Air New Zealand is extending its pause on its Chicago services, reintroducing two seasonal routes to Seoul and Hobart, and boosting capacity on flights to Singapore, Tokyo and Taipei.
Bookings from Australia to New Zealand have grown 15% in the first three months of 2024 compared with the same period last year, according to data from Flight Centre Travel Group’s large-market business travel division FCM Travel.
There has been some softening across the ditch but TNZ says it is now seeing more interest from NZ’s biggest visitor market.
Tourism New Zealand has launched a campaign in the Australian market promoting the winter and ski season.
SkyCity Entertainment Group’s chief operating officer for Australia, David Christian, has resigned.
Hospitality industry leaders are in Auckland for the inaugural Pacific Hospitality Forum starting today at Cordis Auckland.
The airline is adding around 260,000 seats on its Boeing 737s operating the Christchurch-Brisbane, Christchurch-Melbourne, and Wellington-Melbourne services.
Intrepid says the results were driven a surge in sales, improved margins and disciplined cost control.
The divestment ends Tourism Holdings’ ambition to be part of a global peer-to-peer motorhome platform – for now.
The Australasian adventure operator says it saw the most pronounced recovery in Queenstown during the Chinese New Year at its NZONE skydive business.
SkyCity Entertainment Group has set aside $79m for a potential penalty arising out of the Australian government’s probe into its Adelaide casino.
Aotearoa beats Europe to the number one spot for Australians planning a cruise this year.
THL has signed an agreement to acquire Australian RV sales dealership Camperagent RV Centre for A$11.9m (NZ$12.87m).
The Auckland-based operator is launching its premium backpacking experience in Australia, with its first property opening early next year.
Jetstar will add around 150,000 seats to its domestic and trans-Tasman networks next year, says the airline.
The InterCity owner now controls Australia’s nationwide coach operator.
Auckland Airport says it has successfully completed a new A$350m ($378m) Australian medium-term notes issue.
Australian visitors spent $1.59bn in the year to June 2023, up 20.5% from the same corresponding period in pre-Covid 2019.
The South by Southwest festival in Sydney is being injected with a taste of te ao Māori and New Zealand culture and arts this month.
House of Travel is expanding its cruise strategy with a new dedicated team to meet the surge in demand for that type of travel.
NSW plans to raise $75m a year from a new levy on platforms like Airbnb.
More than 300 delegates including 200 travel agents are gathering in Auckland this week for the Travel Managers Australia conference at Te Pae Christchurch.
Qantas has posted an underlying profit before tax of A$2.47bn (NZ$2.68bn) for the year to June 2023.
However, its reported net profit was only $8m after nearly $100m in provisions and impairments over the SkyCity Adelaide probe.
SkyCity Entertainment has allocated A$45m ($49m) for any penalty arising out of the probe into its Adelaide casino.
Helloworld has upgraded its FY23 earnings guidance to between AU$42m – $45m (NZ$45.3m – $48.5m) for the year to 30 June 2023, up from a loss of A$10.6m last year.
Tourism Industry Aotearoa says the government’s effort to explore a more seamless travel experience between New Zealand and Australia could lead to benefits for business and leisure travel.
Napier’s Winter Deco Festival is an international affair this year, with ticket sales attracting visitors from the United States and Australia.
Operators will need to be on their game this spring and summer as competition heats up for Kiwi and Australian visitors.
Qantas is increasing the number of its flights between Sydney and Melbourne and New Zealand for Kiwi fans of Taylor Swift heading across the Tasman for the singer’s concerts in February 2024.
Air New Zealand services between Australia’s Sunshine Coast and Auckland are back in the skies.
AirAsia is offering sale fares between Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Auckland as part of a new promotion.
Malaysian-based airline Batik Air, formerly known as Malindo Air will launch six direct flights weekly between Auckland and Perth from 24 August 2023.
A review into SkyCity Adelaide will soon resume once a new independent expert is appointed to lead the investigation.
Millennium & Copthorne NZ hopes the purchase will open doors to further deals across the ditch.
Wellington Airport has welcomed the reintroduction of Qantas’ Wellington – Brisbane service, set to start in October.
Qantas Group has appointed Vanessa Hudson its next CEO and MD.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is travelling to Australia and the United Kingdom on trade missions and King Charles’ Coronation over the next two weeks.
Auckland is once again calling Australian visitors to take a trip across the Tasman this summer and explore what the city has to offer.
Tourism New Zealand is ramping up its winter campaigning to the Australian market with a complementary take on the If You Seek campaign.
International consumers actively considering New Zealand as a destination are at an all-time high across key markets, according to new research from Tourism New Zealand.
The importance of Australia as a trade partner for New Zealand’s tourism and other industries has been recognised as part of the 40th anniversary of the Closer Economic Relations free trade agreement between the two countries.
Explore Group is boosting its product range in Australia with a new ship providing expedition-style weekends for groups, events and incentive trips around the Whitsunday Islands.
Key visitor experiences in Dunedin and Clutha will take the spotlight in an episode of Australian television road trip series Roads Less Travelled.
The NZ hotel operator is in a joint venture to acquire a 5-star Sofitel for around $190m.
David Gaimster is taking up a new role at an Australian museum.
YOU Travel Bethlehem, Zest4Travel, helloworld Strandon, Bon Voyage Cruises & Travel, Live Breathe Travel and House of Travel have all received accolades at the 20th Cruise Industry Awards in Sydney.
Air New Zealand is restarting its flights between Australia’s Sunshine Coast and Auckland on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 25 June.
Former Air New Zealand chief commercial and customer officer Cam Wallace has been appointed head of international at Qantas.
Air New Zealand has signed on as the major sponsor for The Australian Federation of Travel Agents’ Women in Travel Summit.
