TRC Managing Director, Kylie Ruwhiu-Karawana, was walking in the footsteps of her ancestors last week, working with locals in her turangawaewae of Te Tai Tokerau. Kylie met with locals and whanau in Northland, to explore commercial and experience options that [...]
🎉 The TRC team is proud to announce our recent nomination as finalists in three categories for the Far South Coast Business Awards for 2024. The FSC Awards celebrate the innovation, resilience and dedication of businesses across our region. Our [...]
We’re thrilled to share that our amazing sustainable tourism expert, Penny Spoelder, has been invited to present at the GSTC2024 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference, taking place in Singapore from November 13th to 16th, 2024. The conference brings together tourism [...]
In 2019, TRC worked with Eurobodalla Shire Council on a strategy to position the area as a premier adventure-trail destination. The Mogo Adventure Trails Hub Strategy provided Council with a framework of short, medium and longer-term actions to transform the [...]
TRC Consultant Penny Spoelder has been on the ground in Fiji working with Maria Ronna Luna Pastorizo-Sekiguchi, Founder of The Greenhouse Studio and the Tourism Fiji team on their new corporate plan. This plan, funded by the Asian Development Bank's [...]
When it comes to resilience, Vanuatu has a thing or two to teach the rest of the world. Just as they started to recover from the global pandemic, two cyclones landed one after another, and this year they’re facing an [...]
For many of us, the idea of sitting down and attempting to map out the business plan in our heads is a nightmare task often sitting deep in the pile of our ‘to-do’ lists. Business plans, however, are critical to [...]
Words by: Kylie Ruwhiu-Karawana In the ever-evolving landscape of tourism, the shift from plans developed through traditional Destination Management Planning (DMPs) methodology, to those formed through evolving Destination Stewardship Frameworks (DSFs) marks what I consider to be a significant turning [...]
Today, we celebrate the incredible role that trails play in our world - from promoting health and well-being to boosting local economies. It's crucial that governments prioritise ongoing investment, maintenance, and preservation of these invaluable paths. Trails are not just [...]
TRC Tourism Specialist Consultant Chris Ord forged a somewhat alternative path in entering the wilds of the nature-based tourism industry, a journey ultimately anchored by ‘IRL’ experience. “Data are just summaries of thousands of stories – (we need to) tell [...]
