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Turna.com, one of Turkey's innovative travel platforms, has appointed Yunus Hayal, an industry veteran, to its strategic management team as Chief Product Officer (CPO). 

With more than 20 years of experience in the travel industry, Yunus Hayal is especially known for his expertise in hotel and accommodation services. Having served as EMEA Regional Sales Director at HotelBeds, one of the world's largest hotel providers, Hayal also worked successfully as Assistant General Manager in charge of Trade at Jolly Tur for a long time. Most recently, Hayal was working as the commercial director at Paximum.

Offering innovative services such as ‘Smart Flight,’ ‘Travelling with Card Points,’ and ‘Unconditional Ticket Cancellation,’ Turna.com aims to expand its product and service range in the field of accommodation and strengthen its strategy in this vertical with Hayal's participation.

Kadir Kırmızı, CEO of Turna.com, made the following assessment about the addition of Yunus Hayal

‘The addition of Yunus Hayal to our team will enable us to offer our travel solutions in a more integrated and comprehensive way. Since the beginning of 2024, we have doubled our number of employees and we are further increasing our growth targets with the investment we received from Manivela Ventures. By strengthening our team with the best, we continue our ambition to be ambitious in customer experience.

By integrating our strong position in transportation with accommodation and other travel services, we will offer our customers the opportunity to meet all their travel needs from a single point. Working with the best in the industry, such as Yunus Hayal, will enable us to realise this vision. We are planning to make other important additions to our team in the near future.’

Yunus Hayal expressed his satisfaction for joining the Turna.com family with the following words:

‘By combining Turna.com's vision with my experience in the travel industry, we will continue to offer innovative and customer-oriented solutions. This is the beginning of a new and exciting era for me. While we aim to become an important player in hotel distribution channels in Turkey, we also plan to expand abroad. In this direction, we will work to carry Turna.com's strong position in the sector even further and offer unique travel experiences to our customers. I believe that we will achieve great things together.’

Turna.com, which shows rapid growth in the dynamic travel and tourism sector, plans to continue making high-profile senior appointments in 2024.