17 May 2006
2006 New Zealand’s Event Planning Awards
The 2006 Event Planning Awards have been issued by the Corporate Events Guide. The Corporate Events Guide is New
Zealand’s leading guide to event planning which is distributed biannually to over 30,000 businesses and event
organisers. These awards honor New Zealand companies who excel in the industry of event facilities and management.
This is the first year the Corporate Events Guide has issued the awards. They were developed to recognize the
exceptional efforts from the industry leaders throughout the previous 12 months. These awards cover all aspects of event
planning from Convention Centres to Entertainment companies.
The expertise comes from touring over 800 venues and companies that support the Event Planning Industry. After visiting
each company and experiencing them first hand we survey event organisers who have held events at the various venues and
record their individual responses. The accumulative score is marked down with companies evaluated on everything from
location, facilities, service received and ambience. This process gives us the most accurate picture the industry
leaders.
A breakdown of award winners is listed below:
Convention Centres
1. Auckland’s Convention Centre Winner 2006- SKYCITY Convention Centre
2. Bay of Plenty’s Convention Centre Winner 2006- Rotorua Convention Centre
3. Waikato’s Convention Centre Winner 2006- Great Lakes Centre
4. Wellingtons Convention Centre Winner 2006- Wellington Convention Centre
Retreat Centres
1. Auckland’s Retreat Centre Winner 2006- Castaways Lodge
2. Northland’s Retreat Centre Winner 2006- Eagles Nest
3. Bay of Plenty’s Retreat Centre Winner 2006- Ridge Country Retreat
4. Waikato’s Retreat Centre Winner 2006- Huka Village Resort
5. Hawkes Bay’s Retreat Centre Winner 2006- Greenhill The Lodge
6. Wellington’s Retreat Centre Winner 2006- Boomrock Lodge
Private Hire Venues
1. Auckland’s Private Hire Venue Winner 2006- Hopetoun Alpha
2. Waikato’s Private Hire Venue Winner 2006- Ferrybank
3. Bay of plenty’s Private Hire Venue Winner 2006- Blue Baths Historic Venues
4. Hawkes Bay’s Private Hire Venue Winner 2006- Napier War Memorial
5. Wellington’s Private Hire Venue Winner 2006- Te Papa
Hotels
1. Auckland’s Hotel Winner 2006- Langham Hotel Auckland
2. Waikato’s Hotel Winner 2006- Novotel Tainui Hamilton
3. Bay of Plenty’s Hotel Winner 2006- Royal Lakeside Novotel
4. Wellington’s Hotel Winner 2006- James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor
Restaurants
1. Auckland’s Restaurant Winner 2006- Finale Restaurant & Cabaret
2. Hawkes Bay ‘s Restaurant Winner 2006- Te Awa Winery
3. Wellington’s Restaurant Winner 2006- Chow
Charter Boats
1. Auckland’s Charter Boats Winner 2006- Explore NZ / Sail NZ
2. Wellington’s Charter Boats Winner 2006- Xdreme Charter Boat
Team Building
1. Auckland’s Team Building Winner 2006- 4 Track Adventures
2. Waikato’s Team Building Winner 2006- Mystery Creek Events Centre
3. Bay of Plenty’s Team Building Winner 2006- Off Road NZ
4. Wellington’s Team Building Winner 2006- Ohariu Farm
5. Nationwide’s Team Building Winner 2006- Con Artists
Audio/Visual/Lighting Rental
1. Nationwide’s Audio Visual Winner 2006- Vidcom New Zealand Ltd
Caterer’s
1. Auckland’s Caterers Winner 2006- Dawsons Catering
2. Wellington’s Caterers Winner 2006- Corporate Caterers
Equipment Hire
1. Auckland’s Equipment Hire Winner 2006- Tabletops Hire
2. Nationwide Equipment Hire Winner 2006- Hire Master
Entertainment
1. Nationwide Entertainment Winner 2006- Talent on Line
Event Staff
1. Auckland’s Event Staff Winner 2006- Hospitality TempStaff
Event Theming & Stylist
1. Auckland’s Event Theming & Stylist Winner 2006- First Scene
2. Wellington’s Event Theming & Stylist Winner 2006- Belle Vie
Corporate Transportation
1. Nationwide Luxury Transportation Winner 2006- Lincoln Limousines
2. Nationwide Helicopter Transportation Winner 2006- Helipro
3. Nationwide Corporate Transportation Winner 2006- Johnston’s Coachlines
Congratulations to all who entered, the results of these awards can be seen shortly at www.corporateeventsguide.co.nz
For any more information please contact the team at NZ Events,
0800 NZ EVENTS (0800 6938368)
ENDS