The tourism minister outlines how he wants the Innovation Programme for Tourism Recovery to be prioritised.
Auckland must regain its outward-looking stance as it seeks to reconnect with the world and compete for visitors in a tough international environment, says Auckland Airport’s Scott Tasker.
Tourism Industry Aotearoa’s online TRENZ Hui on 25 and 26 May has attracted more than 400 operators.
Tourism Export Council of New Zealand has opened registrations for its annual conference, to be held 9-12 August at The Rutherford Hotel in Nelson.
Registrations are now open for Tourism Industry Aotearoa’s TRENZ Hui 2022 Online, which will take place on 25 and 26 May.
Ōtautahi will host the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education annual conference next year.
Registrations are now open for day visits to MEETINGS, taking place at Ōtautahi Christchurch 15-16 June.
Te Papa Venues and Tākina, Wellington’s new convention and exhibition centre opening in mid-2023, has officially beguns operating under one brand, Tākina Events.
The Financial Services Council has launched its flagship annual conference for 2022.
An evocative film from WellingtonNZ on the meaning of Tākina, the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Ōtautahi Christchurch has been confirmed as the new host city for MEETINGS 2022.
The sector has fallen through the cracks, and those cracks are turning into a mighty chasm, writes BEIA’s Lisa Hopkins.
Even sub-100 delegate conferences are cancelling, despite them being allowed at red, says BEIA.
Muddled Omicron messaging is killing business unnecessarily, says CPG Hotels’ operations manager.
The Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre is holding its opening ceremony today.
The New Zealand Cruise Association will hold next year’s Cruise Conference at Auckland’s Aotea Centre.
Auckland has won its bid to host the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference in 2024.
But the industry can recover to pre-Covid levels in 2024 if quarantine-free travel restarts soon.
More than 400 tourism operators and stakeholders are expected to attend the virtual Tourism Summit Aotearoa on Monday 29 November.
Auckland Unlimited’s former destination boss will take over on 25 November from Tony Gardner, who steps down that day at BEIA’s AGM after six years in the role.
Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) is inviting registrations for its Future of Business Events Virtual Summit on Thursday, 9 December 2021.
Auckland Convention Bureau (ACB) has appointed Ken Pereira its manager.
New Zealand will host the International Teaching Games for Understanding Conference for the first time in 2024.
Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre has won the right to host the 22nd International Sedimentological Congress in 2026.
Tourism Export Council of New Zealand today pulled the plug on its Xmas Symposium in Auckland scheduled for Wednesday 8 December.
Auckland has won the bid to host the International Electrical and Electronics Engineers eGrid Conference for the first time in 2022.
Mandatory record keeping kicks in midnight Tuesday, at the same time most of the country could move to alert level 2.
Business Events Industry Aotearoa has postponed its 2021 conference by three weeks to 1-3 November.
The government has made scanning QR codes or signing in to busy places and large gatherings mandatory at all alert levels.
The events have been pushed back by the current Covid-19 outbreak.
Business Events Industry Aotearoa says the industry must be prepared for a long wave of disruption and should consider back-up plans.
A trip down memory lane was one of the highlights of last week’s Tourism Export Council of New Zealand’s annual conference in New Plymouth.
International tourism spend could still be below $4bn by 2024, says Tourism Industry Aotearoa’s boss.
Business Events Wellington has launched its new Business Events Guide for meeting and conference planners.
Business confidence in NZ’s holiday park sector is running close to pre-Covid levels.
Nearly 100 tourism suppliers are meeting the country’s inbound tour operators at the inaugural Tourism Trade Expo in Taranaki today.
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 18-19 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.
