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One of the world’s leading source of new business ideas, powered by a network of 8000+ spotters, Springwise .com is an address that I regularly visit and look for ideas that I can feed myself and understand how the other think and create. Try it... it is enjoyable!    As I am currently working for SunExpress , I check the Tourism & Travel section with a different perspective. 2008’s top 10 Travel & Tourism ideas were announced on 24 December 2008. However, only a few of them were impressed me. This year, I think there are some more bright ideas in this section. Here are the ones which I liked so far;  - Social Network for Air France – KLM travelers   - Trip Planner suggests travelling music   - JetBlue's All-You-Can-Jet   - Event driven travel...   and my favorite one so far is;  - Hand Sketched Maps featuring drawing and local advice. A la Carte Maps are designed to combine guidebook, tourist map, and original art in one which presents...

We have organized an inaugural flight from İzmir to Athens , the new international destination of SunExpress, on 04 August 2009. Here is the memoir which we have presented to our passengers on this first flight;   04 Ağustos 2009 günü SunExpress'in yeni dış hat uçuş noktası olan Atina 'ya İzmir'den bir "açılış" uçuşu organize ettik. Bu ilk uçuşta yolcularımıza sunduğumuz hatıra ise aşağıda; Flights are on Tuesdays and Saturdays, for now. Tickets starting from €49 . For further information and reservation; Uçuşlar şimdilik Salı ve Cumartesi günleri. Biletler 49€ 'dan başlıyor. Detaylı bilgi ve rezervasyon için; http://www.sunexpress.com/

After a long break, I am back in the airline business.  As of today, I have joined SunExpress, which is a Joint Venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, as Corporate Marketing Manager. It is quite interesting and exciting that I have an airline brand after my Swissair times :)     Uzun bir aradan sonra havayollarına geri döndüm. Bugün itibariyle Lufthansa ve Türk Hava Yolları Ortak Girişimi olan SunExpress'e Kurumsal Pazarlama Müdürü olarak katıldım. Swissair zamanlarımdan sonra bir havayolu markam olması oldukça ilginç ve heyecan verici :)

Son gezide son 2 yıldır yaşadığım Goa'dan yola çıkıp Güney Hindistan, Sri Lanka, Sigapur, Malezya ve Tayland'da dolandım. Gezi uzun olduğu için de gezi notları da uzun :) Toparlamak, bir yazı haline getirmek ve burada, ticari amaç olmadan, tıpkı sizin gibi gezen bir gezginin gözünden bakarak nereye gidilir, nerede kalınır, ne yenilir, ne içilir, ne yapılır, seyahat önerileri vs kolay iş değil. Ben bunları toparlarken gidecekleri bu bilgilerden mahrum bırakmak da olmaz. Biraz önce istatistiklere baktım, ayda ortalama 4.000 kişi bu blogu ziyaret ediyor, 6.000 sayfaya bakıyor ve seyahatleri ile ilgili yararlı bilgilere ulaşıyor. Aşağıdaki şehir/bölge yazıları yakında burada olacak ama sorusu olanlar bana yine bu blog aracılığı ile ulaşabilirler... Gokarna / Ohm Beach - Paradise Beach (Karnataka - Hindistan) Backwaters / Allapey / Varkala (Kerala - Hindistan) Kanyakumari / Mamalapuram / Puducherry / Auroville (Tamil Nadu - Hindistan) Sri Lanka Singapur Kuala Lumpur / Penang (Malez...

Well... yes, it is true! I am no longer at iGOA anymore. It will always have a special place in my heart. My ex-partners will continue their journey.  I wish them good luck and all the best! http://www.marketingturkiye.com/yeni/Haberler/NewsDetailed.aspx?id=12682 Evet... doğru okudunuz! Artik iGOA'nın bir parçası değilim. Kalbimde her zaman özel bir yeri olacak. Yolculuğa eski ortaklarım devam edecek. Kendilerine bol şans ve her şeyin en iyisini diliyorum!

I flew from New Delhi back to Goa last week on  Kingfisher Airlines , which has free newspaper service even in domestic economy service. I picked The Times of India, which is the Indian equivalent of FT . In their supplement named "Brand Equity" there was an interview with Miles Young , who is the new and the first non-American CEO of Ogilvy . The headline was; "On his first day as global CEO of Ogilvy, he chose to be in Mumbai (Bombay) - a clear indicator of where he sees the future" Well, it may be correct because how many of you know that Global Hub for Digital Production of Ogilvy is in Bangladesh? ;) Anyway... let's have a look at some highlights from the interview; His immediate priority is Ogilvy's clients instead of financial issues during the global meltdown. His second priority is to set a longer-term business plan for Ogilvy. He believes in 5-year plans. He states that; " We have had some success in countries like India with five-year plans...

Vijay Mallya , from my point of view, is  Richard Branson of India, yet he is not holding sir title. He has an airline, Kingfisher Airlines which is ranked as 5 star by Skytrax (like Virgin Atlantic ), he has Kingfisher Beer (no website as ad of alcholic beverages are not allowed in India) which is the market leader in India, some pharma companies and he also has a F1 team ( Force India ) and so on so on... I like his way of promoting his products. His brand use almost every medium (check picture) including online medium. Their online marketing tools are various. Just for this, Kingfisher has a website named Kingfisher World . However, it is a shame for me but recently I have discovered another online marketing tool of Kingfisher! It has also a calendar, like the famous Pirelli one in Europe ;) For the ones who is interested; http://www.kingfishercalendar.com/2009/ Or get your own Swimsuit Special widget here . As they say; Share the Good Times...

Top 10 Marketing & Advertising ideas of 2008 by Springwise are below. Some of them are really interesting. / Spirnwise'dan 2008'in en iyi 10 Pazarlama ve Reklam fikri.  Bazıları gerçekten ilginç. - Tennent's Mutual — Prefunded, crowdmanaged music festival (I liked it... design your own music festival :) sounds good!)  - Matter — New spin on direct mail: a box of matter - SOOPZ — Food blogger turned intermediary & purveyor (I liked it... it is also a nice example of blogging for marketing)   - Mindstorm's iBar — Interactive touch bar combines drinks, ads & games (Techy!)  - IKEA — A nap hotel in a Stockholm mall (I liked it... It is a nice way to practice tryvertising ) - Steelcase's Workspring — Meeting space doubles as product testing ground - Northland Professional — Billboards give away free love (I liked it... very much)  - Pomme Bébé — Tasting bar for babies serves up tryvertising for tykes - PlaceVine — Site connects advertisers with...