YOTEL to operate 451-room hotel at Istanbul New Airport
London-based YOTEL has been selected to operate a 451-room hotel at Istanbul New Airport.
The first phase of the airport – a terminal and two runways – is due to open in October.
YOTEL will be the only hotel at the airport until at least early 2020 when the second phase – a third runway and an expanded terminal – will be completed.
With both airside and landside access, the hotel will be one of the biggest airport hotels in the world.
It has been designed both for airport passengers and for airline crew, airport staff and the companies expected to move to the surrounding business zone.
Istanbul’s existing Ataturk Airport is already the third largest airport in Europe and handles 64 million passengers a year.
The new airport, a 30/40-minute drive from Istanbul’s downtown and 25 minutes from its business centre, is forecast to handle more than 70 million passengers by the end of 2018 and to grow to 100 million within the next five years.
When all four phases are completed – six runways and three terminals – it will have a capacity of up to 200 million passengers.
The former airport will still handle private jets and will be transformed into a convention centre.
YOTEL’s new hotel will have 102 rooms airside and 359 landside.
Rooms will be available to rent by the hour, catering for passengers in transit, and will have larger rooms for longer stays.
YOTEL CEO Hubert Viriot said: "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.
"Istanbul 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 -°stanbul 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."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
Vegas’s Billion-Dollar Secrets – What They Don’t Want Tourists to Know
Visit Florida’s New CEO Bryan Griffin Shares His Vision for State Tourism with Graham
Chicago’s Tourism Renaissance: Graham Interviews Kristin Reynolds of Choose Chicago
Graham Talks with Cassandra McCauley of MMGY NextFactor About the Latest Industry Research
Destination International’s Andreas Weissenborn: Research, Advocacy, and Destination Impact
Graham and Don Welsh Discuss the Success of Destinations International’s Annual Conference
Graham and CEO Andre Kiwitz on Ventura Travel’s UK Move and Recruitment for the Role
Brett Laiken and Graham Discuss Florida’s Tourism Momentum and Global Appeal
Graham and Elliot Ferguson on Positioning DC as a Cultural and Inclusive Global Destination
Graham Talks to Fraser Last About His England-to-Ireland Trek for Mental Health Awareness
Kathy Nelson Tells Graham About the Honour of Hosting the World Cup and Kansas City’s Future
Graham McKenzie on Sir Richie Richardson’s Dual Passion for Golf and His Homeland, Antigua
ADS PRO 
Phocuswright reveals the world's largest travel markets in volume in 2025
Cyclone in Sri Lanka had limited effect on tourism in contrary to media reports
Higher departure tax and visa cost, e-arrival card: Japan unleashes the fiscal weapon against tourists
In Italy, the Meloni government congratulates itself for its tourism achievements
Singapore to forbid entry to undesirable travelers with new no-boarding directive