About Geobeds

Built by people who know geoparks from the inside.

A destination management consultancy helping geopark accommodations — hotels, hostels, and eco-lodges — reach international reservation channels with minimal time and cost.

Our mission

Tourism infrastructure for places that deserve it.

Each UNESCO Global Geopark is a newly emerging tourist destination — and each needs the infrastructure to welcome visitors. One of the most critical pieces of that infrastructure is accommodation.

As a supplier within online reservation systems, Geobeds works with hotels and lodgings that, for various reasons, lack access to international sales platforms. Through training, setup, and software, we help them grow sales and appear where travel buyers already look.

Our path

From a single geopark to a global network.

Fifteen years
Groundwork in Aras Global Geopark

Founding effort that brought Aras — in northwestern Iran — into the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network.

2021
Partnerships begin

Early operations connecting accommodations to international travel buyers across 50+ countries.

2025
Geobeds launches formally

Official debut as a destination management consultancy for geoparks — the first platform wholly dedicated to the concept.

Founders

Two backgrounds. One territory.

Mehdi Abbasi

Mehdi Abbasi

Co‑Founder

Former director of Aras Global Geopark, which joined the UNESCO network after fifteen years of planning and effort thanks to his foundational work. Founder of the Iran Geoparks Network and the Geoparker Institute, with years of direct experience in hotel reservations and international sales channels.

Aras Global Geopark Iran Geoparks Network UNESCO Geoparker Institute
Farnaz Mottaghizadeh

Farnaz Mottaghizadeh

Co‑Founder

Master's in Marketing Management and certified ecotour guide. Years of hands-on experience planning and executing marketing campaigns for tourism destinations — a blend of strategy and field knowledge that shapes how we think about destination management.

Marketing strategy Ecotourism Certified guide
What we stand for

Conservation. Community. Commerce.

01

Conservation

Tourism that supports — not undermines — the geological heritage that makes each geopark unique.

02

Community

Local businesses at the centre. Revenue that stays in the region.

03

Commerce

Distribution technology that works — scalable, flexible, and built for real revenue growth.

04

Craft

A small, forward‑thinking team that does things right because the places deserve it.

Get involved

Let's build something meaningful.

Whether you run an accommodation, a DMC, or a geopark — we'd like to hear from you.