First ever Access Tourism Conference in New Zealand announced

October 4th 2010 has been set as the date for the first conference in New Zealand on Access Tourism. Access Tourism is tourism, travel, and hospitality for people with disabilities, seniors, and Baby Boomers who will experience increasing disability as they age.

The conference will look at various aspects of Access Tourism, including some of the following: the current situation NZ and worldwide, website access and information best practice, government strategy, policy, and obligations, best practice in transport , accommodation, and attractions access, training for access in the tourism and hospitality sector, legal aspects, and quality rating for Access Tourism products in New Zealand.

It will also include brainstorming sessions on strategies for advancing the development of Access Tourism in New Zealand and developing collaboration as a tool to advance that development. These topics are based on those most popularly picked from a list of possible topics in an online survey. The conference is being run by the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute at Auckland University of Technology, and will be a no frills sustainable event.

For more information about the conference, please contact sandra.rhodda@aut.ac.nz

Queries regarding registration & payment, please contact jack.mapobpan@aut.ac.nz

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Registration

Conference  fees

Full registration includes morning and afternoon tea, and lunch.  Please note that in order to keep costs down, this conference is designed to be as sustainable as possible.  Therefore, there will be no conference packs for delegates (please bring your own bag, writing supplies etc), morning and afternoon tea will be basic, and lunch will be a bagged lunch of a triangle sandwich, a biscuit, and a piece of fruit.    

All delegates attending the symposium must complete the online registration above.

Cancelling your conference registration

Cancellations received on or before 10^th September will incur a fee of 50% of the registration amount. All cancellations must be received in writing (mail, email or fax). No refunds will be made for cancel­lations for the Symposium after 10^th September  2010.

Early Bird Conference Registration Only – register on or before August 31, 2010

• Registrants NZD$125

Standard Conference Registration Only  – registrations received after August 31 2010

• Registrants NZD$150

Registrations close Monday September 20 2010  

Contact:
For all enquiries, please contact

Dr. Sandra Rhodda

Senior Research Officer

New Zealand Tourism Research Institute

Auckland University of Technology

WH 108, AUT City Campus

Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Phone: 64-9-921-9999 ext 8977

Fax: 64-9-921-9315

E-mail: sarhodda@aut.ac.nz