eXplore Show - Central North Island

Destination Hauraki Coromandel (DHC) are fielding an increasing number of enquiries from tourism businesses wanting to grow their international client base. We highly recommend the eXplore trade show as a place to begin. It is also a great event to remain connected if you are wanting to maintain and build strong trade partnerships. 

The event is targeted at the main travel partners, ranging from the Product Buyer/Decision Makers at Inbound and Wholesale Companies through to frontline staff from isites, retail travel agencies and inbound/wholesale companies, as well as Tourism NZ staff from the trade and media teams. We have previously had buyers fly into the event from around the country and Australia, and for 2025 we will also be inviting buyers travelling to NZ for TRENZ from our key markets Australia, USA and UK/Germany.

There is no better opportunity to engage with so many quality buyers and influencers in one place, in one day.  A targeted and receptive audience!

View the prospectus and register here

If you have any questions please contact us. DHC commits to this event every year and would love you to join us.

Please note TRENZ applications have now closed.

Australia Trade Roadshow - "North"

North Island Regional Tourism Organisations (RTOs) are planning two trade shows in Sydney and Melbourne in early September 2025. This activity would target frontline and product manager travel sellers in our biggest international market. If you'd like to welcome more Australian visitors and would like to consider this event please register an expression of interest here.

Please note the cost would be approximately $2500 per operator, this does not include flights or accommodation.

www.newzealand.com

Please remember to double check your listing on www.newzealand.com and make sure your details are up to date. You can access your listing on www.newzealand.com here. If your business is an activity or accommodation the listing information is pulled through to www.thecoromandel.com and also the Travel App.

If you have a dining or event listing you can update it here

Looking back - recent spend data

Spend data for October 2024 has been released. Hauraki Coromandel saw a 4.1% increase on the same time last year (STLY). This is up on the national average of 2.5%.

This sees a slight turn around from the previous 3 months of July, August and September that were down in spend compared to STLY. This is most likely due to tough economic conditions that saw a greater decrease in spend across the country on average. Growth from international travellers and in particular the USA (up 23% for the last 3 months compared to STLY) has definitely helped.

Pāuanui, Tairua and Southern Mercury Bay saw the greatest increases in spend for October and also the last 3 months when compared to STLY.

Please note the spend data, provided by Worldline only reflects electronic card transactions and not cash or online bookings. Therefore the absolute total spend would be much greater. This data allows users to monitor trends in the market.