Raffles Hotels & Resorts has confirmed it will open its first property in Turkey in 2012. The hotel will be a key feature of the new Zorlu Centre, one of Istanbul’s largest mixed-use developments.The hotel is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2012, under the name of Raffles Istanbul Zorlu Centre.The hotel will be developed by Zorlu Property and will feature 130 guestrooms and 50 suites. Other features will include a 1200-capacity ballroom, two restaurants and bars, indoor and outdoor swimming pools and a heliport. It will also be home to a signature Raffles Spa, which is set to be one of the largest spas in Istanbul at approximately 3,000 square-metres.Hotel guests will have direct access to the adjacent Performance Arts Centre, which will offer world-class dramas and musicals simultaneously with their openings in London and Broadway. Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, the Chairman of the Management Board of Zorlu Holding said his company is delighted to enter into this partnership with Raffles Hotels & Resorts and added:”Zorlu Centre is a first for Turkey. We wanted to work with the very best hotel company and we have achieved this with Raffles.”John Johnston, president of Raffles Hotels & Resorts, concluded: “Turkey is a rising star of the global economy and Istanbul is a rising star of global tourism. Zorlu Centre is playing an important role in that ascendancy and was key to our decision to include Istanbul in Raffles’ development plans.”
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