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Heading to New Zealand on a business trip? Or perhaps you’ve been given the ‘joy’ of organising a work event? Be it a small board or client meeting, a mid-sized conference or full-scale convention, here are five hotels that help you make, and leave, the right impression.

Amora Wellington – large scale conferences

The Amora Wellington (pictured) is ideal for a large event, especially one that involve lectures, booths and banquets. There are 20 functional conference rooms, the largest hotel ballroom in the city, and versatile arrangements to suit hundreds of attendees. Their conference packages include afternoon and morning tea, sweets for the table, lunch, car parking and more.

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Stamford Plaza Auckland – events of all sizes…with benefits

The Stamford Plaza Auckland has an events team to help you plan any function, be a cocktail party, conference or small boardroom meeting. Situated in a convenient inner city location, the hotel has 6 function rooms with elegant furnishings.

If your attendees are staying at the hotel, they can also take advantage of the well-equipped fitness centre, indoor heated swimming pool, spa whirlpool and sauna.

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Mercure Hotel Dunedin – small events and business centre

If you’d like to add bells and whistles to a smaller function, try the boutique hotel Mercure Hotel Dunedin. You can keep your audience enthralled using the video equipment and podium, along with videoconferencing facilities to connect long distance clients and colleagues.

To help you organise your materials there’s Wifi, a self-service business centre, and copy and print service. And if that report is keeping you up into the wee hours, you can call on 24 hour room service.

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Millennium Hotel Rotorua – for the well informed and groomed business traveller

Catch up on important events on Sky satellite TV at the Millennium Hotel Rotorua and use their guest computer room and wireless broadband internet to keep in touch with the office.

Before your moment in spotlight, you can have a facial, brow shape, waxing and more at the day spa. Plus the poolside bar is ideal for end of the day networking. Once your work is done, reward yourself with a massage and body treatment.

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Rees Hotel & Luxury Apartments Queenstown – mix business and pleasure

The versatile function rooms at the Rees Hotel & Luxury Apartments Queenstown offer theatre or lecture settings, fully-equipped audio-visual presentation systems and video conferencing.

There are also lounge areas for break out meetings backdropped with views over the Remarkable Mountains.

The hotel’s Bordeau Wine Lounge is the perfect networking and social activity venue, with its collection of famous French wines and best of the region, accompanied by excellent local in-season foods.

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