About Us

Güney Yogurtcu is a respected, internationally experienced businessman and business leader with over 17 years of proven success in team management, execution of multi-million euro projects, and scaling companies across Europe and the USA.

With a background as an entrepreneur and manager in global corporations and Cybersecurity Sales Expert and his former luxury travel company in Istanbul (but also IWG-Regus, Walks LLC/Hornblower), Güney combines strategic vision with practical leadership. His strength lies in quickly understanding complex markets and turning ideas into profitable growth.

Güney is a Goethe Gymnasium graduate with Latinum and Graecum. Industrial Design Master from UDK Berlin and a "summa cum laude" state examination in Information Management, and speaks 3 languages fluently. In 2011, Güney received honorary membership of the Freemasons in Istanbul.

Jason Spiehler is a renowned travel expert, co-founder of Walks of Italy and Yale/LSU graduate, known for creating immersive travel experiences, his work as a lecturer for the US Embassy, and his appearances as a media expert – with extensive global travel experience and expertise in Italian culture and history.

Jason has co-founded multiple companies in the tour and activity sector since 2001. In 2009, he founded WalksofItaly.com, which quickly became one of the largest providers of experiential travel in Italy. Walks (takewalks.com) is today a global brand and one of the largest providers of guided tours worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of guests annually across 20 cities in 9 countries.

Jason has been featured in The New York Times travel section and Rick Steves' travel guides, appeared as an expert on the History Channel, served as a lecturer for the US Embassy to the Holy See, and has traveled to over 70 countries worldwide.