A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Turkish Airlines and Roadhouse Pvt. Ltd, a chain of restaurants and hotels at an event held at Mezze by Roadhouse. General Manager of Turkish Airlines, Abdullah Tuncer Kececi, and, Managing Director of Roadhouse Pvt. Ltd. and co-owner of Roadhouse Café, Chandan Kayestha entered into an agreement to implement the joint promotion campaign for a period of one year.
In the words of Abdullah Tuncer Kececi, “We want to encourage every Local to Global collaborations, It is an open collaboration, it is just a start from our side and definitely in the growing journey of Roadhouse, if we can just give a little help or let’s say a little bit of salt and pepper on that, We would be really happy.”
In the words of Chandan Kayestha, “We’ve been running Roadhouse for almost 30 years now, In the first outlet, we started from Thamel, Right now we are adding outlets in different places including one in Delhi as well, So we’re really looking forward to this association. Especially we’re renowned for Pizza, and our newest venture is we are starting a franchise with The Pizza Hut, so we’ve already signed up for two potential franchises, so we’re looking forward to that and it’s a really good association with Turkish Airlines because we’ll get some International exposure as well because, this year is pretty bad but next year definitely tourists will start to travel in Nepal and Roadhouse is like, we are the partners, So I think It will be good for both of us. It’s been 30 years, so we need to focus on our quality, we try to maintain our reputation. Whenever you go to Roadhouse we try to make sure it’s pleasant and gives you vibes of a Family.”
The campaign will be highlighted through a series of marketing promotions, events, and a lucky draw. With this joint collaboration, Roadhouse Group's patrons will get a chance to get discounts from Turkish airlines, and similarly Guests with Turkish airlines boarding pass and also Travel partners will get discounts or Vouchers on any roadhouse Group's restaurant Outlets. Both parties will contribute together in their future business plans to give life to local to global, global to local collaboration.
Established in 1933 with a fleet of five aircraft, Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines has a fleet of 351 (passenger and cargo) aircraft flying to 320 worldwide destinations as 268 international and 50 domestic, in 126 countries. Currently, Turkish Airlines Kathmandu operates regular flights to Istanbul and beyond and is the only European carrier that connects Nepal directly to Europe. Due to the current pandemic scenario Turkish Airlines globally operates to around 215 destinations safely and hygienically.
Roadhouse, Nepal's leading hospitality group has been committed to maintaining the high quality and standards that their customers have become accustomed to since 1992. Today, they have four Roadhouse Cafes, Roadhouse Pizzeria, the swanky Mezze by Roadhouse, classic Italian restaurant, La Dolce Vita, a resort in Pokhara called Temple Tree and as the hospitality group continues to grow they have recently opened a hotel in the heart of Thamel, Hotel Roadhouse. At present they are working on bringing a new concept to the Roadhouse Cafe, Bhatbhateni which is due to be completed in the early half of 2021.
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