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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. -
Great Excursions' C-J Harel to moderate CFBMC international Agriwebminar Series
October 8, 2007
The Canadian Farm Business Management Council (CFBMC) has asked Claude-Jean Harel, President and CEO of The Great Excursions Company, to act as moderator for its 2007/2008 Agriwebminar Series. Agriwebminars are web-based conferences bringing the expertise of today’s agricultural leaders to the forefront. These presentations will inform and inspire participants from the comfort of their home or office, wherever they are... -
The Great Excursions Company Wins a Tourism Saskatchewan Award of Excellence
March 30, 2007
Tourism Saskatchewan is pleased to congratulate the 46 finalists whose contributions to Saskatchewan's tourism industry in 2006 will be recognized at the Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence Gala on April 19, 2007 in Regina... -
Positive comments following Harel's placemaking workshop in La Ronge
February 25, 2007
About 20 people attended the February 21 "Placemaking: The Art of Building your Community" workshop organized by the Visions North Community Futures Development Corporation in La Ronge. -
C-J Harel to address the Growing Rural Tourism Conference in Alberta (March 5-7)
February 13, 2007
Rural communities in Alberta and across Canada have begun looking towards tourism as a viable industry to diversify their local economies. The Growing Rural Tourism Conference brings together groups who have embraced innovative Tourism strategies and partnerships, and those looking at how they might bring new sources of revenue and employment to their own communities... -
C-J Harel's Agritourism Workshop at North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association Convention in Calgary (February 12-17,
September 22, 2006
The tourism industry may come across as an inaccessible domain at times, waiting to engulf entrepreneurs tempted by promises of prosperity. All the business of tourism is, really, is a great big network of buyers and suppliers of experiences that are packaged and marketed though a variety of constantly evolving channels... -
C-J Harel to Address Canadian Capital Cities Organization in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
June 22, 2006
If cultural landscapes are the expression of a relationship between a territory and those who inhabit it, they can also reveal how that relationship evolves over time. Interpreting cultural landscapes can foster a sense of place and an increased awareness of our collective identity as a community. Cultural landscapes can help us bring out the authentic character of yards, parks, riverbanks, neighbourhoods, businesses and cities as a whole...
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