OREANDA-NEWS. August 29, 2007. Corporation MIRAX GROUP completed the deal with CENGIZ GROUP on the purchase of the Sungate Port Royal hotel in Antalya, Turkey. The deal amount was 340 million dollars.

The Sungate Port Royal Hotel, one of the best in Turkey, is located on the first coastal line and has 1095 suites including 58 deluxe suites. The territory of 25 hectares boasts all necessary infrastructure: an aqua park, 14 pools, 2 SPA salons, 11 restaurants, a Kids’ Kingdom, a dolphinarium, and a separate complex of VIP villas. To date, the hotel can accommodate up to 3000 people at any one time. The occupancy rate is practically 100 %.

Besides, the Sungate Port Royal is a nice place for holding business events of an international level. The conference hall of the hotel is meant to house 5.5 thousand people, equipped with the most advanced telecommunication equipment. In specifically equipped halls of the hotel, it is very convenient to conduct a variety of trainings and seminars.

Speaking about the reasons for purchasing the Sungate Port Royal Hotel, the project head in Turkey, member of the Board of Directors of the MIRAX GROUP Corporation Maxim Temnikov noted, ‘We are creating a network of first-rate, world-level hotels in various countries of Europe, and the Sungate Port Royal hotel is the first part of this network. In the future, we intend to introduce this brand into the markets of Tunis, Montenegro and Greece. Our hotels are going to provide all necessary conditions for a family rest with children.’ Having said this, the corporation intends to create its own operating company, making use of the partners and advisers’ experience, and also of its own: on September 1, the corporation is going to open the Mirax Resort hotel in Cambodia (for more information, see the footnote reference). Besides, MIRAX GROUP actively cooperates with the international hotel network Hyatt International, another hotel of which is going to open in the Federation business complex.

In September 2007, corporation MIRAX GROUP will publicize the plan of modernization of the Sungate Port Royal which will be directed both at technical re-equipment of the hotel (in particular, heated pools for the winter period will be set up) and at the consumer service level raise. Currently, the work on new services package programs that will include medical service and various sorts of entertainment is being conducted: skates for rent, skis, snowboard, horse riding, all kinds of water entertainments and many other things. The hotel restaurants will be served by famous Moscow restaurateurs.

According to the Sungate Port Royal project head, deputy Chairman of the Board of corporation MIRAX GROUP Andrei Kletsko, ‘an increase of the service level is our priority. Our purpose is to create maximum comfortable conditions of relaxation for visitors from different countries of the world and, certainly, we are going to pay special attention to Russian-speaking patrons as the main stream of tourists is coming from Russia and the CIS countries.’

Already in the fall, the agencies of the Sungate Port Royal Hotel are going to open in Moscow, St.-Petersburg and Kiev.