Blissful winter weekend in Rotorua – flew behind the scenes at Rainbow Springs to get up close and personal with some feathered friends, cruise on Lake Rotoiti with Pure Cruise, dined in style at Hamurana Lodge and then to ease us back into reality had a lie down and some pampering at Polynesia Spa. Weekend was topped off with a table at Wearable Creationz gala event – a creative spectacular!
Celebrity hosts of this new travel series joined with industry partners, TVNZ execs, media and Imagination TV for a sneak peek of ‘My Kind of Place.’ Tourism Australia Managing Director Andrew McEvoy told ‘Travel Today’(15 July) the show was ‘one of the best manifestations of beyond the gateway travel he has seen.” Its fun, its a little irreverant, its what we love about trippin’ across the Tasman and best of all it shows Kiwis a whole lot of new things to do in their number 1 holiday destination. With more than 1.1m kiwis a year holidaying across the ditch and 92 percent returning for more there is a huge appetite for new experiences to excite, delight and inspire….
My Kind of Place takes Kiwi viewers on a journey just beyond the gateways we are all so familiar with and offers a generous serve of exciting and new holiday experiences….From Josh and Frank’s ‘mancation’ in Illawarra to Antonia’s encounter with the whale sharks in WA….
Tourism Australia, industry partners and Imagination Television enjoy an evening in the MasterChef New Zealand kitchen for the screening of the Melbourne episode.
Queen Elizabeth visited Auckland for the first time on her maiden voyage. Captain Julian Burgess together with Carnival Australia CEO Ann Sherry and Cunard Line President and Managing Director Peter Shanks showed off this impressive and historic liner to media.