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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Scholarship winner off to a great start
2017 TINZT Scholarship winner Laura-Madeleine Kuepper is thoroughly enjoying her tourism courses at Victoria University of Wellington, and life in the capital city.
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From archaeology to glacier guiding
A day in the life of Fox Glacier Guiding Customer Services Manager Christina Paterson can include a helicopter trip across the Southern Alps or crawling through an ice cave on the iconic Fox Glacier. “It’s crazy how diverse my job can be,” she says.
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International recognition for top hotel staffer
Priyanka Payal Sharma is a Senior Receptionist and Duty Manager at CityLife Auckland. Earlier this year, she flew to Paris to compete in the AICR international receptionist of the year competition.
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Fast tracking job opportunities
A workplace programme led by AccorHotels is helping get hundreds of Kiwis off the benefit ,into jobs and filling the skills gap.
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NZ Hotel Industry Awards - women wow judges
Women dominated this year’s New Zealand Hotel Industry Awards, winning seven of the 10 individual awards, including the General Manager, Senior Hotel Executive and Outstanding Young Hotel Executive of the Year.
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Hassle-free Tours expansion
Hassle-free Tours, a Christchurch based and family owned tour company, is investing nearly $2 million dollars in a project to expand their city sightseeing double decker bus tours into Auckland and Queenstown from November 2017.
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'Speed dating' careers evening
Young TEC Wellington recently promoted tourism as a great career at a NZ School of Tourism ‘speed dating’ event .
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Holiday Parks 'emerging star'
Jasmine Adams of the Rotorua TOP 10 Holiday Park has won the inaugural Holiday Parks’ Emerging Star Award for holiday park professionals under the age of 35. Jasmine has been recognised for her efforts in leading the wider industry and her community, as well as her own park.
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Zealandia wins environmental award
Wellington eco-sanctuary and visitor attraction Zealandia has won the Leadership in Communication and Education award in the 2017 Green Ribbon Awards which recognise outstanding contributions to protect and manage New Zealand's environment.
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Real Journeys giving back
The Real Journeys Cruise-for-a-Cause this year will assist Forest & Bird with predator control and help train Southland & Otago Cancer Society volunteers.
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Inzone Careers Coach
The Inzone Careers Coach is using technology to promote careers in tourism and other sectors to thousands of New Zealand students.
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CityLife Hotel Receptionist recognised internationally
CityLife Auckland receptionist Priyanka Payal Sharma achieved equal second runner up in the global AICR World Receptionist of the Year awards at a glamorous event in Paris recently.
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A traveller at heart
Lauren Campbell is a Senior International Trade Consultant with the Interislander and KiwiRail. She’s enjoying a fantastic career in tourism.
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