Murat is a graduate of Glion Institute of Hospitality & Business Education (Montreux, Switzerland).
His hospitality leadership experience has covered 5 countries, including Switzerland, Turkey, United States, United Arab Emirates and China. He has been a senior hotel pre-opening and project management leader for 8 properties, including Marriott Hotels & Resorts, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, The EDITION Hotels and start-up hospitality concepts in Dubai and Afghanistan.
While in China, he has been the pre-opening task-force lead trainer for the Sanya EDITION, the Hollywood EDITION and for the JW Marriott Marquis Shanghai and was the Hotel Manager for the Shanghai EDITION. Murat has completed his HAMA Asset Manager Certification for China.