Seminar Series of the School of Applied Sciences – Spring 2022 – 3. Seminar

Dear Students of the School of Applied Sciences,

You are kindly informed to welcome the Futurist Hotelier, Mr. Cem Kınay as the guest speaker of the seminar series.

Date      : Thursday, 17 March 2022

Time      : 14:40-15:30

Place     : AB-3 / Law Auditorium

After graduating from Istanbul Austrian High School, Mr. Cem Kınay graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Vienna. As the founder of the Austrian, Vienna-based Gulet Turistik and Magic Life Hotels chain, Mr. Cem Kınay introduced the "All Inclusive" concept to European tourists for the first time. He successfully managed the Magic Life Hotels chain, which has a total of 20,000 beds and 23 hotels in Austria, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Tunisia, and Bulgaria, with his hotel concept. He played a role in hosting millions of tourists in Sarigerme, Marmaris, Bodrum, Belek, Side, and Kemer regions, Turkey; on the Greek islands of Kos, Crete, Corfu, and Rhodes; in Arlberg, Austria; in Hammamet, Mahdia, and Djerba regions, Tunisia; in Sharm El Sheikh and the Nile, Egypt; in Varna/Duni, Bulgaria and on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura for 15 years. In 2006, he was honored with important and valuable awards such as the "Austrian State Insignia" by the President of Austria. Since 2017, he has been providing investment, concept design, and digital transformation consultancy to local and foreign investors at XPD Consultancy, of which he is the founder. Mr. Cem Kınay collected his experiences in “Akıllı Ol. İnsan Ol” and “Be Smart. Be Human” books and they were published by Destek Publications. Mr. Cem Kınay is going to make a presentation titled “Future+” in the Seminar course.