Businesses are being invited to partner the Government's $50 million New Zealand Cycle Trail to market themselves and the 18 other rides to the world.
The New Zealand Cycle Trail (NZCT) has launched its prospectus for 2012 and is asking businesses to join a "product directory".
Queenstown's proposed Around the Mountains Trail, as well as the Queenstown Trail, will become part of Prime Minister John Key's initiative.
The network will be named "18 Great Rides".
The NZCT, once completed, will run the length of the country.
The Queenstown Trail, which will link Queenstown, Kelvin Heights, Frankton, Lake Hayes Estate, Arrowtown and Gibbston, is due for completion in September.
NZCT programme manager John Dunn said the directory would promote the rides and their partner businesses to a wide range of international tourism agents, wholesalers and media in advance of Queenstown's Tourism Rendezvous New Zealand trade show in May.
Mr Dunn said he expected more than 200 travel and tourism buyers from New Zealand's major visitor markets to attend.
"While they are here they will negotiate contracts with tourism operators for the forthcoming tourism season and this will provide an excellent opportunity for business from around New Zealand to market themselves alongside the cycle trails.""The construction of the cycle trails is progressing quickly."
He said three of the rides are completed and open including the St James Cycle Trail (Hanmer Springs), the Waikato River Trails and the Dun Mountain Trail (Nelson).
Construction on the remaining rides are also under way with 12 of them having sections that are open and in use.
The Queenstown Trail is now past its halfway mark and Trails Trust is fundraising the last $500,000 of the total $5 million cost.
The Arrowtown Trail began construction late last year and will follow the Arrow River from Tobins Track down the existing Millennium Track.
It will pass the Arrowtown Golf Course then twice cross the Arrow River over a 20m timber bridge and a 65m suspension bridge, before reaching Whitechapel Rd.
The product directory for businesses would include cycle trail information such as location, terrain type, trail length, likely completion date and highlights for each of the rides.
It will also contain information such as itineraries, tours, accommodation, transport and visitor experiences.
The national bike trail network, which has had 658 people employed for its construction, is expected to be 2300km in length once completed, longer than the length of the country.
So far, 1533.5km of the trail has been completed and it is expected to be complete by early next year.
