M. Mithat Üner completed his BA degree at Hacettepe University School of Business, MBA degree at Gazi University, M.Sc. in International Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ph.D. at the Gazi University Graduate School of Business. Professor Üner also completed postdoc studies at the Pisa University in Italy. He has a long record of service as an academic leader, scholar, and advisor to industry. He taught and served as Dean at Gazi University in Ankara for over three decades. Currently, Professor Üner teaches and serves as Dean at Atılım University School of Business. He has published widely in leading journals on such topics as internationalization of the firm, foreign market entry strategies, services marketing, marketing strategy. Public and private organizations frequently seek him as a speaker and consultant

Professor Şevki Ulema (Ph.D.) completed his undergraduate studies at Çukurova University, his master’s degree at Aydın Adnan Menderes University, and his Ph.D. at Erciyes University. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts at the Faculty of Tourism, Sakarya University of Applied Sciences. His academic work focuses on the fields of tourism and gastronomy, with particular emphasis on gastronomy tourism, tourism marketing, and food and beverage marketing.

Azize HASSAN Gazi Üniversitesi Mesleki Eğitim Fakültesi Turizm İşletmeciliği ve Otelcilik Eğitimi Bölümü’nden mezun oldu (1985). Yüksek lisans derecesini Gazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Üretim Yönetimi ve Pazarlama Programı’ndan (1989), doktora derecesini de İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Turizm Programı’ndan aldı (1993). Gazi Üniversitesi Mesleki Eğitim Fakültesi Turizm İşletmeciliği ve Otelcilik Eğitimi Bölümü’nde Araştırma Görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başladı (1986). Yardımcı Doçent Dr (1994), Doçent Dr (1999) ve sonrasında ise Profesör olarak görevine devam etmektedir (2004). Halen Gazi Üniversitesi’nin bölünmesi ile Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, Turizm Fakültesi, Turizm İşletmeciliği Bölümü’nde Profesör olarak görev yapmaktadır (2018-devam ediyor). Temel çalışma alanları, turizm işletmelerinde pazarlama ağırlıklı olmak üzere, dijital pazarlama, sosyal medya pazarlaması.

Güney Çetin Gürkan is a professor of Management and Strategy at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management in Trakya University. She holds a Bachelors degree in Tourism Management from Dokuz Eylül University (1999), a Masters degree from Trakya University (2006) and a PhD in Management and Organization from Istanbul University (2012). Her research focuses on innovation, digital transformation, and contemporary management techniques in the tourism industry. Dr. Gürkan has published extensively on these topics and teaches various courses, including digitalization and technology in the tourism sector, human resources management, organizational behavior at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

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