Trish May brings over 20 years full-time tourism marketing experience

to her tourism consultancy

After establishing her company in August 2000, Trish contracted to Shotover Jet Ltd and soon after Millbrook Resort.  Since then she has worked with a variety of clients on a myriad of projects.

Growing Client Base

  • AA Tourism

  • Aoraki Development Business & Tourism

  • Backpacker TMN

  • Destination Queenstown

  • Development West Coast

  • Edgewater - Lake Wanaka

  • Hassle-free Tours

  • Hidden Lodge Queenstown

  • Hobbiton Movie Set and Farm Tours

  • Glacier Country Tourism

  • Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters

  • International Antarctic Centre

  • Larnach Castle

  • Luxury Touring

  • Millbrook Resort - Queenstown

  • Ngai Tahu Tourism

  • NZ Ski TMN

  • Novotel Lakeside Rotorua/Hotel Ibis Rotorua

  • Qualmark New Zealand

  • Queenstown Park Boutique Hotel

  • Queenstown Resort College

  • Rotorua Regional Airport

  • RTONZ

  • Southern Institute of Technology

  • Tourism New Zealand

  • Visit Ruapehu

  • Wai-o-tapu Thermal Wonderland

  • Waimangu Volcanic Valley

  • Waitangi National Trust

  • Windhawk Helicopters

The Early Career

Trish commenced her career in Rotorua with Tourism Rotorua Marketing, the regional tourism organisation for the region. 

As a young organisation Trish's experiences spanned a range of roles from domestic marketing, sales collateral development, international marketing and hosting visiting media. 

She led tourism delegations overseas to countries such as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and the United States. 

In 1997 Trish joined the marketing department at Rainbow Springs and Farm Show, also in Rotorua.  At that time the company was owned by Shotover Jet Ltd, then a publicly listed company (now owned by Ngai Tahu Tourism).  The focus of Trish's energies were on the growing Asian markets which delivered significant business to both the Springs and Farm show products. 

Professional

In 2004 Trish was the only New Zealand based delegate to attend the inaugural TOUR COM conference, held by the then World Tourism Organisation in Madrid in 2004.

In 2009 she attended the SKAL Congress in Budapest, Hungary.

Trish has attended short courses including the University of Canterbury Accounting for non-Accountants (2006) and the Institute of Directors Governance Essentials in 2012.

Trish is a member of SKAL International.  She is currently New Zealand National Vice-President.

Trish is a Trustee of the Central Otago Queenstown Trail Trust Network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trish May

Trish May

Academic

Trish holds a double major BA degree from the University of Canterbury, a Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism from Otago University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Administration from Massey University.