Tourism Industry Blog

Some tips from Michelle Ackers on how to deal with media management for your business during a crisis situation

Why your business must be listed on Google Places with some tips on how to make the most of this tool for your local search results

TRENZ provides a great opportunity to gauge how the industry is looking for the season ahead, find out some of the common comments from this years event amidst a rather tumultuous year.

If there’s one thing in a marketing sense that has risen out of the recession it’s the rapid development of websites that promote heavily discounted deals for just one day of sales.

I like using Mailchimp as an effective email marketing tool for small to medium businesses because it is really is EASY to use. Read more about why you should give it a go for your business.

For most tourism businesses now is the time of year to review your high season performance and plan ahead for the next one. This includes analysing how well your marketing and sales efforts are working to get bookings.

Webcams have become a great way to promote destinations throughout New Zealand and so are serving as an invaluable tool for travellers, tourism operators and RTO’s.

The latest campaign by Tourism NZ has evolved the 100% Pure brand with a noticeable shift in focus to connect at an emotional level highlighting things travellers can experience in New Zealand

There are times, despite best intentions, where any tourism business has to handle customer disputes. Regardless of the cause of dissatisfaction there are always things you can learn to help avoid them again.

Starting at a new blank Facebook Page doesn’t really get people interested to “Like” your page – so before you start promoting it to your customers and friends add a nice variety of content to get it off to a good start.