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2. Company History
Akin’s background:
Graduated in Travel & Tourism in Turkey.
When was Anatolian Sky Established?
Set up in November 1989 and the operation started
Jan. 1990.
How did Anatolian Sky get started? Anatolian Sky
started as a one man business, from a rented office in
New Street Birmingham, with £2.000 capital.
What is the core philosophy of the business?
Provide an unforgettable holiday experience
Which countries have Anatolian Sky operated to:
Started Turkey & North Cyprus, then expanded to
Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Madeira, Croatia, Slovenia,
Montenegro.
4. How Products developed
Boutique & Luxury Hotels:
Started out by offering small family run hotels, then
developed to character boutique and luxury hotels
Predominantly offered
Fishing Villages, Traditional Towns
Unspoilt Beaches
Programme diversified:
Flexible Package Holidays
Exclusive Gulet Cruising
2 Centre Holidays with Cities and Coastal Resorts
Multi Centre Holidays
Tailor-made Holidays
City Breaks
Escorted Tours/Walking Holidays
5. Turkey & North Cyprus 2015
More new Boutique & Luxury Hotels
More Fishing Villages
Exclusive Luxury Gulet Cruises
Tailor-Made Holidays
Istanbul City Breaks
Two Centre Holidays: Istanbul with
Turkish Coast or with North Cyprus
Escorted Tours/Walking Tours
6. Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro 2015
Luxury Adriatic Cruises
Cruise and Stay Holidays
Adriatic Island Holidays
Slovenia Lakeside Holidays
City Breaks: Dubrovnik, Ljubljana
Montenegro Beach Holidays
Two Centre & Multi Centre Holidays
Tailor-made Holidays/Escorted Tours
7. Morocco, Egypt, Jordan 2015
Marrakech City Breaks
High Atlas Mountains
Atlantic Beach Holidays
Luxury Nile Cruising
Classical Egypt: Luxor, Cairo, Pyramids
Jordan Tour: Petra, Dead Sea, Wadi
Rum
Multi Centre Holidays
Tailor Made Holidays
Winter Holidays
8. Madeira & Porto Santo 2015
All Year Round Madeira Holidays
Character Quinta Style Boutique Hotels
Porto Santo Beach Holidays
Two Island Combinations
Lisbon And Porto City Breaks
Two-Centre Holidays: Lisbon or Porto
with Madeira
Walking Tours, Dolphin Watching,
Botanical Gardens
9. Winter Collections 2014/2015
Winter Sun Holidays
Selective N. Cyprus & Turkey hotels
City Breaks: Istanbul, Marrakech, Porto,
Lisbon city breaks
Morocco winter sun beach holidays
De-luxe Nile Cruising
Red sea beach holidays
Two Centre & Multi Centre Holidays
Tailor Made Holidays
10. Adapting to the Digital Age
Brand new Video footage added on
our web site for our key hotels and
resorts in Turkey
Brand New web site coming for January
2015
New CRM system will be introduced for
2015.
We use Facebook, Twitter and other
Social Media Channels
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11. Agency Familiarisation Trips
Every year we send between 50 to 100 Travel Agents
for Familiarisation Trips to our key Holiday
Destinations
Developing a Close Working Relationship with our
Retail Partners and giving Valuable Product
Knowledge
12. Anatolian Sky’s own incoming agency
Anatolian Sky has its own
incoming Agency in Turkey with 3
branches.
We also have our own incoming
Agency in Kyrenia -North Cyprus.
Most of the vehicles used are
owned by Anatolian Sky and the
drivers are directly employed by
us
Anatolian Sky operates from its
own building in -Solihull
13. Charity Donations
Anatolian Sky is not all about profit and is
committed to helping those whose needs are
greater than ours
•To help support people in Bosnia during the civil
war, we helped with voluntary work and contributed
financially
•We also give Donations to help with other disasters
around the World
•For over 20 years we have made Monthly donations
to OXFAM for Africa
14. Charity Donations
Monthly Donations to TEGV Educational
Volunteers in Eastern Turkey for over 15
years.
Donating to Stepping Stones for abandoned
children in Nigeria for over 7 years.
15. Charity Donations
Contributed towards the rebuilding of Akin’s primary
school that he attended in a village in Selim-Kars, a
remote place in Eastern Turkey.
16. Supporting Local Community
Anatolian Sky help Solihull College Travel and
Tourism students with work placements and recruit
college graduates
Anatolian Sky Holidays works with EU projects and
accepts EU students for work placements
Helping the Midlands’ Turkish community with job
opportunities and children education
17. Sustainable Tourism Policy
We focus on more unspoilt coastal
areas and encourage the clients to
explore more inland Turkey.
Try to distribute tourism income to
the local people who most need it.
We campaign against mass market
developments and ugly concrete
properties being built along side the
beautiful Turkish Coast .
Our philosophy is to support local
culture and keep the local way of life
intact.
19. Multi Award-Winning Operator
The company has won many awards including:
British Travel Awards to Turkey in 2006
Star Tour Operator to Turkey in 2007 & 2009
Star Tour Operator to Eastern Med in 2011 with Travel Bulletin
Best Turkish Company in 2010 at the Most Successful Turks Awards. Finalists
in 2009 & 2011 for Specialist Company of the year at TTG Awards.
Tour Operator of the Year to Turkey in 2012
2014 Finalist for Best Customer Service at the British
Travel Awards