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A zeal for big parties<br />
Thanks to <strong>Delaware</strong> <strong>North</strong>, in just two years<br />
since its opening, Vector Arena in Auckland<br />
has become the go-to venue for New Zealand’s<br />
biggest banquets.<br />
<strong>Delaware</strong> <strong>North</strong> hosted the New Zealand Property<br />
Council Awards, a formal, sit-down dinner for<br />
970 guests. Despite the awards dinner having been<br />
staged at many high-profile venues over the years,<br />
the dinner at Vector Arena was proclaimed the<br />
best ever by the council’s leadership.<br />
But that record didn’t last long. The venue then<br />
hosted the Halberg Awards, a dinner and awards<br />
ceremony honoring the nation’s best athletes.<br />
More than 1,000 people attended the prestigious<br />
event, held in February 2009.<br />
HIGHLIGHTS<br />
The company takes its lodging and hospitality<br />
expertise beyond the shores of <strong>North</strong> America<br />
with the purchase of five Australian resorts.<br />
<strong>Delaware</strong> <strong>North</strong> enters the United Kingdom<br />
travel hospitality sector with contracts for three<br />
airports and one railway station.<br />
A record 653,860 people attend the 2010<br />
Australian Open at Melbourne Park in<br />
January, with <strong>Delaware</strong> <strong>North</strong> rising to the<br />
challenge and rolling out new food and<br />
beverage offerings. A year earlier, <strong>Delaware</strong><br />
<strong>North</strong> associates successfully overcome<br />
extreme heat to serve patrons of the Grand<br />
Slam event.<br />
<strong>Delaware</strong> <strong>North</strong> expands its interests in the<br />
education sector in Australia with a new contract<br />
at Curtin University, Western Australia.<br />
Derby County Football Club’s Pride Park<br />
Stadium now features the food service,<br />
hospitality, and sales and marketing<br />
expertise of <strong>Delaware</strong> <strong>North</strong>.<br />
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