LONDON, April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Excellent design and technical
innovations: İstanbul New Airport announces modernistic hotel, to
enhance passenger experience
İGA, the constructer and operator of İstanbul New Airport (İNA)
for 25 years, and YOTEL, the London based hotel group, have signed an
exclusive hotel management contract. The hotel will be one of the
biggest airport hotels in the world with both airside and landside
access to 451 rooms. Located conveniently inside the main terminal
building, it will be easily accessible to business and leisure
travellers, airline crew and businesses within the airport and
local environment.
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"We are delighted to have chosen YOTEL as our new
airport's exclusive air and landside hotel
operator," says Kadri Samsunlu, CEO of İGA Airport
Operation. "We are making history with İstanbul New Airport.
Already in its construction phase, the multiple-world record
breaking project is likely to change the transportation and
aviation dynamics of a tri-continent region covering Europe, Asia
and Africa. In this connection,
İstanbul New Airport will accelerate the growth of Turkish
Airlines, the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Turkey which flies to the most countries in
the world. Our focus is to bring an unprecedented passenger
experience that is efficient and stress-free, cutting waiting time
and paper processing. YOTEL will contribute to our perfect
passenger experience approach with unique innovative, elemental
luxury and technologically decked space. I am very confident that
İstanbul New Airport will be a global showcase, not only for the
world-renowned Turkish hospitality, but also a brand-new bridge,
which connects people and continents. The inauguration of
the New Airport is scheduled for October
29 this year and we look forward to hosting the
world!"
The capacity of İNA will be expanded to cater up to 200 million
people once all four phases are completed and will have a total of
six runways and three terminals. İNA will connect over 350
destinations from Istanbul and
host nearly 100 airlines.
Commenting on the brand's first investment in Turkey, Hubert
Viriot, YOTEL's CEO says:
"We've witnessed Turkey's, and particularly
Istanbul's
remarkable economic and urban development, transformation and its
noticeably increased popularity over the past few years. İstanbul
New Airport will only further increase Istanbul's ever-expanding
popularity and economy, and YOTEL is delighted to be a part of it.
The prevailing ambitious vision to make İstanbul New Airport the
largest transit hub in the world made it very attractive for us to
be there, and we are extremely honoured to be chosen for this
exciting project. This city aspires to high growth success, just
like YOTEL, so we are a perfect match."
Continuing, Viriot says, "Istanbul is an unbelievably vibrant city. As a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, it touts a surplus of historical and
cultural offerings, rendering Istanbul the fifth most visited city in the
world. What is more, it has one of the fastest-growing metropolitan
economies in the world, a solid reason to open even more hotels
there in the future."
YOTEL will introduce its clever design and use of technology in
two zones - one airside (102 rooms) and one landside (349 rooms).
Both parts of the new hotel will feature public spaces including
YOTEL's signature Club Lounge concept with smart vending,
co-working and relaxing areas, wellness centres and planted glazed
atriums to connect people with nature. In addition, the landside
zone will include a restaurant, bar and 24/7 gym. The new hotel
will also feature flexible meeting spaces with seamless technology,
ideal for small or large, formal and casual meetings, conveniently
located for airport businesses and passengers alike.
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