With two of the leading hotels in Istanbul under management. Sura Hotels & Tourism Group is working to redefine the luxury hospitality in Turkey. Here Breaking Travel News editor Chris O’Toole sits down with group chairman Hüseyin Kaygısız to discuss his plans for expansion, the ever changing luxury market in Istanbul and what it takes to ensure his hotels exceed guests’ expectations every time.

Home to tourist apartments across some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, Habitat Apartments is ideally placed to capture an increasing share of the growing long-stay hospitality market. Here Breaking Travel News editor Chris O’Toole sits down with company director Olga Rodellar to discuss the company’s offering, its plans for the MICE market and her confidence for the future of the brand.

Last week SnapShot GmbH announced raising €25 million euro in series B funding from Shiji Networks in order to develop an expansive product line of new hotel analytics tools. This week the Austrian hospitality IT company has issued a call for added technology expertise to staff its Brno, Czech Republic labs.

Travel broadcaster Phil Blizzard discovers they advantages of an Executive Stay during the hot summer months for a cool city break.

Nursing is the largest health care profession in the United States. If you’re interested in a promising career where you can make a real difference, this field offers plenty of potential for employment and growth. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 2,711,500 jobs for registered nurses in 2012. The job outlook for these professionals is excellent. Employment for registered nurses is expected to grow 19% over the 2012 to 2022 decade, which is much faster than the average of just 11% for all occupations.

Henry Fu’s interest in content localization began in 1986 when he was the country manager of Interlingua Language Services, then the world’s largest translation service provider. Three years later he founded a publishing company that won licenses to localize Joe Weider’s ‘Muscle & Fitness’ magazines into Asian languages. Then in 1994 Henry founded IPPWORLD, with a vision to offer top quality translation solutions for businesses engaging in cross-cultural diversifications. His management team was quick to develop unique processes in human capital management and necessary technical competencies in localization of multimedia information for markets in their respective native languages.