Istanbul. Elif Balci Fisunoglu has been appointed as the General Manager of Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau (ICVB). Fisunoglu graduated in 1997 from the Istanbul University, Faculty of Communications/ Department of Radio, Television and Cinema. She received her master’s degree from the Marmara University in 2003 on Advertising & Promotions with the topic of “Tourism Marketing, the Image of Destinations & the Strategic Usage of Advertising & Promotions”
Her business career started during the university years within the communication industry; she worked as an associate director at the TRT- Turkish State Radio Television and afterwards as an account director and text writer at the Mart Agency Publications owned by Nursuna and Salih Memecan. In 1997, she was appointed as the Promotions and Public Relations Manager of the Dedeman Hotels & Resorts – the largest national hotel chain in Turkey operating city hotels, resorts and ski centers all over Turkey. From 2000 to 2001 she worked at the Naturland Eco Park & Resort Hotels, Turkey’s first ecological complex situated in Antalya as the Corporate Communications Manager. She was working as the Director of Sales & Marketing of the ICVB since 2001.
Fisunoglu is a member of Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) and has been appointed to the 2011 International Task Force Committee for PCMA for the second term. She is also a member of TUGEV Board of Trustees and Skal Istanbul Club.
