Cook Islands Tourism Industry Council Executive Committee 2022-23

Executive Committee

Executive Members

Our Directives

Work closely with the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation to ensure that the opinions and needs of our members are effectively communicated by:

• Making a provision for regular meetings with Tourism Corporation to provide conduit through our Executive Committee for members to express their opinions and concerns.
• Consolidating and conveying our members’ opinions to the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation board, CEO and the Minister of Tourism.
• Holding regular discussions between the Industry Council and the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation executive team.
• Establish working groups to assist in the formulation of new policy as well as assisting in the implementation of existing policy (destination profiling, long term marketing planning, accreditation plus environmental and infrastructure issues).

Work with government departments, NGO’s and the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation to assist in the strengthening of our tourism infrastructure (water, electricity, human resources/training, security, plus airline access and capacity).

Identify and provide necessary resources to assist our members to operate their businesses more efficiently, such as: legislation, environmental initiatives/resources, market intelligence, statistically based local and regional competitiveness data, bad debtor warnings, convicted staff members, human resources forms, immigration forms, cultural resources, best industry practices, tourism consultants, live bands, cultural dance groups, supplier companies etc.