Membership
The Tourism Export Council is fundamentally a tourism specific business 2 business network.
Membership offers many opportunities to stimulate your business and encourage connections between New Zealand tourism buyers and sellers. Networking is fundamental to any business, and the value of these long term relationships and reputations created should not be underestimated.
There 2 Main Memberships:
- Inbound Member
- Allied Member (for supplier of tourism products).
Allied Member Benefits:
“The Tourism Export Council’s core aim is to stimulate business opportunities for members”
- An association that understands inbound tourism
Inbound tour operator members are the core membership of the Tourism Export Council.
Our aim is to connect them with Allied member product suppliers to develop and service commercial relationships across the travel distribution chain. We are the only association that focuses entirely on the inbound tourism sector
TECNZ Allied Membership benefits 2024/2025 – Why Invest?
- Quality standards
Allied members know that when they use a Tourism Export Council inbound tour operator they are dealing with an operator committed to quality. The Tourism Export Council is all about upholding quality standards and each inbound member tour operator has confirmed their commitment to our shared mission, the Tourism Export Council Code of Ethics and Practice and our common pledge. This
includes a commitment by inbound members to become Qualmark endorsed inbound tour operators.
- Tourism Trade Checklist
Member discount to be part of a centralised online Tourism Trade Checklist supplier database that will improve your efficiency in operations!
- Business networking opportunities & education
Your attendance to the Tourism Export Councils Annual New Zealand Conference (August) and the Xmas Symposium (December in Auckland) is designed to build long term commercial relationships between inbound and allied members, maximise business growth opportunities and exchange ideas with industry colleagues. Allied member forums is held once a year at conference to discuss issues that are of specific interest to allied operators.
- Marketing
The Tourism Export Council and its members are investigating and investing in new visitor markets and updating our partners on emerging trends. A comprehensive website that is easy to navigate allows for information searches and promotion of members and their own business updates. If Inbound tour operators wish to work with Tourism New Zealand in promoting New Zealand off shore to recruit potential clients, then they must be Qualmark endorsed.
$ Your annual membership subscription includes a free business listing on the Tourism Export Council website & opportunities to provide member updates
- Communication
The Tourism Export Council communicates with its members through regular newsletters and emails.
$ Your annual membership subscription ensures you receive free regular E-Newsletters, updates and surveys that canvass all Tourism Export Council related issues.
