Tourism Industry Blog

Part 2 of the 2011 eTourism Summit summaries by James Hacon, with this article focused on mobile technology.

James Hacon provides a summary of the recent eTourism Summit in San Francisco which he attended. This article focuses on the Google topics covered of the conference.

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.

Fall in love with responsible tourism. The dates are set for the next Responsible Tourism Week. This unconventional, online unconference takes place Feb 14-18, 2011.

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

Entries are now open for the 2010 Tourism Awards which have been revamped to seek “an innovation focus” from entrants.

If you followed the TRENZ Blog in 2009 you are probably already on to it again for 2010. For those who didn’t, the blog is back online for 2010 and written by Ruth Atherley from AHA Creative in Canada.

The main objective of the E Tourism Conference is to create awareness, educate and update the travel industry with the latest e-travel strategies. This will enable tourism providers to achieve maximum return on their advertising investment and teach them how to do this effectively in the minimum time necessary.

The annual Holiday Parks Conference and Trade Exhibition for 2010 will be held in Rotorua 22-24 June at the Distinction Hotel. Find out more about registration and Exhibition information…

The 2010 Annual Conference for MANZ members (Moteliers Association of New Zealand) will be held in Hamilton from 29 July to 1 August at the Novotel Tainui.