Urgent Announcement

Holidays 4 UK Limited – In Administration
Ian Oakley-Smith and David Chubb have been appointed as Joint Administrators of Holidays 4 UK Limited on 3 August 2011 to manage their affairs, business and property as their agents and without personal liability. Ian Oakley-Smith and David Chubb are licensed in the United Kingdom to act as insolvency practitioners by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Customers in the UK can call the CAA call centre on 0844 4933 037.

Customers in resort can call the CAA call centre on +441614445810.

More information can be found at www.atol.org.uk

Not a lot of foreigners are aware that it is now against the law here to charge a night time rate that proves to be more expensive.  Night time rates should be the same as day rates.  There should not be any difference in tariff.  Yalcin Bey is the owner of ADA Taxsi and he is known for his helpful and honest disposition thus we chose to work with them exclusively as our newspaper reputation is important to us.

Their drivers do NOT charge for coming to picking you up.  Thus their discount is offered at a discount after the first 10 KM.  Their discount is good for our VIP card holders and makes a significant saving if you are calling a taxi after a late night out.

DONT TAKE THE RISK DRINKING AND DRIVING.  CALL A TAXI.  

Do you have a special event or even a wedding that you wish to plan at this exquisite club?

If so you will be pleased to know that we can arrange it for you through Turkish Dream Weddings and Special Events.

Summer 2004 saw the grand opening of the exclusive Jade Beach Club.  It lays in approximately 20,000 m2 within the Famous Snake Island region.  It’s the perfect choice for a fun night out, special event with finesse and style or a lazy day relaxing and being spoilt.  Throughout the year Jade plays host to many famous Turkish singers and acts from all nationalities and their program brings in crowds of people constantly in their stylish concert area.

Jade is set out in beautiful grass gardens with hammocks, sun beds and huge sultan style cushions.  They also have facilities such as basketball, beach volley ball, water sports, trampolines and children’s playground too.

They have several bars and a restaurant (La Costa) where one can enjoy a long refreshing summer iced drink with friends or family and a delectable choice of cuisine. 

Jade is right down on its own private beach and is raved about here for its service and surroundings.  You will not be disappointed with this venue for a special event.

Relaxing and tranquil by day and beautifully exquisite by night…

Thomas Cook, a global travel group that acquired local Öger early last year, aims to increase the number of its hotels in Turkey within the next three years, its chairman said.

The company has carried more than 2 million passengers to Turkey, 1 million of which is only from Germany, and it is planning a big program with Öger Tour for the country’s winter season, chairman Peter Fankhauser told the Anatolia news agency.

Thomas Cook will also start carrying Russian tourists to Turkey starting from June, he said.

The company is the market leader in tour operating business in Turkey with a 27 percent share, he added. TUI and Airtours follow with 25 percent and 12 percent respectively, according to the chairman.

“We’re working to create a great hotel chain in Turkey. We will increase the number of our hotels to eight from current three,” he said.

The company has become Europe’s top operator to Turkey after the Öger acquisition, he said.

It ranks second in overall business volume in Europe and Germany with its 2.3 billion euros of annual revenue, according to the chairman.

Thomas Cook owns 34 Sentido Hotels across the world.

“We trust in the future of tourism in Turkey. The country has a very good hotel concept. The services offered are successful.”

Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=thomas-cook-plans-to-open-5-more-hotels-in-turkey-2011-05-19

Balloon tours in Cappadocia emerging as own sector, says company

NEVŞEHİR – Anatolia News Agency 
Hot-air balloon tours in Turkey’s renowned tourist attraction of Cappadocia are receiving increasing demand, according to the chairman of one of the firms that organizes daily balloon tours in the region.

Tourists used to come to the area just to see the fairy chimneys, but are now coming solely to take a balloon tour, Abdullah Uluer, the chairman of Balloon Turca, recently told the Anatolia news agency, adding that balloons were fast becoming a symbol of the region, which is centered on the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir.

“We pick passengers up from their hotels at 5 or 5:30 a.m. and take them to the area. The balloon takes off at around 6 a.m., and it rises up to 1,000 or 1,500 feet,” said Uluer. “Our passengers experience the unique opportunity of seeing the Cappadocia landscape at sunrise. The balloon slowly descends while flying over the valleys so the passengers can get a closer view of the fairy chimneys.”

According to data compiled by the news agency, the balloon tours were started by a firm 25 years ago for trial purposes. Currently, there are 16 firms organizing balloon tours in the region that can put a total of 71 balloons into the sky.

The capacity of the balloons varies from three to 36.

The balloon tours mostly draw foreign tourists and can vary in length from 45 minutes to one and a half hours. The average price for the tours varies between 100 and 200 euros.

The Cappadocia region is largely underlain by sedimentary rocks, as well as ignimbrite deposits left by ancient volcano eruptions during the late Miocene to Pliocene epochs approximately 3 million to 9 million years ago. The rocks of Cappadocia subsequently eroded into hundreds of spectacular pillars and minaret-like forms.

Source: Hurryet Daily News