Turkish President Abdullah Gul let Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stay at the 100 sq. meter suite prepared for the Turkish leader. Abdullah Gul himself stayed at a smaller, 75 sq. meter, room, designed for the Armenian leader.

The Turkish Haberturk.com website reported that a total of TRL 250,000 (U.S. $170,000) was spent on each room. The daily cost of the hotel room is €3,000.

On October 14, the Armenian and Turkish Presidents attended the Armenia-Turkey football match at the Ataturk stadium in Bursa, Turkey.