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Of the country’s major hotel markets, Wellington appears to have come out of spring the strongest with average weekly occupancy mostly above 80% since mid-October, according to figures from STR.

Almost all of New Zealand’s major hotel markets are finishing spring stronger than they started, according to figures from STR.

Total guest nights reached 3.1 million in October 2022, or 93% of the level reported for the same month in pre-Covid 2018, according to the latest Accommodation Data Programme.

A good October has turned into an even better November for Christchurch’s hotel market, according to figures from STR.

Tourism businesses want to see changes to publicly-available data sources that meet the need for more timely, accurate, and centralised information, according to findings from the Tourism Data Leadership Group’s industry survey.

Auckland is back on the rise after suffering a mid-October occupancy and ADR drop, according to figures from STR.

Queenstown occupancy and ADR appear to have stabilised at a new post-Covid ‘normal’ – at least for late spring – according to figures from STR.

A steady climb in occupancy across the country since early September pushes the rate up to a 2022 high.

Christchurch has hit an occupancy high for 2022 after a long climb from the Omicron-impacted doldrums of March this year.

The capital is having a strong spring with the return of the World of WearableArt after three years helping to drive occupancy and ADR.

After spending most of the year struggling to crack 50% occupancy, Auckland is finally on the move with the major metrics all trending in the right direction.

Average weekly occupancy and ADR have slid from their winter highs at Queenstown but the October school holidays will hopefully give the resort another spring boost.

Average weekly occupancy across all of New Zealand barely budged over winter, hovering around 55% since early July 2022, according to figures from STR.

It is still early days in the recovery but could Wellington’s crown as the country’s best-performing hotel market for the past two-and-a-half years finally be slipping?

Christchurch has enjoyed an improving occupancy rate this year, recovering from an Omicron low in mid-March to reach 66% on average across the city in late-August, according to STR.

Air New Zealand long-haul passenger numbers reached 74,000 in July 2022, up 1492% from the 5,000 reported for the same month last year.

Air transport has seen elevated sales in the June 2022 quarter, buoyed by easing border restrictions across the country, according to Stats NZ.

There was been little movement in Auckland’s hotel market over winter with new room supply and returning managed isolation facilities keeping a lid on occupancy rates and ADR.

Average weekly occupancy at Queenstown has plateaued in the high 60s, with a consistent performance seen since the July school holidays, according to figures from STR.

Average weekly occupancy across all of New Zealand has been stuck around 54% for the past month although ADR has been performing relatively well, according to figures from STR.

The country’s best-performing hotel market during the pandemic, Wellington, has been matched by Queenstown for most of the past month, according to figures from STR.

Arrivals into New Zealand are growing fast as international travel resumes and the border fully reopens, according to Stats NZ’s latest border arrivals data.

Queenstown hit an average weekly occupancy high of 70.5% during the July New Zealand school holidays, according to figures from STR.

International visitor spend grew to $125.4m in the month of June 2022, up 22.7% on the same period last year, according to the latest Tourism Electronic Card Transaction figures.

The average sale price for hospitality businesses has increased 40% to 284,050 in the 12 months to June 2022.

Christchurch bucked the trend of falling occupancy seen across New Zealand last week, according to figures from STR.

While other major hotel markets have seen good occupancy and room rate performance during the July school holiday period, Auckland is lagging.

Online searches by New Zealanders for travel and accommodation in June 2022 increased by more than 50% of what they were for the same month in pre-Covid 2019, says Google.

Greenhouse gas emissions from transport, postal and warehousing, including aviation, dropped almost 36% between December 2019 and 2021

A strong upturn in Queenstown’s hotel market is underway with average weekly occupancy touching 68% last week, according to STR.

The number of border crossings continued to climb in May 2022 as border restrictions eased further, says Stats NZ.

Electronic card spending in the hospitality industry fell $6.0m between June 2021 and June 2022, a 0.6% decrease, according to data from Statistics New Zealand.

Average weekly occupancy across New Zealand has finally passed 50% for the first time this year, according to STR.

New Zealand’s strongest hotel market during the pandemic has returned to its 2022 occupancy high, touching 72% on average last week, according to STR.

The desire to travel to New Zealand remains strong in ‘active considerers’ with airfares and Covid disruption the top concerns for overseas markets, according to a Tourism New Zealand analysis.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has launched a new data resource tracking tourism recovery from Covid-19.

BEIA’s MEETINGS 2022 event at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre has given the city’s hotel market a lift.

A good recovery is under way in Queenstown with hotel occupancy closing in on 50% and expected to surpass it with the start of the ski season this week.

More than a quarter-of-a-million border crossings in April 2022 was the highest for a month since travel restrictions were introduced in March 2020, says Stats NZ.

New rooms and returning managed isolation facilities look to be the story of that market for the months ahead.

Average weekly occupancy across NZ is exactly the same as it was in late April with hundreds of new rooms opening as visitor numbers grow.

Travel exports, or international visitor spend, was just over $1bn in the March 2022 quarter, about the same as the previous corresponding period, according to Stats NZ.

The value of hotel, motel and other short-term accommodation consents dipped to $31m in April 2022, down from $32m for the same month last year.

Former TIA CEO Chris Roberts and AUT senior tourism lecturer Dr Keri-Anne Wikitera will co-chair the government’s new Tourism Data Co-governance Group.

Wellington remains the country’s best-performing hotel market in terms of occupancy with a consistently steady climb since the mid-March low, according to figures from STR.

Queenstown’s hotels appear to have bottomed out at around 30% occupancy following the boost from the April school and public holidays, according to figures from STR.

The Chinese are yet to return but arrivals from other countries are on the move.

Christchurch’s hotel market is closing in on 50% occupancy following its 2022 low of 33% recorded in mid-March, according to figures from STR.

Only one major hotel market managed to top 50% occupancy across the 12 months to March 2022.

People’s plans to spend more on international travel over the next 3-6 months appear particularly strong.