What does the Convention Bureau do and how can it benefit your business?
Nelson Tasman Tourism (NTT) has been marketing the region as a conference destination for the past nine years. Marketing activity is part funded by a membership based marketing group and the rest by Nelson Tasman Tourism.
One of the primary marketing objectives of Nelson Tasman Tourism is to help grow the conference, convention and incentive market to help businesses to prosper and address seasonality issues the region faces.
The Convention Bureau (under the umbrella of NTT) performs two key roles in servicing this market:
(a) marketing the region direct to the Meetings, Incentive, Conference and Events (MICE) market encouraging organisers to make Nelson Tasman the destination for their next event
(b) acting as a one-stop-shop advisor to industry planners wanting contacts and advice on hosting MICE events in the Nelson Tasman region
Join the Convention Bureau now and receive the following benefits in growing your business.
- Regional proposals and conference bids
- Client referrals
- Production and distribution of an annual Nelson Tasman Conference Planner. 500 distributed annually.
- Management of www.ConferencesNelsonNZ.com including conference listing opportunities.
- Maintenance and ongoing development of a C&I buyer database.
- An industry specific, quarterly e-newsletter distributed to over 1,000 industry subscribers
- Representation, and support for attending partners, at C&I industry trade shows, such as Meetings 2010 and Wellington Conferences & Events Expo
- Coordination and production of an annual Nelson Marlborough C&I trade event in Auckland.
- Organisation familiarisation visits, site inspections and meetings for prospective conference business with relevant member's venues and services.
- Coordination of C&I industry media famils and regional editorial for relevant industry publications.
- Production and distribution of 2,000 – 3,000 delegate visitor packs each year.
- Representation on New Zealand Convention Bureau and Conventions Incentives New Zealand (CINZ)
- Maintenance and promotion of a generic Nelson Tasman image library and promotional DVD to support conference bids and boost delegate numbers.
- Industry networking opportunities, including coordination of bi-monthly industry meetings for members.
- Assistance with conference itinerary suggestions featuring member businesses.
- Regional support and report-back of National Convention Activity survey results.
- Ongoing relationships with relevant Nelson Tasman networks for the benefit of the region's conference market
