Thank you to our partners
Tourism Industry Aotearoa would like to thank the following partners for their generous support of the New Zealand Tourism Awards.
Award partner
Air New Zealand has a proud history as New Zealand’s national carrier, whose purpose is to enrich New Zealand by connecting New Zealanders to each other and New Zealand to the world. They have a key role to play in helping tourism’s recovery through promoting New Zealand as a visitor destination and offering award-winning service and an extensive route network to make it simple and seamless to visit New Zealand.
Award sponsors
From the arrival of the first ocean going waka into the Manukau Harbour, Auckland Airport has been a place of journeys. They stand proudly as the gateway to Aotearoa, welcoming travellers beginning their journeys, farewelling Kiwis to new destinations, connecting businesses and workers to new opportunities, and celebrating partners who back them along the way.
Auckland Airport are proud to support Tourism Industry Aotearoa as it celebrates the best of tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
KiwiRail Tourism encompasses two iconic tourism brands – Interislander and Great Journeys New Zealand, which together have decades of experience delivering epic ferry and rail journeys. The Interislander connects New Zealanders and international visitors across the Cook Strait on one of the world’s most spectacular ferry journeys. Great Journeys New Zealand links land and people, giving visitors a front-row seat as they experience scenic rail, taking them on guided tours into the regions and through the heart of Aotearoa. They are investing in a sustainable future, and are proud to sponsor a Tourism Award that recognises the sector’s environmental champions.
New Zealand Māori Tourism provides strength to the Māori tourism sector and is committed to working with the sector to build stronger cultural and commercial leadership. They support initiatives that promote value and values alignment, enabling the growth and quality of Maori tourism experiences. Positioning Māori tourism in this way allows Māori to take a leadership role in how manuhiri (visitors) experience our country.
Nā te ao Māori koe i tō mai
The world of Māori is the drawing force,
it is the reason you are here,
it is the experience you seek.
Sudima Hotels is a family-owned New Zealand business of high performing hotels with associated accommodation, conference and events, restaurant and bar hospitality offerings. As we’ve grown, we’ve kept our friendly, family focused culture and have remained true to our values. This feeling of genuine warmth and care – for our guests, our staff, our community, and our environment – is what sets us apart. Sudima Hotels is driven to create New Zealand’s most inclusive, innovative and sustainable hotels - where everyone feels they belong. Groundbreaking ideas shape our future and guided by the principles of kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga, along with our unwavering dedication to people, community and planet, we lead the way in hospitality. These commitments have resulted in Sudima Hotels being the most awarded New Zealand hotel brand, they strengthen our brand, market position and enable sustainable business growth now and into the future.
Tourism Talent is an executive recruitment agency with a passion for change. The team have all worked in and love the tourism industry, it gets under your skin, that pride and joy you get from welcoming people to New Zealand and seeing them have great experiences in our own backyard. It is that passion that drives Tourism Talent to make positive change happen for clients and candidates alike. It is why they salute and support the amazing employers out there through their sponsorship of the Employer of Choice Award.
The Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust (TINZT) was established in 2007 for charitable purposes for the education of people involved in the New Zealand tourism industry and the education of all persons in New Zealand on matters relating to or for use in the tourism industry in New Zealand, and the fostering and promotion of a tourism industry in New Zealand based on the sustainable use and preservation of New Zealand’s natural assets.