Member Spotlight
Haka Tours embraces WeChat
Haka Tourism Group boss Ryan Sander is hugely enthusiastic about WeChat, saying it’s a key stepping stone into the China market and is already generating bookings.
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Member Spotlight
Grow your China market with WeChat
Tourism businesses will have at least one Chinese payment system within 12 months, predicts TIA Chair Grant Webster. TIA can help members achieve this through our WeChat partnership with PayPlus.
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Industry News
Travel insurance offer
TIA has partnered with Chubb Insurance and JLT to bring members, friends and families comprehensive, flexible and affordable travel insurance.
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Industry News
Tourism industry aims for sustainability
TIA has launched the New Zealand Tourism Sustainability Commitment, establishing eight Goals for the tourism industry to attain by 2025. Individual businesses are being invited to adopt 14 Commitments designed to support the industry to reach the Goals.
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Industry News
Tourism students given financial boost
Three Kiwi school-leavers planning a career in tourism each got a $2500 financial boost today as the recipients of the 2018 Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust (TINZT) Academic Scholarships.
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Industry News
Brief to the Minister of Tourism
In its Brief to new Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis, TIA points out that tourism is New Zealand’s fastest growing economic contributor, as well as its biggest industry, biggest employer and biggest export sector.
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Member Spotlight
New Cordis Hotel
TIA Chief Executive Chris Roberts was one of the official ribbon-cutters for the new Cordis Hotel in Auckland
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Member Spotlight
New 'GO Glamper' fleet
GO Rentals, New Zealand’s largest independent rental vehicle company, has announced the introduction of its self-contained GO Glamper fleet of camper trailers.
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Industry News
Tourism stays on the front bench
New Zealand’s $35 billion tourism industry is pleased that Labour Deputy Leader Kelvin Davis will take the tourism portfolio in the incoming Government.
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Member Spotlight
Students focus on freedom camping
TIA Insight Specialist Steve Riley met with Victoria University’s third year research course students who have just completed research in to freedom camping.
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Industry News
Kiwi students encouraged to pursue hotel career
An initiative introduced this year by the New Zealand School of Tourism and TIA has encouraged almost 100 Kiwi high school students to consider a career in the hotel sector.
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Member Spotlight
Loving studying tourism
2017 Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust Scholarship winner Benjamin Kearns is loving studying tourism at Victoria University. He's also getting practical experience, working as a casual porter at a Wellington hotel.
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Industry News
Fuel crisis coming to an end
Good news for the tourism, aviation and trade sectors today with the temporary fuel disruption in Auckland coming to an end this weekend, reports Auckland Airport.
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Industry News
Note from the TIA Chair
Tourism has traditionally been cyclical and the forces impacting on it are often out of our control. But your Board believes that we should be taking the opportunity during good times to develop strategies that ensure we look after our economic future and the resources we use to operate.
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Member Spotlight
Studying tourism and loving it!
2016 TINZT Scholarship winner Georgia McLean has continued into her second year of the Tourism Management Degree at Wellington's Victoria University and is loving it!.
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