Event organisers from around Australia are keen to cross the Tasman to New Zealand, according to organisers of this year’s CINZ MEETINGS.
Around 60 Australian hosted buyers have signed on to join regional familiarisation tours the weekend prior to New Zealand’s biggest business tourism trade exhibition.
Another 12 Australian buyers are extending their stay in New Zealand for further site visits after MEETINGS, being held on 10 and 11 June at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds.
Organised by the CINZ Australia team, the tours are part of the official MEETINGS programme and are designed to match buyers’ specific needs with regions of their choice.
This year Australian visitors will be heading to Hamilton and Waikato, Rotorua, Lake Taupo, Wellington, Christchurch and Canterbury, Dunedin and Queenstown.
They also have two tour options in MEETINGS’ host city on 9 June, and a special dinner at Auckland War Memorial Museum on Wednesday 10 June, both organised by Auckland Convention Bureau.
For several regional convention bureaux, the MEETINGS familiarisations are their only opportunity in the year to host Australian convention and incentive organisers.
Dunedin is excited to be hosting its first CINZ-organised familiarisation next month.
“The value of CINZ and Air New Zealand’s support is enormous and enables us to show off what this beautiful city has to offer.”
Kerry Buchan, Dunedin Bureau Manager
Hamilton and Waikato Convention Bureau manager, Lynn Briggs said the work CINZ does qualifying buyers to the region is extremely valuable And Karen Rainbow, Business Events Manager for Great Lake Taupo said the annual event offers a chance to show Aussies ‘something a little different’.
Christchurch and Canterbury Convention Bureau is hosting eight Australians for a weekend exploring the city and beyond to the alpine spa resort of Hanmer Springs.
“We have so much to share, and this is a brilliant opportunity.”
Caroline Blanchfield, Bureau Manager
This year, over 90 hosted buyers and media from New Zealand, 90 hosted buyers and media from Australia and 400 day buyers from all around New Zealand are set to attend.
There is expected to be over 6,000 meetings held during the two days of pre-scheduled appointments and social networking events.
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Meanwhile, last week New Zealand held its annual TRENZ 2015 conference in Rotorua.
During the event, Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA) revealed that by 2025, as many as 36,000 additional full-time equivalent workers will need to be directly employed in NZ’s tourism sector. Read on
At the event, TRENZ organisers also revealed Rotorua was selected to host the annual international international business event for the second year running in 2016.
