TIA - Key Persons
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- Executive Director
- Executive Director, General Travel
Anna is an executive director of a successful family-run inbound tour operator that has continued to change and adapt over the 50 years they have been in business.
Anna has been in the business for 19 years and served on the TIA Board for 3 years and the TECNZ board for 12 years.
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- Chief Advisor, Strategy and Policy
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- Chief Operating Officer New Zealand of SkyCity
Callum was appointed Chief Operating Officer New Zealand of SkyCity in February 2021 and has operating responsibility for SkyCity's New Zealand businesses, including the day-to-day operations of SkyCity Auckland.
Callum has significant gaming and hospitality experience having held a number of senior roles at SkyCity since joining in 2009, including as General Manager of SkyCity Darwin, General Manager SkyCity Auckland Hotels, Convention Centre and Sky Tower, and Executive General Manager of Hospitality for SkyCity Auckland.
Prior to joining SkyCity, Callum held numerous senior leadership roles across the hospitality, retail and financial investment sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Victoria University of Wellington, and has completed studies with Cornell University, The London Business School and the University of Nevada.
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- External Communications Specialist
- Media Enquiries
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- Business Services Manager
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- Chairman
- Director of Oceania Healthcare
- Director of Oceania Healthcare, Fish Serve
Dame Kerry is a Director of Oceania Healthcare, Fish Serve and a Trustee of both the Wellington International Arts Foundation and the New Zealand Community Trust.
She is the Chair of Wellington Free Ambulance, Wellington Opera, the Royal New Zealand Ballet and the Victoria Foundation.
She formerly chaired Tourism New Zealand, the New Zealand Film Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and the New Zealand
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- General Manager, WellingtonNZ
- Trustee of RTNZ
David's experience in the tourism sector in New Zealand spans over 20 years.
Following a decade with Millennium Hotels in metropolitan and provincial destinations, David led Positively Wellington Tourism and when WellingtonNZ was formed as the capital's EDA he became General Manager - Regional Development, Destination & Attraction.
David lead the tourism, business events and i-SITE teams at as well as work developing a regional destination plan and the Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre. Being responsible for the workforce and business growth team has enabled tourism to be at the heart of economic development activity.
David has been a Trustee of RTNZ for ten years and previously sat on the board of TIA, CINZ and i-SITE NZ representing the voice of local government. He is passionate about creating the optimum environment for the development of a sustainable tourism sector that benefits every community.
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- Executive Director of ID New Zealand
With 20 years of cruise experience, Debbie Summers works closely with the vast majority of the world's cruise companies, and she has a wealth of critically important industry connections at the very highest levels.
Debbie is Executive Director of ID New Zealand (the largest NZ cruise ground handler) heading up their Cruise Division and has been the New Zealand Cruise Association Chair since 2016.
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- Chief Executive of Holiday Parks New Zealand
- Chief Executive, Holiday Parks New Zealand ( HPNZ )
Fergus worked for the New Zealand Tourism Department from 1975 and Tourism New Zealand from its inception in 1991. He spent two years as Private Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and has represented New Zealand in postings to Australia and Asia.
Based in Hong Kong he established TNZ's Asian operation, opening offices in Taiwan and South Korea before returning to New Zealand to take up an executive position in TNZ's head office.
He owned a motor lodge incorporating a conference facility and licensed restaurant for five years. During this time Fergus was Deputy Chairman of Go Wairarapa, the region's economic development and regional tourism organisation.
Fergus is Chief Executive of Holiday Parks New Zealand, which is a full member of TIA. He has been a Board member of Tourism Industry Aotearoa between 2007 & 2013 and from 2014 representing Motels, Other Accommodation and Hospitality. Fergus is a trustee of the Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust, the PATA NZ Trust and is a Director of ServiceIQ representing the Hospitality sector.
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- CEO of the Skyline Enterprises Group
- Chief Executive, Skyline Enterprises Group
Geoff is currentl y CEO of the Skyline Enterprises Group which has a range of business interests across tourism, outdoor attractions, and adventure activities in New Zealand and a range of offshore locations including, Canada, Korea, and Singapore and a member of the NZ Institute of Company Directors and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Directors. He has held board and subcommittee chair roles with both the NZ and Australian Medicines industry sector.
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- Sustainability & Member Advocate
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- GM Membership & Advocacy
- Member Enquiries
Former president and current council member of the Rental Vehicle Association and Director of GO Rentals, James Dalglish has been a passionate business and tourism leader for over 20 years.
A key focus for James in his role with the RVA has been building a stronger industry through collaboration and promoting a safer driver experience for our international tourists. As a pioneer of the Safer Journeys Tourism Forum, GO Rentals has led by example within the sector to drive awareness of driver safety and promoting industry responsibility as part of the Tiaki promise.
Under James's leadership GO won TIA's Visitor Experience Tourism Award in 2018 and were back as finalists in 2019, Canstar Awards in 2018 and 2020, involved in the highly regarded ITS Bluetooth Trial and became the first rental car company to achieve Qualmark Gold and be CarboNZero certified.
James is proud to lead a business focused on sustainable growth and innovation through industry leading technology. He is a passionate member of the Icehouse Alumni, an honorary member of Les clefs d'Or New Zealand and rugby continues to be his major love outside of work and family!
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- Strategic Director of Hotel Council Aotearoa
James Doolan is strategic director of Hotel Council Aotearoa, an industry body that advocates on behalf of New Zealand hotels and hoteliers. James returned home to New Zealand with his family in December 2018, following 13 years in Hong Kong where his final role was Regional Vice President of Hotel Development for Marriott International.
James was lead executive responsible for securing new hotel franchise and management contracts in Thailand, New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific for all Marriott International group brands including Bulgari, Ritz-Carlton, W Hotels & Resorts, Marriott, Sheraton, Westin and Courtyard. He also worked on hotel development projects in other Asian locations, including Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korean, Macau and Japan.
Prior to becoming a hospitality industry executive, James practiced as a corporate/commercial lawyer with Norton Rose (Hong Kong) and Bell Gully (Auckland), focusing on off-market mergers & acquisitions and complex contract negotiations.
James holds BCom/LLB degrees from the University of Auckland. He is a member of the Institute of Directors and is actively involved in Auckland's Ice Angels group, which invests in New Zealand start-ups. James provides strategic advice on hotel development projects through his own consultancy, Fantail Advisory.
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- GM Corporate Affairs, Wellington Airport
Jenna joined Wellington Airport in 2017 and was appointed GM Corporate Affairs in 2020. Her expertise and skills are in government and stakeholder relations and strategic communications, with a background in politics.
Jenna leads Wellington Airport's work on sust ainability and is an advocate for TIA's vision of 'Leading the world's most sustainable tourism industry'.
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- Managing Director and Founder of Kapiti Island Nature Tours
- Māori Representative
John Barrett is the managing director and founder of Kapiti Island Nature Tours and Nature Lodge, a family operated, multi award-winning tourism business located on one of New Zealand's premier nature reserves, Kapiti Island. The business is strongly focused on developing whanau (family) hapu and Iwi (tribal group) members into tourism work that is meaningful financially, culturally, environmentally and socially.
He has 40+ years of management and governance experience in a range of private and public organisations and enterprises.
Not surprisingly, John's interests (when time away from whānau and the whānau business permits) are: nature based tourism, Māori and international indigenous tourism development, local/regional economic development, indigenous higher education and conservation practice and education.
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- Co - Deputy Chair & Tourism Services and Services to Tourism
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- Engagement & Partnerships Manager
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- Engagement & Partnerships Coordinator
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- Sustainability & Member Advocate
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- Engagement & Events Specialist
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- Head of Content & Channels
Nicole has over 10 years' experience in the tourism sector. She has volunteered her time on the BYATA Board, as a co-opted TEC Board Member, as part of the Tourism Futures Taskforce Advisory Group, and held the position of chair of YoungTEC for two years. She was a 2021 Emerging Leader finalist at the New Zealand Tourism Awards.
Rebecca Ingram has been Chief Executive at TIA since March 2022 and brings with her over 20 years in tourism, marketing, event management, advocacy and stakeholder relations.
Her career includes 7 years at Tourism New Zealand (TNZ), where she was General Manager of New Zealand and Government Relations. Other roles included leading a global Tourism NZ promotional team across 10 markets, and leading complex transformation at Telecom (now Spark) and Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand.
Rebecca describes herself as ‘tourism's biggest champion' and is excited to be supporting the industry to build its resilience and impact through economic, social, environmental and cultural contributions to Aotearoa New Zealand.
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- Chief Executive of Tourism New Zealand
- Tourism New Zealand Representative
René de Monchy joined Tourism New Zealand in August 2015 bringing 20 years' global experience in consumer-led businesses including local and international marketing roles for Fonterra and Heineken and Asia Pacific Breweries in Singapore.
René was appointed Chief Executive of Tourism New Zealand in April 2021. Before this, René was Tourism New Zealand's Director Commercial. In this role René led a team across 15 offices in 14 countries responsible for identifying key markets and audiences to target for travel to New Zealand. René also led the development of Tourism New Zealand's Aviation Strategy to guide partnerships with international airlines including establishing Memorandum of Understandings with major airlines including Air New Zealand.
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- Head of Tourism and Regional
- Head of Tourism and Regional Affairs at Air New Zealand
Reuben Levermore is Head of Tourism and Regional Affairs at Air New Zealand. Prior to joining Air New Zealand, Reuben was Director of Communications at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade and served as New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines and as Ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Lao PDR. He has also worked in international trade negotiations, and as a financial markets advocate in the City of London.
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- Visitor Experience Manager, Otago Museum
Teresa is passionate about manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga and providing seamless visitor experiences that mean people share our stories with local, national and international visitors.
She is motivated by developing tourism skills and careers-showcasing tourism as a valid career choice for young people generally, and particularly for those with a background in culture and heritage.
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- Digital Communications Specialist