As part of its strategy of portfolio expansion in Turkey, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts has just signed a management agreement with the Varan Group for a 5-star business hotel in Ankara. The Movenpick Hotel Ankara, which is to comprise of 150 rooms and suites, is scheduled to open in 2010.

 

“The Swiss hotel group has made an excellent name for itself in Turkey,” says Enis Pekuysal, Chairman of the Varan Group. “So we’re delighted to be realising our project with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts.”

“One of our stated expansion objectives was to be represented also in the Turkish capital in the foreseeable future, and we are proud to be working together with the Varan Group,” explains Jean Gabriel Peres, President & CEO Movenpick Hotels & Resorts. “The opening of the Movenpick Hotel Izmir in February and the new Ankara project complete our strategically important rectangle between Istanbul, Bodrum, Izmir and Ankara.”

“We’re delighted at this opportunity of offering our guests genuine Swiss hospitality also in Ankara as of 2010,” adds Frank Reichenbach, Regional Manager Turkey. “The Movenpick Hotel Ankara ideally complements our Turkey portfolio and provides interesting synergies with our hotels in Istanbul, Izmir and Bodrum.”