Istanbul Airport was deemed worthy of awards in 5 different categories as a result of the votes of the readers of the US-based travel magazine Global Traveler (GT).
According to the statement made by Istanbul Airport Operator IGA, IGA Istanbul Airport Corporate Communications Director Gokhan Sengul attended the award ceremony held at “The Langham Huntington Pasadena” in Los Angeles, USA, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of GT magazine.
Istanbul Airport, which was deemed worthy of both the “World’s Best Airport” and “Europe’s Best Airport” awards by the magazine’s readers, also received the “Airport with the Best Food and Beverage Area”, “Airport with the Best Shopping Experience” and “Airport with the Best Duty-Free Shopping Experience in Europe” awards.
Speaking at the award ceremony, Sengul stated that they were proud to be deemed worthy of 5 awards.
Sengul pointed out that IGA Istanbul Airport has adopted setting new and bigger goals for itself after each success and progressing on this path with determination as its corporate culture. “The awards we have received globally since the first day we started operating are the biggest proof of this. Now, we are returning to our country by receiving awards from the USA, which is the ‘target geography’ for our airport, and from an important media such as Global Traveler, which reaches half a million readers in this geography. We believe that our services and services designed for different passenger segments in terms of sustainability and the continuous improvements we continue in our technological infrastructure have an important share in this success.”
“We welcome our passengers with Turkish hospitality”
Sengul stated that the airport has served more than 200 million passengers in the last 5 years after it was put into service and said:
“We provide all our stakeholders and passengers with the airport experience of the future today and host our passengers with Turkish hospitality. Our main priority is always to make the travel experience easier, more enjoyable and beyond expectations. In addition to standard airport services such as ‘accessible, child and family friendly, age friendly, pet friendly’, we distinguish ourselves with our mobility-oriented, innovative technological services. I would like to thank Global Traveler readers who experienced our airport and voted for us.”
Source: AA / Prepared by Irem Yildiz