About Me

Claude-Jean Harel, MA

A master relationship builder with a knack for turning overlooked value into competitive advantage. An expert at converting international market leads into sales who is versed in the arts of digital marketing, "C-J" is an effective strategist.


A dedicated team player, he developed some of Canada’s most productive travel trade partnerships, worked as a business communicator in tourism, agricultural and health-related sectors, leveraging insight gained through an award-winning broadcast journalism career. In 2004, he was admitted to the degree of Master of Arts in Archaeology and Heritage with Distinction at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Bragging rights

Created an internationally-recognized responsible travel business sold to CAA Saskatchewan in 2008; lead an award-winning investigative journalismcareer covering news and events in Canada, the US and the UK while based in Saskatchewan; earned a Distinction mention in the UK for his GIS, spatial analysis research into the morphology and patterns of mobility of Prairie cities; resulting interpretive work earned C-J a City of Regina Municipal Heritage Award in 2005 for his contribution in the field of Education.

Skills

Business Development, Destination Management, Strategic Planning, Facilitation, Strategic Communications, Destination Marketing, Digital Marketing, Web Content Management, Adventure Travel, Event Planning, Corporate Social Responsibility, Cultural Heritage, Culture Change, Broadcast Journalism, Sustainable Tourism, Tour Operators, Workshop Development, Public Speaking, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Communications, Social Media Marketing.






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