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  • Top 4 Affordable Chain-Hotels in Istanbul Turkey

    Top 4 Affordable Chain-Hotels in Istanbul Turkey

    Chain-hotels are hotels that are part of a group of other hotels which are being operated by the same company/owner. Turkey has a lot of these chain hotels because, Turkey is home to a lot of textiles and building materials as well as interior decoration materials thus, attracting business people every year to Turkey especially Istanbul In order to accommodate visitors/tourists, Istanbul has built and still building amazing hotels, especially affordable chain-hotels.

    Affordable Chain-Hotels

    Elite World Business Affordable Chain-Hotels

    Location: Gültepe, Şht. Zafer Kızıltaş Sk. No:1, 34295 Küçükçekmece, Istanbul

    The Elite World Business hotel is very close to the major road which is a great advantage because, guests can move around using the city metro-bus, taxi or the hotel service bus. The hotel price per night ranges from 50 euros to 80 Euros and customers can select from a wide range of room options (Twin-bed room, Double-bed room, Deluxe room, Suite and King Suite room) depending on their budget.

    Facilities at the hotel includes free WiFi, Gym & Spa, dining hall, restaurant, Meetings and event hall (for organizing business meetings and other social events).

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    the Elite World Hotel is a chain-hotel meaning that, the hotel has other branches, a total number of 7 (Elite World Sapanca, Elite World Van, Elite World Marmaris, Elite world Prestige, Elite World Asia, Elite World Europe and Elite World Business) in Istanbul in which the prices might differs.

    The Double-tree by Hilton Istanbul Avcilar

    Location: Cihangir, D-100 Güney Yan Yolu No:289, 34310 Avcılar, Istanbul

    The Double-tree by Hilton is an amazing hotel with unique architecture. Locate between the international exhibition centers Tüyap Ataturk Airport, the hotel has about 231 rooms with 150 standard, 59 deluxe, 15 premium, 7 suites with lake, sea and city views. Facilities at the hotel includes, free WiFi, Car park, Gym and Spa Center, meeting and other even hall and a dining room.

    The Double-tree by Hilton has other of its hotel branches scattered in different locations in Istanbul and they are; Doubletree by Hilton Istanbul Topkapi, Double-tree by Hilton Istanbul Moda, Doubletree by Hilton Istanbul Piyalepasa, Doubletree by Hilton Istanbul Avcilar, Double-tree by Hilton Istanbul Sirkeci, Double-tree by Hilton Istanbul Esentepe, and Double-tree by Hilton Istanbul Tuzla. The price per room may differ but it ranges from 45 Euro – 90 Euros.

    The Radisson Blue Hotel Ottomare

    Location: Kazlıçeşme, Abay Cd. No: 223, 34020 Zeytinburnu, Istanbul.

    If you like the sea view or you are among those that like to wake up to the amazing glitter of the sea on sun-set then the Radisson Blue Hotel Ottomare is the best hotel for you. the hotel facility includes, free WiFi, Car park, Gym and Spa Center, meeting and other even hall and a dining room. The hotel has both indoor and outdoor swimming pool for swimming and relaxation at all times.

    Like the Elite World and the Double-tree by Hilton, the Radisson Blue hotel is also a chain-hotel scattered in Istanbul. These ranges from the Radisson Blue hotel located in Sisli, to Radisson Blue hotel Pera, Radisson Blue Bosphorus hotel, Radisson Blue hotel Tuzla, Radisson Blue hotel Vadistanbul, Radisson Blue hotel Istanbul Asia, and Radisson Blue hotel Batisehir.

  • Most Stunning Places to visit in Turkey for Tourism and Leisure

    Most Stunning Places to visit in Turkey for Tourism and Leisure

    Are you in Turkey, or planning a short transit layover in Turkey and wondering where to visit in Turkey?

    Turkey has many sophisticated places to visit that can make your stay worth it.

    As one of the biggest aquarium complexes of the world, Antalya Aquarium offers inspiration, entertainment and education all at once.

    Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey is a friendly country located on a crossroad between Europe and Asia. It is quite interesting how this particular country has been gifted with a space and possessions in more than one continent. The East Thrace in Turkey is a part of Europe while the Anatolian peninsula is a part of Asia divided by the sea of Marmara.

    Bosphorus Bridge

    Bosphorus Bridge

    Located in Istanbul, the Bosphorus bridge connects Asia and Europe together thus in the same city, you have the European side and the Asian side of Istanbul. Surrounding the bridge are nice and supplicated historic buildings and restaurants with nice cuisine.

    Part of the Bosphorus, there are also boat cruise usually every summer, sometimes in spring season too. The boats can be as private as One person booking or more persons. It tours round the water, under the bridge and the surroundings for about 30 minutes or more.

    Cappadocia balloon tour

    Cappadocia balloon tour

    There are more than 10 companies that make ballon tour in Cappadocia and they include Skyway Balloons, Atmosfer Balloons, Royal Balloon, Cappadocia Balloons, Anatolian Balloons, Voyager Balloons, Göreme Balloons, Göreme Balloons, Ürgüp Balloons, Cappadocia Balloon Turca, Sultan Balloons, Kaya Balloons.

    Pamukkale

    Pamukkale

    Located in Denizli in the Aegean region, the Pamukkale (in Turkish) means “cotton castle” is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing water.

    The Pamukkale was formed by calcium deposits from the hot spring in the area. The site is beautiful and the water is breathtaking especially when you walk barefoot from the base to the top

    Konyaalti Beach

    Konyaalti Beach

    The Konyaalti is located on the East of Antalya old town center. The beach has a lot of relaxation facilities but sun loungers and umbrellas have to be rented.

    Fathiye

    Fathiye

    Located in Fathiye is a tourist attraction due to the mountainous view.

    Antalya Aquarium

    The Antalya Aquarium is the world’s biggest tunnel aquarium consisting of aquarium and “snow world” closed area. It has 64 Tanks with a water volume of 6800 cubic meters.

  • Monitise Buys Turkey’s Pozitron For Up To $100M To Take Its Mobile Money Network To The Middle East

    Monitise Buys Turkey’s Pozitron For Up To $100M To Take Its Mobile Money Network To The Middle East

    Some consolidation in the world of mobile commerce. Monitise, a UK-based company that works with the likes of Visa to build and roll out mobile payment solutions, has acquired mobile commerce technology provider Pozitron for $100 million in an all-share deal. This is about inorganic expansion: Pozitron is based in Istanbul, Turkey and is most active in its home market and the Middle East, two regions where Monitise has been less strong.

    Other acquisitions at Monitise to push geographic expansion have included Clairmail in 2012 for $173 million to expand into the U.S. market. It’s not the only one: in 2011, Visa acquired Fundamo for $110 million to expand into Africa and other developing world markets.

    “This acquisition of Pozitron further reinforces our leading position as a global technology enabler at the heart of the Mobile Money ecosystem,” Monitise Group Chief Executive Alastair Lukies said in a statement. “It comes at a time when we are seeing increasing demand for interoperable Mobile Money services as payments become more digital by the day, not only in Turkey, Europe and the Middle East but also around the world.”

    Mobile payments is still a relatively nascent part of the world of commerce. In the U.S., although there were some $4.6 trillion in transactions made in 2013, only around $150 billion were made via mobile devices, according to the Electronic Transactions Association. The thinking here is to tap into the already-strong market ($150b being nothing to sniff at) while positioning for a time when mobile will hold a much larger share.

    Pozitron says that it works with some 30 enterprises in telecoms, retail and pharmaceuticals with Turkish Airlines, eBay, ING, BNP Paribas, GlaxoSmithKline and Hepsiburada.com (“Turkey’s equivalent to Amazon”) among its customers, along with a number of large, regional banks. For its part, Monitise says some 24 million consumers use solutions based on its technology, which lets them ‘bank anywhere’, ‘pay anyone’ and ‘buy anything’. Some $50 billion in transactions pass through its systems every year.

    Pozitron, founded in 2000, is not your typical startup in Silicon Valley fashion: it had no venture backing (“no VCs” in the words of Monitise’s spokesperson) and is being acquired as a “profitable, debt free” company, but with only $3.8 million in cash. One of its biggest shareholders was it co-founder and CEO, Fatih İşbecer, who now becomes CEO, Middle East & Africa at Monitise. All 130 employees are coming over along with the deal.

    It’s a very good news story for the startup scene in Turkey all the same. With the country seen as the doorway to doing business across the Islamic world, VCs like Earlybird are now jumping in with two feet: the Berlin-based investor recently closed a $130 million fund to back startups in Turkey and Central and Eastern Europe.

    The details of the deal lay out that the $100 million will only be payable after three years: Monitise will pay £24 million initially based on Monitise’s closing share price of 66.5p on Friday 31 January, 2014, and will then give a three-year earn-out of up to £36 million based on achieving “aggressive” performance targets.