Australia and New Zealand Dream WA Roadshow 2025

Event Overview

This event will take place from Sunday 18 May to Thursday 22 May 2025 across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland.

The AU & NZ Dream WA Roadshow will provide an opportunity for Operators to once again travel in-market, showcasing their business, products and/or services to inbound tour operators (ITOs), frontline travel agents, product managers, wholesale reservation teams and retail marketing managers on the east coast of Australia and in New Zealand. This includes retail travel agency owners, managers and consultants from Helloworld Travel Limited, Flight Centre Travel Group, Magellan, House of Travel, My Travel Group, Travellers Choice, ANZCRO, Express Travel Group, and home-based agents including consortia such as Travel Managers, NZ Travel Brokers and more.

Event details

Learn more about the Australia and New Zealand Dream WA Roadshow 2025

Event itinerary

Sunday 18 May 2025 – Travel to Sydney, welcome dinner

Monday 19 May 2025 – Sydney ITO event and evening travel agent event

Tuesday 20 May 2025 – Brisbane evening travel agent event

Wednesday 21 May 2025 – Melbourne evening travel agent event

Thursday 22 May 2025 – Auckland evening travel agent event

Friday 23 May 2025– Travel to Perth

Event objectives

Establish and grow business opportunities for WA tourism operators with new and existing trade partners in the interstate and New Zealand markets;
Create opportunities for WA tourism operators to contract with relevant leisure wholesalers, retailers and online travel agents;
Educate and update WA industry operators on the latest travel and market trends; and
Increase awareness of WA as a destination of choice for leisure High Yielding Travellers, and raise the profile of WA products and operators.

Event format

The AU & NZ Dream WA Roadshow is scheduled to be held across five (5) days with a welcome dinner for the WA delegation on the first evening, an ITO event in Sydney along with travel agent training events in each city.

The ITO event will take place during the day with the travel agent events being held after business hours due to the busy travel trade environment and unlikely ability to secure attendance during the day.

The travel agent events will include four (4) hours of information sharing and require tourism operators to keep their appointments interesting and engaging. Bring your energy!

Participation package

A participation fee of $4,000 AUD ex GST per operator is required to attend the AU & NZ Dream WA Roadshow. This fee includes attendance for one delegate per business to attend. Up to one additional delegate may attend, at a fee of $3,000 AUD ex GST.

Refer to the AU & NZ Dream WA Roadshow Prospectus for the full list of inclusions and exclusions.

Eligibility

It is anticipated that the AU & NZ Dream WA Roadshow will attract strong interest from WA tourism businesses. To be eligible and accepted as a participant, you must demonstrate how you meet the selection criteria and provide the necessary information by the key dates specified. With a maximum of 25 places available, preference will be given to WA tourism businesses who most closely meet the eligibility criteria, outlined in the AU & NZ Dream WA Roadshow Prospectus.

Key dates and timeline

Applications Open - Monday 13 January 2025

Applications Close - 5:00pm AWST, Friday 14 February 2025

Outcome Advised – Tuesday 4 March 2025

Delegate Details Confirmed - Friday 14 March 2025

Tourism WA contact

Mel Johnson
Senior Markets Manager, Domestic, New Zealand & USA

Phone: +61 8 9262 1654 | Mobile: +61 432 945 622

Email: Mel.Johnson@westernaustralia.com