| Cruise rapidly changing in NZ

NEW Zealand’s cruise industry is showing no signs of slowing down, Tourism New Zealand’s new chief executive Stephen England-Hall told Cruise Weekly at the NZ All Stars event held last night in Brisbane in partnership with Air NZ and Virgin Australia.

“It’s a rapidly changing and evolving part of our offering, but it doesn’t seem to be showing any signs of slowing down so I think you’re going to see a lot more in that space,” he said.

England-Hall confirmed there was “a bunch of conversations” going on between parts of NZ where cruising is really big, including Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington.

England-Hall is pictured centre with Tony Saunders, general manager Australia for Tourism New Zealand and Ren de Monchy, director trade, PR and major events, TNZ.