2005

• World Travel Awards
  Europe's Leading Business Hotel
  Turkey's Leading Business Hotel
• American Acedemy of Hospitality Sciences
  Five-Star Diamond Award

2004

• Travel + Leisure
  Top 500 'Best Hotels in the World'
• World Travel Awards
  Europe's Leading Business Hotel
  Turkey's Leading Business Hotel
• American Acedemy of Hospitality Sciences
  Five-Star Diamond Award

2003

• Condé Nast Traveller
  Gold List, European Category
• American Academy of Hospitality Sciences
  Five-Star Diamond Award

2002

• Condé Nast Traveller
  Gold List
• American Academy of Hospitality Sciences
  Five-Star Diamond Award

2001

• American Academy of Hospitality Sciences
  Five-Star Diamond Award

Testimonials

'I would like to thank yourselves and your team so much for the perfect organization at my wedding party which was held on July 4, 2002 at Conrad Istanbul. My husband and I will always remember the hospitality shown us during our accommodation at Conrad Istanbul.'
Tuba Sozeri (Okutulmus), Assistant to the Secretary General

'As the organizers of the IFC Microfinance Conference that was held at your hotel on 2 - 3 October, we would like to thank you and your staff for the excellent service provided to us. We would especially like to recognize the contributions of the following people who were all very patient, polite and prompt in accommodating with our requests:
The Group Sales Manager
The Guest Service Manager
The Supervisor International Corporate Sales
The Banquet Operations Manager
Feryal Seyguner, Office Adminsistrator, Southern Europe and Central Asia Dept, International Finance Corporation

'On behalf of Phillips Consumer Electronics Management, I once more would like to thank you for all your fantastic help and support you gave us during the PHILLIPS event, called the Team Winner's Conference that took place at your most convenient and hospitable Hotel in Istanbul. You and your team were absolutely indispensable and I can tell you that everyone in our group have noticed that your staff have tried to do their utmost to make our group feel at home.

'As one of my colleagues said: "In my opinion a hotel is good, when one feels that by entering the hotel, there is a warmth just like home." And that was the feeling we all had when we stayed at your hotel. You both did a great job and made us feel at home and knew how to tackle "small" problems without damaging the overall event or another... and I realize that we were sometimes (always) quite demanding. You knew how to react and improvise when we once more wanted to change our program the last minute. We really appreciated that a lot.

'I hopefully will get the opportunity to stay at your hotel in the future again when I need to visit Turkey on business. I promise I will definitely not consider a different hotel than the Conrad.'
Evy Peters, Project Coordinator, Phillips Consumer Electronics, Quality Management

'Back to Bulgaria, we should like to express our gratitude to Conrad Istanbul and you personally for the hospitality which our group was welcomed with on 30 May 2003 - 1 June 2003.

'It was a pleasure staying in Conrad Istanbul and we shall be pleased to again avail ourselves of the comfort of your hotel whenever we are next in Istanbul.'
Anton Karanayev, Managing Director, Alpha Laval Ltd

'You may already know that Lilly Deutschland has performed several education courses at your hotel during the last two years. Our cardio-vascular department, only, has held two events with approximately 200 attendees in 2002, and three with about 300 people in 2003. We got, for this year, as well as for 2002 very positive feedback from our guests concerning the following:

• Location
• Excellent well-groomed 'Five Star Hotel'
• Beautiful rooms, some with Bosphorus-view
• Well-equipped conference rooms
• Excellent service and friendly staff
• Good quality of the buffet (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
• Hotel-Bar with fantastic view

'All, we enjoyed the cooperation with you, with your staff and with Idee Travel company. It was very pleasant to work in this environment and your professional management gave us a feeling of security at every time. This kept away a lot of stress from us and was very supportive for our business.

'Finally, let's say many thanks to you for your kind hospitality, your personal engagement and for the help of Mr Ilker Aktay from Idee Travel.'
Silvia Winzer, Senior Brand Manager, Geschäftsbereich Specialist Care, Lilly Deutschland