NAVIGATE OCEANIA is a global marketing company with a solid reputation over the past 22 years for delivering luxury travellers to our clients of small luxury hotels and resorts. Our blend of marketing, industry experience, relationships with supplier principal influencers and experts in the luxury niche channels ensure we understand the wants and needs of luxury travelers. Results are everything and our style and strategy in marketing is successful.

Navigate is respected for its intimate knowledge of what motivates global luxury suppliers and travelers. And right now, there is a shift in what suppliers need and expect from luxury accommodation providers in the world. They want to work with professionals who are trusted aggregators of premium product in our part of the world. Owners, principal influencers and journalists recognize our global reach, professionalism and effectiveness.

Kinloch Manor & Villas, Lake Taupo New Zealand

Te Vakaroa Villas, Rarotonga Cook Islands

Treetops Lodge & Estate, Rotorua New Zealand

About KARINE THOMAS

After an early career in sales and marketing of luxury hotels in London with the Hyde Park Hotel (now the Mandarin Oriental), she went on to work in senior sales, marketing and publicity roles with such major hotel companies as Forte Hotels, Shangri La, Radisson, Small Luxury Hotels and Starwood based in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia. She returned to New Zealand after 20 years working for international luxury hotels.

A winner of many prestigious tourism and advertising awards worldwide, Karine continues to excel by winning awards annually for her current clients.

Karine’s network of travel and media contacts, and her solid experience in the international luxury tourism market working with consortiums such as Virtuoso, Signature, Traveller Made and American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts, provides a cost-effective source of targeted marketing and press coverage for clients.

A Board member of the New Zealand Tourism Industry Association, and inaugural member of the Luxperience and Pure Luxury Boards, Karine completed her Master of Management (Luxury Branding) at the University of Auckland, holds a Post-Graduate Diploma (Business), University of Auckland and a Graduate Diploma of Advanced Hotel Marketing from Cornell University in the USA. Karine was a finalist in the Veuve Clicquot (New Zealand) Business Awards.

Respected as a top-level strategic luxury tourism business practitioner who has the proven professional experience and education to develop high-level marketing planning and implementation for her clients. Navigate is one of the most consistently successful marketing, press and public relations specialists in luxury travel and tourism globally.

Experience has taught us that excelling in this market requires a blend of science and creativity. We are dedicated to capturing relevant data, working with the truth, and being unafraid to explore new ideas. Our clients, many of whom have been with us from the beginning, attest to the honesty and lasting relationships we foster.

Since the inception of Navigate, the exceptional team that has joined us continues to impress with their knowledge, drive, and wealth of innovative ideas. The luxury travel market is demanding, but with our collective effort, we strive to achieve spectacular results and create unforgettable memories for our clients. We are passionate about our work and take pride in the part we play in crafting these amazing moments.

We welcome you to navigate the extraordinary beauty of Oceania with us.

Karine Thomas,
Founder, Navigate Oceania

E: karine@navigateoceania.com P: +6421753022