Tourism Export Council Latest News

Below is the latest news from the Tourism Export Council including member updates.

If you are seeking more tourism-related news you may wish to contact the below:

Inside Tourism:                                 http://www.insidetourism.com

Tourism Ticker:                                 http://tourismticker.com

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TourWriter in Fast 500 for the 3rd year

Thursday, November 27th, 2014

Fifty-one New Zealand technology companies have been included in the 2014 Deloitte Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500 Index with travel software company TourWriter making the list for the 3rd year […]

Dunedin to host 2015 TEC Conference

Friday, November 7th, 2014

SAVE THE DATES!           Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 August 2015  Congratulations to Enterprise Dunedin who were successful with their bid to host the 2015 Tourism […]

Tourplan are 2014 winners in prestigious “Ten best Web Support Sites” award.

Wednesday, October 1st, 2014

Tourplan “Top Ten” Winners Alongside co-winners Cisco Systems, EMC, Google Adwords, IBM, McAfee, Microsoft Surface Support, PTC and Red Hat in the Open Division, Tourplan and […]

Mt Hector Scenic Flight

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Tourwriter – finalist in Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award

Friday, September 12th, 2014

Wellington – 8 September 2014 – TourWriter, the Software company developed for inbound tour operators, announced today it was recently selected as a finalist in the Red Herring’s Top […]

NEW “guide to working with NZ inbound tour operators”

Sunday, September 7th, 2014

Released at the Tourism Conference 2014 was the new guide on “how to work with a New Zealand Inbound Tour Operator”. The “Planning for Inbound Success” […]

Inaugural Young TEC Excellence Award Winner!

Friday, August 29th, 2014

INAUGURAL YOUNG TEC EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER! The Tourism Export Council of New Zealand announced today at the national tourism conference awards event held at the Claudelands […]

Operator of the Year – WINNERS!

Friday, August 29th, 2014

Top tour operators recognised by industry Two of New Zealand’s top operators have been recognised as the best in the business by their industry peers at […]

Conference closing keynote speaker – Justin Herald!

Monday, July 28th, 2014

If you’re someone with ATTITUDE come to the Tourism Conference 26/27 August and hear from Justin Herald who down to his last $50 in his pocket, but alot of […]

Welcome to new members!

Monday, July 28th, 2014

A warm welcome to our new members! We look forward to helping you learn more about tourism trade and the growing your business! WHITE ISLAND TOURS   […]

Russia ppt from Chris Flynn, PATA

Monday, July 28th, 2014

Hi folks – last year at the 2013 Tourism Conference, Chris Flynn from PATA did an excellent presentation on Russia and Brazil.  Here is the presentation. […]

Tourism Radio Audio Travel Guides lead the way in tackling self-drive tourist road safety

Thursday, July 17th, 2014

(Auckland, New Zealand) Tourism Radio (http://www.tourismradio.co.nz) is fully committed to ensuring self-drive visitors to New Zealand get the best safety information available, as soon as they […]

Immigration – Essential Skills submission

Saturday, June 14th, 2014

The Tourism Export Council and TIA have recently submitted to Immigration New Zealand suggestions to add more tourism and hospitality related positions to the Essential Skills […]

YTEC new web pages

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

Young TEC has come of age and has it’s own collection of website pages. Check out the new pages, images and ‘like’ their facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/youngtourismexportcouncil

Budget Rent a Car supports TravelSafe NZ

Friday, June 6th, 2014

Budget Rent a Car and Avis Rent a Car have committed to support TravelSafe NZ to help ensure their clients safety and welfare. “We see TravelSafe NZ as […]

Annual Conference Registrations now online!

Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

Annual Conference registrations are now available via this link. https://tourism-export-council-conference-2014.lilregie.com/step1

Support for Tourism 2025

Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

Tourism Export Council supports the Tourism 2025 framework Chief Executive of the Tourism Export Council, Lesley Immink, congratulates Martin Snedden and the project team on Tourism […]

A “national park of 4 million”

Friday, January 31st, 2014

TOURISM BUSINESS MAGAZINE – JAN/FEB 2014 Being the start of the year it is an opportune time to indicate the priorities for the Tourism Export Council […]

New Day Spa at Edgewater

Monday, January 27th, 2014

If your clients have returned from a day of sightseeing seeking a massage or simply enjoy being pampered while away from home, then we’ve got the […]

Tourism Conference dates – 26/27 August Hamilton

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

SAVE THE DATES! Hamilton Waikato Tourism are the hosts for the 2014 Tourism Conference. Dates are Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 August 2014 with the Novotel Hotel  […]

Photos from Xmas Symposium 2013 & Young TEC

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Check out the Facebook pages of the Tourism Export Council https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tourism-Export-Council-of-New-Zealand/321989407850182  and Young TEC  https://www.facebook.com/youngtourismexportcouncil to see photos from the Xmas Symposium 2013 and Young TEC Conference day!

Hi from Southern World

Saturday, December 7th, 2013

This is a Merry Xmas example of how members can post their own media updates and good news!

Hamilton to host 2014 Tourism Conference!

Friday, November 22nd, 2013

Big benefits are set to come to Hamilton Waikato after it was announced the region will host the 2014 Tourism Export Council Conference. A review of […]

Christchurch Recovery update – visit soon!

Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

INSIDE TOURISM – EXPORT MATTERS Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism (CCT) recently hosted the Tourism Export Council Board meeting and the Board stayed on for a day […]

Congratulations & Lonely Planet accolades

Tuesday, October 29th, 2013

A huge congratulations to Brett, Jason and the Auckland ATEED team and Jim from West Coast for their recognition of being in the top 10 best […]

2025 NTP – Choose success over apathy!

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

INSIDE TOURISM – CHOOSE SUCCESS OVER APATHY! CEO of the Tourism Export Council Lesley Immink welcomes the NTP and believes that any naysayers of “we’ve been […]

Tourism Conference 2013 – a great forum for discussion!

Sunday, September 29th, 2013

TOURISM BUSINESS MAGAZINE – The recent Tourism Export Council Conference held in Masterton was a great forum to gather consensus on two very important issues. The […]

Immink chuffed with Maori profile at Conference

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

INSIDE TOURISM – CONFERENCE 2013 REPORT Chief Executive of the Tourism Export CounciI, Lesley Immink was absolutely rapt with how well the delegates received our keynote speakers […]

Warren Harford – Life Member!

Sunday, August 25th, 2013

It was a humble and gracious Warren Harford of the Agrodome who accepted the latest Life Member award for service to ITOC over the years. Warren […]

Operator of the Year 2013 winners!

Sunday, August 25th, 2013

Congratulations to Pacific Destinationz and Real Journeys for winning the Inbound and Operator of the Year 2013 awards which were presented at the TEC Conference, Copthorne […]