Chris Harrison

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About Chris Harrison

With over 20 years global marketing and sales experience, Chris is now a trusted expert and advisor who brings a well thought approach to revenue generation and growth. He has a proven track record of delivering appropriate tactics and strategies that enhance an organization's competitiveness. He is highly tuned to the commercial, business development and promotional advantage of creating partnerships. Chris also thrives on bringing positive change to organizations and is now taking advantage of this opportunity through the application of many digital technologies. He is inclusive and believes performance is driven through the positive development of people. Having acquired significant international experience in both the government and private sectors Chris's career path has been deliberately unconventional with a combination of people management and also a liking for getting stuck in. He has chosen representation services and freelance journalism as new areas in which to learn. But ultimately he is a well-regarded senior sales executive, with clear thinking and an ambitious spirit. CAPABILITIES Sales, business management, partnerships, relationship marketing Develop and execute high-performance strategic and tactical marketing campaigns Destination and brand marketing Competent in driving stakeholder engagement and partnerships Full budgetary management and reporting Rigorous focus on decision-making based on data and performance SOME HIGHLIGHTS Scholarship recipient (twice) and a graduation valedictorian Won “Best Group Destination” of Short-Haul European Travel Board member of The Tourism Society UK & on a national advisory panel in Australia Journalist for WYSE Travel Confederation events in Belgrade & Montreal He has - Circled the Rock | Scaled the Bridge | Heli & swam the Reef and that's just Australia. He has also - Circled the Pyramids | Scaled the Eiffel Tower | Swam in the Sea of Galilee and done a Bunjy in Queenstown.