Published on : Friday, December 6, 2013
Media, investors and friends of New Zealand were hosted by New Zealand Inc, on The Book of New Zealand on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, (PST Tuesday 3 December).
Tourism New Zealand, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, Film New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade came together to showcase the very best of New Zealand to around 200 business, film and tourism stakeholders.
Guests strolled through the pages of The Book of New Zealand while enjoying quality New Zealand food and wine from New Zealand.
The event was part of part of a programme of publicity activities being held for the global premiere and worldwide release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, by Warner Bros. Pictures and, in select territories, by MGM.
Over two days, cast and crew from the movie including Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Evangeline Lilly, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir Peter Jackson, were interviewed by international media while on The Book of New Zealand.
The spectacular display will be open for five days and scores of international media outlets are expected to visit, generating considerable worldwide media coverage for New Zealand.
Tourism New Zealand’s Chief Executive Kevin Bowler says the objective with the exhibit and the NZ Inc event is to use it to tell the story of New Zealand as a fun, must-see tourism destination, an innovative and creative nation, and a great place to make films and do business.
“New Zealand has come to California and this is our opportunity to show some key stakeholders of exactly what the country has to offer.
“This activity is a continuation of our 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand campaign first launched in August 2012.
“All our campaign work aims to connect the fantasy, movie landscapes of Middle-earth with the actual experiences of New Zealand and demonstrate how easy it is for people to come to New Zealand, see Middle-earth first-hand and experience all the country has to offer,’ says Kevin.
The Book of New Zealand depicts four New Zealand filming locations, along with four actual film sets from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, set for release worldwide beginning 13 December 2013.
It was designed and built by The Hobbit Trilogy production designer Dan Hennah and set decorator Ra Vincent.
It will be supported by new marketing across Tourism New Zealand’s target markets, new content on newzealand.com, and plenty of social media activity.
Source:- Tourism New Zealand
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