The all-new New Zealand Travel Guide is packing a few surprises as well – new sections, new functionality and a fresh new look are all on the menu.

And it’s the same with the website. You’ll just have to contain your patience a little longer – it’s launching in just a few weeks.

Rest and Relax is a guide to quality accommodation and pampering products and experiences, to help visitors find out at a glance what’s on offer all over the country, where and when .Rest and Relax has a companion publication – the new Culture and Nature. The name says it all – wherever you are in New Zealand, you’ll be able to find nature experiences and activities, and cultural attractions such as museums, art galleries and Maori cultural experiences.

Backpackers will find our new North and South Island Backpacker Guides really helpful in sorting out places to stay , ways of getting around and awesome things to do, while the new City Guides will help visitors to our cities to navigate more easily through the streets. We’ll also be giving them some pointers on what to look out for in shopping, dining, activities and sightseeing – all in one handy fold-up map and guide!

So watch out for our new travel guides – they’ll be on the travel shelves and counters really soon. Keep an eye out for our orange branding!

The site includes regional overviews and highlights, detailed need-to-know information about travelling in New Zealand, Google Maps, RSS feeds, a travel industry news blog, and over 400 of New Zealand’s top tourism operators.

View the site online at www.newzealandtrademanual.com.

To get your tourism business listed in the next New Zealand Trade Manual, contact Andrea Rickerby on andrea@tmlpublishing.com.

This year’s guide has been jazzed up with new colours and styles throughout, making it easier to read and quicker to find what you are looking for. Once again, it is jam-packed to the rafters with information about all commercial and club ski area’s around New Zealand, as well as activities to enjoy when you’re not on the slopes, and accommodation to book that is close to the ski areas. We give you information on transport up the mountain, ski area maps and even recommend places to eat, drink and play!

Lonely Planet thinks we are “an outstanding reference for ski bunnies” and we are stoked with the final product.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our advertisers for jumping on board and helping to produce the 2009 guide.

For more information on Brown Bear Ski & Snowboard, visit www.brownbear.co.nz/ski — keep an eye out for the new website, due to go live at the end of June 2009!

We have also just launched a new social networking website for skiers and snowboarders – check it out at www.snowbuddy.co.nz and get blogging!

After undergoing a huge face-lift, the new design has received bundles of positive feedback, with pages now secured by a spiral bind, as well as new images and fresh content.

We are incredibly proud of the final product and once again, would like to thank all our advertisers who have contributed, as well as the Regional Tourism Offices, who have helped update regional content.

To find out more about the New Zealand Trade Manual, visit www.newzealandtrademanual.com

Keep an eye out for the new website, due to go live at the end of June 2009!

Been there. Done it. Pass it on was our way of helping our travellers pass on their experiences in an environmentally friendly manner. As a result, our advertisers are being circulated among increasing numbers of travellers who are eager to share their experiences with others.

Throughout the travel guide, readers are encouraged to jot down memorable moments, favourite places, include photographs of magical sights and provide advice for other travellers. Unlike other travel books, the New Zealand Travel Guide acts like a journal; an interactive notebook in which to jot down all your travel discoveries.

Once a reader finishes their travels, we ask them to recycle it by leaving it for another traveller to pick up (whether it’s at a hotel, a coffee shop or a bus!) and use as their new invaluable travel source.

In our business, we are all aware that word of mouth is the strongest form of advertising. Been there. Done it. Pass it on provides our advertisers with an opportunity to be talked about and have an increasing presence in the market.

In conjunction with Been there. Done it. Pass it on, our Travel Forum and Travel Blog are also advertised within the New Zealand Travel Guide, encouraging travellers to log on and leave their comments about their experiences of New Zealand or ask us any travel questions they have. The response has been highly positive and we continue to receive interest daily, proving that people really are passing it on.

With a fresh new style applied to the front cover, new easier to read layouts, all the latest event listings and up-to-the minute fashion and beauty, music, theatre, film and literature, combined with a greater splash of colour and more images throughout, our new look aims to provide our readers with a fresh new modern version of their favourite local lifestyle magazine.

Recent feedback has shown a positive response to the new and improved Cityscape, reviewed as being a more attractive and easily readable publication, both in print and online.

We’re currently working on our April issue to ensure it’s as jam-packed and visually appealing as March! Issue 53 will be available at the end of this month.

The new web division has been named TML Web Design, and to date we have had a fantastic response, with a number of client websites built and live before we even got our TML Web Design site live.

We’ve put together several web design packages for you to choose from, starting with an entry level website that is extremely affordable but still packed full of great features like content management, RSS feeds for syndication and a blog. We’ll also thoroughly proof read your entire website and get it ready for the search engines with search engine optimisation.

For those clients who are looking to take advantage of the latest web technologies, we’ve created our ‘web innovators’ package that includes social networking, search engine marketing, and full copy writing of all of your web contents.

One of the advantages of getting us to develop your website is that we understand tourism and travel marketing and speak your language. We also know how competitive tourism marketing is online, that’s why we’ve packed in a lot of extras to help you stay ahead of the crowd.

To find out more either visit www.tmlwebdesign.co.nz or call 03 366 3340 and ask to speak to one of sales consultants or web team.

We’re here to help you to a more effective results driven website!