Rotorua awards 3000th Facebook fan

As part of my day job at Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing as Web Development Coordinator I setup and maintain the official Rotorua Facebook fanpage.

Along with Craig Hammond, the Domestic and Events Marketing Coordinator, we keep the posts and updates coming that automatically get posted to our official Rotorua Twitter account.

On March 22, I posted “Counting the fans until we hit 3000, only 76 to go! Might have to round up a goodie bag for the 3000th fan!“, five days later Rotorua had their 3000th fan.

So the following week I contacted some local Rotorua operators who are actively using Social Media in their marketing plans and a few quickly came baring gifts that I could present to our 3000th fan, Amber Kedian.

Those fabulous Rotorua operators were:

• Agroventures Rotorua
• Fat Dog Cafe
• Polynesian Spa
• Rainbow Springs Kiwi Wildlife Park

Read the article online at the Rotorua Daily Post.

Caught in the act of bowls

Every Thursday this month, Craig Hammond and James Fitzgerald, two workmates from Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing and I are playing bowls at a local Rotorua bowling club taking being part of Mates in Bowls.

The first week there was a local photographer down there snapping away and took our names and phone numbers. I was surprised to get a call from our local newspaper agency just last week wanting to discuss Mates in Bowls and our involvement for an article.

Today the article was published in our local Weekender newspaper which gets delivered free to over 24,000 homes around Rotorua.

Click on the image below to view the article.

It’s a good bit of fun and I’d recommend you get a team of three together and take part.
Visit matesinbowls.co.nz to learn more and to find a club close to you.

Check out these latest photos from last night!

Moving up in the world

Well, I’m certainly moving up in world, not up the corporate ladder, but physically up in our office, to the third floor.

My new office is the highest room in our entire building, right underneath the clock. So all day long I hear the ticking of the clock.

Pure Luxury Cruise on Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua

Ever wanted to board a 50+ foot luxury catamaran and sail around Rotorua’s third largest lake?

Well, now thanks to Pure Cruise in Rotorua you can.

This morning, half the staff from my office including myself were lucky enough to get a famil on the luxury 53 foot catamaran that cruises Lake Rotoiti.

Second year at DRTM

Today is the second anniversary of my employment at Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing as the Web Development Co-ordinator.

It’s been a busy year,

Three new foreign language websites

French: rotoruaNZ.fr
Spanish: rotoruaNZ.es
German: rotoruaNZ.de

Additions to rotoruaNZ.com

Website widget: rotoruanz.com/resources/widget/
Trade website: rotoruaNZ.com/trade
Secure operator area: rotoruanz.com/operator/
Deals of the month: rotoruanz.com/deals/
Hugh Hefner April Fools campaign: rotoruanz.com/aprilfools

Famils and Rotorua experiences

Plenty of Luging with Joshua at Skyline Skyrides
12,000 ft Skydive
Melbourne Cup at Agroventures
Volcanic Air Safaris helicopter ride
Volcanic Air Safaris float plane ride
Rotorua Duck Tours ride

Theres plenty more in the pipeline for the upcoming year.