Thomas Cook Travel Games Antalya

Antalya is hosting ‘Travel Games’ organization to be attended by the travel agencies of Europe’s second largest tour operator Thomas Cook (20-27 April).

Thomas Cook UK & Ireland is the second largest leisure travel group in the UK with around 19,000 employees and is part of Thomas Cook Group. 

Thomas Cook UK & Ireland has a network of more than 800 high street stores (Thomas Cook and Going Places), a leading website and some of the world’s favourite travel brands.

These brands include Airtours, Club 18-30, Cresta, CruiseThomasCook, Direct Holidays, Elegant Resorts, Essential Travel, Flexibletrips, flythomascook.com, Gold Medal, hotels4u.com, Manos, Medhotels, Neilson, Netflights.com, Pure Luxury, Sentido, Style Holidays, Sunset, Sunworld Holidays Ireland, Swiss Travel Service, The Big Reunion, The Big Snow Festival, Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook Essentials, Thomas Cook Signature, Thomas Cook Tours and Thomas Cook Sport.

Sentido Zeynep Golf Resort Belek

The Company’s airline, Thomas Cook Airlines, operates a fleet of 44 aircraft and flies from various regional airports to destinations worldwide.

The company has carried more than 2 million passengers to Turkey. Thomas Cook owns 34 Sentido Hotels across the world.

Thomas Cook Travel Games that is attended by nearly 500 Thomas Cook agents will take place in April 2012 in Antalya. The agents will be accommodated at Belek’s 5-star Sentido Zeynep Golf Resort Belek. Within the part of Travel Games, the program will include workshop, hotel visits, and sightseeing tours.
 

For more information:   

www.thomascookgroup.com

www.thomascook.com

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The Luxurious Way To Do An Airport Transfer in Antalya

We know you’re all eager to get here and get your holiday started! To save you an unnecessarily long transit time, this article gives you all the information you’ll need when it comes to your travel options from Antalya Airport to the city centre (and vice-versa). Whether you travel by bus or taxi, the info here should ensure you have a smooth and easy transition between the airport and your hotel or apartment in the city. 

All in the luxury and comfort of a gleaming chauffeur-driven S or E-Class Mercedes Benz. 

The stylish and so-easy way to get from the airport to your final destination in Antalya.

• Professional drivers offer a truly door-to-door transfer, waiting for you as you exit arrivals to get you on your way as soon as possible.
• The service doesn’t stop there. The driver will make sure that the check-in at your hotel or apartment goes smoothly and, if you want to hit the town straight away, will wait while you drop off your bags before whisking you off to the final stop.
• With its fleet of Mercedes Benz S and E-Class Sedans and Minibuses, Cars Deluxe can accommodate any size of party from 1 to 50.

 

Other Ways

By AeroBus

This is an airport bus service that leaves from Terminal 1 or Terminal 2 and travels directly to the centre of Antalya. When you leave the airport, head straight to the bus stop and you’ll see a bus, with Aerobús on the side.

 

 

By Taxi

Travelling by taxi will be a little expensive way of reaching the city centre from the airport, but probably the fastest and most comfortable by Antalya Airport Taxi.

 

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Antalya is hosting ‘Travel Games’ organization of Thomas Cook

Antalya is hosting ‘Travel Games’ organization to be attended by the travel agencies of Europe’s second largest tour operator Thomas Cook.

Thomas Cook UK & Ireland is the second largest leisure travel group in the UK with around 19,000 employees and is part of Thomas Cook Group. 

Thomas Cook UK & Ireland has a network of more than 800 high street stores (Thomas Cook and Going Places), a leading website and some of the world’s favourite travel brands.

These brands include Airtours, Club 18-30, Cresta, CruiseThomasCook, Direct Holidays, Elegant Resorts, Essential Travel, Flexibletrips, flythomascook.com, Gold Medal, hotels4u.com, Manos, Medhotels, Neilson, Netflights.com, Pure Luxury, Sentido, Style Holidays, Sunset, Sunworld Holidays Ireland, Swiss Travel Service, The Big Reunion, The Big Snow Festival, Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook Essentials, Thomas Cook Signature, Thomas Cook Tours and Thomas Cook Sport.

Sentido Zeynep Golf Resort Belek

The Company’s airline, Thomas Cook Airlines, operates a fleet of 44 aircraft and flies from various regional airports to destinations worldwide.

The company has carried more than 2 million passengers to Turkey. Thomas Cook owns 34 Sentido Hotels across the world.

Thomas Cook Travel Games that is attended by nearly 500 Thomas Cook agents will take place in April 2012 in Antalya. The agents will be accommodated at Belek’s 5-star Sentido Zeynep Golf Resort Belek. Within the part of Travel Games, the program will include workshop, hotel visits, and sightseeing tours.

For more information:   

www.thomascookgroup.com

www.thomascook.com

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Christmas and New Year Holidays in Antalya

Delphin Diva Premiere - Antalya

Adam&Eve Hotel - Antalya

Delphin Palace Deluxe - Antalya

Granada Luxury Resort - Alanya/Antalya

Titanic Hotel - Antalya

Crowne Plaza - Antalya

Kremlin Palace - Antalya

Mardan Palace - Antalya

Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Kemer/Antalya

Rixos Premium Hotel - Belek/Antalya

Concorde Resort - Antalya

New Year is a time for celebration so why not enjoy a holiday and join in the celebrations in Antalya City. Planning to get away from the cold why not treat you and your family to an unforgettable Christmas and New Year in one of our exotic hotels in Antalya. You won’t miss out as most of our hotels celebrate this festive season. Close your eyes and imagine being in Antalya soaking up the Sun, partying the New Year in the Antalya's beaches or see the New Year in style by staying in a luxury Antalya hotel or look a little further afield and book a fantastic city break. Whether its an exciting trip with the kids or a romantic getaway for two, you've got all you need to have the best New Year yet.

If you want to visit the websites of the best hotels in Antalya,  click here..

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Antalya Airport: the Best Airport in Europe

Antalya Airport is operated in Turkey's primary holiday destination located on the country's Mediterranean coast. The airport is big and modern, built to accommodate the millions of passengers who come to Turkey's Mediterranean beaches in summer. It handled nearly 18.8 million passengers in 2008, more than 16.2 million of which were international passengers. The airport has two international terminals and one domestic terminal. Based on the projection from data from summer months, it currently has an estimated capacity of accommodating up to 35 million passengers/year, theoretically. In July 2011 the airport was selected 'Best Airport in Europe' (10-25 million passenger category) by Airports Council International (AIC). 

As it is known, terminal operations require high technology, know how and service at national and international standards. The requirements of international organizations like ICAO, ECAC, IATA, ACI and the regulations of SGHM, DHMİ, Security and Customs Administrations show the interdisciplinary management requirements for terminal services.
Time is always the most limited resource in the aviation industry and it should be managed properly with efficient coordination.  Furthermore, it is one of the industries in which the technological developments are rapidly implemented. Fast reactions are required in face of developments. 

The customer profile of the industry is highly diverse and they have high expectations. Integrated services generation is mandatory to fulfill the expectations. The interactions between processes with diverse resources should be properly designed and managed effectively. 

The natural and social environment are negatively affected because of aviation activities. That's why investments should be made to eliminate or minimize these negativities and ensure their sustainability. 

All the mentioned requirements have directed the institutions to the need to perceive and apply new management systems. Our institution has made its aim to generate constantly improving services focused on people, sensitive to the natural and social environment with high quality standards and has finalized its work towards that aim by getting certified under integrated 4 management systems. 

The institution has finished its work on "Airport Carbon Accreditation" initialized by the ACI to prevent a climate change by various toxic gases that cause the ozone layer to thin down and received an accreditation certificate.

It has shown its determination to eliminate or minimize its damages to living beings, water, soil and air by meeting the requirements of "Green Airport Institution" initialized by SGHM in the industrial level.

ICF Airports differs from its competitors with the importance it puts on passenger safety, extraordinary service quality, investments in leading technologies, its educated and experienced personnel and its mutually beneficial and friendly relations with its business associates while offering terminal services with this responsibility and awareness.

Milestones:

• In 2002 it was ranked as the 84th busiest airport worldwide and 25th in Europe
• In 2003 the airport handled 10 million passengers, representing an increase of 78% since 1998
• The Airport Terminal serves about 40% of all tourists coming to Turkey by air
• The number of staff at the airport is nearly 2000 (2005 data)
• According to ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport International Terminal ranks amongst the top 100 busiest airports worldwide since 2001
• According to ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport International Terminal ranked as the second busiest terminal on the Mediterranean coast line after Majorca in 2005
• According to ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport ranked 30th in 2005, 2008 and 2009 for international passenger traffic
• In 2007, Antalya airport was Europe's 25th busiest airport, handling 17,795,523 passengers, an increase of 20.5% over 2006
• In 2008, AYT was the world's 30th busiest airport in terms of international passengers traffic. In 2009, AYT also held its 30th spot in that category among world airports, with 15,210,733 international passengers. By the end of 2010, it rose to the 23rd spot with over 18 Million international passengers.                              
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  For more information: http://www.aytport.com/en/default.aspx

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ANTALYA HOSTS ROUTES CIVIL AVIATION FORUM

 
Routes Aviation Forum has been bringing together actors of the aviation sector for 17 years with global scale organizations.

The forum held in a different country every year, sets new destinations and flight routes. 

Routes added tourism to this forum this year and changed its route to Antalya for the first time. 

Nearly 400 delegates made up of representatives of airlines, airports, chain hotels and tour operators from 35 countries held business talks. 

The sector targets to host over 11 million tourists in Antalya and over 31 million tourists throughout Turkey this year.

(TRT-World)

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Antalya, brand of luxury yacht-making

Turkish yacht-makers operating in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya are becoming more and more renowned worldwide after selling luxury yachts to globally known figures, such as Formula One driver David Coulthard, Kuwait's Al-Sabah family and several other rich businessmen from around the world.

Boat builder companies first started operations at Antalya Free Zone eight years ago, and sold over 130 luxury yachts in this period, Zeki Gurses, top official of the free zone, told the AA on Wednesday.
"They are now building 50-60 luxury yachts a year. Antalya has become a global brand in yacht building," Gurses said.

A significant part of these yachts were exported mostly to Italy, France, United States, Middle East countries, the Netherlands, Britain and Germany, Gurses said.

He said yacht builders in Antalya had famous customers such as Formula One driver David Coulthard, Kuwaiti Amir Al-Sabah's family members, owners of British and German supermarket chains, whose names were kept secret, and famous American yacht manufacturer Genmar's chairman Irwin Jacobs, who ordered 300 mahogany yachts for the U.S. market which were valued at 150 million USD.

Following reports that the impact of the global economic crisis has lessened, orders for luxury boats and the manufacturing of yachts have increased at a free zone in Antalya, Turkey’s Mediterranean resort city.

In the first five months of 2010, yacht builders in Antalya sold seven luxury yachts to clients from France, Norway, the Cayman Islands, the Virgin Islands and Panama. These exports brought $27.4 million to Turkey, yacht builders said. Seven more boats will be launched in a couple of weeks from shipyards in Antalya, free zone director Zeki Gürses stated. “Our goal is to reach an export target of 25 luxury yachts by the end of this year. Turkey has become a country that has a say in yacht building,” he added. Yacht builders in Antalya have reached a total trade volume of $560 million over the past 10 years.

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Are you excited about the new year coming up?

Are you excited about the new year coming up?  Did you make any plans for the New Years' Eve?  How are you going to spend the New Year Eve that night on December 31, 2010?

You should book flights to Antalya for an Unforgettable New Year's Eve!!! 

 - Best Wishes for the New Year - 

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Antalya - Demre Myra - The Home of Santa Claus

Myra was a leading city of the Lycian Union and superseded Xanthos in early Byzantine period to become the capital of the Lycia Union. The ruins of Myra are situated about 2 km north of todays Demre, on the Finike - Kas road. Today this large plain is almost covered with fields stuffed full of tomatoes. In ancient times this area was also probably farmed extensively, for trade purposes with the interior parts of the Lycian Union.

Myra is well known for its amphitheatre (the largest one in Lycia) and the plethora of rock-cut tombs carved in the cliffs above the ancient theatre of Myra. The St. Nicholas Church is a must see and is a short distance from the site of Myra on the outskirts of Demre and is really worth the trip. Inside the church is the sarcophagus of St. Nicholas although his remains were taken to Italy in the 19th century. The earliest church of St. Nicholas was built in the 6th century AD probably over St. Nicholas tomb. Later the church was rebuilt in the 9th century (probably rebuilt after Arab attacks). It was further rebuilt in 1042 under the patronage of Constantine of Byzantine Empire and a monastery was added at that time. Czar Alexander II of Prussia bought the building in 1863 and began to have it restored, but the renovation was never completed. Excavations and restorations were done during the 1960s and continue even today from the early 1990s. St.Nicholas Church, Myra, TurkeyThe churchs floor is of beautiful types of luxury marble mosaic floor tilings and there are some remains of wall paintings. A marble sarcophagus was reused to bury the bones of the St. Nicholas himself but actually were stolen earlier and taken to Bari, Italy.

St.Nicholas was a popular bishop at Myra in the 4th century AD, born in Patara between 260 and 280 AD. St. Nicholas was famous for his miracles and was known for his kindness. His parents died of the plague and he was left as a wealthy young man. St. Nicholas was known for his charitable nature and humility. Several legends about him have been based on his kind and giving nature and have led to the development of Santa Claus. Today, Noel of the Christianity is rooted from St. Nicholas of Myra.

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17th INTERNATIONAL ASPENDOS OPERA & BALLET FESTIVAL

FESTIVAL PROGRAM 

08 June 2010 Tuesday
Ankara State Opera & Ballet
AIDA
      Opera / G.Verdi

11 June 2010 Friday
Ankara State Opera ve Ballet
     ÜÇ SİLAHŞÖRLER
Ballet /G. Verdi  - G. Woolfenden

14 June 2010 Monday
İstanbul State Opera & Ballet
    CARMEN
      Opera / G. Bizet

17 June 2010 Thursday
F.Chopin /M. Teodorakis /M.Ravel
DON JUAN / YUNAN DANSLARI / BOLERO

 19 June 2010 Saturday
Berlin Radio Choir & "Sing Along Turkey" Choir
   Antalya, Mersin, Samsun State Opera & Ballet
 Orchestres

23 June 2010 Wednesday
Macedonia Opera ve Ballet
RIGOLETTO Opera / G.Verdi

26 June 2010 Saturday
İzmir State Opera & Ballet
UÇAN HOLLANDALI Opera / R. Wagner

01 July 2010 Thursday
State Opera & Ballet General  Directory
BARBAROS PRODUCTION Ballet

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EXPO 2016 ANTALYA

This festival will take place among the Expo Antalya events. In addition to this during a six months period at least 20,000 social and cultural activities which will be held in the framework of the organization and the BIE General Assembly AIPH is also being planned to be held in Antalya.

In order to organize a horticultural Expo at Antalya first steps have been taken. The first visit was to the Chiang Mai Expo , which was held between the 20th – 24th October 2008. There, a 2,000 m2 Turkish garden was exposed. Later Mr Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales, the General Secretary of BIE (Bureau International des Expositions), was invited to Antalya and talks were carried out about the Antalya Expo.

In February 2009 a visit was made to the Netherlands. During this visit the Floriade 2012 exhibition space was investigated and Floriade and AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers) officials were interviewed. Subsequently, there was an AIPH Meeting held in Taiwan in March 2009 and its members shared their ideas about the Antalya Expo. At the same time the locality for the Taipei Expo 2010 were visited and observations were made.

In addition, the government of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Abdullah Gül, President, and Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were informed about the project by an EXPO Antalya delegation formed under the chairmanship of the President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, M. Ali Şahin.

In the meantime an Executive Committee concisting of 33 local and non-governmental organizations was formed. Antalya Expo will be held with the reliable resources to be transferred from budgets of local governments and businesses.

Participation Categories

• Plant Production and Application
• Ecological & Organic Agriculture
• Insect and Animal Breeding
• Cut Flowers
• Irrigation Systems
• Fruit & Vegetables
• Bio Energy

General Area

• International Gardens
• Local Company Gardens
• Sponsor Company Gardens
• Recreation Areas
• Amfitheaters
• Restaurants and Sales Areas
• Congress Centers
• Agriculture and Environment Museum

Expo Activities

• Country Days and Exhibitions
• Local Exhibitions
• International Symposiums
• Urban Transformation and Landscape
• The Ecological and Organic Life in the Future
• Bio Energy
• Endemic Plants
• Droughts and Water
• Agricultural Development

Programme

• Opening and closing Ceremonies
• Exhibitions for 180 days
• Concerts and festivals
• Cultural Exhibitions of the Participating Contries
• Light and Sound Shows
• Special Plant and Flower Expositions

Once the area will be decided, 100 countries and 30 large organizations, which are taking part come into question. As the principal parts Expo Hill, Expo Forest, Expo Pond and Expo Tower are planned. Flowers and child themes, which will rise over the project in question within the international scale to many organizations, will be signed, panel discussions, meetings, seminars, performing arts events, concerts and most importantly children congresses will be held. The current development level of the landscape activities which are arranged by the municipalities and tourism sector is a positive and encouragement position for Antalya.

For more information: http://www.expo2016antalya.com/

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ESPN 2010 (21-25 April 2010)

European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

The next ESPN 2010 meeting will be in Antalya, Turkey, 21-25 April 2010

For more information: http://www.espneurosurgery.org/

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Anfaş Fresh Antalya Exhibition 2010 (18-20 March 2010)

For more information about 4th Antalya International Market Place for Fruit & Vegetable Trade: http://www.freshantalya.com/index_en.php

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Anfaş Hetex Exhibition 2010 (04-06 March 2010)

For more information about 2nd Health, Spa & Wellness, Thalasso, Thermal and Medical Tourism Exhibition: http://www.anfashetex.com/index_en.php

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Trip to Kekova - Kaleköy - Üçağız

Kekova, also named Caravola (Lycian: Dolichiste), is a small Turkish island near Kaş (ancient Antiphellos) district of Antalya province which faces the villages of Kaleköy (ancient Simena) and Üçağız (ancient Teimioussa). Kekova has an area of 4.5 km² and is uninhabited.

The Kekova region is 260 km² and encompasses the island of Kekova, the villages of Kaleköy and Üçağız and the four ancient towns of Simena, Aperlae, Dolchiste and Teimioussa.

Lycian Tombs

Kaleköy (ancient Simena) is a Lycian site on the Turkish coast. It is a small village with the partly sunken ruins of Aperlae and a castle. Access to the village is possible only by sea.

Üçağız

Üçağız (ancient name, Teimioussa) is a village one km from Kaleköy, north of a small bay by the same name, with the ruins of Teimioussa to the east. The name "Üçağız" means "three mouths", referring to the three exits to open sea.

Kaleköy-Simena

For More Information: http://www.demre.bel.tr

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Antalya City

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