CAPA New Zealand Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit

• What’s the outlook for new air capacity and which airline business models will succeed?
  
•  How are travel patterns and traditional hubs being disrupted?
  
• Is the growth of inbound markets impacting the corporate travel market?
  
• Can we expect more direct expansion to core markets beyond Auckland?
  
• Is New Zealand poised to capitalise on the growth of low cost long haul carriers?
• How does New Zealand as a destination attract consistent year-round airline capacity?

Moderator: CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Executive Chairman, Peter Harbison
Panellists:

• Auckland Airport, General Manager Aeronautical Commercial, Scott Tasker
  
• Christchurch Airport, Head of Airline Development, Gordon Bevan
• Melbourne Convention Bereau, Chief Executive Officer, Karen Bolinger
• Tourism Export Council of New Zealand, Chief Executive, Judy Chen
• Tourism New Zealand, Director Commercial, René de Monchy

How to optimise your travel programme, while keeping your travellers engaged and safe
• How to balance the often conflicting interests of business travel needs, safety and welfare, and personal traveller demands
• Managed travel, unmanaged travel, something in between?
• As more and more digital natives enter the workforce and seek the freedom to make their own travel choices, what are the wider implications on the organisation’s travel programme?
• How do you deliver cost efficiencies and ensure travellers comply with policy guidelines?

Moderator: The Association of Travel Management Companies, Chairman, Grant Bevin

Panellists:

• APX Travel Management, General Manager, Wendy Van Lieshout
• International SOS, Director of Travel Risk, Andy Patten
• NZ Post, Procurement Manager, Kate Potter
• World Vision NZ, Finance Director, Nico Buyck

• Is the domestic aviation market capitalising on demand for business and leisure travel within the country? What are the constraints and barriers that regional/domestic carriers face?
  
• The government has increased  its financial commitment to support regional development. Why is this support needed? What are the constraints and barriers that regional/domestic carriers face?
  
• What challenges and opportunities do business/commuter airlines face when it comes to aircraft replacement and fleet decision?
  
• Are we about to see a wave of cheaper regional aircraft coming from other markets? Will this change the equation for New Zealand's domestic/regional airlines?
  
• What is the demand outlook for travel to/from regional centres? Is there scope for more intraregional connectivity at ports not served by point to point regional services? • How vital is it to have air service links to regional and coastal areas?  Are these regions being adequately serviced? By whom? • What role do commercial interline agreements between smaller regional airlines and larger carriers play in enhancing the visibility of regional flight routes, and making customers aware that such options are available for travel?

Moderator: Aviation NZ, Chief Executive, John Nicholson
Panellists:

• Dunedin Airport, Chief Executive Officer, Richard Roberts
  
• Nelson Airport, Chief Executive Officer, Rob Evans 
• New Plymouth Airport, Chief Executive, Wayne Wootton
  
• Sounds Air, Managing Director, Andrew Crawford

• What’s driving demand for accommodation? What are the implication for the corporate traveller market? Are corporates being priced out of the market?
  
• Is the pipeline of properties under development big enough to keep up with growing demand? Without Airbnb, does the hotel industry have the capacity to meet travel demand?
  
• How can hotels demonstrate value to the buyer?

Moderator: 4th Dimension Business Consulting, Manager, Accommodation Solutions, Dean Easton
Panellists:

• Colliers International, National Director, Hotels, Dean Humphries
  
• Hilton Auckland, Commercial Director - Hilton NZ North Island, Max Houri
• Oracle Corporation, Senior Manager Global Meeting Services, Japac, Aileen London