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Kaiapoi i-SITE is on the move! |
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Kaiapoi i-SITE Visitor Centre
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In the next few months, Kaiapoi i-SITE will be settling back into the original historic railway station in a new location on Charles Street (opposite the Kaiapoi New World). The building will be moved from the current riverbank position and will be repositioned alongside the Morgan Williams Reserve. Gwen, Laura and Kim are looking forward to the move and will be inviting you to a party to celebrate! |
Welcome to Kim at the i-SITE |
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In December 2011 Kim Fletcher- Purdom joined the team working at the Kaiapoi i-SITE Visitor Centre on a Sunday. Kim has comprehensive local knowledge having lived a total of 25 years in Rangiora, and also for the last 3 years has had strong interest in genealogy. "Since starting at the i-SITE, I have learnt so much and thoroughly enjoy meeting the diverse range of customers. I also get pleasure from satisfying our customers requests for information, bookings, itinerary planning etc that we do at the i-SITE, " says Kim. |
Tourism moving ahead in Christchurch |
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The new Restart Christchurch attracts visitors back in the central city
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Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism are working in partnership towards the following key priorities to ensure that the rebuilding of Christchurch will be a quality destination for visitors, tourists and business travellers :
- Ensuring that the transitional city is attractive to visitors
- Accommodation re-instatement and new builds
- New Convention Centre
- Air Services: Re-instatement of trans Tasman capacity and development of new long-haul direct routes
- Creation of temporary Earthquake Information Centre (primarily as a visitor attraction)
- Developing a new metro sports facility and improved marketing of sports events |
Business Partner Networking Function |
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Keep your diary free for the evening of Tuesday 29th May, and we will email you closer to the time with details of the venue and speaker. This networking function is part of your Business Partnership with Visit Waimakariri and is a great opportunity to network with other Waimakariri tourism operators and share information about your business. |
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Debbie & Trudy at the Seagars Kitchen Store
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Referrals generated off newzealand.com articles written by operators have almost doubled since Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) made some layout changes in late January 2012. Article pages now include more information about operators, and customers are given more prompts to contact your business. TNZ have improved the visibility of your business name and added contact details and a brief business listing description at the bottom of the article. This website can you add value to your business and for more information about how to add content to newzealand.com, contact Cathy or Tracy at Visit Waimakariri. Source TNZ. |
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Teeing off at Pegasus Golf Course
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Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism are currently working with TNZ to bring through the same business listing information from newzealand.com on to christchurchnz.com. This is a free offer, and we encourage you to take the time to upload your business information on to newzealand.com, as this will give you further online exposure and value for your business. Contact Visit Waimakariri for more information. |
Waimakariri Events update |
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Canterbury Wizards vs Wellington Firebirds, Plunket Shield, MainPower Oval
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Over the 2011 year there were 450 events that were promoted by Visit Waimakariri, through the What's On Waimakariri Event Guide and on the Event page of visitwaimamakariri.co.nz (an increase from 360 events in 2010!). With the majority of weekends from mid September to early April brimming with a variety of sporting, family and community events this has given plenty of reasons for the locals, visiting friends and family and day visitors from Christchurch to enjoy a fantastic time in the Waimakariri district. We are currently working with a number of event organisers for 2012/13, and its going to be another busy season for events that will encourage people to visit, play and stay! |
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Have you been receiving the monthly What's On Waimakariri Event Guide from Visit Waimakariri? The guide is a helpful resource for your and your staff to let visitors know what is happening in the Waimakariri district. The events page on www.visitwaimakariri.co.nz is updated regularly and is helpful as an online resoucre for Waimakariri events information. Contact Tracy, Visit Waimakariri if you would like to receive the monthly guide. |
Remember that there are guides and maps available from Kaiapoi i-SITE Visitor Centre that you can call in to pick up or arrange delivery to your business. These useful visitor guides showcase what to see and do in the Waimakariri district, as well as promote your business to visitors. Pick up the following:
- 2011/12 Waimakariri Visitor Guide
- 2011/12 Gardens of Waimakariri
- 2012 North Canterbury Food & Wine Trail
- Waimakariri Walking & Cycling Guide
- Rangiora & Kaiapoi Street Maps
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Why spend all that money on having a fancy website, if you have no idea who is visiting it! One of the keys to successful and effective marketing is to measure it. Not all marketing initiatives are that easy to measure, but websites sure are.Check out Google Analytics. It’s as simple as signing up for a Google account and going through the easy steps to allow Google to access a wide range of statistics about your website.It’s completely free to do and you can find out which pages people are visiting, which country they are from, how long they stay on your website, whether they typed your web address in or came across it from a search engine, the list goes on
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Kaiapoi i-SITE Visitor Centre
Gwen Creek, Laura Rea
03 327 3134
Visit Waimakariri
Cathy Batchelor and Tracy Young
03 310 6860
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