Ayhan Bektas was born in 1968 in Germany.

He has graduated from Mediterranean University Construction Department.

He acted as the representative of European tourism companies in Istanbul and Antalya previously, has been one of the three founders of ODEON Tours, which is the first affiliate of Coral Travel Group (OTI Holding),which was founded in 1992, of Coral Travel which was opened in Moscow in 1995 and of Wezyr Holiday Service which was opened in Warsaw in 2000.

As of 2006, based on the decision of uniting all of the companies within Coral Travel Group (OTI Holding A.S.), he started acting as the Chairman. Besides being the Chairman, he is responsible of the Accommodation, Legal, Corporate Communications and Business Development processes.

In addition to his memberships of WTTC (World Travel and Tourism Council), DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board), HIB (Services Exporters’ Association), TTYD (Turkish Tourism Investors Association), ( ANSIAD (Association of Industrialists and Businessmen of Antalya), he is the Board Member of BETÜYAB (Belek Tourism Investors Joint Venture)

He is fluent both in English and German.