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OurOur valuesvalues : : Experience,Experience, Confidence,Confidence, Information,Information, PowerPower About The Allure Travel The Allure Travel, as a member of The Association of Travel The tradition of Turkish hospitality declares that every Agencies in Turkey, is a full service Travel Agency and traveler is a guest from God. Following this tradition you Event Management company providing services throughout will be greeted and cared with generosity by the ALLURE Turkey addressing well known destinations such as TRAVEL team. We work as a team to produce extraordinary Istanbul, Bursa, Sapanca and Antalya. Our target regions results for you. include the Middle East, Europe and US markets. Our goal is to expand our services by utilizing the best in With a longterm experience in travel and tourism and technology and travel services to ensure that our clients, business relations, The Allure Travel will coordinate a wide guests, families and groups receive the best quality variety of nearby escapes in Turkey. We will give you the service, care and attention at all times. oppurtunity to see the most of Turkey during your stay. THE ALLURE TRAVEL ≈ 1 The Allure Travel Services ∆ Tourism Services ∆ M.I.C.E ∆ Hotel and Resort Reservations ∆ Meetings ∆ Airline Tickets ∆ Incentive ∆ Incoming Groups ∆ Convention ∆ Training Programs ∆ Exhibition ∆ Transportation ∆ VIP Services ∆ Tour Programs & Tour Guides ∆ Nature & Outdoor Activities ∆ Health Tourism ∆ Weight Loss Programs 2 ∆ THE ALLURE TRAVEL THE ALLURE TRAVEL ≈ 3 Turkey Whether you are an art and history buff, an archaelogy fond accelerated rate of growth in the past three decades and or a nature lover, enjoy going diving or skiing, Turkey offers attracted more than 28.6 million foreign tourists in 2010. endless possibilities all year round. Each area has its own personality, history, landscape, cuisine and has so much to Turkey is also a magnificent place for meetings, incentive offer to its visitors. It is not suprising that one trip to Turkey and congresses where Europe and Asia meets. Istanbul is never enough. has hosted many important international fairs and congresses in recent years and has successfully organized Tourism in Turkey is focused largely on a variety of international conferences such as the United Nations historical sites, and on seaside resorts along its Aegean Habitat Conference, NATO Summit, Formula 1, and Mediterranean Sea coasts. In the recent years, Turkey Turkish-Arabic Business Forum, IMF Meeting. has also become a popular destination for culture, spa, The city has proved to the whole world that it has the and health care tourism. Tourism sector has undergone an necessary infrastructure and the technical hardware. 4 ∆ THE ALLURE TRAVEL THE ALLURE TRAVEL ≈ 5 Hotel & Resort Reservations The Allure Travel offers you selected hotels and resort alternatives from deluxe to moderate hotels all around Turkey. We share our power being local in istanbul to provide the best availability and accommodation rates for business travellers, families and individuals. Airline Tickets We provide online reservations and ticketing service on all domestic & international airlines with best available rates. Incoming Groups With a rich cultural and historical heritage, competitively priced accommodations and variety of facilities for leisure travellers, we turn your every moment to an unforgettable experience in Turkey. The Allure Travel Team will make all the arrangements before group arrival, make the necessary hotel arrangements, will meet and greet groups at the airport, handle VIP services, sightseeing tours, tour guides, restaurant reservations and any other services which will be requested by our clients. Our team will save you valuable time and provide excellent services within your budget. Training Groups The Allure Travel designs and manages professional training programs for local and multinational clients on a variety of topics. Our goal is to provide the highest standards of quality in line with our client’s budget, offer appropriate social programs and team building activities that will promote interpersonal communications and while handling group schedule, manage all hotel in-house activities as well as meeting arrangements. 6 ∆ THE ALLURE TRAVEL OurOur teamteam willwill savesave youyou valuablevaluable timetime andand provideprovide excellentexcellent servicesservices withinwithin youryour budget.budget. Transportation and VIP Services Upon arrival at Atatürk International or Sabiha Gökçen Airport, our driver will be waiting to welcome our guests and transport them to their hotel. We will be pleased to provide all kind of transfer services such as individual transfers, group transfers via limousine, Mercedes Vito, Crafter and more. Our professional staff and modern vehicles will help you to enjoy the city as much as possible. Car rental with or without drivers, Sultan’s Boat Tours, luxury yacht rentals, helicopter tours could also be arranged with our specialized employees. Tour Programs & Tour Guides Enjoy the heart of the “Old City” from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled, view of the marble palaces and the ancient fortresses on a Bosphorus Cruise, visit the residence of Ottoman Sultans Topkapı Palace and many more... You could just start exploring Turkey with our Istanbul tour options and The Allure Travel will create a unique itinerary for all major destinations in Turkey such as Bursa, Sapanca, Yalova, Antalya, Uzungöl and many others. Nature and Outdoor Activities Turkey with such a long coastline along the sea and with it’s mountains offers many outdoor activity alternatives such as swimming, skiing, hunting, camping, water rafting, paragliding, sailing, hiking, biking, horseback riding, hot air ballooning and many others. During the spring and summer months, underwater diving is a sport that you can see underwater caverns and sunken ships. Kaş, Kemer, Bodrum, and Saros are the most important places for diving. Many rivers also gives you the great opportunities for water rafting, canoeing and water skiing. You could visit the Artivin Coruh River, Rize Firtina River, and Dalman River as the best rafting places. Turkey has also many mountains that offer winter sport activities during your stay. Kartepe mountain in Maşukiye which is the most beutiful village of Sapanca region. This is the closest mountain from Istanbul and takes only 1 h 30 minutes by driving. You could also have the oppurtunity to enjoy ATV Tours, horse riding and paintball activities in Sapanca region. Bursa-Uludağ mountain, Antalya-Saklıkent, Bolu-Kartalkaya Ilgaz Mountain are only few other well know winter tourism places in Turkey. The Allure Travel’s outdoor activity alternatives will give you the oppurtunity to explore Turkey more than the usual trips. 8 ∆ THE ALLURE TRAVEL Biking Kite Surf Wind Surf Canyoning Rafting Rock Climbing Horse Riding Bodrum Scuba Diving Sea Kayak Biking Biking Canyoning Sea Kayak Gökova Rafting Rafting Sea Kayak Sailing Dalyan Sea Kayak Göcek Marmaris Dalaman Fethiye Datça Rafting Paragliding Biking Biking Sea Kayak Horse Riding Sailing Canyoning Rafting Canoeing Kalkan Paragliding Trekking Health Tourism Turkey is becoming a popular destination when considering medical and thremal tourism. Many foreign patients prefer the Turkish hospitals in many fields of medicine, including plastic and aesthetic surgery, hair transplantation, eye surgery, in vitro fertilization, open heart surgery, skin diseases, check-up, cancer treatment, otorhinolaryngology, dialysis and cardiovascular surgery, gynecology, tumor operations, brain surgery, orthopedics, and dentistry, on account of their low cost but high quality and technology standards. Turkey is also one of the 7 countries in the world in terms of thermal source richness with almost 1300 thermal springs throughout Anatolia. mostly commonly visited Thermal Springs in Turkey are in Yalova, Bursa, Afyon, Abant, Balıkesir and Bolu. Weight Loss Programs The Allure Travel team will provide you different type of weight loss programs while you enjoy the peace and tranquility of nature in different locations. Utterly specialized programs designed for you, you can slim down 1 size in just 4 days with the latest “Healthy Body Shaping Method’s. Our team would offer you much more natural methods compared to surgical weight loss alternatives which will be applied in combination with exercises and calorie reduced diets. 10 ∆ THE ALLURE TRAVEL M.I.C.E Conferences and Exhibitions Turkey is a magnificent place for meetings, incentive and Istanbul unites its natural beauties with its historical and conferences where Europe and Asia meets. Our MICE cultural accumulation along with modern infrastructure, department coordinates all accommodation and in-house ascending in the world as the new favorite city for activities, airport transfers, financial controls for each international
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