Jan Blanchard is a creator and communicator who brings experience in the area of tourism, regional development, agrifood, property investment, renewable energies and online businesses. Strategist who enjoys to oversee the entire life cycle of a product, Jan has a passion for innovation and a commitment to bringing great services to market.
“Unique perspective, authentic story, high impact.”
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The Atlantic Way Food Initiative consisted in the creation, development and ongoing operation of a multi-faceted pilot initiative to promote the production, distribution and purchase of sustainable local food in the West of Ireland.
“Bringing together local communities, tourism businesses and food producers”
Consultant and Project leader – Current – Full time for 6 Months
Westpark Shannon which manages a $350million business campus investment comprising of c. 1,000,000 sq. ft. grade A commercial office space and state of the art facilities.
“Holistic approach for a fresh positioning”
Consultant and Project leader – Part time occupancy for 4 Months
Shannon Aviation was a project aiming at promoting Shannon International Airport, its US Preclearance service and the greater region in both tourism and business opportunities to a Business Aviation market audience.
“Convincing, regrouping & communicating to high end markets.”
Initiator and project leader – Part time occupancy for 8 months
Ballyhoura Country ,the region where the Kennedy family originated was like a well kept secret with very little communication or promotion.
“Regional Development, regrouping, capturing & promoting authenticity.”
Consultant and campaign manager – Part time occupancy for 1 year
TouristR was my first start up, our ambition was to create a worldwide social travel guide combined with a smart semantic trip planner. It’s had over 3M visits and 8,000 trip at its beta launch in 2007. The TouristR team had five full time staff and 8 researchers when the company closed up.
“A unique Irish start-up with a groundbreaking concept.”
Founder and CEO – Full time occupancy for 5 years