A growing business events markets contributed to a 7% hike in the number of events in New Zealand last year.
On his last day in post, outgoing Winter Games NZ chief executive Arthur Klap talks about the importance of NZ staging events on the global stage, the challenges around delivering a financial viable fixture and why funding should be linked to more than economic measures of success.
Overseas visitors to New Zealand in January have fallen for the first time in five years, according to Stats NZ’s latest international travel and migration figures.
A clipboard was sucked through a Jetstar plane engine damaging a fan blade as the Airbus A320 took off from Auckland Airport for Sydney.
Australian operator Ardent Leisure expects to return to profitably in the second half of its 2018 financial year as it continues to recover from the Dreamworld theme park tragedy.
Edgewater resort at Lake Wanaka has promoted its financial controller, Jon Brown, to the position of general manager.
The newly launched $1bn Provincial Growth Fund is a real “shot in the arm” for the regions being targeted, says the Tourism Export Council NZ.
Real Journeys cancelled an 8am sailing of its Doubtful Sound cruise today but further trips are operating normally following a slip that trapped 339 tourists yesterday.
Regional tourism leaders have welcomed the government’s investment in developing new products and expect more to come from the $1bn Provincial Growth Fund in further rounds.
Former US President Barack Obama’s visit to New Zealand in March will help raise the profile of New Zealand tourism, says Air New Zealand.
Tourism in Northland, Tairāwhiti-East Coast, Hawke’s Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui and the West Coast will be among the first beneficiaries of the first deployment from the $1bn Provincial Growth Fund.
Gisborne and Marlborough showed the strongest month-on-month spending growth in January lifting 15% to $21m and 13% to $60m respectively
Business expansion and tax windfalls have seen Tourism Holdings Limited’s half-year net profit after tax surge 102% in what it has billed as “another record result”.
Air New Zealand has reported an interim net profit of $232m for the six months to December 2017, down 9.4% on the same period in 2016
The growth was driven by a 6.7% increase in visitors to New Zealand to a record 3.73 million last year with the US market performing strongly in terms of arrivals and spending.
Regional Tourism New Zealand’s Charlie Ives says now is the time for local authorities to step up to help meet the challenges of New Zealand’s booming tourism sector.
Auckland is gearing up to exploit the opportunities its global exposure from major events will present in 2020 and 2021, says the city’s tourism leaders.
Interislander revenue and passenger growth helped KiwiRail make a $15.3m operating surplus in the six months to December 2017, up 39% on the same period a year earlier.
We here at the Ticker wonder every day what the minister of tourism Kelvin Davis is working on and after weeks of close scrutiny and careful cross-referencing we’ve managed to piece together his diary from 13 December 2017 to 2 February 2018.
Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) has reported an interim net profit after tax of $8.8m for the six months to December 2017, up 43% on the previous corresponding period.
It has taken a year of hard work but Tourism Holdings’ dream to build the world’s first global RV platform received a big boost last week with the announcement of its $128m joint venture with Thor Industries.
A few “bad apples” are giving freedom camping a bad name when most people are well behaved, says Regional Tourism New Zealand.
One of the UK’s top statisticians has been tasked with reviewing the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment’s beleaguered International Visitor Survey.
Tourism Holdings has poured its digital businesses into a $67m JV that it says will “turbocharge” the creation of a global digital motorhome platform.
Auckland Airport has reported underlying profit up 7.8% to $133.1m off revenue of $332.4m, up 6.9%, in its interim results for the six months to December 2017, driven by strong growth in retail and property income.
Maritime New Zealand is to launch an investigation into why tourists had to be rescued from Wellington harbour during a guided kayaking trip yesterday.
Richard Davies has been appointed manager of tourism policy at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
A new digital biosecurity officer that can see, hear, answer questions and give directions is greeting international visitors at Auckland Airport.
Airlines flying to New Zealand could save millions in fuel costs if a test by air navigation service provider Airways proves successful.
Canterbury and Southland guest nights jumped in December compared to the same month the previous year.
New Zealand tourism operators will be urged to help to promote the industry and its benefits in a major new initiative being launched by Tourism Industry Aotearoa this year.
It took seven months, the lure of a $150,000 salary, and eventually some national media coverage which helped generate global attention, but Taumarunui’s Forgotten World Adventures has finally got a general manager.
Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Chris Roberts on the work underway to protect the industry’s reputation and a major new initiative to promote the sector to the community.
Revenue from its NZ skydiving operations was A$12.9m, up 7.5% compared to the same period a year earlier.
Haka Tourism Group is pushing into trade sales channels as part of a new strategy to deliver 80% year-on-year overall revenue growth.
Tourism New Zealand has kicked off its 2018 winter campaigning with a $750,000 drive to attract Australians to the North Island.
A new initiative to develop a sustainable strategy to cope with booming tourism at Auckland’s Waiheke Island is to be launched this week.
SKYCITY is on the hunt for tourism and entertainment operators to help fill its Auckland site once the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) launches.
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels said revenue per available room at its NZ assets grew by 8.2% in 2017, helping to drive hotel income up by 11.6% to $105.6m for the year to December.
Kaikōura has made a welcome return to strong growth as the region’s recovery is underpinned by a booming tourism sector.
The hotel industry is hitting back at the introduction of Auckland council’s controversial accommodation targeted rate by initiating a judicial review.
SKYCITY has signalled a probable legal fight with contractor Fletcher Construction over the delay to the completion of the NZICC.
Luxury hot pools and spa attraction The Lost Spring has appointed Alanna Kline its new chief executive.
Holiday arrivals grew 7.5% in 2017 to 1.95 million with the United States showing the healthiest growth among New Zealand’s major markets.
Tourism New Zealand has teamed up with youth travel company Contiki to launch a campaign targeting millennial travellers.
Professor of media and communications at University of Melbourne, John Sinclair, says Tourism Australia’s lastest A$36m campaign is founded on a smart strategy.
Tourism has overtaken dairy as NZ’s top export earner but is it about to fall as far as that industry in terms of reputation too, asks the Ticker’s Paul Yandall.
New Zealand-listed tourism stocks took a dive this morning after two days of wild trading in the international markets.
Tourism Australia has kicked off a new A$36m (NZ$39m) marketing push aimed at “supercharging the value of American tourism Down Under’.
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels has bought New Plymouth’s The Waterfront Hotel.
