New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference 2007

The 2007 conference was held at SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre on Thursday 10 May.

Topics included:

• Hotel Industry Performance and Profitability Update
• Strategic Issues Facing the New Zealand Hotel and Tourism Industry
• Human Resources - Skill Shortages and Generation Y
• Serviced Apartments, Strata Title, Management Rights and Fractional Ownership
• wotif.com - the Changing Face of Online Distribution
• Employment Legislation and Human Resource Development
• Yield Management and Performance Improvement
• Human Resources - Legislative Developments / Employer Obligations
• Hotel Investment Trends, Opportunities and Issues.

Please click on the links below for speeches and presentations:

Hon Damien O'Connor, Minister of Tourism
Opening Speech

Stephen Hamilton, Director, Horwath HTL Limited
Hotel Industry Market Performance and Profitability Update

Norm Thompson, Group GM Short Haul Airlines, Air New Zealand
The Next Decade - Challenges in the Tourism and Hotel Industry

Graeme Wood, Managing Director and CEO, Wotif.com
The Changing Face of Online Distribution

Mike Batchelor, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels
Hotel Investment - Trends, Opportunities and Issues

Hotel Sector Profile May 2007

 

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Please click here to download the programme

Please click here to download a summary of key issues arising from NZHIC 2007

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