Buyer registrations are now open for the 2024 eXplore Trade Show.
ChristchurchNZ has launched a conference legacy project to evaluate the long-term benefits of business events.
Hospitality company Mitchell Corp has launched a pre- and post-event travel programme for conference delegates.
JW Marriott Auckland has opened bookings for its renovated meeting spaces for events from April onwards.
Around 200 delegates from across Australasia are converging on Gisborne this week for a major landscape science conference.
Business Events Wellington has launched a programme to assist conference organisers with resources to implement legacy projects.
The Sustainable Trails Conference is returning to New Zealand for the first time since 2019.
The New Zealand International Convention Centre has secured the International Confederation of Principals’ Convention in 2026.
New Zealand International Convention Centre Hobson Street Hotel contractor Fletcher Building says it expects the project to cost it another $165m.
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.
Hosted buyer registrations for MEETINGS 2024 will open next Wednesday, 31 January.
International leisure and tourism researchers are gathering in Dunedin this week for the World Leisure Congress.
Tākina Wellington Convention Centre has been selected as the host of the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Conference next year.
AUT will host a four-day summit bringing experience professionals and academics together to discuss a variety of human experiences, including those in hospitality, tourism and events.
The event achieves Toitū net carbonzero certification, showcasing the association’s efforts to lower emissions across the industry.
Business Events Industry Aotearoa has confirmed its board for 2023/24.
TIA CEO Rebecca Ingram launches ‘Tourism 2050: A Blueprint for Impact’ at Tourism Summit Aotearoa.
More than 300 of New Zealand’s tourism stakeholders are converging on Wellington this week for Tourism Summit Aotearoa 2023.
The 2024 New Zealand Cruise Association conference will be held in Auckland on Thursday 15 August.
The introduction of New Zealand’s largest tourism tradeshow to Wellington will bring economic benefits to the city, says Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Rebecca Ingram.
More than 500 delegates will converge on Te Pae Christchurch next week for the LIANZA 2023 Conference.
The largest gathering of female entrepreneurs in New Zealand attracted a sold-out crowd of 500 people at SkyCity Theatre in Auckland.
Tourism Export Council of New Zealand has announced its preliminary list of speakers for its Xmas Symposium in December.
TRENZ seller registrations are now open for next year’s event at Tākina Wellington on 8-10 May 2024.
New Zealand hotel owners are having to cope with increasingly onerous insurance bills that are having an impact on investment decisions, says one of the industry’s notable investors.
Three of the country’s top hotel professionals have been lauded at the inaugural Aotearoa Hotel Industry Leadership Awards.
Delegates attending the conference in Wellington were welcomed at an event at Te Papa.
New Zealand’s hotel industry will be converging on Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre today for the Aotearoa Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition.
Senthil Gopinath, CEO of one of the world’s largest conference associations, talks to the Ticker about NZ’s strengths.
The digital revolution in the tourism industry continues to accelerate — and success in meeting the needs of tomorrow’s traveller relies on our ability to embrace innovation and seize the opportunities that lie ahead.
New Plymouth in Taranaki will host Business Events Industry Aotearoa’s 2024 conference.
BEIA’s Lisa Hopkins on the development of a new national strategy for NZ’s business events industry.
Picton is preparing for a buoyant cruise season with around 120,000 passengers and 42,000 crew expected from October.
The week aims to raise the profile of the industry, recognise its value, and celebrate achievement.
More than 300 delegates including 200 travel agents are gathering in Auckland this week for the Travel Managers Australia conference at Te Pae Christchurch.
More than 200 industry professionals have converged on Shantytown near Greymouth for the West Coast Tourism Summit.
The airline is exploring more direct regional connections to be serviced with new aircraft.
A call goes out for industry to engage with the education sector to ensure it gets the workforce it needs.
New Zealand’s backpacker industry is making a steady recovery from the pandemic with some operators managing to hit pre-Covid levels but significant challenges remain.
Business Events Industry Aotearoa’s MEETINGS has generated an estimated value of $157m for New Zealand business events following the conference at Tākina Wellington in June.
The global cruise industry is bouncing back fast from the pandemic with a record 32 million passengers expected in 2023, says CLIA.
The industry is seeing a strong recovery with passenger numbers this season expected to exceed the 2018-19 record.
Business Events Industry Aotearoa has announced the first tranche of speakers for its annual conference in Marlborough.
The Auckland Convention Bureau says it has secured 148 new business events through to 2027, resulting in an estimated economic impact of $64.4m.
Around 300 delegates are expected to attend the International H2 2 ZERO Summit on the possibilities for hydrogen-based transport and energy solutions.
Around 200 chemical engineers and scientists will converge on the Hilton Auckland in October for the Chemeca 2023 conference.
Tākina Wellington Convention Centre will host the 2025 World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music for the event’s first time in New Zealand.
Electrify heat or electrify transport – those are the two options tourism operators have to reduce their climate emissions, says Malcolm Johns.
Invercargill will be the host city for the Tourism Export Council of New Zealand’s annual conference next year.
The current mandatory seven-day Covid isolation requirement could be about to go.
