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What do you get when you put 12 atheists in a room with a Christian priest, a Buddhist monk, a Jewish rabbi and a Muslim imam?
Last November saw the opening of the Park Hyatt in Istanbul's smart Nisantasi district. Randy Gerner of Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel in New York was put in charge of designing the interior of the 90-room hotel that's housed in the 1920s Macka Palas.
Known in Turkish as "Adalar", these nine small islands have since antiquity been a place of reflection, leisure and exile.
It's 70 years since the death of Atatuerk, founder of the Turkish Republic.
Turkey's aviation market is growing faster than China's, and Turkish Airlines is helping turn Istanbul into a hub that could soon rival Dubai. CEO Temel Kotil explains how traditional Turkish hospitality has been key to his success.
