The Kiwi business currently offers guests Ultimate Small Group Tours on its business class coaches, as well as Signature Mid-Size group tours, which give travellers premium economy trips on board custom-designed 32-seater coaches.
The acquisition will see founder Peter Harding remain with Grand Pacific Tours as Executive GM to ensure a smooth transition, with GM Stacia Morris and her team to join the Journey Beyond group.
“This marks an exciting next phase of growth for us, further expanding our offerings of immersive, authentic and unique tourism experiences into New Zealand,” Journey Beyond CEO Chris Tallent said.
“Journey Beyond looks forward to building on the incredible work of Grand Pacific’s founder Peter Harding and his team in this breathtaking and experience-rich country, so get ready for an exciting new chapter in experiential travel…to discover New Zealand like never before.”
The Kiwi brand has 230 fullyinclusive departures locked in for the season ahead, and will join Journey Beyond’s experiential tourism portfolio in Sep.
In recent years, Journey Beyond has demonstrated an acquisitive appetite for blue-chip tourism assets, part of a broader strategy to own more of the tourism ecosystem in Australia, and now also across the Tasman.
Most recently, the owners of The Ghan and Indian Pacific purchased Exmouth Dive & Whalesharks Ningaloo in WA, and also inked a management deal to operate the five-star Monarto Safari Resort in South Australia.
Journey Beyond has this year also firmed up its ability to source more American and Chinese guests, appointing representatives in each market.
