Bekir Dedoglu earned Ph.D. degree from in the tourism management department at Akdeniz University and at the present time, is working in the Tourism Faculty at the Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University in Turkey. His research areas include destination marketing, destination branding, tourist behavior, and hospitality marketing. He has published articles in professional journals including Tourism Management, the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, the Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management and the Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. Dr. Dedeoğlu has also served as reviewer for top tourism and hospitality journals such as Tourism Management, Tourism Management Perspectives, International Journal of Hospitality Management, etc.