Qualmark® New Zealand Limited is New Zealand tourism's official quality agency. It is a government - private sector partnership between Tourism New Zealand and New Zealand Automobile Association. Qualmark® licenses professional and trustworthy New Zealand tourism businesses to use the Qualmark® - tourism's official quality mark - to help international and domestic travellers select places to stay, things to do and ways to get around. Qualmark®'s core activities are based around determining the eligibility of businesses to enter the licensing system by way of assessment; promoting and working with Qualmark® licensees; work closely with other organisations and sectors within the tourism industry.
Assessments are conducted by Qualmark®'s own assessment team in the case of accommodation. Bascically, Qualmark® is an official stamp of quality - Dorset House has passed the assessment, and has been rated as four star accommodations. Qualmark® is a guarantee for quality accommodation.
BBH world traveller accommodation is an accommodation guide with 370 plus hostels listed in approximate geographical order from north to south following potential travel routes. The average size of a BBH hostel is just 30 beds so you will never find yourself just a booking in some computer system. This personal touch makes BBH hostels unique and will make you feel at home away from home. With BBH you can save money by purchasing a club card, this will give you a discount on your accommodation at BBH hostels, provided that: You book yourself in person, not through a third party (i.e.: i-site or information centre) present your club card with your name on it and have proof of identification and pay cash (notes and coins or EftPos) for your room on arrival. Dorset House is a member of BBH, so come and make the most of its great central location, book, bring your club card, pay in cash and save!
Canterbury Employers' Chamber of commerce exists for three broad reasons:
To enhance individual business capability- through our day-to-day service provision, training and development and events programmes, and our advisory role. To help create an environment that allows business’s to succeed - through direct and indirect lobbying of local and central Government on issues that impact on the business community, and by working closely with external agencies that influence the business environment. To drive new levels of business success - through our involvement with the Champion Canterbury Awards, our support of industry clusters and business enhancement programmes, and through facilitating research and development funding applications.
Dorset House wishes to provide top notch accommodation, and with the support of CECC, Dorset House can continue to bring you the best possible accommodation and facilities for your comfort and enjoyment.
Christchurch is the South Island’s largest city, with a population of 338,000 people, and one of New Zealand’s two major international airports. Christchurch is the hub of the Canterbury region – at 4.22 million hectares, the largest region in New Zealand; Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism provides a wealth of trade and media resources online. This web site www.christchurchnz.net is so extensive that it is your one stop shop for accommodation information and a guide for activities if you need any information on what to do and where to go to see all the sites in and around Christchurch. You will find Dorset House amongst the accommodation listings, as well as being able to decide where to travel next, all by visiting this web site.
Dorset House is a 2008-2009 Affiliate (BBH) Member of the Tourism Industry Association of New Zealand. The TIANZ is the largest representative body of tourism operators in New Zealand. It is a membership-based and private sector trade organisation with about 2000 Members from small businesses to large companies, who make up 85% of the country’s tourism turnover. It has four main areas of activity - Advocacy and policy, Events (including trade shows and awards evenings) Tourism Industry Development, and the maintenance of relationships with other government bodies.