Conferences & Conventions

There is strong demand to hold business events and conferences in New Zealand, says Business Events Industry Aotearoa Lisa Hopkins, pointing to the success of the MEETINGS 2021 event.

Trade expo event to be held at the Marlborough Events Centre in Blenheim on 4-5 August.

The Maximum Occupancy Accommodation Industry Conference will be held at the Aotea Centre in Auckland from 18- 9 August.

More than 2,500 copies distributed to business event organisers in Australia and New Zealand.

Positions include those related to running audio-visual, food services, events coordination.

ChristchurchNZ is taking a “subject-specific” approach to attracting business events to the city, says Loren Heaphy.

WellingtonNZ’s David Perks says he has received more than 30 “hard enquiries” for events at the $179m venue.

And stimulating the domestic market remains a top priority for the agency, says chief executive René de Monchy.

There’s still a way to go to get everyone to understand the role they play in tourism, says the departing destination boss.

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The venue’s technology makes it more than just a pretty face, says its GM.

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New Zealand’s largest business events conference kicks off this morning with more than 500 business events industry buyers and media expected to attend.

Capturing the colour, the camaraderie and the costumes at New Zealand’s premier business event welcome.

Students studying tourism to be introduced to prospective employers.

Interested registrants could still sign up to a waiting list.

Heavy-hitting investors could help diversify Queenstown’s tourism-led economy.

Takina set to open mid-2023 in downtown Wellington.

The 2021 Tourism Summit Aotearoa will be held on Wednesday 1 September.

Christchurch seeks to showcase its revitalisation since the 2011 earthquake as a major theme at the TRENZ Hui 2021 this week.

Delivery of the beleaguered NZICC has been pushed back again, this time to 2024.

Hilton Taupo expects revenue to recover to pre-pandemic levels by year-end.

Auckland has won a bid to host the 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting for the Epilepsy Society of Australia, which is set to generate 1,000 visitor nights and inject more than $415,000 into the local economy.

The TECNZ event will be hosted in New Plymouth from 4-6 August.

A ceremonial entranceway called Te Aika is set to be installed for Ōtautahi Christchurch’s new Te Pae convention centre.

Air New Zealand boosts its business-related flights and improves connectivity as demand bounces back faster than expected.

A roll call of New Zealand’s top tourism leaders are in Queenstown for the University of Otago’s Tourism Policy School.

The Southern Lakes Events Investment Panel has opened applications for its Business Events Incentive Scheme.

NZ’s largest annual tourism trade expo will focus on three themes: ‘Revive, Reconnect, Revitalise’.

The government has injected $950,000 in support of the 8th World Conference of the International Working Group on Women in Sport in Auckland in 2022.

Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre is launching a ‘Taste of Te Pae’ pop-up activation event ahead of the venue’s launch later this year.

The Festival for the Future conference, would be held over multiple days with more than 1200 delegates.

The conference would attract up to 200 computer science, psychology, robotics and design academics worldwide.

NZCA chair Debbie Summers said the decision was made because of the ongoing impacts of Covid-19 on the industry.

The Marlborough Convention Centre will now be managed by the Marlborough District Council, after Scenic Hotel Group’s lease came to an end after 13 years.

Under Hayward’s watch, ACB had secured approximately $275m worth of business events for Auckland.

Three international appointments fill gaps left by recent executive departures at the hotel and entertainment group.

One of Asia Pacific’s flagship annual business events showcases has been cancelled due to uncertainty wrought by Covid-19 border closures.

A boutique hotel and conference centre in Blenheim, Marlborough Vintners Hotel, has been put for sale by its founding owners.

The association’s CEO says the hard-hit business events sector is desperate for an uninterrupted year.

The 2025 event is expected to attract 2500 delegates to Auckland.

MEETINGS 2021 will take place over two days in Auckland next year, says Business Events Industry Aotearoa.

New Zealand’s first ‘future of work’ festival RemoteTogether will be hosted in Queenstown from 8-13 March 2021.

Starting a new business in the middle of the pandemic may be a scary idea to some, but was necessary to deliver what was promised to clients, says the new directors of Motive Events. 

Tourism businesses that reduced prices for the domestic market must prepare to start lifting them again for the return of international travellers, according to Tourism Export Council of New Zealand chief executive Lynda Keene.

Professional Conference Organisers, event planners, regional tourism organisations and other key players from New Zealand’s business events sector came together for the first official function of the year, BE Reconnected.

Tourism operators, agencies and inbound tour operators from around the country gathered at the Heritage Hotel in Auckland for Tourism Export Council of New Zealand’s 2020 Xmas Symposium.

Visitors from long-haul destinations must begin to arrive in New Zealand from 1 October 2021 if inbound tour operators are to survive the Covid-19 crisis, says Tourism Export Council chief executive Lynda Keene.

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