Hotels

Hundreds of the NZ hotel industry’s great and good celebrated the achievement of their peers last night.

Kathy Guy, the recipient of one of the hotel sector’s most prestigious prizes, says she has now come “full circle” in her career.

The Scenic Hotel Group chair says the industry is being unfairly targeted.

Almost 650 delegates are attending a sell-out 2018 New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference and Awards in Auckland.

Industry is struggling to add more hotel inventory in key tourism regions, according to Colliers International.

New Zealand hotel room rates are cheaper than comparable international destinations and could justifiably increase further, according to a Lincoln University study. 

Demand for regional hotels is helping drive a record number of hotel sales in New Zealand’s main tourism markets.

Hotel occupancy dropped by 2.5% over summer as the average room rate across New Zealand grew by 12.7% to $199.99.

New Zealand is heading for an ‘accommodation crunch’ that will put its tourism industry at risk – here’s how to avert it, says Colliers.