Conference Programme 2007

DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY 1 AUGUST 2007

Powhiri

Conference Registration
MORNING TEA

 Opening Address Hon. Damien O’Connor Minister of Tourism

10.00-10.45

KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Ron Mader 
Founder of www.planeta.com
A global perspective of ecotourism  

10.45-11.30

11.30-12.00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Ross Dowling
Founder and Board Memmber, Ecotourism Australia
An Australian perspective of ecotourism 

Questions

12.00-1.00

LUNCH
 

1.00-2.30

 Environmental and Sustainable Tourism

Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Tourism.
The drive is of sustainability and the environment - Tourism Industry Association of New Zealand (TIA)
Business issues and international trends - Tourism Resource Consultants

Workshops will look into:
What are the big issues concerning environmental and sustainable tourism and what are the possible solutions?

2.30-3.30

 Workshop 1

Environmental and Sustainable Tourism

Geoff Ensor
TIA

Workshop 2

Environmental and Sustainable Tourism

Antonia Westmacott
Ministry of Tourism

Workshop 3

Environmental and Sustainable Tourism

Eric Park
Ministry for Environment

Workshop 4

Environmental and Sustainable Tourism

Dave Bamford
Tourism Resource Consultants

3.30-4.00

 AFTERNOON TEA

4.00-5.30 

 Operator Issues

Business strategy and vision

Peter Morrison
Marketing Consultant

How important is it to have a regularly updated business strategy?

Case Study
Dive Tutukaka

Operator Issues

Online marketing

Lawrence Crabtree
Cabbage Tree Creative

Making the web work for your business

Operator Issues

The reality of managing business-who, why and how!

Conrad Anderson
The West Coast Development Trust

Case Study
White Heron Bird Sanctuary

Operator Issues

Growing your business through partnerships

Craig Wilson
Quality Tourism Development Limited

Case Study
Hiking New Zealand

5.30-6.30

 DRINKS

6.30-8.00

 DINNER

8.00

 ATFER DINNER SPEAKER - Cam McLeay 
Adrift Adventures Co. and Wildwaters, Uganda

DAY 2 - THURSDAY 2 AUGUST 2007

Housekeeping

 Operator Issues

Business strategy and vision

Peter Morrison
Marketing Consultant

How important is it to have a regularly updated business strategy?

 Case Study
Dive Tutukaka

Operator Issues

Online marketing

Lawrence Crabtree
Cabbage Tree Creative

Making the web work for your business

Operator Issues

The reality of managing business-who, why and how!

Conrad Anderson
The West Coast Development Trust

Case Study
White Heron Bird Sanctuary

Operator Issues

Growing your business through partnerships

Craig Wilson
Quality Tourism Development Limited

Case Study
Hiking New Zealand 

MORNING TEA

LUNCH

Interpretation Basics

Hear from New Zealand interpretaion guides

A virtual tour of Ulva Island Bird Sanctuary

Catlins Wildlife Trackers Ecotours - interpretation basics and your audience

AFTERNOON TEA

Field Trip

Shantytown
3.00pm

Field Trip

Woods Creek
3.00pm

Field Trip

Punakaiki
Departs 2.45pm

Field Trip

Blackball
3.00pm

Field Trip

Point Elizabeth
3.00pm

Buses depart Greymouth for Paroa Hotel Dinner and Entertainment

DAY 3 - FRIDAY 3 AUGUST 2007

Housekeeping

New Zealand Tourism Research - Why you should cater for tourists with disbilities?

Sandra Rhodda
Tai Poutini Polytechnic

The next hot niche market - why you should cater for tourists with disabilities

Growing Ecotourism on the West Coast

Hugh Canard
Canard Consulting Limited

Community-based tourism initiatives for economic development.

Case Studies from the West Coast region's MRI

Training and Education

Geoff Button and John Kennedy
Tai Poutini Polytechnic

Telling a story - how we communicate with our visitors

MORNING TEA

Cultural Tourism

Joe Doherty
Te Urewera Treks

What the tourism strategy 2015 means for Maori Tourism?

 Abel Tasman Wilson's Experiences and Wakatu Incorporation
A partnership to deliver a cultural experience at Abel Tasman National Park

Case Study
Ngai Tahu Maori Rock Art Trust

The following workshop will look at how to deliver cultural tourism and examine the issues around cultural tourism:

Workshops with Ron Mader

How operators and government leaders take advantage of Web 2.0 technologies to promote New Zealand ecotourism?

This workshop reviews specific tools to promote operations using Planeta.com, Flickr, Youtube and Wikipedia.

Workshop

Cultural Tourism

Workshop

Workshop continues with Ron Mader

OUTCOMES

Environmental and Sustainabel Tourism
Standards and Benchmarking
Intrepretation and Fieldtrips
Concessions and Land Management
Cultural Tourism

CONFERENCE CLOSING

LUNCH