The hotel is built on the banks of the Bosphorus strait, which joins the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea. With views of the strait and the world’s largest suspension bridge which links Europe and Asia, the new property is located at one of the most exclusive addresses in Istanbul.
The hotel is located within walking distance of the well-known Ortakoy shopping street, close to major business centers and downtown Istanbul. It is only 15 minutes away from the old city, which features the Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, the Besiktas Stadium and the Grand Bazaar. The hotel also offers easy access to the Asian side of the city by ferry.
The Radisson SAS Bosphorus Hotel features 89 standard rooms, 20 business class rooms, 11 junior suites and two rooms for guests with special needs. The hotel combines elegance and comfort with artwork from the various regions of Turkey. With a warm combination of green, brown and orange hues throughout the hotel, guests can feel completely at home. The guest rooms offer high-tech interactive flat-screen televisions, and free broadband internet access is available throughout all guest rooms and public areas of the hotel. Additionally, the hotel’s Wellness and Beauty Center offers a hair salon, Turkish Hamam, sauna, and solarium.
Decorated with brown, red and green colors, the StarBoard Café Terrace and Cruise Lounge lobby bar offer a comfortable and cozy environment for hotel guests looking to relax. The Lodos Terrace, located on the fourth floor, offers views of the Bosphorus strait during the summer months and can be used for private events.
The hotel’s meeting facilities include two conference rooms, a presentation room and a 2,583 square foot main meeting hall, all equipped with the latest technology.
Philippe Pellaud, general manager of the hotel, says, “Radisson SAS is well known internationally by its brand values and high service level. We promise to provide genuine warm hospitality with the renowned ‘Yes I Can’ attitude and aim to deliver ‘100 Percent Guest Satisfaction’ by being a new and distinctive hotel choice for the city of Istanbul.”
Radisson SAS has two additional hotels in Turkey in Ankara and at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport.
Rezidor SAS Hospitality is one of the fastest growing hospitality companies in the world and currently has 263 hotels, encompassing over 50,000 rooms, in operation and under development in 48 countries, with the aim to develop 700 hotels across its different brands by 2012.
In September 2002, Rezidor SAS announced a unique deal with US-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide to expand selected Carlson brands in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Rezidor SAS now operates Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, Regent International Hotels Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites in these areas. Initially Rezidor SAS Hospitality was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Stockholm-based SAS Group. In June 2005 Rezidor SAS Hospitality completed the strategic agreement with US-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, which resulted in an enhancement of their long-time franchise partnership into a shareholder agreement. Carlson Hotels Worldwide acquired a 25 percent shareholding in Rezidor SAS Hospitality from SAS group in return for renegotiated commercial terms of the parties’ current Master Franchise Agreement. Rezidor SAS Hospitality head office is based in Brussels. For more information on Rezidor SAS and its different brands, visit
www.rezidorsas.com.
Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, part of
Rezidor SAS Hospitality, offers first class service, providing guests with a contemporary, upscale hospitality experience. Radisson SAS has received numerous awards for Best Hotel Chain and is renowned for its "Yes I Can" spirit of service and the "100% Guest Satisfaction Guarantee". September 2005 saw the roll out of a free broadband service across the portfolio - the first international hotel chain to offer this service. It currently includes 175 hotels either in operation or under development, in 44 countries, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For more information, visit
www.radissonsas.com
