Tourism Industry Blog

James Hacon shares how attractions and activities can gain more business through accommodation providers with a case study to look at how packaging can encourage accommodation providers to sell your product.

This is not a blog post about taping boxes or wrapping parcels – instead James Hacon offers some hints about packaging your tourism product with others and how this can benefit your business.

A classic story of a young New Zealand businessman who has returned home and ‘done good’. Ryan Sanders, owner of Haka Tours, has recently been recognised for his innovation in tourism.

An article based on anecdotal evidence of 12 years in the ecotourism industry as a guide with some useful points to consider about what Ecotourists want from tourism products.

Top independent UK travel magazine Wanderlust is looking for the world’s best guides and tour leaders. There are only a few days left to nominate New Zealand’s top tour guides for the awards. Nominations close Thursday 25 February.

After being both a tour guide, managing a Tour Company and spending a year being a traveller myself I have a pretty good understanding of what makes the difference between a good trip and a great trip to a country.

The Inbound Tour Operators Council annual conference for 2010 will be held in Blenheim at the Marlborough Convention Centre from 17-18 August.

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