The Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul has won “Europe’s Leading Business Hotel.”

Presented last week, the award is based on voting by over 180,000 travel experts from around the world and recognizes the excellence of the service and the outstanding quality of the hotel’s facilities.

The award was presented to Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul General Manager Frank Reichenbach by World Travel Awards President Graham Cooke.

Reichenbach summed up the hotel’s philosophy: “Earning this award, as well as being a great honor for us, is the result of our team’s quest for continuous improvement and their untiring efforts to meet and exceed the expectations of frequent business travelers. What makes the entire team proudest is that over 50% of all of our guests are repeat guests who were satisfied with the service and amenities they enjoyed and chose to visit again. Our other business hotel in Turkey, the Mövenpick Hotel Izmir, and the Mövenpick Hotel Ankara, which will open in 2010, will follow the same philosophy. We will continue to add new services to meet our guests’ technological needs, offering the highest quality solutions.”

In addition to winning World Travel Awards in the “Turkey’s Leading Business Hotel” category in 2007 and 2008, the Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul also won Skal International Turkey award for “Best City Hotel” in 2005.

The Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul’ 249 rooms and suites in a contemporary design are all entirely adapted to the needs of business travelers: extra-large desks, internet access and spacious safes with plenty of space for laptops provide a modern working environment on a floor area of at least 35 square meters, which is also ideally appointed for relaxing and unwinding. The international business hotel also delivers exceptional conferences, conventions and banquets, with multifunctional facilities and state-of-the-art technical capabilities.