Euroasia
Encyclopedia
Euroasia is a New Zealand
-based provider of European and Asian language training, cross cultural consulting and translation services.
In 2007, Euroasia was recognised by National Business Review
as the third most exciting company in education, for their unique contribution to the education sector.
Euroasia also maintains a blog on language and culture.
ELA was not just a language school: but also offered a range of services to businesses and to schools; ELA operated a Cross Cultural consultancy that specialised in helping companies and individuals deal with the multi-cultural environment in which many of them operated.
As the company expanded, Euroasia decided to create an umbrella name to cover all the services provided. The name chosen was Euroasia - to reflect "the world we wish to open up to New Zealanders".
Euroasia has its head office in Parnell
, Auckland
, its second office in Christchurch
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
-based provider of European and Asian language training, cross cultural consulting and translation services.
In 2007, Euroasia was recognised by National Business Review
National Business Review
The National Business Review is a weekly New Zealand newspaper aimed at the business sector. The paper is owned by Barry Colman who also publishes the Grocers Review and several other small trade publications....
as the third most exciting company in education, for their unique contribution to the education sector.
Euroasia also maintains a blog on language and culture.
History
Euroasia started as the European Language Academy (ELA), founded in Auckland in 2000. This was a boutique European language school, geared to the teaching of the most popular European languages. Kenneth Leong, Director, took over the reins in late-2003. ELA was then joined by the Asian Language Academy(ALA), founded in 2006 as a complementary Asian language school.ELA was not just a language school: but also offered a range of services to businesses and to schools; ELA operated a Cross Cultural consultancy that specialised in helping companies and individuals deal with the multi-cultural environment in which many of them operated.
As the company expanded, Euroasia decided to create an umbrella name to cover all the services provided. The name chosen was Euroasia - to reflect "the world we wish to open up to New Zealanders".
Euroasia has its head office in Parnell
Parnell
Parnell may refer to:People* Bobby Parnell, a baseball pitcher for the New York Mets* Charles Stewart Parnell , Irish politician* Chris Parnell, actor and comedian* Lee Roy Parnell, country & western singer...
, Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, its second office in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
.