Auckland venues choose cloud-based technology to manage their bookings and events

Leading cloud-based venue management software company Priava has announced at the annual conference of the Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand (EVANZ) the addition of three new clients, AMI Auckland Netball, Bruce Pulman Park and Collective Hospitality to its growing list of New Zealand customers.

Speaking at the EVANZ conference hosted by venues Vbase and Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch (being held from 30th November to 2nd December), Priava Business Development Manager Matt Brindle stated “we’re delighted with the support shown by New Zealand’s Venue & Events community, it's fantastic to have such great businesses taking up our service and shows the choice to invest in a local New Zealand office and staff has been well received.”

Priava Chief Executive James Pegum, in Christchurch for the conference, commented on the company’s strategy of globalisation, explaining “as a global business we’re keen to ensure local markets are serviced by local people and local jobs are created to feed into the local economy, whilst still being able to access a global support and development team.”

Priava’s New Zealand Country Manager Neil Cox, added "by focusing specifically on New Zealand’s needs and having an in-country team with great experience in the industry, Priava have been able to provide solutions that match the exact demands of the local market. One such example is our software’s ability to integrate with another well-loved Kiwi cloud accounting service, Xero.

"Our compatibility with other cloud products is really attractive together with other key benefits such as the ability to access the system from any location, ease-of-use, consolidated reporting, significant time-savings and reduced IT support.”

Priava’s new customers
As the pre-eminent provider of netball services, Auckland Netball’s mission is to encourage healthy active lifestyles, provide development pathways for all and contribute proactively to netball in New Zealand. The $18 million dollar facility comprises a combination of indoor and outdoor courts as well as a range of function and meeting rooms for hire.

Auckland’s catering and hospitality experts, Collective Hospitality was formed to put the confidence back into private and corporate catering in New Zealand. 

The full service catering company delivers a holistic hospitality experience encompassing bespoke catering and dedicated service across its exclusively managed and world-class waterfront venues in Auckland; The Wharf and Orakei Bay. 

In addition, Collective also provide catering at a choice of other well-known locations such as The Auckland War Memorial Museum and Vector Arena.

Bruce Pulman Park - located in Auckland and spread across over 64 acres is a totally new concept in sports, recreational and leisure amenities geared towards community excellence at all levels.

Its current range of venue facilities accommodate between five and 150 people and are ideal for seminars, business meetings, sports team events and function room dinners. 

The building of a new indoor arena set to open in early 2016 will substantially increase the volume and size of events that can be hosted in the future.

Priava: sponsor of EVANZ ‘Rising Star Award’
Priava is also the sponsor of ‘The Rising Star of the Year Award’ to be announced during the 2015 EVANZ Conference and to be presented by Pegum. 

The nominees for the award include:

Chynna Phelan - Eden Park, Auckland
Freya Alexander - Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch
Kylie Young - Vbase, Christchurch

Priava
Priava is the leading cloud-based venue management software company that specialises in delivering venue and event management solutions using the SaaS (Software-as-a service) business model to a wide portfolio of niche markets in the venue and events sector.

Priava recently won the award for Best Venue Management Software at the Event Technology Awards in London.

The Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand is the peak body representing the venue industry in New Zealand with a membership of 97 venues nationally. This includes 46 theatres, 32 event centres, 11 outdoor stadia and eight convention centres.

Images: Pulman Lodge at Bruce Pulman Park.

For more information on Priava, click here to view their entry in the Australasian Leisure Management Supplier Directory.

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