Support for Gastronomy Tourism

Upper limit 2 million TL
Çukurova Development Agency (ÇKA), which carries out its activities under the General Directorate of Development Agencies of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, has allocated a budget of 12 million TL to develop tourism in the region. Gastronomy tourism will be the priority in the supports to be realized within the scope of the Destination Management Small Scale Infrastructure Program in Tourism.

Making a statement about the program, ÇKA General Secretary Lutfi Altunsu said, Destination Management in Tourism Small Scale Infrastructure Program with a total budget of 12 million TL in order to increase the added value obtained from tourism and increase the number of tourists and tourism revenues in the region by developing tourism in the Çukurova Region within the scope of a destination-oriented approach He said they announced.

Support between 500 thousand and 2 million TL will be provided
Emphasizing that within the scope of the program, a minimum of 500 thousand TL and a maximum of 2 million TL will be provided to the projects, Altunsu announced the eligible applicants as public institutions and organizations, local administrations and local administration unions, professional organizations that qualify as public institutions and universities. Altunsu stated that while determining the priorities of the program, the types of tourism that can be developed in sub-regions are taken into consideration and the districts are classified accordingly.

Metro in the evaluation related to the research they do Turkey Marketing, Brand Management and Communication Group Director Selected Demiralp said: “Subway Turkey as both hotels considering hygiene parallel to the expectations of our customers Before this research we add new products to its product range for both restaurants. From this research, we obtained important feedback regarding consumer demands and expectations, which closely concerns the industry and contributes to businesses. Based on these results, we continue our product development studies. For example, we include disposable disposable products for cleaning, which consumers attach great importance to, and disposable personalized products such as bed linen & duvet covers on our shelves. In addition to all these, we have completed our work for products that will help our customers to enter the season ahead. As the winter season approaches, we will include products that can be used both indoors and outdoors in restaurants on our shelves.

Demiralp continued his words by drawing attention to the increasing importance of digitalization: “In addition, as we all know, the pandemic period accelerated the digital revolution that has been heard in the HoReCa sector for a while. With the effect of increasing sensitivity in hygiene and social distance, the demand for digital solutions such as QR codes, online payment, contactless delivery and reservation and to access these solutions in the safest way is increasing. We are in the age of offering a very new, very fast, personalized and constantly evolving digital solution. they also offer digital solutions to contribute them to make the most efficient for our customers by understanding their business customers by Metro Turkey. We will continue to work leading the industry and to develop our solutions that further advance the industry.

Restaurant management platform FineDine announced that it has received an investment of 600 thousand dollars.
FineDine, the SaaS menu and order management platform founded by Duygu Kutluoğlu Kılıç and Adil Burak Kılıç, received an investment of 600 thousand dollars. The initiative received an investment from Savor Ventures operating in Kuwait in July 2019.

They use artificial intelligence
The FineDine platform, which includes restaurants and cafes with interactive menus and works on tablets, also supports the decision-making processes of restaurant managers with artificial intelligence-supported analysis and predictions.

Famous brands prefer
Used by more than 1200 businesses in 64 different countries, FineDine is mostly preferred by consumers in the MENA region. The customers of the platform, which is used extensively in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, include famous brands such as Shangri-La, Hilton, Sofitel, Raffles hotels and Nusr-et.

They will develop the artificial intelligence module
Reminding that the Covid-19 process forces restaurants to digitize, Duygu Kutluoğlu Kılıç, one of the founders of FineDine, announced that they will use the investment they have received to develop the artificial intelligence module of the platform and expand their operations to new regions.