Seminar Series of the School of Applied Sciences – Spring 2016 – 4. Seminar

Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Mr. Adnan Yücel graduated from the University of Istanbul, French Language and Literature Department. Mr. Adnan Yücel brings over twenty years of leadership experience within the hospitality industry, which started in 1992 at Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Istanbul. It is in this property that he held his first managerial position as Night Manager four years later. Since 1998 he developed his career in various properties, such as the Çirağan Palace Hotel Kempinski in Istanbul where he has been Reservation Manager until 2000. Mr. Adnan Yücel then returned to Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, as the Revenue Manager at Swissôtel Dalian in China. From there Mr. Adnan Yücel was offered the position of Front Office and Security Manager at Swissôtel Boston, Massachusetts. A year later, he returned to Europe and took on the Director of Rooms Division role at Swissôtel The Çelik Palas Bursa and Çelik Palas Bursa Hotel in Turkey. As of 2003 Mr. Adnan Yücel pursued his career with Hilton Adana and Hilton Mersin as the Cluster Director of Business Development and came back in 2007 as the General Manager of Swissôtel Göçek Marina & Resort, followed by Swissôtel Ankara, Swissôtel Makkah and finally Swissôtel Foshan in 2010. Since 2011, he worked in China for Sofitel Luxury Hotels, Wanda Hotels & Resorts and Intercontinental Hotel Group as the General Manager. Mr. Adnan Yücel is currently working as the General Manager of Swissôtel Resort Bodrum Beach.