East Auckland Art Trail during Elemental highlighted the amazing artistic talent in the region. Involved in this Trail were Uxbridge Art & Culture, NZ Art Lounge Auckland, Te Tuhi, Howick Art Group, Polish Heritage Museum, Howick Historical Museum, Brookby Barn, Clevedon Creatives + Co., Joel Nicholls, Merve Appleton, finishing the Trail with Disco on Ice at Paradice Entertainment.  With a range of live art demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions and entertainment this Trail proved to be a success, and the first of many more to come.

Promoting our region and its wide variety of cafes, restaurants and pubs linking to a dedicated page on our website listing specials and some suggested eateries, both historical and contemporary

Steve Armitage updating industry stakeholders on past and future plans

Theme was the importance of good customer service as well as Covid coping mechanisms regarding staff and personal mental resilience

Launch of a Summer Competition on behalf of our members in the NZ Herald

We had a fantastic launch of our new promotional videos highlighting our amazing region. The evening opened with thought-provoking and inspirational words from Christopher Luxon on the future of tourism in East Auckland, followed by an update from ATEED by Zac Watson. MC was our very capable Chairman, Andrew Laing, who did us proud. Our guests included the stars of our videos, and also representatives of a variety of different local organisations and businesses.

Keeping our members updated about our recent activities

Great opportunity to network with other operators and hotel concierges at the Les Clefs Dór Meet the Region for key stakeholders to promote their tourism products/regions

Social media hints and suggestions