The Government must immediately release its reports into how Covid infected three people at the Pullman Auckland, says National’s Covid response spokesperson, Chris Bishop.
A “horrid” year saw average hotel occupancy across the group plummet to 39%.
However, the exact causes of the three recent infections at the facility remain unknown.
Destination Queenstown has paused its summer marketing campaign in the Auckland market due to Covid-19 alert level 3 restrictions, says DQ interim chief executive Ann Lockhart.
A drop of 45% in total aircraft traffic has prompted Auckland Airport to bring forward its three-year plan to renew the pavement across its airfield.
Regional operators are being cut-off by Auckland as a visitor source and a transit point for those further afield.
Singapore Airlines has delivered the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to New Zealand.
Businesses inside Auckland’s Covid-19 alert level 3 boundary can register online for travel documents.
Auckland’s $350m downtown development programme has reached a significant milestone; finishing the seismic strengthening of Quay Street’s historic seawall.
Tourism businesses suffer mass cancellations again after Auckland shifts back to Covid-19 alert level 3.
Australia has also suspended quarantine-free travel from NZ until at least midnight Wednesday.
The rest of NZ shifts to level 2 after three Auckland cases, two of whom recently visited Taranaki attractions.
The message to Aucklanders to take more care of kauri forests appears to be hitting the mark, with non-compliant behaviour trending down across the region this summer.
Auckland Airport has partnered with Rako Science to deploy a non-invasive, fast-turnaround, accurate saliva test for Covid-19.
There would be two return services on weekdays to get commuters to Papakura in time for the start of the workday.
Auckland’s annual four-day Lantern Festival celebrating Chinese New Year will be ticketed this year and relocated to the city’s waterfront.
Hotel Grand Chancellor’s lean operations have kept the group in the black during the pandemic, says the company’s New Zealand manager, Frank Delli Cicchi.
There have not been any commercial operators breaking any rules to take spectators on the water to watch America’s Cup racing, says Maritime NZ
SkyCity Auckland will be hosting a free ’90s themed Federal Street Party this evening to celebrate 25 years in operation.
The trams will return to the waterfront this Waitangi Weekend and will be in action over the remainder of the 36th America’s Cup and beyond.
Under Hayward’s watch, ACB had secured approximately $275m worth of business events for Auckland.
Three international appointments fill gaps left by recent executive departures at the hotel and entertainment group.
Boaties should give animals plenty of space and always watch where they are going, DOC says.
Motorists going away for Auckland Anniversary weekend are urged by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to plan ahead, be patient, drive to the conditions and avoid busy travel times on state highways.
Extra capacity sees December domestic travel up 7.5% on November but still down a third on 2019’s pre-Covid Christmas season.
Hotel Grand Central is planning a 191-room luxury offering across the road from SkyCity Entertainment Group’s New Zealand International Convention Centre.
Auckland hospitality and tourism sector employers looked to staff up in the final quarter of the year after deep cuts earlier in 2020.
Border workers in quarantine facilities are being offered voluntary daily Covid-19 saliva tests in addition to their regular weekly testing from today.
Auckland Unlimited chief executive Nick Hill among a raft of appointments to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s new advisory committee.
The first quarantine-free international passenger flight in 10 months will touch down at Auckland Airport today.
Auckland’s Barrier Air has increased its North Shore offering to 10 services per week after adding a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan to its fleet.
Anyone with ‘Kelly’ or ‘Kelvin’ in their first, middle or last name can visit Kelly Tarlton’s for free this weekend and Monday 25 January.
Auckland Airport has restarted work to improve road access to and from its international terminal.
Passenger trains started rolling again at Auckland’s Britomart Station on Monday after a three-week closure for a new scissor track crossing and some rail replacement.
The 2025 event is expected to attract 2500 delegates to Auckland.
Auckland’s Captain Cook and Marsden Wharves will host this year’s Auckland Lantern Festival.
The bid to international choir organisation Interkultur was backed by $7m from the Government’s Major Events Fund.
Total passenger volumes at Auckland Airport decreased by 69.7% to 539,527 in November 2020, compared to 1.8 million passengers for the same month last year.
Auckland’s metro rail network will shut down from Saturday 26 December to Sunday 10 January as KiwiRail undertakes repair work.
SkyCity Entertainment Group has confirmed its fireworks display will once again bring in the New Year from Auckland’s Sky Tower.
The America’s Cup Village in downtown Auckland has officially opened.
Weta Workshop Unleashed’s expansion to Auckland will help create a new hotspot for the city, says the operator.
International cargo capacity at Auckland Airport fell 38% year-on-year in October and is predicted to be down by a similar volume during the traditional peak in November and December, says the operator.
The Fort Stony Batter tunnels on Waiheke Island have been reopened following a six-year closure.
Auckland Live’s free inner-city festival Summer in the Square is returning to Aotea Square to coincide with the America’s Cup.
Steve Armitage, general manager destination at Auckland Unlimited said Summernova’s charity partners represented the festival’s ethos of inclusivity and sustainability.
Auckland Zoo and the Motuihe Trust are working together to return the giant wētā the wētāpunga to Te Motu-a-Ihenga Motuihe Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf.
The operator’s first Moxy hotels in New Zealand are part of a huge global push of the budget brand.
Auckland Unlimited’s Study Auckland and Northland Inc have launched a new one-stop tourism website to help international students explore the northern regions.
The year has brought out the best in Auckland’s tourism sector, writes Auckland Unlimited’s GM of destination.
