Social Scene

The opening of The Orange

Thursday, 19 October 2017 01:22

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The Great Catering Company opened its doors yesterday to its newest venue The Orange.
It's a historic venue, originally designed in 1922 and located in Central Auckland on Newton Road.

https://www.the-orange.co.nz/

 

 

 

Team building out South

Monday, 25 September 2017 23:39

Vector Wero is a whitewater park located in the heart of Manukau City, South Auckland.

The park features two white water rafting courses and 9,000 sqm of water, opening its doors today for a corporate day.

In total, five groups of around 30 people from companies around the South Auckland Region convened at the park to get a taste of the team building activities on offer.

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Cocktails and canapés at Custom Lane

Monday, 04 September 2017 22:16

FCM clients were treated to a pre-show event ahead of the Hailwood fashion show at this year’s new Zealand Fashion Week.

The event was held at the rebranded Grand Mercure Auckland’s new bar/venue, Custom Lane. Guests enjoyed specially designed  cocktails, canapés and oysters from a live shucking station.

Custom Lane is a new laneway that was launched following the multi-million dollar revamp of Accor Hotels’ Auckland hotel brand, launched as the grand Mercure Auckland. Custom Lane was inspired by the urban renaissance of city laneways, often seen in major cities like Melbourne and San Francisco.

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Cruise conference wrap

Monday, 04 September 2017 07:59

The New Zealand cruise sector wrapped up its 2017 conference last week. It was held at Auckland Museum and included an annoucement of a new name for what is now the New Zealand Cruise Association. The record turn-out of more than 200 delegates at last week’s cruise conference was testament to the importance of the sector on New Zealand’s tourism revenue. International speakers, media and delegates joined domestic attendees from all over New Zealand representing transport, tour operators, hotels, cruise lines and ports. The PCO was Event Dynamics.

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Chicks flock to flick

Sunday, 13 August 2017 22:38

It was a full house last Wednesday evening when Heritage Hotels held it’s regular ‘chick flick’ at Rialto Cinemas in Auckland’s Newmarket. Movie-goers included inbound clients who enjoyed the heart-warming David and Goliath story of a squatter’s battle to keep his home in Hampstead, London.

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Convene South