Blair Graham Email & Phone Number

Tauranga

The Historic Village is a Tauranga City Council (TCC) owned property asset. The property is 5.5 hectares of land located on 17th Avenue West and has 60 buildings arranged in a Village like format complete with cobbled streets, native bush, gardens, indoor function spaces and a range of outdoor spaces. There are 60 tenants with Licence to occupy (LTO).

Auckland New Zealand

AUT Hospitality Services is a department within the Estates Division of Auckland University of Technology (AUT).We offer full catering, audio visual and event management services to internal and external clients of AUT as well as out-catered events at offsite venues. Check us out at www.hospitalityservices.aut.ac.nz.I’m leading a team of seven consisting.

Auckland - New Zealand

• Professional Conference Organiser (PCO) and corporate event management company. Key projects to-date: ITNZ National Company Conference, Wellington 2012.90 delegates attending 2 nights, 3 day event. Managed.
• ITNZ Business Roadshow 2012Retail Education and Product Launch Road Show run over 3 weeks. Budget $250K. Audience was approx 800 customers throughout New Zealand. tasks included, creative, themeing and staging, venue.
• ITNZ National Company Conference, Queenstown 2011.80 Delegates attending 2 nights, 3 day event. Managed all aspects of the conference including, destination and host venue research & selection, famil trip.
• Coca-Cola Careers Expo - Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin – 2008, 09, 10, 11 & 12Annual expo attracting 150 – 200 exhibitors and 45,000 attendees.
• Pump Round the Bays Corporate Marquee 2008, 09, 10,11 & 12 - Corporate marquee for 200 CCANZ staff made up of 150 runners and 50 volunteers. Out-catered breakfast and lunch.
• Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Ltd Business Road Shows 2008 & 09Bi annual road show, visiting 12 venues across NZ, 1600 CCANZ employees with the CEO and his SLT to give a state of nation update in person. Managed all aspects.

Coca-Cola Careers Expo is an annual expo series run in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, attracting 150 – 200 exhibitors and 45,000 attendees. I managed all aspects of the exhibitor sales and liaison including accounts, venue layout and design, sales and website.

Auckland - New Zealand

• Key Projects
• Chevron New Zealand Retailers Conference 2006Design and direct the conference opening and launch of Caltex Star Cash Card.
• Challenge Independent Dealers Conference Paihia, Bay of Islands, 2006 80 Delegates, 2 nights, 3 days. Responsibilities included, destination and host venue research & selection, client famil trip, accommodation, design.
• Project K ‘Celebrity Dinner Debate’ Auckland and Wellington 20072 formal dinners, each hosting approximately 400 guests and included a celebrity debate and auction as a fundraiser.
• Fonterra National Sales Conference, Rotorua 2007200 delegates 2 nights 3 days. Commissioned to develop and manage conference theme and branding, conference opening, AV Spec, informal and gala dinners and team building.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers ‘Partner’ Conference 2007, Gold Coast 200 delegates, 2 nights, 3 days. Sheraton Mirage and Palazzo Versace Hotels. The first time PWC NZ had taken this group off shore.

Rotorua - New Zealand

• Destination Rotorua is a Division of the Rotorua District Council and is charged with marketing this iconic region as a Tourism Destination. My responsibility was the Business Tourism Sector both domestically and.
• management and development of Rotorua C&I sales and marketing strategy
• manage media relations relating to C&I including:
• media releases / feature articles / Interviews, familiarisation tours
• member of Rotorua C&I Portfolio Group
• development of all conference and incentive marketing collateral including 74 page C&I Trade Directory / Planner

Rotorua - New Zealand

Founding partner of small website development company. Having developed a passion for all things relating to technology and identifying a need for a web tourism portal, my business partner and I developed an idea which we presented to Tourism Rotorua Marketing, landed the contract to develop www.rotoruanz.com and Webtrenz was born.

Rotorua - New Zealand

• AVT is a small AV production company with a big reputation. I came to know the team at AVT through their work on my conferences and events with the Sheraton and Novotel Hotels. I also identified the AV sector as an.
• Telecom New Zealand’s National Conference (2 years, 650 delegates)
• Harcourt’s Real Estate National Conference (2 years, 800 delegates)
• New Zealand Radio Awards (2 years, sole responsibility)
• Holden New Zealand product launch of new SS Commodores
• Toyota New Zealand’s product launch of Echo and Celica

Rotorua - New Zealand

• Royal Lakeside Novotel Hotel, Rotorua, 3 months in banquet department, 14 months Conference Sales Co-ordinatorThe Royal Lakeside Novotel Hotel Rotorua was built and opened as I was completing my training so I was.
• Developed market share in Rotorua in just 7 months, a record at the time for Accor Hotel Chain
• Was one of 2 properties in Accors Chain where food and beverage revenue occassionaly exceeded room’s revenue
• I personally managed 45 conferences in the 11 months I was in the sales team.

Rotorua - New Zealand

• Working in various departments in the hotelAs part of my training I was required to complete 7000 hours of practical experience split up into all the various departments within a hotel. We studied by day and worked at.
• Day-to-day management of the office
• Supervise banquet and conference events
• Manage staff / Roster shift workers
• Manage food and beverage control and stock take systems
• Cash management and audit duties

Diploma In Hotel And Catering General Management

Education record