CI Director Tracey Thomas Receives CINZ Outstanding Contributor Award

CI Director Tracey Thomas, recipient of the 2019 CINZ Outstanding Contributor Award

CI Director Tracey Thomas, recipient of the 2019 CINZ Outstanding Contributor Award

CI is proud to announce company director and owner Tracey Thomas has been awarded the 2019 Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) Outstanding Contributor Award!

CINZ is the official, membership-based association of New Zealand’s conference and business events industry with more than 460 members across a broad range of sectors. Tracey was presented with the award at the business events industry’s 43rd annual conference gala dinner in Queenstown last week.

In presenting the award, CINZ Chief Executive Sue Sullivan highlighted the way in which Tracey has strongly contributed to the New Zealand tourism and business events sector for more than 30 years, always taking an active role in tourism and convention associations:

“He has been an avid supporter of CINZ and has made an enormous contribution by sitting on the CINZ Board from 2006 to 2012 and was elected again in 2018 for his fourth term. Tracey played a key role in the establishment of the CINZ Approved PCO Group and was one of the foundation members. He was a driving force, working tirelessly on the PCO Group Code of Ethics, Rules and Responsibilities pushing for the highest standards and only just recently was involved in updating the documents to ensure that our CINZ PCOs continue to adhere to the strict guidelines and level of professional excellence that drives this group.”

Tracey’s drive and passion for the events industry has helped CI become one of the leading PCOs in New Zealand, with highlights from delivering the very first carboNZero accredited meeting in New Zealand in 2007 to bringing the first international conference to Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre in 2020. Always focussed on exceptional conference delivery for CI’s clients, Tracey is excited about the bright future of the events industry and cementing New Zealand as a leading global conference destination!