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Tourism Operator Membership 

A Tourism Operator Membership is a full membership. It's for businesses that offer tourism services and experiences - this includes accommodation, activities and attractions.

• Is your prime business about hosting visitors to Hawke's Bay?
• Are you an accommodation provider?
• Do you promote an activity or attraction in Hawke's Bay?

If your answer is yes to any of the above then you are in the right place!

Categories:

• Accommodation
• Activities & Attractions
• Wedding & Conference Venues and Transport

Fee: $300 + GST (including first listing), extra fees applicable for additional listings/categories

Benefits

Membership Benefits

• Full membership of the Hawke's Bay Tourism Industry Association
• Voting Rights at the AGM (September)
• Attendance at tourism industry updates (quarterly)
• Recipient of all industry communications
• Entry to the Hawke's Bay Tourism Industry Awards

Marketing Benefits

• Access to industry workshops - up to six per annum (up to 3 staff per business). Topics may include; Qualmark, revenue management, Health & Safety, how to host media, understanding google and Facebook - these are all possible topics of our Winter Workshop Series and are hosted by experts.
• Use of the "Hawke's Bay" brand on own collateral and websites/emails
• Regional representation at a national level
• Use of the Hawke's Bay Image Library
• Access to research data
• Access to supplies of collateral produced by Hawke's Bay Tourism
• Preferred advertising rates on Hawke's Bay Tourism Collateral
• Access to the Wedding Marketing Group

 Website benefits

• A website listing on www.hawkesbaynz.com which you will manage and keep updated. It will allow you to add multiple images, information on how to book, your opening hours and allow you to add filters so you can show people your range of services i.e child friendly, able to take large groups
• Access to utlise the "Hawke's Bay Playlist" technology
• The ability to load "Hot Deals" on to your page.
• Access to reports to track your listing, how many times your business has been added to a "Playlist".

A Web Listing Membership

A  Web Listing Membership is a basic membership and suitable for a hospitality or retail businesses who offer products or services that are relevant to tourists (for example, café’s or restaurants. golf courses, wedding service providers etc), but who don’t need the wider support of Hawke’s Bay Tourism.

Categories (Please note this section is undergoing some further development. Please email mylisting@hawkesbaytourism.co.nz to get you started in the interim!)

• Eat
• Drink
• Entertainment and Retail
• Weddings & Conference Support Services

Fee: $100 + GST (including first listing), extra fees applicable for additional listings/categories

Benefits

Membership benefits

• Basic Membership of Hawke’s Bay Tourism
• Recipient of relevant industry communications
• Voting rights at the AGM

Website benefits

• A website listing on http://www.hawkesbaynz.com which you will manage and keep updated. It will allow you to add multiple images, menus, information on how to book, your opening hours and allow you to add filters so you can show people your range of services i.e dog friendly, gluten-free, child friendly etc.
• Access to utlise the "Hawke's Bay Playlist" technology
• The ability to load “Hot Deals” on to your page.
• Access to reports to track your listing, how many times your business has been added to a “Playlist”.

Marketing benefits

• Preferred advertising rates on all HBT collateral
• Access to supplies of collateral produced by Hawke’s Bay Tourism