Chris Chaplow
Chris Chaplow is the Founder and Managing Director at Andalucia.com SL. He founded Andalucia.com in 1996 and has been serving as its Managing director ever since. The site brings in over 450,000 visitors every month, and is the most popular site focused on tourism in Andalucia, and Southern Spain.[1]
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| Country: | Spain |
| Email: | chris [at] andaluciaws.com |
| LinkedIn: |  [chrischaplow Chris Chaplow]
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Chris is also a member of the Commercial and Business Users Constituency of ICANN and has been a representative on the Communications and Coordination Work Team, which worked on developing new GNSO Website requirements.[2]
Background
Chris Chaplow has an honours degree in Civil Engineering from King¹s College, London and worked in management on a number of major construction projects including the Watford Grandstand, the Twickenham South Grandstand and the Stavely bypass. He then worked on several infrastructure projects in Gibraltar and finally the Safeway Superstore, before his interest in Andalucia, photography and computers led him to Spain.[3]
A longtime member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain (BCCS), Chris Chaplow was elected to the Governing Council in 2008 and was subsequently appointed BCCS National Press Officer.[4]
Awards
- Business of the Year 2008, CADE, Junta de Andalucia
- Communicator of the Year 2009, Costa del Sol Press Club
- Finalist - Best Web 2009, Dario Sur Malaga[5]