Seminar Series of the School of Applied Sciences – Fall 2018 – 1. Seminar

Hospitality and Gastronomy Seminars

Dear Students of the School of Applied Sciences,

You are kindly informed to welcome the President  of KAPTİD, Mr. Yakup Dinler as the guest speaker of the seminar series. The medium of instruction will be in English. Please comply with the expected “Dress Code.”  

Date      : Thursday, 12 October 2017

Time      : 14:40-16:30

Place     : AB-3 / Law Auditorium

Mr.Yakup Dinler was born in 1980, Stockholm, Sweden as the 1st grandson of Mehmet Dinler who was one of the first Turks to immigrate to Sweden in mid-1960’s. His life and education was always a zig zag between Sweden and Turkey until 1997 when he moved back permanently to his hometown in Cappadocia: Ürgüp. After two years of education in a High School in Cappadocia he moved to Ankara to start his University studies at Bilkent University / Tourism and Hotel Management Program. Mr.Yakup Dinler graduated in 2003. After completing his military service he started to work within the family company together with his (now deceased) father Mr. Mustafa Dinler at Dinler Hotels as the General Manager of the property at that time 4* Hotel (now 5*): Dinler Hotels - Ürgüp. Mr.Yakup Dinler is now acting as the Vice President of the Dinler Group which owns and manages six hotels, a hot-air balloon company and other investments mainly in Cappadocia, Ürgüp. Mr. Yakup Dinler is also the President of KAPTİD (Cappadocia Touristic Hoteliers and Operators Association) and a Board Member of TÜROFED (Turkish Hoteliers Federation). Mr. Yakup Dinler, who is fluent in English and Swedish, is married and father of 3 sons. He is also the Candidate Honorary Consul of Lithuania for Nevşehir and Kayseri. Mr. Yakup Dinler is going to make a presentation about “The ‘First and Only’ Boutique Hotel in World Heritage Site of Cappadocia: Kayakapı Premium Caves - Cappadocia.” in the Seminar.