H. Kader Şanlıöz-Özgen 9

H. Kader Şanlıöz-Özgen

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H. Kader Şanlıöz-Özgen is an Assistant Professor at the Undergraduate Hotel Management Department of Özyeğin University, one of the leading universities of Turkiye despite being a young higher education institution as also shown in the global rankings.

H. Kader Şanlıöz-Özgen is an Assistant Professor at the Undergraduate Hotel Management Department of Özyeğin University, one of the leading universities of Turkiye despite being a young higher education institution as also shown in the global rankings. The university is the only one including a dedicated hotel management program in the country with a focus on recent sectoral, innovative, and technological trends.

Kader joined Özyeğin University academic team in 2013 after a 15-year professional experience in the hotel industry at the managerial positions of the front office, guest relations, and marketing departments in both operational and pre-opening periods. She became an Assistant Professor in 2019 upon her PhD degree in the Tourism Management of Dokuz Eylül University, Turkiye. Based on her professional background, Kader principally teaches subjects such as rooms division management and technologies, revenue management, innovation, and hotel analytics.

She also acts as Internship Coordinator for the School of Applied Sciences to conduct sectoral interactions for students’ career development. Under her supervision, the School organizes every year a Sectoral Meeting event to bring young candidates of the sector together with their prospective leaders and colleagues in the hospitality industry. Hotel Management Department has recently started a cooperation with WeBee and Branchout as being an academic partner for Hotel Tech Insight initiative. Kader is the faculty member in charge to build a bridge for knowledge share between academia and sector.

Her research interest focuses on hotel businesses with publications on customer experience, social media, revenue management, and excellence in international and national journals or books. She also holds a Field Editor position at one of the oldest and most impactful academic journals of the country (Anatolia: A Journal of Tourism Research). As per her orientation to support students’ professional development, she is also involved in the design of new internship programs and research on hospitality education.  

H. Kader Şanlıöz-Özgen

Assistant Professor
Özyeğin University
Istanbul, Türkiye

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