The Annual General Meeting was held on 26 November, 2024, at BEIA’s annual conference.
Cordis, Auckland hotel’s director of sales and marketing, Jacques Meyer, has been welcomed to a platinum seat on the board, replacing Ross Steele from Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre, who has completed a two-year term.
RotoruaNZ’s business events manager, Vanessa Wallace (pictured, above), has been elected to the gold seat, replacing Tracey Thomas from Conference Innovators.
“We extend Jacques and Vanessa a very warm welcome to the BEIA board as our new platinum and gold representatives, and thank Ross and Tracey for their service to our industry,” says BEIA chair Martin Snedden.
The 2024-2025 BEIA board members are:
- Martin Snedden, board chair.
- Lisa Hopkins, BEIA management.
- Bjoern Spreitzer (co-opted), Tourism New Zealand.
- Iain Walker (co-opted), Air New Zealand.
Platinum:
- Prue Daly, NZICC/SkyCity Entertainment Group.
- Jacques Meyer, Cordis Auckland.
Gold:
- Vanessa Wallace, RotoruaNZ.
Silver:
- Sam Holdich, Weta Workshop.
Appointed:
- David Perks, Regional Tourism NZ.
- David Downs, The New Zealand Story.
