Australia & New Zealand Marketplace
The following links provide a broad range of information relevant to the outbound markets from Australia and New Zealand.
International Tour Wholesalers:
Australia
The best resource for finding Australian international tour wholesalers is the Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) website.
New Zealand
The best resource for finding New Zealand international tour wholesalers is the NZ Overseas Tour Operators Council (OTOC). They do not currently have a website.
Travel Agency Chains
Travel Agency Chains - Australia
FCm Travel Solutions
Flight Centre Ltd
Escape Travel
Harvey World Travel
Jetset
STA Travel
Travellers Choice
Travelscene/AMEX
Travelworld
Travel Agency Chains - New Zealand
Flight Centre
Holiday Shoppe
House of Travel
STA Travel
Tourism Industry Clubs and Associations
SKAL Australia
WATL: Women's Australian Travel League
Discover America Organisation Australia Visit USA New Zealand
ASTW - Australian Society of Travel Writers
AFTA - Australian Federation of Travel Agents
ANTOR: Association of National Tourism Offices
CATO: Council of Australian Tour Operators
ETOA: European Tour Operators Association
IATA: International Air Transport Association
ICCA: International Cruise Council of Australia
IGLTA: International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association
MEA: Meetings & Events Australia
SITE: Society of Incentive Travel Executives
TAANZ: Travel Agents Association of New Zealand
PATA: Pacific Asia Travel Association
NZTIA: New Zealand Tourism Industry Association
Tourism Industry Events Calender
If you are planning an event or sales trip, it helps to know what other big travel industry functions are planned and when. The following links will provide you with this information for Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Media Landscape
Newspapers:
Major metropolitan newspapers, combined with their online presence, are major players in the media landscape. Two main conglomerates Fairfax (Sydney Morning Herald, Sun Herald, The Age, Financial Review, Illawarra Mercury, Newcastle Herald) and News Limited (Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, The Australian, Courier Mail, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, Adelaide Advertiser, Perth Now, The Mercury) publish most major newspapers across the country.
The Internet is becoming increasingly important with online versions of major newspapers receiving higher visitation/readership numbers than their print version. All major and most regional newspapers maintain an online site.
Australia has one News Wire service Australian Associated Press. Travel stories released on AAP are often used in over ten newspapers around the country.
Television Networks:
Australia has three commercial free-to-air television networks Nine, Ten and Seven and two public television stations ABC and SBS. Australia also has two cable (pay-tv) networks Foxtel and Austar. Approximately three million Australian households currently subscribe to cable television.
Radio Networks:
Radio is an important medium for communicating with Australians with almost eight in 10 Australians listening to commercial radio every week. There are currently about 261 commercial radio stations on air. Other stations include non-commercial such as ABC radio and community stations. Major players include Australian Radio Network, Radio DMG, Southern Cross Broadcasting and Austereo. For more information visit Commercial Radio Australia.
Consumer Publications:
Travel Industry Publications:
Travel Weekly
eTravel Blackboard
Travel Daily
Travel Mole
Tabs on Travel
MICE Publications:
www.mice.net.au
www.impactpub.com.au