuz’da Feriye Lokantası’nda caz severlerin karşısında olacak. Bugüne

kadar dünyanın dört bir yanında birçok konser veren Angelique Kidjo, İstanbul’daki ilk solo konserini 21. İstanbul Caz Festivali kapsamında verecek. Festival, ilk haftasında Zülfü Livaneli’nin Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi’nin İngilizce şiirleri üzerine bestelediği yeni eseri “Rumi Suite-The Eternal Day”in Türkiye prömiyerine ev sahipliği yapacak. Konser, 2 Temmuz’da Sepetçiler Kasrı’nda izlenebilecek.

Müzikseverler festival programına, “caz.iksv.org” adresinin yanı sıra İKSV Mobil uygulamasından da ulaşabilir.

Rusya’ya giden Türk turist sayısı artıyor

Rusya’da Devlet İstatistik Komitesi Rosstat, 2014 yılının ilk dört ayına ilişkin turizm rakamlarını açıkladı. Buna göre OcakNisan döneminde Rusya’yı ziyaret eden Türk vatandaşlarının sayısı geçen senenin aynı dönemine göre % 5,4 artarak 25 bine yükseldi.

Resmi verilere göre, bu yılın ilk dört ayında Rusya’ya farklı ülkelerden 32 bin 100 turist geldi. Aynı dönemde yurt dışına çıkan Rusya vatandaşlarının sayısı ise geçen yılın ilk dört ayına göre yüzde 4 artarak 3,2 milyona yükseldi. Ocak-Nisan döneminde Türkiye’yi ziyaret eden Rusya vatandaşlarının sayısı da yüzde 6 artarak 113 bine çıktı. (turkrus) NewFocus

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F BÜLTEN Kapadokya ilk 5 ayda artış yakaladı

Nevşehir Valiliğinden yapılan açıklamaya göre, Kapadokya bölgesindeki tarihi ve turistik merkezleri, bu yılın ilk 5 aylık döneminde 1 milyon turistin ziyaret ettiği bildirildi. Geçen

yılın aynı döneminde Kapadokya’yı 990 bin 480 turist ziyaret etmişti.

Kapadokya bölgesinde Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı tarafından turizme açık bulundurulan Göreme Açık Hava Müzesi başta olmak üzere Zelve, Açıksaray ve Mustafapaşa örenyeri, Nevşehir, Ürgüp, Hacıbektaş Arkeoloji ve Etnoğrafya ve Hacıbektaş Veli Müzesi, Hacıbektaş Atatürk Evi, Çavuşin, Gülşehir St. Jean, Mustafapaşa Constantin-Eleni, Karanlık ve El Nazar Kiliseleri ile Özkonak, Tatlarin, Kaymaklı ve Derinkuyu yer altı kentlerini bu yılın ilk 5 aylık döneminde 1 milyon 18 bin 316 yerli ve yabancı turistin ziyaret ettiği bildirildi.

Türkiye’nin peribacaları, kaya kiliseleri ve yer altı kent yerleşimleri ile en önemli kültür turizm merkezlerinden biri olan Kapadokya bölgesindeki tarihi ve turistik merkezleri, bu yılın ilk 5 aylık döneminde 1 milyon turistin ziyaret ettiği bildirildi.

Bölgeye gelen yerli ve yabancı turist sayısı geçen yıla göre artış gösterdi.

Kapadokya bölgesindeki müze ve ören yerlerini geçen yılın aynı döneminde 990 bin 480 turist ziyaret etmişti.

Dünya Miras Komitesi’ne 2 dosyamız daha girdi Türkiye Dünya Miras Komitesi’nin son Toplantısına iki başarıyla imzasını attı.

‘Bursa ve Cumalıkızık’ ile “Bergama” Artık Dünya Mirası Asıl Listesinde.

Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Dünya Miras Komitesi’nin Doha’daki 38.

Dönem Toplantısı’nda aday listesindeki iki dosyasını asıl listeye geçirerek Türkiye’ye büyük bir gurur ve sevinç yaşattı.

2000 yılında Geçici Listeye alınan “Bursa ve Cumalıkızık: Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun Doğuşu” Dünya Miras Listesi adaylık dosyası, Doha’da düzenlenen Dünya Miras Komitesi (DMK) 38. Dönem Toplantısı’nda kabul edildi.

Ayrıca, Türkiye’den komiteye sunulan ve Doha’daki toplantıda ele alınan bir diğer aday da 2011 yılında geçici listeye kabul edilen Bergama’ydı.

Komite, ‘Bergama Çok Katmanlı Kültürel Peyzaj Alanı’ dosyasının da Dünya Miras Listesi’ne kaydedilmesine karar verdi.

Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı Ömer Çelik, çifte başarıyı Twitter’dan duyurdu.

Böylece kısa bir süre önce İnsanlığın Somut Olmayan Kültürel Mirasının Temsili Listesine karar verecek ekibe giren Türkiye, uluslararası arenada iki önemli gelişmeye daha imzasını attı.

Osmanlı’nın İzlerini Taşıyan Cumalıkızık… Dünya Miras Listesine alınan “Bursa ve Cumalıkızık: Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun Doğuşu” Dünya Miras alanı, Orhangazi Külliyesi ve çevresini içine alan Hanlar Bölgesi, Hüdavendigar (I. Murad) Külliyesi, Yıldırım (I. Bayezid) Külliyesi, Yeşil (I. Mehmed) Külliye, Muradiye (II. Murad) Külliyesi ve Cumalıkızık Köyü olmak üzere altı bileşenden oluşuyor.

Osmanlı’nın erken dönemlerinin günümüze ulaşan en güzel kırsal kesim sivil mimari örneklerinden biri olan Cumalıkızık, 2000 yılında Dünya Miras Geçici Listesine alındı. 1300’lü yıllarda bir vakıf köyü olarak kurulan Cumalıkızık, artık ‘Bursa ve Cumalıkızık: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Doğuşu’ dosyası ile Dünya Miras Asıl Listesi’nde.

Dosyada, Cumalıkızık ile hanları-külliyeleriyle Bursa ve bu yerleşim merkezlerinin Osmanlı ekonomisindeki rolü ve Osmanlı’nın bir beylikten imparatorluk haline dönüşmesi teması

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işlendi.

Ayrıca, Bursa’nın kent planlaması açısından, sonraki payitahtlar Edirne ve İstanbul’a örnek olması ve payitahtın taşınmasından sonra da manevi önemini devam ettirmesi de dosyada işlenen konular arasında.

Türkiye’den komiteye sunulan bir diğer aday da 2011 yılında Geçici Listeye kabul edilen Bergama. Bergama, ‘Bergama Çok Katmanlı Kültürel Peyzaj Alanı’ dosyasıyla komiteye sunuldu.

Helenistik Dönemin en büyük kütüphanelerinden birinin kurulduğu Bergama, kültürel peyzaj kategorisinde Listeye alındı. Helenistik, Roma, Doğu Roma ve Osmanlı dönemlerine ait katmanları içerisinde barındıran Bergama; akropol, çevresindeki yedi adet tümülüs ve Kybele Kutsal Alanı olmak üzere dokuz bileşenden oluşuyor.

Türkiye’nin Dünya Miras Listesi’nde çoktan yerini alan dosyalar ise; İstanbul’un Tarihi Alanları, Divriği Ulu Cami ve Darüşşifası, Hattuşaş, Nemrut Dağı, Xanthos-Letoon, Safranbolu Şehri, Truva Antik Kenti, Edirne Selimiye Cami ve Külliyesi, Göreme Milli Parkı ve Kapadokya, Pamukkale Hierapolis ve Çatalhöyük Neolitik Kenti.

Çalınan Zeugma mozaikleri de geri geliyor Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığının çalıntı olduğunu tesbit edip eserlerin iadesini sağlamasına öncülük eden, İngiltere’nin başkenti Londra’daki Kraliyet Sanat Cemiyeti’nin Türkiye temsilcisi Ali Serim bu kez de Zeugma Antik Kenti’nden çalınan mozaikler için çalışmaya başladı.

Londra’daki High Road Auctions isimli müzayede evi tarafından 2013 yılında yapılan açık artırmada 17 ve 18’inci yüzyıla ait Osmanlı mezar taşlarının satışını durdurmayı başaran ve Kültür Bakanlığının çalıntı olduğunu tesbit edip eserlerin iadesini sağlamasına öncülük eden, İngiltere’nin başkenti Londra’daki Kraliyet Sanat Cemiyeti’nin Türkiye temsilcisi Ali Serim bu kez de Zeugma Antik Kenti’nden çalınan mozaikler için kollarını sıvadı. “Ülkemizin yağmalanmış hazinelerine sahip çıkmak, bir vatandaşlık görevidir!” diyen Ali Serim, Zeugma’dan yasadışı yollarla kaçırılan 12 adet mozaik parçasının Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde yerlerinin belirlendiğini müjdeledi.

Mozaikleri geri getirmek için internet üzerinden imza kampanyası başlatıldığını ifade eden Serim, üniversitelerin ilgili öğrenci klüpleri başta olmak üzere sivil toplum kuruluşlarını change.org adresinde başlatılan imza kampanyası hakkında üyelerini email ve SMS yoluyla bilgilendirmeye davet etti. İş dünyasınında çalışanlarını kampanyaya imza vermeye teşvik etmesinin önemli katkılar sağlayacağının altını çizdi, Açıklamasının devamında, “Anadolu hazineleri arasında sayılan Zeugma Mozaikleri, kaçak kazılar sırasında yağmalanmış ve yasal olmayan yollarla yurt dışına kaçırılmıştır.

Amerika’da ki Green State Üniversitesi’nde dekoratif obje olarak kullanılan ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devleti’ne ait olan mozaiklerin en kısa zamanda kendi topraklarına, Anadolu’ya iade edilmesi gerekmektedir” diyen Ali Serim, Kültür Bakanlığının konuya büyük mesai harcadığını fakat sivil

toplumun desteği olmadan netice almanın çok zaman alacağını; konu hakkında Bowling Green State Üniversitesi Rektörü Marry Mazey ile iletişim kurduğunu ve üniversitenin yöneticileri tarafından konunun hassasiyetinin kavrandığı intibasına sahip olduğunu vurguladı.

1960’lı yıllarda Zeugma ve çevresinde yapılan kaçak kazılar sırasında yurtdışına kaçırıldığı tespit edilen, MS 2.-3. yüzyıllara tarihlenen 12 parça mozaik, Amerika’nın Ohia Eyaletindeki Bowling Green State Üniversitesi tarafından 1965 yılında Manhattan’daki bir sanat galerisinden satın alınmıştır.

Paha biçilemez mozaikler Bowling Green State Universitesi, Wolfe Center Binası, Eva Marie Saint tiyatrosunun lobisinde dekorasyon amaçlı kullanılmaktadır. Uzmanlar tarafından mozaikler üzerinde yürütülen çalışmalar, bu parçaların Zeugma’dan kaçırılmış olduklarını kanıtlamıştır.

CATHIC 9- 10 Haziran’da gerçekleşti CATHIC (Türkiye ve Komşu Ülkeler Otel Yatırım Konferansı) 9- 10 Haziran tarihlerinde Hilton İstanbul Bomonti Hotel’de düzenlendi. İki gün boyunca, bölgesel ve uluslararası yatırımcılar ve operatörler piyasadaki en son trendleri, fırsatları ve zorlukları görüşmek üzere bir araya geldi.

Otel yatırımcıları için bu yıl İstanbul’da dördüncüsü düzenlenen etkinlikde, Dünyanın farklı ülkelerinden 1000’in üzerinde katılımcıyı bir araya gelerek yeni iş ortaklıklarını oluşturdular.

CATHIC bu sene de mevcut veya planlama aşamasında olan turizm yatırımları için en uygun fırsatların bulunabileceği platform olarak öne çıktı. İki gün boyunca, bölgesel ve uluslararası yatırımcılar, operatörler ve hükümet yetkilileri piyasadaki en son trendleri, fırsatları ve zorlukları görüşmek üzere bir araya geldi. CATHIC’de tüm paneller, Türk otel sektöründe yatırım yapmak isteyen veya yatırım yapanlara rehberlik etti.

CATHIC’deTürkiye’nin filizlenen turizm sektöründe büyümek ve gelişmek için sermaye sağlama stratejileri de ele alındı.

Van kahvaltısı ile Guinness Dünya rekoru Türkiye’de kahvaltı kültürü denildiğinde ilk akla gelen şehirlerden biri olan Van, 1 Haziran 2014 tarihinde düzenlenecek olan ve 30 bine yakın kişinin katılacağı organizasyon ile bir rekora imza atmaya hazırlanıyor.

Dünyanın en kalabalık kahvaltı organizasyonunu 18 bin 941 kişi ile elinde bulunduran Amerika’nın rekorunu kırmak ve Van’ın uluslararası alanda da tanıtımını güçlendirmek amacı ile gerçekleştirilecek olan “Van Kahvaltısı Guinness Dünya Rekoru” organizasyonu için hazırlıklar tüm hızıyla devam ediyor. Türkiye’nin yeme-içme kültüründe önemli yere sahip olan kahvaltı anlayışının en güzel örneklerinden biri olan ve doğal ürünlerden oluşan bir menünün sunulduğu Van kahvaltısı, önemli bir gastronomi ürünü olarak da öne çıkıyor.

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F BÜLTEN Setur, Ülker marinaları için atakta

Geçen hafta 664 milyon dolara Kalamış Yat Limanı’nı alan Koç Holding dümeni yeni limanlara kırdı. Koç Holding’in turizm şirketi Setur, Beta Marina şirketiyle Pendik Turizm firmasının tamamını almak için Ülker ailesiyle masaya oturdu.

Yıldız Holding’in kontrolünde bulunan Beta Marina Liman ve Çekek İşletmesi ve Pendik Turizm Marina Yat ve Çekek İşletmesi’nin hisselerinin tamamını Setur tarafından devralınması için Rekabet Kurumu’na başvurdu. Yıldız

Holding’in iştiraki olan Beta Marina aynı zamanda Türkiye’nin en büyük üç yat limanından biri olan Pendik Marintürk’ün sahibi. 2009’da hizmete giren Marinturk, İstanbul City Port’la Pendik, Göcek Village Port ve Göcek Exclusive tesisleriyle de Göcek’te hizmet veriyor. İçinde çarşısı da bulunan İstanbul City Port, suda 673 tekne, karada ise 70 tekneye hizmet sunuyor.

35 bin metrekarelik çekek alanı bulunan Göcek Village Port ise 120 bağlama kapasitesine sahip.

Göcek Exclusive ise Poruklu’da yer alıyor. Yörenin tek doğal kumsalına sahip 100 yat bağlama kapasiteli marinada, mega yatlar için de 23 adet özel platformlu iskele bulunuyor. Ağaoğlu Grubu, Dati Yatırım Holding gibidevlerin yarıştığı Kalamış Yat Limanı ihalesine Koç Grubu Tek-Art şirketi ile başvurmuştu. İhalenin sonunda Koç, 664 milyon dolar teklif ederek kazanmıştı. Ayvalık, Kuşadası, Antalya başta olmak üzere Türkiye›de 8 yat limanı bulunan Setur, 2012›de yurtdışına Yunanistan›dan açılmıştı. Setur, Atina merkezli Follie Follie Group ile ortaklık yaparak Midilli Adası›nın marinasının 40 yıllık işletmesini kazanmıştı.

Kocaeli’nin turizm hamlesi

İzmit Belediyesi tarafından düzenlenen “Kocaeli Turizminden Beklentiler” konulu çalıştay gerçekleşti. İzmit Belediye Başkanı Nevzat Doğan’ın danışmanlık görevine getirdiği Bekir Serin’in girişimleri ile düzenlenen etkinlik belediye içerisinde bulunan toplantı salonunda gerçekleşti..

Çalıştayın moderatörlüğünü Kocaeli Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Öğretim Görevlisi Tümay Mercan üstlendi. Kentte turizmin gelişmesini amaçlandığı toplantıya Kocaeli İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürü Mehmet Kesen, Turizmci Cafer Kozluca, MARKA Genel Sekreteri Fatih Akbulut, TÜRSAB Yedigöller Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Kadir Genç, Art Nicomedia Derneği Başkanı Akın Sevinç ile turizm ile ilgili fikir beyan etmek isteyen davetliler katıldı.

Toplantıda konuşan Bekir Serin, Kocaeli’nin artık sanayi şehri olmaktan çıkıp turizm şehri olması yönünde müthiş bir yatırım planlaması hazırlandığını, ilde özellikle eğitim turizminin geliştirilmesi gerektiğini söyledi. Moderatör Tümay Mercan ise Türkiye’de Turizm Odası kurulması yönünde çalışıldığını belirtti. Toplantı tek tek söz alan diğer katılımcılar ise ilde doğa, sağlık, yemek, tarih, deniz, sanat, spor turizminin geliştirilmesi yönünde fikirlerini paylaştı. Toplantının moderatörü Mercan, bir sonraki çalıştayda fikirlerin taslak halinde tartışılarak Kocaeli’nin turizm haritasının çıkarılacağını bildirdi.

Kemer, Uluslararası Sualtı Günleri’nin 13.sünü gerçekleştirdi KETAV ( Kemer Yöresi Tanıtım Vakfı ) geleneksel hale gelmiş organizasyonlarını daha da güçlendirmek ve yepyeni organizasyonlarla Kemer’i tüm dünyada tanınır hale getirmek için çalışmalarına devam ediyor. 2014 yılı Ocak ayında KETAV ( Kemer Yöresi Tanıtım Vakfı ) Yönetim Kurulu Başkanlığı görevini devralan Volkan Yorulmaz yaptığı açıklamada “Vakfımızın geleneksel hale gelmiş organizasyonlarını daha da güçlendirmek ve yepyeni organizasyonlarla Kemer’i tüm dünyada tanınır hale getirmek için çalışmalarına devam ediyor.

Vakfımızın Organizasyonlarından söz edecek olursak; 15 – 18 Mayıs 2014 tarihlerinde bu yıl organizasyonunu gerçekleştirdik.

Dünyanın çeşitli Ülkelerinden Sualtında Fotoğraf ve Video çekmek ve yarışmaya katılmak için gelen Sualtı Severlere Kemer olarak ev sahipliği yaptık. Aynı zamanda UNESCO Sualtı Arkeolojisi Biriminin de toplantılar yaptığı organizasyonumuz, Sualtı camiasının önderlerine de ev sahipliği yaptı. Yurtdışından olduğu gibi Yurtiçinden de Sualtı severlerin katıldığı etkinlik Kemer ve Yöresinin Sualtı Zenginliğini tanıtmaktadır.” (Halil Öncü)

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Ücretsiz internette Türk otelleri Dünyada ilk sıralarda bir farkla Vietnam, yüzde 98’le Tayvan, Kamboçya ve Polonya takip ediyor. İlk 10’da yer alan diğer ülkelerse, sırasıyla Fas, Slovakya, Japonya, Kolombiya ve Karadağ.

Listenin son sıralarındaki ülkelerse oldukça şaşırtıcı. Avustralya yüzde 56’yla son sırada yer alırken, Yeni Zelanda, Almanya, Hindistan, Güney Afrika, Avusturya, Güney Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi, İsviçre, Birleşik Krallık ve İspanya da otellerinde en düşük oranda ücretsiz Wi-Fi hizmeti bulunan ülkeler arasında.

Müşterilerin otellerin yüzde 96’sında ücretsiz bağlantıdan yararlanabildiği Türkiye, Avrupa ülkeleri arasında Romanya, Türkiye’deki oteller ücretsiz kablosuz internet hizmetiyle Polonya, Slovakya, Karadağ ve Çek Cumhuriyeti’nin ardından ABD, İngiltere, Almanya ve Rusya gibi ülkeleri geride bıraktı. altıncı sırada yer alıyor. Türkiye, bu oranla İngiltere, Almanya, Türkiye’nin büyük şehirleri arasındaysa İstanbul ilk sırada yer Fransa, İtalya, Rusya gibi Avrupa’nın önde gelen ülkelerinin yanı aldı. Araştırmada 100’ün üzerinde ülkeden toplanan veriler sıra otellerinin yüzde 93’ünde ücretsiz internet hizmeti veren değerlendirildi.

Ziyaretçilerine dünya genelinde 500 binden fazla otel arasında ABD’yi de geride bırakıyor.

Türkiye’nin büyük şehirleri arasında, otellerinin yüzde 95’inde tercih yapma imkanı sunan ve yakın zamanda Türkiye’de de hizmet vermeye başlayan “akıllı seyahat” sitesi KAYAK.com.tr, ücretsiz internet bulunan İstanbul lider konumda. Adana yüzde 93’le ikinci sırada yer alıyor. Ankara’daki otellerin yüzde 91’i, dikkat çekici bir araştırmaya imza attı.

Antalya’daki ve İzmir’deki otellerinse yüzde 90’ında müşteriler Araştırma, bilinçli bir şekilde seyahat etmek isteyen turistlere ücretsiz Wi-Fi hizmeti alabiliyor. Bu oranlar, Türkiye’nin büyük ve seyahat dönüşü telefon faturalarında veya banka şehirlerinin ücretsiz internet hizmetinde Paris, Berlin, Roma, hesaplarında acı sürprizlerle karşılaşmaktan endişe eden Londra, Madrid, Viyana ve Moskova gibi Avrupa başkentlerini gezginlere yardımcı olmayı hedefliyor.

Dünya genelinde otellerin yüzde 90’ı, konuklarına ücretsiz Wi-Fi geride bıraktığını da ortaya koyuyor.

Avrupa’nın en düşük oranda ücretsiz bağlantı sunan ülkesi bağlantı hizmeti sunuyor. Kıtalar ölçeğinde incelendiğindeyse ise yüzde 73’le Almanya. Almanya’yı yüzde 79’la Avusturya, Amerika’daki otellerin yüzde 94’ü, Avrupa’dakilerin yüzde 90’ı, yüzde 85’le Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti ve Güney Kıbrıs Rum Asya’dakilerin yüzde 88’i, Afrika’dakilerin yüzde 81’i ve son Kesimi, yüzde 87’yle İsviçre ve yüzde 88’le Birleşik Krallık takip olarak Okyanusya’daki otellerin yüzde 55’i ücretsiz bağlantı ediyor. İspanya, İtalya, Portekiz, Danimarka ve Finlandiya ise sağlıyor. Otellerinin yüzde 99’unda ücretsiz bağlantı sunan Romanya, bu alanda dünya lideri. Romanya’yı yüzde 1’in altında son 10 sırada bulunan diğer ülkeler.

Avrupa’da yılın en iyi müzesi Masumiyet Müzesi, EMYA Avrupa Yılın En İyi Müzesi Ödülü’ne (European Museum of the Year) değer görüldü. Geçen cumartesi Talin’de Avrupa Müzeler Forumu’nda ödülü alan Orhan Pamuk, Soma’daki katliamda hayatını kaybedenler için duyduğu acıyı dile getirdi ve ödülü Soma’daki madencilerin anısına aldığını söyledi. Ödül, “Masumiyet Müzesi’nin küçük ve bireyi vurgulayan yapısının dünya müzelerinin gelişimine yerel ve sürdürülebilir bir model teşkil ettiği” gerekçesiyle verildi. Ayrıca, Masumiyet Müzesi’nin kültürel miras ve kamusal değer anlamında en yüksek değeri taşıyan kurumlar arasında olduğu ifade edildi.

Müze, bu ödül dolayısıyla, ödülün heykelciği olan Henry Moore’un “The Egg” eserine önümüzdeki bir yıl boyunca sahip olacak.

Türkiye’nin 2.büyük Kongre Merkezi Toplam 10 dönüm arazi üzerine yapılan Kongre Merkezi, 2850 metrekare oturma alanına sahip sahip. 4 kattan oluşan binada 5 adet 200 kişilik salon, 1 adet 350 kişilik salon, 4 adet VİP salon, 1 adet 1750 kişilik salon ve 6 adet 50 kişilik salon olmak üzere toplam 5000 bin kişiyi aynı anda ağırlayabilecek kapasiteye sahip.

Alanya’da faaliyete başlayacak Türkiye’nin 2.büyük Kongre Merkezi’nde ayrıca, 4000 metre kare fuaye alanı, 450 metre kare büyüklüğünde mutfak, 3500 metrekare açık kokteyl alanı, 14 adet tuvalet, 30 araçlık kapalı otopark, 7 adet asansör, 5 adet merdiven bulununuyor. Akdeniz Üniversitesi’yle yapılan protokol gereği işletmesi üniversiteye verilen Kongre Merkezi yaklaşık 15 milyon liraya mal oldu.

Dünyadaki milyarlarca internet kullanıcısı için keşfetmenin yeni sınırlarını belirleyen servisleriyle yepyeni ufukların kapısını aralayan Google, StreetView Special Collect kapsamında Anıtkabir’in kapılarını tüm dünyaya açıyor.

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24rd Year New Focus EylĂźl /Ekim 2014 SayÄąsÄą

KISA KISA

ITE Ho Chi Minh - VIETNAM, Luxury Leisure Show Moskova, PATA Travel Mart Phnom Penh, Japan Travel Mart Tokyo

YĂśneticiler

n KuĹ&#x;adasÄą Otelciler ve YatÄąrÄąmcÄąlar DerneÄ&#x;i (KODER) genel kurulundaÂ

Tacettin Ă–zden, yeniden baĹ&#x;kanlÄąÄ&#x;a seçildi. n Nilay AltÄąn Tahmaz Park Hyatt Ä°stanbul’a yeni insan kaynaklarÄą mĂźdĂźrĂź oldu.

Turizm fuarlarÄąnda daÄ&#x;ÄątÄąlacak.

Haber ve ReklamlarĹnĹz için son gßn n Deniz Gßley Raffles Istanbul’a Ün bßro mßdßr yardĹmcĹsĹ oldu.

29 AÄ&#x;ustos 2014 n Onur Hakyemez The Ritz-Carlton, Ä°stanbul satÄąĹ&#x; direktĂśrĂź oldu. n ÇiÄ&#x;dem ĂœĂ§ler Swissotel The Bosphorus Istanbul’a yeni insan kaynaklarÄą direktĂśrĂź oldu. n Nilufer Durukan, MEP DMC’nin proje mĂźdĂźrlĂźÄ&#x;Ăźne atandÄą. n Ĺžebnem (Ege) Baydere Ege Kongre’de proje danÄąĹ&#x;manÄą oldu. n Burcu Koçak Turplus Turizm grup operasyonlarÄą mĂźdĂźrĂź oldu. n Neslihan Ăœlsever Smyrna Izcon Group M.I.C.E operasyonlarÄą mĂźdĂźrlĂźÄ&#x;Ăźne atandÄą. n Suzan Bilegen EthemoÄ&#x;lu Wyndham Grand Istanbul KalamÄąĹ&#x; Marina Hotel’e satÄąĹ&#x; mĂźdĂźrĂź olarak atandÄą. n Esin Sungur Raffles Istanbul’un halkla iliĹ&#x;kiler direktĂśrĂź oldu. n Direnç Ă–zdemir Koca Grand Hyatt Istanbul’da satÄąĹ&#x; direktĂśrĂź yardÄąmcÄąlÄąÄ&#x;Äąna atandÄą.

Tesisler

n Sentido Zeynep Resort, Tripadvisor‘dan “MĂźkemmeliyet SertifikasÄąâ€? Zoover’dan ise “Highly recommendedâ€? sertifikasÄą, Sentido Zeynep Golf & Spa ise“Recommendedâ€? sertifikasÄą ĂśdĂźlleri aldÄą n Hapimag Sea Garden Resort â€œĂ‡evreye DuyarlÄą Konaklama Tesisiâ€? kategorisine geçti. n Mercure Ä°stanbul Taksim Hotel, kapÄąlarÄąnÄą açtÄą. n Crystal Waterworld Resort & SPA birinci yaĹ&#x;ÄąnÄą kutladÄą. n Corendon’dan ÇeĹ&#x;me’ye iki yeni otel daha geliyor. n Dedeman Konya, otel bĂźnyesinde ‘’E-Ĺžarj Ä°stasyonu‘’ kurdu. n Silence Ä°stanbul Hotel ve Convention Center’Ĺn 2014 yÄąlÄą hedefi, 150 kongre ve % 80 doluluk oranÄąyla 24 milyon dolar olarak açĹklandÄą. n MartÄą Myra sezonu acentalarla açtÄą. n Mardan Palace yaz sezonunu My May Festival ile açtÄą. n Kemer’in ilk otellerinden birisi olan Olimpos Otel adÄąnÄą “Mira Olimpos Beach Otelâ€? olarak deÄ&#x;iĹ&#x;tirdi. n Manavgat KÄązÄąlaÄ&#x;aç bĂślgesinde bulunan Club Nena 17. yaĹ&#x;ÄąnĹ kutladÄą.

Acentalar n TĂœRSAB iĹ&#x;tiraklerinden olan TURSAV/Turizm ve Seyahat AcentalarÄą VakfÄą, Soma’da hayatÄąnÄą kaybeden Ĺ&#x;ehit ailelerinin 20 evladÄąnÄąn tahslini Ăźstlendi. n Setur KalamÄąĹ&#x; Yat LimanÄąnÄą 30 yÄąl daha Ä°Ĺ&#x;letecek. n Coral Travel &ODEON Tours KÄąbrÄąs’a yeni direk uçuĹ&#x;lar ekledi. n OTI’nin Tayland hedefi 180 bin turist. n Orient House, yÄąllarÄąn deneyimini artÄąk 200 kiĹ&#x;ilik modern Ăśzel teknesiyle Ä°stanbul BoÄ&#x;az turu yapacak. n Prontotour, yurtdÄąĹ&#x;Äą seyahatine çĹkan tatil severlere, yurtiçinde de tatil yapma imkanÄą sunan yeni bir kampanya baĹ&#x;lattÄą.

HavayollarÄą n n n n n n n n n n n n

THY 15 adet B737 MAX8s sipariĹ&#x;i verdi.

Air Arabia 29 Temmuz’da Sharjah – Antalya tarifeli uçak seferlerini baĹ&#x;latÄąyor.

BurulaĹ&#x;’Ĺn, AirSea uçuĹ&#x;larÄąna BandÄąrma, Bodrum ve ÇeĹ&#x;me de eklendi.

Lufthansa hub’larÄą 2014’ßn ilk çeyreÄ&#x;inde tĂźm Avrupa hub’larÄą arasÄąnda dakiklikte en iyi notlarÄą aldÄą. Ä°stanbul Aeroflot’un low-cost havayolu Dobrolet’in ilk uçuĹ&#x; nokatalarÄąndan biri.

THY’nin Pisa (Ä°talya) seferleri baĹ&#x;larken  Afrika’da 39. destinasyonu Benin, Almanya’daki 13. uçuĹ&#x; noktasÄą MĂźnster, Bordo – Fransa, Varna Iberia, Ä°stanbul ile Madrid arasÄąndaki uçuĹ&#x;larÄąna yeniden baĹ&#x;ladÄą.

BoraJet Adana – GazipaĹ&#x;a – Beyrut gĂźzergahÄąnÄą da açtÄą.

Pegasus, Cenevre ve Prag seferleri baĹ&#x;ladÄą.

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