The Aotearoa Resort Business Convention and Exhibition (AHICE), the most important and most influential resort funding and operations summit within the nation, returns to Christchurch on Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 August 2026, as New Zealand’s resort sector enters one in every of its most dynamic durations of development, funding and improvement.
Hosted by HM Journal and Resort Council Aotearoa (HCA), AHICE Aotearoa 2026 will happen at Te Pae Christchurch Conference Centre, drawing over 500 of Australasia’s main resort house owners, operators, consultants, and suppliers for 2 days of networking, panel classes, hotelier Q&As and keynote discussions shaping the way forward for New Zealand’s resort trade.
In a present of main endorsement for the occasion, AHICE Aotearoa 2026 has the help of over 75 sponsors and supporters – headlined by Principal Companions Accor, Agilysys and EVT and Supporting Companion Tourism New Zealand – and the occasion has attracted sponsorship from main international and native resort chains and suppliers alike.
HCA Strategic Director, James Doolan, stated the convention has earned its place because the important gathering for New Zealand’s resort sector.
“AHICE Aotearoa has turn out to be probably the most influential convention for the resort sector, masking funding, operations and coverage,” he stated.
“The connections made right here have actual penalties for New Zealand’s resort sector and the tourism trade as an entire.”
The convention will characteristic keynote addresses from distinguished leaders and consultants, panel classes masking matters reminiscent of traders and builders outlook, regional development, white-label administration, trade developments, design improvements, resort know-how and extra.
“New Zealand’s resort sector is at an inflection level with new provide and renewed investor confidence and we stay up for bringing the trade collectively at Te Pae Christchurch to sort out the alternatives and challenges that may influence the following chapter for New Zealand tourism,” stated AHICE World Conferences Group President, James Wilkinson.
“We have now a incredible speaker line-up led by international and native executives, with executives flying to Christchurch from Singapore, Auckland, Sydney, Wellington, Brisbane, Queenstown and extra, and the occasion guarantees to supply the resort trade with the newest knowledge, developments, evaluation and what to anticipate for 2026 and past.”
The fifth annual AHICE Aotearoa builds on the success of earlier occasions, establishing itself because the premier gathering for the nation’s resort trade.
It’s an extension of the Asia Pacific occasion held in Adelaide, which was attended by a report 1,600 delegates from over 50 nations, making it the most important lodging trade occasion within the APAC area.
A restricted variety of tickets and sponsorships are nonetheless obtainable for AHICE Aotearoa, nevertheless the occasion is already near promoting out.
