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Ayhan Akan Bektaş was born in 1968 in Germany and graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at Akdeniz University.
Before joining Coral Travel Group, he represented several European tourism companies in Istanbul and Antalya. Mr. Bektaş became one of the three founding partners of ODEON Tours (Odeon Turizm A.Ş.), the first subsidiary of Coral Travel Group (Coral Holding A.Ş.) established in 1992, as well as Coral Travel offices launched in Moscow in 1995 and Warsaw in 2000.
Following the decision in 2006 to consolidate the companies under Coral Travel Group (Coral Holding A.Ş.), he assumed the position of Chairman of the Board. In addition to his role as Chairman, he is responsible for the Accommodation Business Line and Business Development.
Mr. Bektaş also serves on the Membership Committee of the WTTC (World Travel and Tourism Council), the Advisory Board of the EEA (Energy & Environment Alliance), and the Board of BETUYAB (Belek Tourism Investors Association). He is additionally a member of DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board), HİB (Service Exporters' Association), TTYD (Turkish Tourism Investors Association), and ANSİAD (Antalya Industrialists and Businessmen's Association).
He is fluent in English and German.
Çoşkun Yurt was born in 1969 in Germany. He graduated from the Department of Construction at the Antalya Vocational School of Akdeniz University.
In 1992, he became one of the three founding partners of Odeon Tourism Management Inc. (ODEON Tours) in Türkiye. As the group continued its organizational development throughout the late 1990s, both the number of companies and the scale of operations grew rapidly. In 2006, he again took part as one of the three founding partners in the establishment of Coral Holding A.Ş., bringing all companies together under one corporate structure.
In addition to serving as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Coral Travel Group, he is responsible for the tour operating, aviation, and travel agency business lines.
He is fluent in Russian and English.
Ahmet Bektaş was born in 1970 in Germany. He graduated from Kocaeli Faculty of Engineering at Yıldız Technical University, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering.
He is one of the partners of Odeon Tourism Management Inc. (ODEON Tours), founded in 1992. By the late 1990s, the number of group companies and the scale of operations grew rapidly. In 2006, he became one of the three founding partners of Coral Holding A.Ş., which brought all companies together under one umbrella.
Mr. Bektaş serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Coral Travel Group and is responsible for the Destination Management business line as well as Information Technologies. He is also a member of DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board).
He is fluent in English and German.
Prof. Dr. D. Ali Alp was born in 1964. He graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences in 1987. He earned his MBA at Marmara University and completed his PhD at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences. He has conducted research and served as a visiting faculty member at universities in the Netherlands and the United States. In 2002, he was appointed Associate Professor in Finance and Accounting. He joined TOBB University of Economics and Technology as a faculty member in the Department of Business Administration in 2005, became a full Professor in 2007, and continues his academic career there.
Prof. Dr. Alp began his professional career in 1987 as an Assistant Expert at the Undersecretariat of Treasury and Foreign Trade. Between 1988 and 1996, he served as an Expert at the Capital Markets Board. In 1996, he worked as an Advisor to the Minister of State responsible for Economy. From 1999 to 2001, he served as Deputy President of the Prime Ministry Housing Development Administration, and from 2001 to 2002, as Deputy Undersecretary of the Prime Ministry Housing Undersecretariat. Between 2002 and 2005, he served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during which time he was also a member of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and represented the Prime Ministry Promotion Fund at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. From 2005 to 2009, Prof. Dr. Alp was a Member of the Board of Directors of TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) and also served as a member of the Turkish Accounting Standards Board.
Dr. Michael Frenzel was born on March 2, 1947, in Leipzig, Germany. After completing his secondary education, he studied law at Ruhr University Bochum, where he also worked as a research assistant and successfully earned his doctorate.
In 1988, he joined the Management Board of Preussag AG, where he was responsible for the Trade and Logistics divisions. In January 1994, he was promoted to Chairman of the Management Board. Under his leadership, the diversified Preussag company transformed within a few years into one of Europe's leading tourism groups.
From 2000 to 2005, Dr. Frenzel served as Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bahn AG. On July 1, 2002, during the General Assembly meeting, it was decided to change the company name from Preussag AG to TUI AG. Dr. Frenzel stepped down as CEO of TUI AG on February 13, 2013.
Between 2012 and 2022, he served as President of the German Travel Association (BTW), and from 2012 to 2016, he represented the tourism industry as Chairman of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). In addition, he served on the supervisory boards of Volkswagen, E.ON, and Continental AG.