10 January
2012 - Great
Hotels of the World (http://www.ghotw.com),
the London-based hotel sales and marketing alliance, is pleased to
announce
that its member, WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Centre has
initiated an
important investment in its capacity by adding a further 21 conference
rooms.
Scheduled
to begin in February 2012, WOW Convention Centre will increase the
number of
meeting rooms from 13 to 34, boasting its meeting space to 8,500m and
its seating capacity to 6,500. This $20 million investment project will
mean
that WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Centre will now have the
largest
meeting capacity with accommodation in Istanbul.
The
project will see its largest conference room with 7m-high ceilings and
will
encompass a total area of 1,200m.
The conference room, which has a meeting capacity of 1000 people, will
also be
divisible into three sections. Other meeting rooms within the same
complex will
vary in size from 70m² to 225m². The new project will also
include a VIP lounge
with a relaxation area as well as business and meeting rooms. In
addition,
there will be social areas providing entertainment and food and drink
services.
Ziya
Cihan, General Director of WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Centre,
comments “Istanbul has reached seventh place in convention tourism in
the
world. Keeping this growth and an ever-increasing demand for meetings
in mind,
we decided on our new construction investment. Incorporating 34 rooms,
this new
$20 million project will contribute to the vicinity and increase the
available
meeting capacity in Istanbul. With 635 rooms and a 1,270 bed capacity,
our convention centre has the biggest accommodation
capacity in Istanbul. More importantly, we are able to use these three
buildings either separately or as a single facility. Our experienced
team and
special gift concepts combined with this physical structure enable us
to make a
difference for all types of events, whether they be conferences,
meetings or
accommodations.”
The
WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Centre comprises the four-star WOW
Airport
Hotel, (member of Great Hotels of the World’s Premium Collection), the
five-star WOW Istanbul Hotel and the WOW Convention Centre (member of
Great
Hotels of the World’s Luxury Collection), within the same complex.
For
more information on WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Centre
or to book, please visit http://www.ghotw.com/hotel-wow-airport
and http://www.ghotw.com/hotel-wow-istanbul
or call +44 (0) 20 7380 3658.
Great
Hotels of the World
Great
Hotels of the World (http://www.ghotw.com
)
provides global hotel reservation, sales and marketing services for an
exclusive portfolio of primarily independent hotels and resorts
worldwide.
Great Hotels of the World provides a range of products, services and
innovative
technology solutions for over 250 hotels worldwide through trade shows,
e-marketing, business travel sales, meeting and incentive sales, public
relations, Meeting Forums and a private label GDS chain code (GW).
By
acknowledging that each hotel’s core business is different, Great
Hotels of the
World helps hotels and consumers to “find their niche” by categorising
member
hotels into niche travel markets. Great Hotels’ dedicated programmes
are aimed
at the leisure, meetings and incentive and corporate markets, whilst
the
individual leisure collections reach precise areas of the market in
which the
hotel specialises in including gourmet, spa, golf, honeymoon and many
more.
Membership
of Great Hotels of the World is split into three tiers: the Luxury
Collection,
the Premium Collection and the Classic Collection and is by invitation
only.
Hotels must meet strict criteria before being accepted into the brand.
Further
information on Great Hotels of the World can be found at http://info.ghotw.com.