Summit Hub
We are thrilled to welcome our fantastic exhibitors to Tourism Summit Aotearoa in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Our exhibitors provide essential services tailored for tourism businesses. Be sure to connect with them during the breaks at the event and discover innovative solutions that could transform your business. Don't miss this chance to explore new possibilities and forge valuable connections.
Airwallex
Airwallex is the AI native financial operating system for modern businesses. We are building the future of global banking for a real-time, intelligent economy.
We serve more than 675,000 businesses worldwide, either directly or through our platform customers. From startups to multinationals, our customers use Airwallex to manage their financial operations, or to build and monetize their own financial products.
Founded in Melbourne in 2015, Airwallex holds 85+ licenses across North and Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, forming one of the most comprehensive financial infrastructures in the world. This regulated backbone powers Airwallex products at global scale, including payment acceptance, billing, global accounts, corporate cards, and spend management.
The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore with over 2,300 employees across 27 offices. Learn more.
Akiaki - Advancing Tourism
Advance your knowledge about sustainable tourism and learn how to implement practical actions within your business with this online, educational programme developed by Tourism Industry Aotearoa.
Each bite-sized learning module includes reading material, videos, relatable case studies, and interactive tasks. We provide a template for your own Sustainability Action Plan which you can complete as you work through the programme.
Courses currently available are:
- A Guide to Akiaki
- Carbon Reduction
- Waste Elimination and Sustainable Supply Chains
- Restoring Nature
- Visitor Engagement and Satisfaction
- Resilience
- Storytelling
- Investment and Innovation
- Employer of Choice and Community Engagement
- E Whano, e Whanake
- Energy Efficiency for Tourism: Reducing Costs and Carbon While Enhancing the Guest Experience (in collaboration with EECA)
- Storytelling for Nature (in collaboration with the department of Conservation)
This programme is free for members of TIA and all their staff. Businesses and individuals who are not members of TIA can also register. The non-member price is $590+GST per person per annum with discounted rates for 10 or more staff. Find out more and register here.
Fareharbor
FareHarbor is a leading booking and business‑management platform tailored specifically for tours, activities, rentals and attractions. Founded in Hawaii in 2013, it was born when the founders sought an easy way to reserve surfboards online—discovering that tourism operators lacked reliable booking systems. Since then, FareHarbor has scaled to serve over 20,000 businesses across 90+ countries, positioning itself as the industry’s #1 booking software.
Headquartered in Amsterdam with offices in Denver, Boston, San Francisco, Honolulu, and Sydney, Its platform offers a full suite of tools: real‑time availability calendars, intelligent scheduling, channel management, mobile-optimized checkout, digital waivers, payment processing, reporting, and multilingual support. Known for its exceptional support team, FareHarbor prides itself on 24/7 personalized customer service to help businesses focus on delivering memorable experiences.
Tiaki - Care for New Zealand
Tiaki is an industry-wide movement that inspires visitors to travel with care and build a deeper connection with the natural world. This year, Tiaki received funding through the International Visitor Levy (IVL) to help grow awareness of Tiaki with visitors and further embed the kaupapa across the visitor experience. Come and chat to the Tiaki team to find out more about what’s planned, and how you and your business can get involved.
Westpac
As a proud partner of Tourism Industry Aotearoa, Westpac offers members a range of support and benefits designed to help achieve their financial goals. Whether you're opening your first account, growing your business, or planning for retirement, Westpac is committed to supporting you at every stage of your financial journey.
Plus, as a Tourism Industry Aotearoa member, you could benefit from preferential Westpac merchant rates. Customers who have a Westpac settlement account and are a Tourism Industry Aotearoa member can receive the lower rate. Talk to us today about how we can help you and your business.