Corporate Traveller Magazine - Autumn 2017

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Autumn 2017 - Those special plums reserved for travellers

Travel drops the occasional plum into our laps – and for me a month in Istanbul produced an opportunity to meet and interview Ahmet Ertug, architect, artist and photographer.
My notes at his studio, in preparing a piece for this edition, describe the joy at meeting such an extraordinary artist:
“Ahmet Ertug’s part in this drama appears typecast. He looks, acts and sounds like an artist at the top of his game. His appearance and manner are entirely in harmony – from those long flowing grey locks and thoughtful words to gentle gaze that misses not a thing.
"It strikes immediately that here is a man in single-minded pursuit of perfection – and from all accounts very close to his quarry.

The wonderful hospitality and wry humour of the good folk of Istanbul is always a joy. On the same journey I am fortunate enough to meet Ali Baba. This Mr Baba is chef at a neighbourhood café in Resitpasa, and something of a magician with the winter fare he prepares for chilly souls stepping in from the snow-clad sidewalk.

Meeting Ali Baba ranks right up next to my meeting a few years earlier with Socrates. I shared a beer with Socrates at Athens Airport and, like Ali Baba, his real occupation was in the restaurant business, this time a seafood restaurant on Cyprus.
Such are the joys of travel – meeting magical, mystical characters, accomplished philosophers and serene artists.

Bruce Laybourn
Publisher

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Corporate Traveller magazine enables its readers to keep up to date on the very latest business travel news. Luxury business hotel openings, new private jets, world-class meeting venues, hi-tech travel gadgets, corporate travel trends and the hottest new restaurants are noted from across the globe. Also featured are exclusive lifestyle articles on fashion, food, wine, luxury resorts, fitness and leisure and corporate wellness, plus advice on doing business in established and emerging destinations around the world.