Sustainable Trails Conference
Marlborough
New Zealand

Sustainable Trails Conference 2019

Conference Overview

The second Sustainable Trails Conference was held in picturesque Marlborough, New Zealand in 2019, attracting 85 delegates. A highlight was the Gala dinner held at Wither Hills Winery, featuring Craig Harper from Solo as the guest speaker.

The conference themes were:

Creating experiences, not trails
Effective governance, management and good planning
Selling the experience and making trails count
Governance, management and good planning Building and managing tracks
Trends, insights and planning for the future.

Field trips aimed to explore some of New Zealand’s most outstanding trail experiences included:

Renwick Wine Trail
Queen Charlotte Track
The Link Pathway

With thanks to our sponsors

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What did past attendees think?

As a long term professional in the trails industry, I am most pleased that we now have a stable, high-level, strategic conference for Australia and New Zealand.

Steve Bennett | Senior Policy Officer | Trails, Dept of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

This years Sustainable Trails Conference was well worth the 4 days excursion to NZ to hear from a range of major trail experts, business operators, associated companies and government bodies all trying to help achieve the same goals. It gave me the opportunity to network with professionals in all forms of trail experiences.

Juanita Bloomfield | Environment & Sustainability Manager | Tourism Noosa

The Sustainable Trails conference provides a unique opportunity to appreciate the importance of trails to local economies and tourism, the amount of work going on in this space, and to share and learn from others working in the field.

Suky Thompson | Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust Manager

All land managers need to place this conference on their ongoing attendance list. Very informative and engaging content with experts in all fields on hand.

Matthew Ackland | Department for Environment and Water | South Australia