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Win for Reds lifts Aussie interest in RWC tourism packages

Restaurants told to be prepared for Rugby World Cup

Stars fail to entice wealthy to RWC

A luxury travel company which signed two All Black legends has apologised for delays in attracting millionaire visitors.

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.

Roads and visas on agenda as tourism chiefs get together

Milford Sound tourist attractions damaged

Rich Italians buy private islands as beaches lose their charm

Study seeks tips for targeting needs of Asian tourists

RWC homeless shakeup

1080 examined in Thai hotel deaths

Hoteliers come to aid of stranded Australian businessman

Aucklanders invited to see Rotorua - again

Remember screaming downhill on the luge, sliding down the black hole, or soaking in the mud at Polynesian Spa?

Hilton man has high hopes for NZ

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.

Air NZ scoops three Skytrax awards

Air New Zealand been named best airline in the Australia-Pacific region for the second year running.

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.

Brian Rudman: Chinatown idea misses point

Here we go again. Another call to designate an enclave of Auckland "Chinatown".

Allied Farmers denies it will lose $10m