Attracting business and major events, securing funding and reviewing Auckland’s destination strategy are the top priorities for Tātaki Auckland Unlimited’s Annie Dundas.
Local tourism stakeholders support CIAL’s decision to put the project on hold, with potential airport competitor QAC declaring “common sense has prevailed”.
Buyer registrations are now open for the 2024 eXplore Trade Show.
More than 130 partners have helped to raise $2m for Tātaki Auckland Unlimited’s Destination Partnership Programme in just over six months since its launch.
She will be responsible for Tātaki Auckland Unlimited’s tourism work, as well as major and business events in a newly-created role.
The RotoruaNZ Business Events team says it delivered more than $15m in conference and incentive business in 2023 and it is on track to do the same this year.
The RTO’s general manager will leave in April after five years in the post.
Hawke’s Bay’s iconic F.A.W.C! Food and Wine Classic has released the programme for its two-week event in March.
The RTO’s budget comes under pressure as funders look to cut back.
Strong visitor spend in Whanganui, Taranaki, and Manawatū point to a shift in travel behaviour as people get off the beaten track and seek immersive experiences, say the regions’ Western Marketing Alliance.
Marlborough District Council has appointed four commissioners to oversee Destination Marlborough until 30 June 2024.
Destination Marlborough and Marlborough District Council have revamped the region’s website gateway for visitors, businesses and residents.
Destination Hauraki Coromandel has launched what it calls the first ever travel app for visitors to the region.
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited’s emissions totalled 5324 tCO₂e in its year to 30 June 2023.
Development West Coast has restarted its Pretty great, actually campaign for summer, this time with more exposure for operators and broader reach targets.
The agency has cut a number of tourism roles but it has also created new ones to be filled.
Mackenzie Tourism and the Mackenzie Tourism Industry Association are conducting industry workshops to help develop its joint five-year action plan for the region.
Last summer’s extreme weather events cut roads and have had an ongoing impact on the region’s visitor economy.
RotoruaNZ has launched what it is calling New Zealand’s first publicly available regional destination management dashboard.
Tourism Central Otago’s annual food and beverage celebration, Eat.Taste.Central, is back for another two-week festival of flavour showcasing the best of Central Otago food and wine.
A new isite is coming to central Christchurch at The Grand, the former post office building at Cathedral Square.
Destination Hauraki Coromandel has developed a poster to let visitors know what commercial operators are providing tours around Cathedral Cove over the summer.
DQ and LWT say the proposal is not aligned with the district’s new regenerative tourism approach.
Nelson Regional Development Agency has launched a new campaign to attract more visitors this spring, particularly families over the September and October school holidays.
Rotorua Airport and RotoruaNZ are seeing a board observer for the 2023/24 period.
Hurunui Tourism hopes to turn the region’s destination management plan into action.
Regional tourism organisation Whanganui & Partners says its region has topped the table for domestic tourism spending growth for the second month running, recording a 9.8% increase in May 2023.
Destination Queenstown and electric car maker Polestar have partnered to promote the decarbonisation of tourism at the destination.
Destination Hauraki Coromandel will receive $200,000 from the government to help boost visitor numbers over the summer as part of the region’s recovery efforts.
A focus on Australia, UK and Europe, North America and domestic North Island markets is high on the wishlist for tourism operators, according to new research by Mackenzie Tourism.
Tourism is one of two significant opportunities identified in Great South’s Beyond 2025 Southland Regional Long Term Plan.
The vast majority say they have benefited from tourism, but they want more done to minimise its negative impacts.
Mackenzie Tourism wants to hear from senior leaders at industry operators about what its priorities should be.
Destination Hauraki Coromandel is soon to launch a redesigned thecoromandel.com website for visitors to the region.
Venture Taranaki is facilitating a number of capability-building activities for the region’s established, early-stage and budding food and beverage enterprises throughout June and July.
The regional tourism system needs to be overhauled to help address the root causes of long-standing challenges and not just symptoms, according to a new industry report.
RotoruaNZ has published its first annual report on the region’s destination management plan.
Mackenzie Tourism and Tourism Industry Aotearoa are holding a tourism sustainability workshop for businesses in Timaru this month.
ChristchurchNZ chief executive Ali Adams is confident the region’s destination management plan will be put into action despite no clear method as to how it will be funded.
Destination Great Lake Taupō is running a series of workshops to gather feedback on its destination brand – one of the first action points within its destination management plan.
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Eight southern regional tourism organisations have unveiled the Southern Way touring initiative.
Taupō’s future as a destination will depend on being able to shift from a largely economic model in favour of a regenerative one, according to its new destination management plan.
Visitation and spending have been boosted by Mighty Waikato campaigns, says the RTO.
The region enjoys a good summer with internationals returning following a difficult pandemic.
NZ’s funding of its tourism system should be re-examined and questions asked about how RTOs will be able to fund destination management.
More than 110 inbound tour operators and agents have converged on Auckland’s Crowne Plaza over the last two days for the annual Regional Tourism New Zealand inbound event.
It was not the summer many were hoping for but there is still much to aim for, writes Northland Inc’s GM of destination, Tania Burt.
Guest nights at the southern RTO have surged since Covid.
A “perfect storm” of ferry maintenance work and breakdowns have caused accommodation shortages and heartache for travellers looking to cross the Cook Strait.
