New Zealand offers planners and organisers the opportunity to bring an event to life for delegates beyond the four walls of the conference room, with stunning landscapes as well as captivating and unique experiences all year round.
Depending on your event, this could look like an educational tour of New Zealand’s world-renowned agritech sector, followed by networking while sampling world-class cuisine with a farm-to-fork feast. Or meeting New Zealand’s leading experts in the space sector before a trip out to a Dark Sky Sanctuary for a spot of stargazing.
It could mean engaging with New Zealand’s indigenous Māori culture beyond experiencing a traditional cultural welcome. A more immersive integration of te ao Māori (the Māori world view) into your conference programme can encourage new points of view and offers a unique opportunity to enhance event outcomes.
New Zealand is well-connected to the world and served by growing flight connectivity. Research shows New Zealand’s appeal with international visitors is high, ensuring a strong delegate appetite to attend a conference or event hosted here.
With Millennials and Gen Z a growing demographic among business events delegates, New Zealand is a popular choice to deliver authentic experiences and deeper connections. Internationally recognised as being safe and secure, as well as innovative, open-minded and diverse, it’s the perfect playground for sharing ideas and creating new collaborations. And don’t be surprised when delegates all start insisting on ‘staying on for a few extra days.’
New Zealand has a strong focus on the environment, with many operators looking beyond ‘sustainability’ to ‘regeneration’, where more is put back into the environment and the community than is taken. The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has recognised the Sustainable Tourism Business Criteria of New Zealand’s accreditation body, Qualmark. Using Qualmark-accredited operators for accommodation, venue, experiences and transport is an easy way to enable a sustainable event.
New Zealand’s unique combination of world-class facilities, stunning natural environment and transformational culture unlocks new thinking, discussion and experiences for delegates, enabling better event outcomes and genuine and long-lasting impacts.