Claude-Jean Harel is the Founder and Manager of Great Excursions, a Canada-based destination management company which produces leading-edge tourism experiences for MC&IT, FIT and group markets that are inspired by elements like authenticity, sense of place and untapped competitiveness. <br /><br />He brings to tourism 20 years of broadcast media experience in the fields of culture, heritage and science, generating national and international attention for the distinctive qualities of the North American Plains region. <br /><br />Claude-Jean not only crafts tourism products as reportages intended to be lived by guests, he is also a regular contributor to CBC Radio and Television programs. <br /><br />Claude-Jean's work has won numerous awards including: the Canadian Ethnic Journalists' and Writers' Club award. He is a former Commonwealth Relations Trust bursar. <br /><br />His work was nominated for a UNESCO Award; and 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.