This morning at the New Zealand Backpacking Industry Julian Ledger CEO of YHA New South Wales opened the conference with an overview of the Australian backpacking industry. To me the most interesting stuff was the overview of the success of the industry association....
I have already posted this once - but again the first NZ Backpacking Industry conference is on in Auckland in three weeks and if you are in this sector in NZ (or even Australia) you should be there....
It has been a very long since there has been any sort of backpacking industry conference in New Zealand. In fact, for the New Zealand backpacking tourism sector most of the leaders have chosen to attend the Australian conferences. This year however things are set to change with the introduction of...
It is my opinion that the Australian and New Zealand backpacking industries are about to experience a downturn in traveller numbers that is unprecedented and unsustainable against such a large number of service providers. In this case only those with the best possible products will survive and thri...
In my earlier post I said how positive the Australian backpacking industry is, but at the same time there is a huge amount of hopes placed on the travellers who come with the working holiday visa. These travellers come for longer and spend more than all other travellers. However, the picture I got...
Yesterday about 100 of the Australian Backpacking Industries most influential business owners and managers gathered in The Darwin Convention Centre to hear about all things influencing the industry. In contrast to my post yesterday overall the vibe was extremely positive with everyone feeling that ...
Both the backpacking industries in Australia and New Zealand have to date proved to be relatively resilient to the global economic disaster we are facing so far - or so it seems on the outside. But personally I don't think this is the case and I think that we are about to see a house of cards withi...
