Istanbul Airport Swandor Hotels & Rönesans has was granted the Resorts - Topkapı been Granted Palace selected the World’s Most "Best Digital as one of the best Prestigious Transformation in in the world Skyscraper Award Europe" Award by Emporis business year 12 / volume 30 / january 2021 Istanbul ranks 21st city in ‘The World’s Best Cities in 2021’ report www.contractbusiness.org WAKE UP REFRESHED Waking up the next day totally refreshed is all we desire. Propolis+ mattress ticking improves sleep quality via propolis’ natural protective effects and multivitamins’ regenerative power. CONTENTS year 12 / volume 30 / January 2021 President: CONTENTS Pınar Taşdelen Engin Responsible Editor: Ömer Faruk Görün Editorial Board: Osman Nuri Canik Ufuk Ocak Aslı Türkün Karaçor Ahmet Okçuoğlu Birol Bahadır Bülent Yaşar A. Raşit Karaaslan Seçil Bulcan Ürküt Mehmet Aksöz Coşkun İrfan Birgül Polat Hande Şekerci Ekrem Arslan Feza Ökten Koca, M.Arch: “Spas Correspondents Fabric that Hatice Ünal Bilen and health & fitness centres Ayça Sarıoğlu eradicates Covid-19 have responded to the pandemic revealed in Bursa, Graphic Design with quick and efficient Tolga Çakmaklı transformation” 46 Turkey 52 Address: Organize Sanayi Bölgesi Kahverengi Cad. No:8 16140 Export is the only way out! Nilüfer-Bursa / TURKEY 04 T: +90 224 219 10 10 (pbx) F: +90 224 219 10 99 www.contractbusiness.org 06 Success of women entrepreneurs Prepared By: ISTMAG Magazin Gazetecilik 10 Those who ranked the highest in the home textile design competition İç ve Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti. İHLAS received their awards MEDIA CENTER Merkez Mah. 29 Ekim Cad. No:11 Medya Blok Kat:1 14 Silkworm export awards" found their owners 34197 Yenibosna / İstanbul / Turkey Tel: +90 212 454 22 22 18 UTIB and EIB collaboration for Virtual Sectoral Trade Delegation to Spain Faks: +90 212 454 22 93 [email protected] UTIB connects exporting companies with Germany and the United Bursa Office: 20 Buttim İş Mrkz. A-Blok K-4 Kingdom through the Turkish Textile Network No:1038 Osmangazi / BURSA T: +90 224 211 44 50-51 24 Dina/Vanelli: “The Covid-19 led us to be more active in digitalization” Printed By: Ihlas Gazetecilik A.S. 29 Ekim Caddesi No:23 Yenibosna-Istanbul 26 Ipeker: “Digital strategies were redefined in 2020” / TURKEY T: +90 212 454 35 06 Latex Zooms on digitalization F: +90 212 454 34 94 28 www.ihlasmatbaacilik.com Subscription 30 Elvin Tekstil: “We will invest more in digital marketing channels” +90 224 211 44 50-51 Published By 32 Issimo: “Turkish Textile Network was a good trade delegation organization” 2 January/2021 CONTENTS Swandor Hotels & Inoksan adds Rönesans has been Resorts - Topkapı value to the sector Granted the World’s Most Palace selected as for 41 years Prestigious Skyscraper one of the best in the Award by Emporis world 58 68 72 36 Polyteks: “The key point in competition is to follow 64 The foundation for Xperia, Turkey's biggest the trends and take fast action” mountain hotel, is laid in Erciyes 40 Art Transfer: “Digital events give significant hope 66 The parquet era in hotel renovations for many industries” 70 Contactless guest experience evolving with new 42 Anılsan: “The current digital events are well “SoftPhone” organized and deserved a good score” 74 Catch the trend colors of the year with San Deco 44 “Social distanced architecture” caused by the pandemic 78 Kastamonu Entegre wins its 2nd award from 50 Pantone reveals Color of The Year 2021 Innovation League Champions of Turkey 56 Istanbul Airport was granted the "Best Digital 80 Istanbul ranks 21st city in ‘The World’s Best Cities Transformation in Europe" Award in 2021’ report 60 Sirena Yachts becomes the Number 4 brand in the 84 Bursalı, champion of the 7th Turkish Textile United States Innovation League Katzze, a brand Turkey to be fastest- Daikin is the solution partner blending innovation, recovering country in of many important contract tradition and tourism projects for efficiency modernism 62 77 86 3 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN Export is the only way out! The year 2020 was a year that broke the activities which yield very good results routines in our lives and economies all for our participants will continue. You over the world and deeply shaken the can read striking details about our event established order. The biggest factor in the magazine. in this is undoubtedly the Covid-19 We believe that physical fairs, which pandemic and the struggle that spread offer one of the most important throughout the year. Our economy, atmospheres for exporters, will gain production, trade, logistics and momentum all over the world within a individual life have been integrated with few months. Although these fairs will not technology and a new ecosystem has be able to reach their former intensity for been born as a result of all these. a long time, they will still continue to be In this period, during which the whole the driving force of exports. Until then, world passed an important test, our 2020 we will communicate with our customers exports as the Turkish textile industry through virtual and digital means and were at the level of 7.5 billion dollars, 2.5 try to increase exports, which are the billion dollars of which was in the home lifeblood of the economy. As UTIB, we textile industry. Despite all negative support our members by conducting reflections, we can easily say that these market researches and promoting our figures are not at all below the last year's members through every channel on the figures. one hand, we discover young talents, motivate them and try to contribute PINAR TAŞDELEN ENGİN The total export volume of Turkey was to our nation in this way through the President, Uludag Textile Exporters’ Association 167 billion dollars during the period of competitions and training organizations 1 December 2019 – 30 November 2020. we organize. That was the time when the pandemic produce, a sustainable infrastructure hit most the country and the volume This year, despite the pandemic, there should also be established. We need represented a decrease of about 7.5% was another development that made to focus on sustainable production when compared the same period of the us look to the future with hope. We and exports, which will become more previous year but the October exports received record number of applications important in the upcoming period. of 17,3 billion USD volume marked for our Techxtile Start-Up Challenge Undoubtedly, export is a good antibody the highest ever point of the Republican program, which we organize to support developed against all kinds of economic era in Turkey. We are in a great effort to entrepreneurship, R&D and innovation problems. The strongest and safest way heighten this bar. in textile. Despite all the negativities, to resist pandemics, crises and all kinds 174 projects participated in our event Virtual meetings, the trade trend of the of disasters is to develop export channels. with an increase of 66 percent. It was pandemic era, spread all over the world. For this, our competitive power must an extra source of motivation for us We, as UTIB, realized the first of the be high. In order to be competitive, we that 64 of the applications were from Virtual Meetings series with the digital need original design, quality production, women entrepreneurs and one of our event we presented our high quality strong R&D and the most interesting women entrepreneurs won the first rank. home textile and clothing products to innovations. All of these are core values On the other hand, our organization the German-United Kingdom Textile in UTIB's working principles, mission of Home Textiles Design Competition Digital Sectoral Trade Delegation and vision. was also a source of pride. The fact with 4 trend areas prepared under the that the competition is held with the We will continue to work with all our coordination of the famous designer theme of 'Sustainability and Responsible strength to leave a greener, healthier and Bahar Korçan. Virtual Meeting activities Production-Consumption' is of special more livable world to future generations. under the TTN brand of UTIB, which importance both for the process we I wish a healthy, happy and successful undertakes the development of the are going through and for the future New Year to all our business associates, export and promotion of Turkish textile of our world. At every opportunity, members, trade partners, readers and products, will continue in 2021. These we emphasize that it is not enough to everyone. 4 January/2021 UTIB EVENTS Success of women entrepreneurs “This year, despite the pandemic, we received 174 project applications with an increase of 66 percent. 64 of the applications came from our women entrepreneurs. Another development that made us very happy was that a woman entrepreneur won the first place.” n the Techxtile Start-Up panel titled "Future: Sustainability" by Challenge, the record-receiving InStyle Editor-in-Chief Bahar Kader. Ientrepreneurship program of the Then, The Program's Moderator Fuat Uludag Textile Exporters Association Sami and Program Coordinator Ufuk (UTIB), the awards found their Batum brought the entrepreneurs winners. In the final, where 13 projects together with the judges online. competed, Duygu Yılmaz won the first place in the individual category On the second day, prizes with her project titled Production rained of Sustainable Textile Products and Up Challenge is Turkey's largest textile Herbal Leather with Biopolymer The second day of the event witnessed entrepreneurship program, UTİB Made from Olive Seed Waste from exciting moments. The program that Chairwoman Pınar Taşdelen Engin Prina, Protecting Nature, and in started with the opening speech of said, "This year, despite the pandemic, the corporate category, Polyteks UTİB Board Chairwoman Pınar we received 174 project applications.