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October 20, 2008
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CAA Welcomes Great Excursions!
September 11, 2008
Fred Titanich, President and CEO of CAA Saskatchewan, and Claude-Jean Harel, President of Great Excursions, are pleased to announce that the Great Excursions Company is joining the CAA Saskatchewan group of companies. -
Claude-Jean Harel to deliver opening keynote at major urban revitalization conference in Québec City
June 14, 2008
Great Excursions Founder Claude-Jean Harel will deliver a keynote address at the 21st annual “Fondation Rues Principales” colloquium on September 24 in Québec City... -
Great Excursions Welcomes Saskatchewan's First Major Tourism Budget Increase in Years
March 19, 2008
Saskatchewan’s oldest receptive tour operator is encouraged by the announcement today in the provincial budget of an additional $8 million to double funding for tourism marketing, capital investments, improved highway signage and enhanced partnerships... -
Ice & Fire Carnival to turn Victoria Park into a "Crystal Habitat"
February 15, 2008
With this 4th edition, the Regina Downtown Ice & Fire Carnival (February 8-17) reaches new realms. Energized by the possibilities “The Crystal Habitat” theme implies, Carnival participants and artists are shaping magnificent snow sculptures, curated as one harmonized body of work by the Dunlop Art Gallery’s Jeff Nye... -
Nebraska Governor invites C-J Harel as a presenter at his Agri/Eco-Tourism Workshop
January 11, 2008
Tuesday will kick off with “How to Package and Market Irresistible Agri-Tourism Experiences” showing participants how to offer visitors “time of their lives” experiences during their visits to guest ranches, working farms or related agri-tourism entities. Presenter Claude-Jean Harel of Great Excursions will help owners and operators bridge the gap between what their places offer and what tourists want to buy. The approach is specially designed for attractions in remote areas and for those that want to offer complete, quiet packages and intimate experiences. -
Canada! by Great Excursions at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum on January 16, 2008, at 7:30 PM
January 3, 2008
In honour of Great Excursions’ 10th anniversary, the founder of Saskatchewan’s original “boutique” travel company, Claude-Jean Harel, is inviting the public to a narrated photographic travelogue featuring some of Canada’s most distinctive holiday experiences... -
Great Excursions' C-J Harel to lead tourism workshop for Québec City region agricultural producers
December 7, 2007
Great Excursions' Claude-Jean Harel will deliver a full-day agritourism development workshop for Québec City area agricultural producers and rural tourism stakeholders on January 29 2008 at the Manoir Montmorency. -
C-J Harel to deliver keynote address at the Saskatchewan Greenhouse & Vegetable Growers 2007 Conference and Trade Show
November 3, 2007
CEO and President of Regina based Great Excursions, Claude-Jean is a tourism and rural development consultant who will inspire us all to craft our farm enterprise into a customer favourite. -
Great Excursions Founder delivers address on Saskatchewan's untapped cultural tourism potential at the Saskatchewan Summit
October 8, 2007
About 400 tourism industry stakeholders met September 24 and 25, 2007, in Regina for the first-ever Saskatchewan Summit on Tourism, organized by Tourism Saskatchewan at the request of Provincial Premier Lorne Calvert. Calvert and Tourism Saskatchewan president and CEO Lynda Haverstock were co-hosts of the event, with Senator Larry Campbell, a former Mayor of Vancouver, serving as master of ceremonies. The keynote address was delivered by Saskatchewan-born Pamela Wallin, senior advisor on Canada-US relations to the president of the Americas Society and the Council of the Americas in New York.
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