CAPA Wellington Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit

• How are key stakeholders co operating or what are they doing to attract air services to the nation’s capital?
• What are the best performing routes?
• Is the growth of inbound markets impacting the corporate travel market?
• How important is flying direct? The life of a Wellington businessman
• Is New Zealand poised to capitalise on the growth of low cost long haul carriers?

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

Panellists:

• Wellington Airport, Airline Development Manager, Mike Vincent
  
• Board of Airline Representatives New Zealand (BARNZ), Executive Director, Justin Tighe-Umbers
• Orbit Travel, Managing Director, Paul Rennie

• The airport’s strategy to grow travel demand
• How the airport is enabling more international direct air services
• Partnering with industry to enhance the traveller experience

Wellington Airport, Chief Executive, Steve Sanderson [Download Presentation]

• What is the competition benefit of consolidated long term contracting?
• Managing unexpected opportunities/implications presented by new industry suppliers (or disruptors) such as Airbnb, low cost carriers etc.
• Adjusting to new needs to manage risk associated with a) end to end travel in an uncertain world and b) systemic issues (such as cost management)
• The Government vision for industry - what can suppliers do to improve efficiencies and the end user travel experience?

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Manager Contract Administration, Jo Prescott [Download Presentation]

Visitor numbers to New Zealand were up 12% in 2016 to 3.5 million and rose a further 7% to more than 3.7 million in 2017. According to Air New Zealand CEO, Christopher Luxon, New Zealand “is really on a big growth trajectory for the next 30 years. What we are seeing is lots of opportunity to strengthen and add capacity”.

• Is government policy and the rest of the travel and transportation industry value chain prepared for the influx of travellers?

Tourism Industry Aotearoa, Chief Executive, Chris Roberts [Download Presentation]

• What is the best way to optimise travel spend in the current environment?
• The cross challenges of reconciling business travel needs and personal traveller demands
• How to engage travellers to ensure they comply with policy guidelines and use negotiated rates eg through feedback loops and education
• Catering for the mobile workforce - safety & security challenges
• How is the TMC and travel suppliers evolving to manage the changing demands of the modern business traveller? What are some of the key factors they need to consider in order to get buy in from the procurement department as well as the travel category manager?

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

Panellists:

• New Zealand Rugby, Administration and Procurement Manager, Gabriela Stuart
• GoldSpring Consulting, Regional Director APAC, Catherine Craig
• Inland Revenue NZ, Strategic Procurement Manager at New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Pru Popple