09/09/2008
SKYCITY AUCKLAND CONVENTION CENTRE ANNOUNCES NEW APPOINTMENTS
In her new role, Tava Feagaiga will be responsible for all service delivery aspects for events in the Convention Centre as well as off-site venues. Ms Feagaiga will also focus upon the management and control of all stock and cost levels. Having joined the Convention Centre team in 2001, Ms Feagaiga has worked for SKYCITY Auckland consistently delivering financial results and optimum service levels.
As Revenue Manager of the SKYCITY Conventions Centre, Rakesh Sood will manage yield control, product development and rate strategy for all aspects related to the sales of conferences and events. Mr Sood joined SKYCITY Auckland three years ago as a Management Trainee, gaining valuable knowledge in cross selling and departmental operations. A combination of successful initiatives and the introduction of new products as designed by Sood, has yielded great results making him an exceptional choice.
Peter Zielke, Conventions and Outcatering Manager, said: “Both Tava and Rakesh demonstrate exemplary attention to detail, and we are excited to have two talented and motivated individuals within our team. With the aid of our partners and the strength of the Convention Centre team, SKYCITY Auckland has won important bids from worldwide competitors.”
SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre recently hosted the Microsoft Tech Ed 2008, and will be bringing the International Dairy Summit and World Timber Convention to Auckland. The multitude of prestigious conventions served at SKYCITY Auckland will carry a positive economic impact in Auckland.
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Notes to editors:
SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre is situated directly beside the SKYCITY Grand Hotel - where conference delegates can take time out from their schedule to pamper their body, mind and spirit at the luxurious East Day Spa or refresh and tone at the gymnasium or in the heated 25-metre lap pool. They can catch up with associates in the Club Lounge, or stay connected at the fully equipped, high-tech Business Centre.
The SKYCITY Auckland complex offers something to suite the tastes of all visiting conference delegates. They can spend their free time; dining at one of SKYCITY’s numerous restaurants and bars, taking a trip to the top of the Sky Tower for breathtaking views of the City of Sails, leaping off the Sky Tower at 85 km/hr with SkyJump or walking the external circumference of the Sky Tower suspended nearly 200 metres above ground with SkyWalk.
For more information about SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre, SKYCITY Grand Hotel and the SKYCITY Auckland complex visit www.skycityauckland.co.nz or phone 0800 SKYCITY.
SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre features:
- Two levels of dedicated conferencing, exhibition and banqueting space totalling 5370m2
- 21 separate conference rooms
- A Main Plenary room of 1300m2 free of structural columns and with an additional 900m2 of foyer space
- Theatre-style capacity for 1500 or banquet capacity for 1150
- Exhibition space of 1080m2 with an additional 800m2 of foyer space for up to 70 trade booths or a theatre-style meeting for 1150 people
- Nine break-out rooms totalling 1020m2
- Two board rooms, business centre facilities and client administration offices
- Specialised convention kitchen catering facilities
- Easy pack in/out access through customised dock and vehicle/service lifts
- Five-Star 330-room SKYCITY Grand Hotel with on-site buffet restaurant ‘The Terrace’ and signature restaurant ‘dine by Peter Gordon’.
- An overbridge connecting the Convention Centre with the SKYCITY Auckland leisure complex, including the 700-seat SKYCITY Theatre and the 344-room SKYCITY Hotel
Adjoins SKYCITY car park - the CBD's largest carpark with 1960 spaces available.
For further information please contact:
Olivia Brewer, Communications Executive
SKYCITY Entertainment Group
Phone: +64 9 363 6334
Mob: 021 505 638
E-mail: olivia.brewer@skycity.co.nz
