Accommodation

Following the signing of a joint venture with EVENT, JUCY’s CEO tells the Ticker what his plans are for the new entity.

YHA New Zealand has chosen the TravelDesk booking platform to streamline travel sales.

The Heritage Collection Waitakere Estate is leaving the Heritage Hotels group, which it joined in 2011, and rebranding after 30 years.

Scenic Hotel Group is set to launch its new premium brand, Legacy Collection, with the two-year overhaul of Scenic Hotel Auckland.

An award-winning waterfront eco-lodge in the Marlborough Sounds is on the market for sale.

The Harvest Lodge Motel in Havelock North has been sold to well-known local property investor Graeme Fowler.

Touch of Spice has unveiled its latest addition of luxury accommodation under its Residence Collection, Dancing on Moonlight in Christchurch.

Bachcare says it has co-operated fully with the Commerce Commission’s investigation into manipulating online reviews posted by users of its accommodation.

Airbnb plans to continue to add market share in New Zealand, according to its head of public affairs, Brett Thomas.

The ministry outlines the major gaps it wants filled in a new, improved accommodation survey.

Experimental government research that has unveiled the value of New Zealand’s peer-to-peer accommodation sector has been welcomed as “helpful”, but risks having limited value, says the TIA.

Could a new dataset using cellphone tracking help inform an enhanced accommodation survey?

Stats NZ is pulling its monthly survey of hotels, motels, backpackers and holiday parks.

Spend on accommodation fell 4.7% in the three months to March 2019, offsetting overall retail spend growth in the summer quarter according to Stats NZ.

Bachcare’s Lesley Preston on building an iconic kiwi business, organic growth versus acquisitions and the opportunities that come with an international backer.

Airbnb has launched its premium accommodation offer, Airbnb Plus, in New Zealand.

Motels’ loss of market share to Airbnb is “concerning”, says Horwath HTL’s Hamilton.