Tourism Industry Blog

You certainly have to admire the strength and ingenuity coming from Christchurch…a group made up from those in the Christchurch tourism industry have developed the “Christchurch is Open” event on 30 April.

We’d like to rally support from our fellow tourism industry followers to help with fundraising efforts for the Christchurch Earthquake. Place a donation here.

TRENZ, the New Zealand tourism industry’s most important annual event, will for the first time ever, be located in New Zealand’s strongest visitor region, at the Queenstown Events Centre, 22-25 May 2011.

Now that we are well into the shoulder season many tourism businesses will be comparing sales to last year and looking at their forward bookings for the peak season. How is it looking for your business, tourist area, or region?

Details of the 2011 New Zealand Inbound Tourism Conference and the New Zealand Inbound Tourism Symposium have been released by ITOC.

View some of Air New Zealand’s new promotional videos for your entertainment…love them or find them offensive? Rico the puppet star of the videos also has a Facebook page – perhaps they are aiming to turn him into a cult personality?

Have you noticed that’s it’s less than a year to our Rugby World Cup in New Zealand? What have you done to get involved or make the most if it for your tourism business?

Tourism operators in New Zealand tend to either embrace or loath Qualmark. Here’s your chance to express your views on it to help out the new General Manager of Qualmark.

Marc Krisjanous of New Zealand Business Blogs has just released a Facebook for Business eBook which contains over 130 pages of hints/tips for using Facebook as a communication and branding tool for your business.