Huawei’s Travel Business Promotes NZ Tourism

October 2, 2012
For Immediate Release:

Huawei’s Travel Business Promotes NZ Tourism

New Zealand tourism has been given a boost amongst prospective Chinese visitors through a new travel promotion by Smartcom, a travel company owned by Huawei Technologies.

Smartcom recently began promoting New Zealand as a holiday destination, and the first two groups of visitors arrived in Auckland on September 30 and October 1.

The two groups, totalling 33 Huawei staff and their families, are aiming to see as much of New Zealand as possible during their eight days travelling the country – stopping off in Rotorua, Queenstown, Milford Sound, Timaru, Dunedin, and Christchurch.

While the first to take up this offer are all from within Huawei, the promotion is being pushed to other large organisations with offices in Huawei’s home city of Shenzhen, China – a city of more than 15 million people.

The promotion is planned to continue long-term, with the next round of visitors expected to coincide with the Chinese New Year in February.

Huawei New Zealand CEO, Arthur Zhang, said the promotion of New Zealand was a win win scenario with the local economy benefiting from increased Chinese tourism and prospective holiday makers being made aware of what New Zealand has to offer.

“New Zealand is a beautiful country and we are delighted to be helping to spread this message and encouraging Chinese holidaymakers to come and see this amazing place for themselves,” Mr Zhang said.

“This initiative comes shortly before New Zealand and China join to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the two nations’ relations. Bringing the two cultures together through tourism is a great way to continue promoting and deepening this relationship.”

The first group to land in New Zealand was met by National Party MP Dr Jian Yang, who welcomed the group as they visited the Domain in downtown Auckland.

“It is wonderful to see New Zealand tourism promoted in this way and it is a creative way for Huawei to add value to the New Zealand economy,” Dr Yang said.

The promotion reflects Huawei’s wider commitment to New Zealand which was recently highlighted as the company announced a US$56 million procurement deal with local organisation Rakon.

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