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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.

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Mr. Tempelaere can be contacted at +32 27029262 or nico.tempelaere@carlsonrezidor.com