Media Release

24 May 2013

Wairakei Resort Hosts Inaugural Winter Ball

Wairakei Resort Taupo is pleased to announce the inaugural Taupo Winter Fest Ball on August 24th.

The Winter Fest Ball will form part of the wider Taupo Winter Festival that will provide events and entertainment over a three day period starting August 23rd.

General Manager Kathy Guy is pleased to be able to be providing Wairakei Resort as the venue for this special event.

“We are looking forward to providing a great nights entertainment and experience for all, doing what we do, extremely well.”

“We would like to see this become a yearly event as part of the Taupo Winter Festival Event Calendar.”

New Zealand’s well known Mermaids Band will provide entertainment and tickets cost $125.00 per person. This includes a winter themed buffet dinner, a four-hour beverage package and entertainment.

Wairakei Resort, on the night of the event, is also offering a “Winterfest” stay at Wairakei rate of just $125.00 for those locals who want to make a night of it and save the drive home until morning.

Tickets can be purchased by phoning the Resort on 07 374 9004.

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About Wairakei Resort Taupo

Wairakei Resort Taupo is a purpose-built Qualmark-graded convention hotel and is the largest 4-star facility in the North Island.

Established in 1886, the resort sits in 169 acres of beautiful gardens and features leisure and recreational pursuits ranging from spa pools, tennis courts and saunas, through to its own 9-hole golf course.

The range of in and outdoor settings are used for private meetings, conventions, conferences, functions and trade shows catering for six to six hundred delegates.

An in-house technical team assures all audio visual needs are taken care of from concept to delivery; award-winning catering is always available; event planners ensure a memorable experience that goes off seamlessly, and the only fibre connectivity wi-fi solution available in a New Zealand hotel delivers business continuity – guaranteed.

Kathy Guy is Group General Manager of both Wairakei Resort Taupo and Chateau Tongariro and has been involved in tourism and hospitality for over forty years. Kathy is a Director of Mountain Air, a trustee of Visit Ruapehu, the Central Regional Chair of the New Zealand Hotel Council and has held two terms on the Board of Tourism New Zealand.

For more information visit www.wairakei.co.nz

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