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Mr. Tempelaere

Nico Tempelaere

EMEA Social Media Manager, The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Nico Tempelaere is Belgian and speaks fluent Dutch, French, English and has a basic knowledge of German and Spanish. He lives partly in Brussels when he is not traveling abroad for his actual job. Being 39-years old he has 15 years of experience and a solid background in Marketing and Communications Management. Mr. Tempelaere started his career as a radio presenter & TV journalist. Five years later he left the media and worked for eight years as a Communication expert in several industries specializing in Travel Marketing & PR. His main customers were BCD Travel, Etihad Airways, NH Hotels, Star Alliance, CapGemini and Panasonic. He discovered social media five years ago when Mr. Tempelaere started as a Marketing Director for a travel agency. His main responsibilities were defining the strategy and execution of several off and online marketing campaigns and press relations (as spokesperson). He also created the strategy and content for the biggest and fastest growing Facebook page in the Belgian travel industry. At the beginning of 2012 Mr. Tempelaere joined The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group as the first EMEA Social Media Manager. His main tasks are the development of a social media strategy for the 400 EMEA-hotels, to inform & convince the Hotel Managers about the importance of social media, to train the future Social Media Ambassadors during the internal Business School, to deliver social media guidelines and to support all marketing campaigns & other departments (e.g. Public Relations & HR). Mr. Tempelaere is passionate about traveling, observing people in airports and hotels, networking with his international colleagues and friends and cooking for friends and family.

Mr. Tempelaere can be contacted at 32-2-702-9262 or nico.tempelaere@carlsonrezidor.com

Coming up in July 2018...

Hotel Spa: Oasis Unplugged

The driving force in current hotel spa trends is the effort to manage unprecedented levels of stress experienced by their clients. Feeling increasingly overwhelmed by demanding careers and technology overload, people are craving places where they can go to momentarily escape the rigors of their daily lives. As a result, spas are positioning themselves as oases of unplugged human connection, where mindfulness and contemplation activities are becoming increasingly important. One leading hotel spa offers their clients the option to experience their treatments in total silence - no music, no talking, and no advice from the therapist - just pure unadulterated silence. Another leading hotel spa is working with a reputable medical clinic to develop a “digital detox” initiative, in which clients will be encouraged to unplug from their devices and engage in mindfulness activities to alleviate the stresses of excessive technology use. Similarly, other spas are counseling clients to resist allowing technology to monopolize their lives, and to engage in meditation and gratitude exercises in its place. The goal is to provide clients with a warm, inviting and tranquil sanctuary from the outside world, in addition to also providing genuine solutions for better sleep, proper nutrition, stress management and natural self-care. To accomplish this, some spas are incorporating a variety of new approaches - cryotherapy, Himalayan salt therapy and ayurveda treatments are becoming increasingly popular. Other spas are growing their own herbs and performing their treatments in lush outdoor gardens. Some spa therapists are being trained to assess a client's individual movement patterns to determine the most beneficial treatment specifically for them. The July issue of the Hotel Business Review will report on these trends and developments and examine how some hotel spas are integrating them into their operations.
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