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Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Part 5 of our series on the 2021 NZ Tourism Awards finalists delivers another three awesome businesses right to your device.
Our first guest needs absolutely no introduction as we introduced him to you last week. And if you haven’t listened to the Part 4 episode we strongly recommend you go back and do that right after this. It’s Matt Stenton from Go With Tourism and this week we’re talking about their finalist entry in the Tourism New Zealand Industry Collaboration Category.
Following Matt, we chat with Alex Dykman from Maverick Digital Tourism Marketing who are finalists in the Tourism Talent Employer of Choice Award. Passionate about empowering tourism to embrace change through technology, Alex is the Founder of Maverick Digital, a digital agency working exclusively with tourism. In doing so, Alex has helped to lead the charge in a new era of digital transformation for our industry. Alex currently leads a staff of 16 tourism marketers, and through a culture of workplace wellness, staff engagement and career development, she is dedicated to making Maverick one of the best places to work in New Zealand. Currently experiencing huge growth, Maverick was recently named #250 in the Deloitte Fast 500 for Asia Pacific Technology businesses.
And last by definitely not least, we welcome another double finalist to the show – James and Tori Burns from the Russell Orongo Bay Holiday Park.
In 2018, James and Tori were offered the opportunity to buy the Russell - Orongo Bay Holiday Park. Russell had always been a special place for them, they were married there 5 years earlier in Christ Church - NZ’s oldest working church. The Holiday Park had always been a magical place for them to stay, set in 14 acres of native bush. The night sky is magnificent with kiwi calling all around and a kiwi trail to explore. It is home to some rare birds - the ornithological society identified 55 species of birds in one day. As newbies to the tourism industry, and big debts hanging over them, it has been a roller coaster few years and they have had to pivot, diversify, be resilient and use innovative ideas to survive. Today we are chatting to them about their finalist entry in the Westpac Resilience and Innovation Award.
We also have a competition on our socials ( https://www.facebook.com/DestinateNZ and https://www.instagram.com/Destinate_NZ) to win a trip for two out to the Poor Knights Islands with Dive! Tutukaka who featured last week on the show. Winners drawn and announced on next weeks' show.
Timings:
10.10 - Matt Stenton (https://www.gowithtourism.co.nz/)
30.12 - Alex Dykman (https://www.maverickdigital.nz/)
49.06 - Tori and James Burns (https://russellaccommodation.co.nz/)
For competition details and to contact us - www.destinatenz.com/links
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