Dr. Anthony Betts has been involved in the hospitality business all his life, as an owner and manager of hotels and restaurants, and as an educator and consultant. He has held several academic appointments overseas and developed two Hotel and Catering schools in Africa. He came to Turkiye to oversee the development of several international hotels designed by his company, Solano Architecture. He has advised a number of companies, tourism, educational and other organisations as an independent consultant. For the past 10 years, he has been an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Ozyegin University. To date, he has written 8 books and many articles.