Who ranked 21-30 in the Hotelier Middle East Power 50 2017?

By Devina Divecha

Sep 7, 2017

26. Baran Turkel, managing director, Turkey, Middle East, and Central Asia, Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Baran Turkel has been associated with Best Western Hotels & Resorts for two-and-a-half years, and is responsible for a total of 16 hotels in the MENA region, and a further 15 in Turkey. The operator has 1,826 hotel rooms in MENA currently, and 1,385 in the Turkish market.

.@BestWestern plans to expand with 9 more hotels in the region. MD Baran Turkel is 26 on our Power List! https://t.co/DhNk7jCHlT
— Hotelier Middle East (@HotelierME) September 6, 2017

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