Meetings 2024, Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) annual tradeshow for New Zealand’s business events industry, is moving back to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland for 2025 and 2026.
The first will be held at the Auckland Showgrounds on June 11-12, 2025, followed by June 17-18, 2026, at the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC).
BEIA chief executive Lisa Hopkins said: “It’s been four years since Meetings was held in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and much has changed in the city.”
She pointed out that the city was undergoing “an exciting transformation”, with major infrastructure projects such as the NZICC, City Rail Link – due to open end of 2025 – and several new hotels such as the Horizon Hotel and Intercontinental Auckland, coming online. The Cordis Pinnacle Tower is also undergoing expansion.
“Hosted buyers, by invitation, will have the opportunity to tour the NZICC in 2025, as a prelude to 2026. We are already looking ahead for Meetings’ 30th anniversary in 2026 and NZICC will be an exciting venue to celebrate this milestone,” she added.
International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) statistics rank Auckland in the top 100 worldwide for hosting international conferences. The city has also posted its best ranking in the Asia Pacific region in 10 years, at 15th position.
Meetings was last held in Auckland in 2021, followed by Christchurch, Wellington and Rotorua. MEETINGS 2024 in Rotorua generated a projected NZ$110 million (US$66.8 million) worth of business over the next three years.
