An attempt to wrestle West Coast tourism promotion from the local regional tourism organisation has been slammed as “poorly timed” and “without supporting evidence” by Tourism Industry Aotearoa.
Air New Zealand has called for harsher penalties after a drone came so close to a 777-200 on its approach to Auckland Airport that pilots feared it had been ingested into one of the plane’s engines.
SKYCITY Entertainment Group says it will boost the wages of its lowest paid workers in New Zealand by 21% to at least $20 per hour by 2020.
More than 70 family, friends and colleagues of Moana-Roa Keith ‘Chief’ Haare have paid tribute to the popular rafting guide.
A preliminary post-mortem into the death of popular Queenstown Rafting guide Moana-Roa Keith ‘Chief’ Haare suggests he died due to a medical event, say police.
Auckland Airport showed a 19% increase in Chinese visitor arrivals over the combined January and February months this year compared to 2016.
Bookabach is urging its users to make submissions on the Auckland Council’s plans to implement a targeted rate on non-commercial accommodation providers.
In a first of its kind commercial relationship for professional Netball in New Zealand, Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty have partnered with world famous Hobbiton Movie Set.
One in five of all new jobs created in 2017 was in the travel and tourism sector but the rate of growth will slow this year, according to a new report on the economic effects of the global industry.
Tourism New Zealand has launched its first collaborative ‘ski New Zealand’ campaign with a $900,000 effort to lure Australians to the country’s top three ski regions.
Dr Anthony Brien, senior lecturer in business and hotel management at Lincoln University, asks why, with a visitor ‘met or exceeded satisfaction’ rate of 93.4%, are some people ‘beating up’ the New Zealand tourism industry?
Chinese New Year falling in February in 2018 helped drive the number of visitors from that country to 68,900 during that month, more than double last year’s 33,700, according to Stats NZ.
Chinese New Year and the Challenge Wanaka and NZ Golf Open sporting events have helped boost passenger numbers at Queenstown Airport in February.
A Bay of Islands operator has to pay more than $93,000 in fines following a 2014 accident in which a 60-year old woman suffered a broken back on a boat tour.
A new website to help employers such as tourism and hospitality operators find seasonal workers has been officially launched.
After just over a year of producing and delivering tourism industry news and content, the Ticker is beginning its transformation into a paid subscription service.
Bay of Islands Airport at Kerikeri is to receive $1.7m from the $1bn Provincial Growth Fund to help with an upgrade of its terminal.
Dunedin residents who let out their homes on platforms like Airbnb and BookaBach could be slapped with a rates increase of up to 145%.
Golden Bay tourism businesses suffering in the aftermath of ex-Cyclone Gita have been urged to apply to the government’s new relief fund in order to prompt more support.
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Ngāi Tahu Tourism has appointed Adam Dooney its new head of Guided Walks New Zealand.
ATEED is preparing to launch what it says will be New Zealand’s first combined destination management and marketing plan for a region.
The New Zealand Conservation Authority has put its proposed review of the country’s National Parks on hold so it can support the government’s visitor and conservation priorities.
Stats NZ says there is no clear path to collecting data from the country’s growing non-commercial accommodation providers such as Airbnb despite increasing calls for insight into the subsector.
The Ticker’s Bridget O’Connell went along to the opening of Camp Glenorchy yesterday and met the American couple behind the innovative eco-friendly accommodation.on.
Queenstown Lakes District mayor Jim Boult on the council’s desire to implement a local bed tax, why going to Wellington with a begging bowl every year is not sustainable, and how last week’s forum on freedom camping with tourism minister Kelvin Davis had mixed results.
The government’s provision of $100,000 for businesses affected by ex-Cyclone Git has been welcomed by a tourism operator group but fears it may not be enough to help the sector.
A self-piloted electric air taxi is being tested in Christchurch and hopes to be the first viable craft of its kind in commercial operation.
Earth & Sky and Ngāi Tahu Tourism have revealed concept images for their $10m Astronomy Centre joint venture at Lake Tekapo.
New National Party leader Simon Bridges has taken the tourism spokesperson job off Waitaki’s Jacqui Dean and given it to Todd McClay.
Kāpiti Coast tourism operators are seeking solutions from their regional neighbors following Air New Zealand’s announced withdrawal from the region’s airport.
Hotels and holiday parks reported the biggest growth in January as guest nights in short term accommodation across the country reached a record 4.97 million, up 1.4% on the same month last year.
French giant AccorHotels’ proposed A$1.2bn (NZ$1.3bn) takeover of Australia’s Mantra Group looks set to go ahead creating a 50,000 room behemoth in the Asia Pacific room.
The Golden Bay tourism industry needs urgent financial assistance from the government in the wake of Cyclone Gita, according to a group of tourism professionals.
New Zealand’s cruise market has been growing at 13% per annum since 2010 with passenger port days expected to increase almost 40% by 2019, says Tourism New Zealand.
The government’s announcement of a new working group on freedom camping has been met by the launch of a private members bill from National that would put the party’s election campaign crackdown into law.
Christchurch has secured the 2020 Learning Environments Australasia conference – the third major event win for city announced in the past month.
Visitors to New Zealand’s ski slopes grew on average 5% over the past four years to reach 1.6 million in 2017, according to the Ski Areas Association of New Zealand (SAANZ).
The New Zealand ski industry is pouring around $200m into assets but it cannot answer a basic question on its value to New Zealand – what does that mean for how investment decisions are being made?
A jump in Chinese passenger numbers in the six months to December 2017 has helped Christchurch International Airport Limited (CIAL) lift its interim revenue and profit.
Air New Zealand’s ‘A Very Merry Mistake’ and Lake Wanaka Tourism’s (LWT) #skiwanaka campaigns have been named as finalists at Australia’s Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards.
South Island-based tour company Alps Travel has been ordered to pay $75,000 in penalties and more than $35,000 in arrears for breaches of employment law.
Tourism New Zealand’s chief executive, Stephen England-Hall, address to the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) in Sydney.
International visitor spending growth over summer helped boost the coffers of New Zealand’s tourism industry with the accommodation, retail, activities and transport sectors all benefiting.
City Rail Link has revealed striking new concept plans for the rail stations it plans to build or refurbish as part of its Auckland network.
Airbnb guest numbers in New Zealand surged to 1.46 million in 2017, up 112% on 2016, while the number of listings jumped 61% to 37,600.
The later start of Chinese New Year saw visitors from China drop by 28.4% at Auckland Airport in January compared to the same month last year.
A 50% jump in cruise ship numbers helped lift Ports of Auckland’s interim revenue to $120.6m for the six months to December 2017, up 9.1% on the same period a year earlier.
Hotel occupancy rates across New Zealand rose by 2% last year but average daily rates and revenue per available room both jumped 11% during the same period.
Air New Zealand has launched its latest safety video filmed mainly at Antarctica and starring American actor Adrian Grenier.
