Ceylan Şensoy

Founder, Mana Plus / Project Director, Discover Kaçkar

Ceylan Şensoy is a licensed professional tour guide and a tourism strategist with nearly three decades of experience in tourism product development, branding, and sustainable destination management.

She has managed leading DMCs, directed product development and marketing at Türkiye’s Tourism Promotion and Development Agency TGA, where she led innovative strategies to position Türkiye’s cultural and natural heritage in international markets and pioneered sustainable tourism projects in cycling, sports, culture and adventure travel.

Today, she is the Founder of Mana Plus, a consultancy dedicated to sustainable and regenerative tourism, and Project Director of Discover Kaçkar, a flagship initiative to transform the Kaçkar Mountains into an international adventure and year-round tourism destination.

Her work focuses on creating authentic, community-driven experiences that extend the tourism season, empower local economies, and connect visitors more deeply with place. Passionate about destination storytelling and the future of purposeful travel, Şensoy continues to design models where sustainability is only the beginning, and tourism becomes a driver of long-term value for people, culture, and nature alike.