Abdullah Gurcan abd@abdullahgurcan.com [LION]

Current

Online Sales and Marketing Executive at Rixos Hotels

Past

VP. Sales and Marketing at Antalya24

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Hospitality

Websites

Abdullah Gurcan abd@abdullahgurcan.com [LION]’s Summary

Senior Level Manager with over 10 years Online Marketing experience as well as Internet Booking Technologies (IBE), CRM and Loyality programmes(Salesforce.com and Microsoft Crm), Key Account Management, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Usability design, E-mail Newsletter Marketing, Chain Hotel Online Marketing Strategies, Budgeting, Hospitality and Airline allotment management, Dynamic Packaging, Dynamic Pricing Management, Affiliate Marketing and Affiliate Management.

Abdullah Gurcan abd@abdullahgurcan.com [LION]’s Specialties:

Key Account Management, Planning and Developping Individual and Chain Hotel Online Marketing Strategies, Search Engine Optimisation, Adwords creation and optimisation, Internet Strategy development, Article Marketing, Article writing, International Marketing, Turkey Internet consultation, Region and Country specialized marketing, Guerilla Marketing, Joint Venture development

Abdullah Gurcan abd@abdullahgurcan.com [LION]’s Experience

Online Sales and Marketing Executive

Rixos Hotels

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Hospitality industry)

October 2007 — Present (11 months)

Currently Planing Online Sales and Marketing activities for Rixos Group Hotels.
Rixos Hotels Group has 8 hotels worldwide with different specialities (Resorts and City Hotels) and is planning to open Hotels in Dubai, Kiev, Vienna, Almaty in 2008
VP. Sales and Marketing

Antalya24

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 2000 — July 2006 (6 years 2 months)

E-Commece and Internet:
Consulting, Developing and Managing Websites, Affiliate systems and providing affiliate management, Internet Booking Engines for Hospitality and Airlines, XML - Integrations, Content Management systems and editorial support, Providing Search Engine Optimization and Online Marketing operations. Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing and MSN Adcenter account management.

Call Center and sales support:
Consulting Call Center operations including business plans, technical requirements, hiring and training live agents.

Call Center operations: Managing Inbound and Outbound calls,