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Below is the latest news from the Tourism Export Council including member updates.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Friday, August 23rd, 2013
INSIDE TOURISM – PRESIDENT’S REPORT “Environment” I’ve never seen myself as a greenie and thought I’d be the last person trying to convey environment messages. But […]
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Friday, August 23rd, 2013
NEW INDUSTRY AWARD FOR YOUNG TEC RISING STARS! The Tourism Export Council of New Zealand announced today at the national tourism conference held at the Copthorne […]
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Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
The New Zealand Tourism Export Council is pleased welcome our latest members – we look forward to working with you! ALLIED MEMBERS: GO Rentals – www.gorentals.co.nz […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2013
TOURISM BUSINESS MAGAZINE – Tourism Succession Planning with Young TEC With the rebrand of ITOC to the Tourism Export Council last year, a new “youth […]
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Friday, July 19th, 2013
The Operator and Inbound Operator of the Year 2013 finalists have been named! OPERATOR OF THE YEAR finalists include: Real Journeys, SKYCITY Hotels and Hobbiton Movie […]
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Saturday, July 13th, 2013
NAU MAI MAGAZINE July 2013 Business first then culture for successful Māori tourism operators For Māori tourism businesses to succeed they need to focus on business […]
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Thursday, July 11th, 2013
Preparations for the annual Tourism Export Council Conference 20 -23 August 2013 in Masterton are well underway with the Destination Wairarapa team keen to make it […]
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Monday, June 24th, 2013
NAU MAI – INTERVIEW “Balancing Act” The most successful Maori businesses have managed to balance the cultural and commercial aspects of their business, these aspects of […]
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Monday, June 10th, 2013
It has been 12 months since ITOC changed its name to the Tourism Export Council and time for an annual health check of how the organisation […]
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Friday, May 24th, 2013
Working smarter ‘with and for’ our valued Chinese visitors I’ve been phoned in the past few weeks by media seeking comment re the Prime Minister’s visit […]
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
INSIDE TOURISM – EXPORT MATTERS Its time to stop apologising for the value of the NZ dollar and what it use to buy. For much of […]
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
The project was for the achievement “To become the first Museum in the World to obtain CarboNZero Certification”. – A world-leading sustainable museum operation. The Award […]
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Hi folks! I’d lke to introduce myself – My name is Siobhan Lambert and I’m the new National Sales Coordinator for Rydges NZ. I moved up from […]
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Saturday, April 20th, 2013
Registrations are now available for the networking event of the year! This year the Conference is hosted by Destination Wairarapa, Masterton at the Copthorne Solway Hotel […]
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Monday, April 8th, 2013
Tuhura are smartphone/tablet/iPad Apps that enable travellers throughout New Zealand to connect with local people telling local stories. Tuhura is for the traveller who wants to discover […]
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Monday, March 18th, 2013
INSIDE TOURISM – EXPORT MATTERS Visiting members over the summer I’m pleased to report that for the most, operators are having a better season than expected. […]
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Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Tourism Business Magazine – Feb Mar 2013 The 2012/2013 season seems to have got off to a better start than expected. During the conference last […]
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
INSIDE TOURISM – EXPORT MATTERS There has been some talk recently in the media about the 100% Pure New Zealand campaign – not as its […]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
New Zealand’s first treetop walkway and cafe is now open to all ! We have been operating for two weeks now (opened 14 December) with only […]
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
Click Immigration news Dec 2012 to read the latest news from Immigration New Zealand – 18 December 2012.
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
Who was spending the most in 2012 and where were they spending i?. Click Global Blue Spending Barometer 2012 to read this interesting collection of spending data
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
The TECNZ Member survey analysis Nov 2012 is available to view. We hope to make this an annual survey in the future.
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Welcome to the following new members and we look forward to working with you! Auckland and Beyond Tours – https://aucklandandbeyond.co.nz/ Contact person: Peter Hamdy Envy Experiences […]
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Saturday, December 1st, 2012
Click here to see the latest Chc Recovery Status Report December 2012 re accommodation, attractions and activities.
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
INSIDE TOURISM – Tuesday 27 November 2012 There were wizards, hobbits, elves, dwarves, orcs, ents and even a ‘barrel’ at the Red Carpet Tours “Hobbit party” […]
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
Tourism Forecasts for 2012-2018. Click on the Forecasts predict solid growth but structural shift in tourism link (pg 2) to download the 50 page forecast report from […]
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
EXPORT MATTERS – INSIDE TOURISM Wed 14 November 2012 Is there a place for romance in business? Absolutely, but with a few differences. Think of romance […]
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Sunday, October 14th, 2012
The first parts of the 450 metre steel structure that will be New Zealand’s first treetop walk have arrived on site. The structure will be assembled over the […]
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