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Golf venture's sudden failure angers industry
A company selling overseas golf travel packages has folded suddenly, leaving many players out of pocket and angering top courses and administrators.
Visitors almost 60pc higher than first forecast
Rugby World Cup organisers now say up to 95,000 visitors will come to New Zealand for the tournament, with 27,000 staying at least a month.
IRB warns NZ over World Cup price gouging
Price gouging could prevent NZ ever holding the Rugby World Cup again, the head of the IRB says.
Five-star hotel planned for top waterfront spot
A five-star, 300-room hotel will fill former America's Cup sites on one of the most valuable pieces of waterside property in the country.
Tourists 'talk' their way around
Overseas visitors are ditching brochures and tuning into radio as their preferred travel guide to New Zealand.
Jennie Langley: Peak room rates to be expected for RWC
Hoteliers want to enhance NZ reputation - not rip off visitors, writes Jennie Langley, chairwoman of the New Zealand Hotel Council.
Hilton opens two new hotels in Queenstown
Queenstown's tourism industry has been given a huge boost with the opening of two Hilton-operated hotels.