Ufuk Secgin is an Experienced Chief Marketing Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the halal-friendly tourism industry. He joined HalalBooking.com in 2014.
He was born and spent his formative years in Hamburg, Germany, studying for his BA at Euro-Business-College, Hamburg, before moving to the UK to complete his MBA in Cardiff and subsequently taking up an international marketing role at BP’s lubricants business unit where he worked in senior global marketing roles for 10 years with the Castrol, BP and ARAL master brands. As Chief Marketing Officer for HalalBooking he has travelled the world visiting halal-friendly properties and is an expert on marketing to this sector.
Born and raised in Germany and having lived in the UK, Turkey and other countries, Ufuk has established many business contacts in various parts of the world. He is a member of the National Council of the Muslim Council of Britain and founding chairman of Hasene Humanitarian Aid UK as well as The Alberonius Foundation and has been involved in various international humanitarian projects, helping victims of natural disasters from the tsunami in Aceh over flooding in Pakistan to projects in Nepal and Myanmar.
HalalBooking.com
HalalBooking.com is the world’s leading search and booking website for halal-friendly travel. It allows you to book hotels and villas online according to your halal needs. HalalBooking® was founded in 2014 by a group of visionary Muslims, with senior management experience from travel and blue-chip companies. They came together to realise the vision of the global search website for halal-conscious travellers. HalalBooking.com is a multi-award winning company.
“Tourism & Travel Business of the Year 2019” Islam Channel Business Awards
UK’s #1 and Europe’s #8 fastest-growing company in the travel sector according to The Financial Times, FT 1000