New Zealand’s largest team for Associations Forum

Hobbiton™ Movie Set

New Zealand is leading its largest ever team to the Associations Forum National Conference next month in Melbourne.

CINZ Australia Manager Sharon Auld says 14 business events exhibitors are representing New Zealand on the CINZ 100% Pure New Zealand stand this year, covering destinations from as far north as the Bay of Islands and as far south as Dunedin.

Six new exhibitors will be attending from around New Zealand including Hamilton and Waikato, Nelson, and Dunedin, Hobbiton™ Movie Set, The Langham Auckland, and the New Zealand International Convention Centre.

“This will be the sixth year in a row New Zealand exhibitors have come together under the 100% Pure New Zealand banner. Over this period we have welcomed a number of associations to conference in New Zealand for the first time with great success,” she says.

“New Zealand’s annual business event arrivals from Australia exceeded 40,000 in 2015 and this can only grow as our reputation as a great place to conference spreads.

“The CINZ 100% Pure New Zealand stand will be an engaging relaxed space ideal for networking.”

The New Zealand representatives at the 11th AFNC in Melbourne are:

• Air New Zealand
• Auckland Convention Bureau
• Christchurch & Canterbury Convention Bureau
• CINZ
• Destination Rotorua Business Events
• Dunedin Venues
• Hamilton & Waikato Convention Bureau
• Hobbiton™ Movie Set
• Millennium Hotels and Resorts
• Nelson Tasman Tourism
• New Zealand International Convention Centre
• SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre
• The Langham Auckland
• Tourism New Zealand

Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ)

• CINZ www.conventionsnz.co.nz is the official, membership based association of New Zealand’s conference and business travel industry with more than 380 members across a broad range of sectors.
• CINZ takes a leadership role in increasing meetings, incentives, conference and events business for the benefit of its members, principal stakeholders and the New Zealand economy.
• CINZ works to actively promote the sector, providing advocacy with central government, and offering assistance, information, professional development and real business opportunities to its members.
• CINZ manages New Zealand’s only national annual trade show MEETINGS, which generated over $50 million over its two days in Auckland in 2015.
• Multi-day convention/conference delegates spent an estimated $472 million in the New Zealand economy during 2015 (MBIE CDS Dec 2015).
• Domestic delegates accounted for $246 million (52 per cent of the total amount),
• Local delegates spent $96 million (20 per cent) inside their regions
• International visitors spent a total of $130 million (28 per cent). 
• Of the international spend
• $77 million was generated from Australian visitors
• $53 million from other international visitors.