Tourism stories
New tech launch bolsters NZ's tourism insight, offering detailed visitor travel patterns to propel industry growth.
Heritage works at the 1876 Sudima Hamilton are set to draw new retailers as the CBD’s revival lifts foot traffic and spending.
Record visitor numbers helped push hotel and motel consent values to GBP £490 million in the June 2017 year, Stats NZ says.
Higher carbon prices and a steadier emissions trading scheme could prompt more planting, replanting and avoided deforestation across New Zealand forests.
Record export growth has fuelled multi-million-dollar development and sales across Hawke’s Bay, with a planned GBP £0 new berthing facility at Napier Port.
A 17-storey return of Crowne Plaza adds 204 rooms and fresh conference space as visitor numbers in Christchurch are set to rise.
Rising housing pressure and ageing assets are forcing councils to seek new funding tools as LGNZ urges election contenders to back infrastructure renewal.
Limited housing growth in Auckland is being blamed on poor infrastructure funding, with the OECD urging new ways to pay for public works.
Passengers should see faster journeys and improved terminals as the airport spends about NZD $1.8 billion on upgrades through 2022.
New Zealand’s rivers and lakes could see stricter protection, with campaigners urging the next government to curb irrigation subsidies and cow numbers.
Bookings at Ohtel will continue normally as Village Accommodation Group takes over Wellington’s award-winning boutique hotel over coming months.
Poor connectivity and patchy health care are leaving 600,000 rural New Zealanders exposed, a health leader says.
Guests at Auckland's Langham will face phased room works from July, as the 411-room hotel prepares a Cordis rebrand in November.
Tourism and migration are propping up growth, but record household debt and weaker investment threaten New Zealand’s longer-term outlook.
Wellington and Christchurch are diverging sharply after the quake, with confidence climbing in the capital while turning negative in the Garden City.
A shortage of prime CBD space has pushed Auckland retail rents to record highs and kept conditions tight until new supply arrives.
Auckland’s rapid growth has left New Zealand grappling with housing shortages and overloaded transport, prompting calls for a rethink on planning.
Earlier-than-expected repairs will restore freight and tourist services on the Midland Line, boosting the West Coast economy after fire damage.
Travellers will get 250 more premium rooms as demand for airport accommodation drives a new Pullman hotel beside Auckland Airport’s terminal.
The campaign targets plastic pollution blamed for $8 billion a year in marine damage and harm to wildlife, fisheries and tourism.
