About PPG Tours

Proudly New Zealand owned.

Named New Zealand's Leading Destination Management Company 2025 at the World Travel Awards, PPG Tours is a destination management company and tour operator delivering incentives, events, luxury travel and cruise programmes throughout New Zealand.

Who we are

Trusted to deliver nationwide.

We work with international agencies, corporate clients, cruise lines, tour operators and direct to plan and deliver programmes across the country. From luxury independent travel and incentive groups to conferences, special events and cruise shore excursions, our experienced team manages every stage of the journey.

With nationwide operational capability, established supplier relationships and extensive local knowledge, we deliver programmes across New Zealand with consistency, professionalism and attention to detail.

Awards & Recognition

Recognition that reflects the work.

Named New Zealand's Leading Destination Management Company 2025 at the World Travel Awards, with finalist nominations in multiple categories. 2026 winners to be announced later this year.

World Travel Awards 2025 Winner shield, New Zealand's Leading Destination Management Company NZ Event Awards Winner, Best Supplier 2023, PPG Events for PPG Cruise 2022 to 2023
World Travel Awards · 2025 Winner
New Zealand's Leading Destination Management Company
World Travel Awards · Finalist
Multiple categories · 2026: Oceania's Leading DMC, New Zealand's Leading DMC & New Zealand's Leading Tour Operator · 2025: New Zealand's Leading Tour Operator
NZ Events Awards · Winner
Best Supplier 2023, for the 2022–23 cruise season
NZ Events Awards · Winner ×2
Best Business Event & Best Event Creative 2021 · Toyota hospitality, 36th America's Cup (PPG Events)
Trusted by leading cruise lines
Silversea, Ponant, Celebrity, MSC & Royal Caribbean
Accreditations
Travelife Partner · FernMark Licence Holder, reflecting our commitment to responsible tourism
FernMark Licence Holder Travelife Partner Tiaki, Care for New Zealand 100% Pure New Zealand Tourism Industry Aotearoa New Zealand Sustainable Event Supplier PPG Events Curated Experiences
How we work

The standard behind the programmes.

Planned in-house

Designed by our own team

Itineraries, costings and logistics are built in-house, never passed to a third party.

Run on the ground

Run by our own people

Guides, dispatchers and operations staff who work for us, on the ground at every port and region we serve.

Licensed & certified

Credentials we earned

A FernMark Licence Holder, Travelife Partner, and named New Zealand’s leading DMC at the World Travel Awards.

Built for the trade

Your client stays your client

We are B2B. We work behind your brand, to your standards and your paperwork.

Māori cultural performer in traditional dress, New Zealand
Culture

Hospitality with deep roots.

New Zealand's story is inseparable from Māori culture, and the programmes we run reflect that, with authentic cultural experiences delivered with the communities who own them.

It is part of a wider commitment to journeys that respect the places and the people who host them.

The PPG group

Three brands, one operating team.

Destination Management

PPG Tours

Inbound destination management for the trade: programmes, incentives, Shorex and cruise services across New Zealand.

Luxury brand

Curated Experiences

Our specialist luxury inbound tour operator, with personalised journeys built one traveller at a time and sold direct to the traveller. A separate brand with its own ecosystem.

curatedexperiences.com
Sister brand

PPG Events

Outbound incentives, business events and event production. Inbound is tours; outbound is events.

ppgevents.co.nz
Established 2010

Over a decade and a half in

PPG Events was established in 2010, giving the group more than fifteen years of operating heritage.

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