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Destination: Digital, Aotearoa’s only dedicated tourism marketing conference, returns for 2023 
22 Sep 2023   /

Destination: Digital, Aotearoa’s only dedicated tourism marketing conference, returns for 2023 

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.


How the New Zealand Tourism Awards can help your business succeed

How the New Zealand Tourism Awards can help your business succeed

There is still time to enter the New Zealand Tourism Awards 2023, with entries closing on Thursday 6 July.


Auckland Airport Tourism Forum: Lufthansa Consulting’s Arvind Chandrasekhar
2 May 2023   /

Auckland Airport Tourism Forum: Lufthansa Consulting’s Arvind Chandrasekhar

How has the pandemic changed airline strategies? How can NZ attract airlines? Lufthansa Consulting’s Arvind Chandrasekhar will answer these and other burning questions at the Auckland Airport New Zealand Tourism Forum.


Auckland Airport Tourism Forum: Dan Te Whenua Walker on creating indigenous value-led businesses
26 Apr 2023   /

Auckland Airport Tourism Forum: Dan Te Whenua Walker on creating indigenous value-led businesses

The Auckland Airport New Zealand Tourism Forum is back for 2023, with an exceptional line-up of speakers including award-winning Māori business leader, Microsoft’s Dan Te Whenua Walker.


Fable Auckland launches boutique meeting event spaces
3 Apr 2023  

Fable Auckland launches boutique meeting event spaces

Award-winning luxury boutique Hotel Fable Auckland has today revealed its much-anticipated conference and event spaces, offering an elevated take on hosting unforgettable gatherings.


Investment Opportunity: Ropes & Thrills Rotorua
22 Feb 2023  

Investment Opportunity: Ropes & Thrills Rotorua

The Ropes & Thrills Rotorua attraction, set to launch in November 2023, is a prime investment opportunity for those looking to take advantage of New Zealand’s growing tourism industry.


Google joins a Destination: Digital speaker line-up full of industry experts and thought-leaders
15 Nov 2022   /

Google joins a Destination: Digital speaker line-up full of industry experts and thought-leaders

Sponsored Content Borders are open, travel confidence is soaring, and there’s optimism in the air for a smashing summer ahead. To help the industry navigate a new era of travel, MORE »


Tapping into the Australian Dragon
30 May 2022  

Tapping into the Australian Dragon

Within Australia, there is a hidden segment of high value travellers that is an immediate market for New Zealand’s tourism industry, writes China Travel Service’s Lisa Li.


World-class tourism attraction coming to Rotorua for summer
28 May 2021  

World-class tourism attraction coming to Rotorua for summer

A world-class adventure attraction is set to be developed in Rotorua, bringing a unique offering that will complement the region’s existing tourism landscape.


Airedale Boutique Suites: Auckland landmark goes back to the future
12 Apr 2021  

Airedale Boutique Suites: Auckland landmark goes back to the future

An oasis of calm where accommodation is defined by character, shape and service level, Airedale Boutique Suites is finding favour with both business and leisure travellers as well as offering a welcome new dining option for visitors to Auckland’s entertainment quarter.


IBIS Technology: A homegrown tourism tech success story
8 Sep 2020  

IBIS Technology: A homegrown tourism tech success story

Whether you are a long-standing operator or a brand new venture, IBIS Technology’s complete tourism management platform can add value and improve your business.


Solve your summer staffing problems with smart tech (really!)
2 Dec 2019  

Solve your summer staffing problems with smart tech (really!)

Tourism operators finding it hard to get staff during the busy summer period need to look no further than smart tech like an AI chatbot. Chatbots and humans are the winning customer service combo.


Investment opportunity: Aerial adventure park comes to NZ
7 Oct 2019  

Investment opportunity: Aerial adventure park comes to NZ

A high-ropes adventure attraction popular with visitors to global locations including Shanghai, Switzerland and Orlando Florida is now available in New Zealand.


Five ways live chat can lift online sales and drive customer delight
1 Aug 2019  

Five ways live chat can lift online sales and drive customer delight

Today’s visitors are savvy and, more than ever, impatient! When researching travel online, people want – and expect – immediate answers. Maverick Digital outlines five ways live chat can help you drive customer delight and increase direct bookings.


New Qrious Report provides monthly visitor insights for your area
17 Jun 2019  

New Qrious Report provides monthly visitor insights for your area

A timely alternative to the CAM for New Zealand tourism operators and local government.


Heli Glenorchy’s ‘once in a lifetime’ heli-adventures
14 May 2019  

Heli Glenorchy’s ‘once in a lifetime’ heli-adventures

SPONSORED Heli Glenorchy is a small, family owned company offering scenic helicopter flights from Glenorchy Airfield. With a genuine connection to the area, our friendly local pilots and small specialised MORE »


Watch: Adara’s Jonathan Hardy talks tourism insights with Tomahawk
6 May 2019  

Watch: Adara’s Jonathan Hardy talks tourism insights with Tomahawk

Tourism marketers are dealing with a very particular set of behaviours that make it hard to use data the way many other marketers do.


Shotover Jet’s new look is more than meets the eye
24 Apr 2019  

Shotover Jet’s new look is more than meets the eye

Queenstown’s iconic Shotover Jet has unveiled a fresh new look for its fleet of twin-engine jet boats.


South Island operators to take centre stage as China interest snowballs
8 Apr 2019  

South Island operators to take centre stage as China interest snowballs

A trio of South Island snow experiences is set to capitalise on China’s growing interest in winter sports after winning three of the six spots in the latest round of Christchurch Airport’s New Horizons programme.


New Entrant: How ADARA plans to plug NZ tourism’s data gap
4 Feb 2019  

New Entrant: How ADARA plans to plug NZ tourism’s data gap

ADARA’s VP of tourism for Asia Pacific, Matthew Zatto, on what the global data company’s arrival in NZ means for the country’s tourism industry.


Digital Domination in 2019: Protect your brand and own the conversation
28 Jan 2019  

Digital Domination in 2019: Protect your brand and own the conversation

From operations to marketing, digital technology offers so much opportunity to create a better visitor experience. So, why are so many tourism operators not leveraging digital to their advantage? Maverick Digital’s Founder and Head of Strategy Alex Bayes talks tourism tech for 2019.


Building tracks, building communities: VSA Volunteers
21 Jan 2019  

Building tracks, building communities: VSA Volunteers

VSA volunteers support the Pacific tourism sector by working alongside local government and tourism operators to offer quality experiences.


From Real Journeys to Wayfare
17 Oct 2018  

From Real Journeys to Wayfare

Wayfare (noun) : to travel or the act of journeying


Watch: Waimangu Volcanic Valley launches brand refresh video
7 Aug 2018  

Watch: Waimangu Volcanic Valley launches brand refresh video

Waimangu Volcanic Valley has released its new brand refresh video.


Watch: The Rees Hotel Queenstown brand video refresh
6 Aug 2018  

Watch: The Rees Hotel Queenstown brand video refresh

The film is “a reflection of its luxury accommodation offering, award-winning food and wine, the region and its people”.


Get To Extraordinary Golden Bay
24 Apr 2018   /

Get To Extraordinary Golden Bay

Nelson Tasman locals and people from all around New Zealand have a deep love for Takaka and Golden Bay, and it’s easy to see why.                          


Behind the rebrand with Skydive Southern Alps
4 Dec 2017  

Behind the rebrand with Skydive Southern Alps

An exciting brand refresh drawing on New Zealand’s most stunning alpine scenery and boundless skies sees Glenorchy-based Skydive Southern Alps ready to make its own mark on the domestic and international visitor market.


ZEALANDIA – Only a Beginning
23 Nov 2017  

ZEALANDIA – Only a Beginning

Wellington’s wildlife sanctuary, ZEALANDIA, has put together a new promotional video to show visitors why they are bringing native wildlife back to a special valley.