Latest from Tourism & Leisure Industries

Selling NZ to the world: Why we can't afford to 'go dark'

In a first, a group of Govt agencies are teaming up to keep closed up country prominent.

Tourism operator launches virtual tours to beat Covid border closures

Booming business offering cruise ship tourists "quickie tour" of Dunedin has gone virtual.

The $5 million PR bonanza: How NZ wooed TV star Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert's love of The Lord of the Rings helped secure public relations scoop.

iPhone screen inspires look of new 99-room hotel

Multimillionaire forges links between Northland and new Auckland CBD hotel.

Expo 2020: NZ push attracts more sponsors despite delay

More New Zealand companies join Expo 2020 - now scheduled for 2021.

Conservation Comment: Getting to know nature's needs

Conservation issues include the protection of trees, animals and wetlands.

Watch: Inside NZ's most expensive new hotel

Architectural features are distinctively Kiwiana, some reflecting local landmarks.

Auckland’s Park Hyatt set to open this September

With a presidential suite over $10k a night Auckland’s Park Hyatt is set to open this September. Video / Michael Craig

Watch: Grandma Dorothy (91) becomes oldest person to bungy off Harbour Bridge

AJ Hackett co-founder says feat is testament to the fact age is just a number.

Room reveal: Inside the new QT Auckland hotel

New hotel confident of successful launch as sentiment among other hoteliers gets gloomier.

Watch: NZ's biggest hotel owner reveals multimillion-dollar rebuild

In the ultimate immigrant-made-good fable, the business has gone global.

A humanitarian crisis is emerging in Fiji

The pandemic has forced the tourism industry to collapse, causing thousands of job losses.

Focus: AA Insurance giving redundant travel and tourism workers a chance

AA Insurance is recruiting ex-travel and tourism workers made redundant from the Covid-19 travel restrictions. Video / Alex Burton

NZ's biggest hotel owner on major renovation

NZ's biggest hotel owner on major renovation. Video / Alex Burton

NZ Super Fund monitoring Booking.com stake amid overseas travel sites concern

Fund aware of some tourism operators' concerns about overseas OTAs carving commission.

Tourist loses his van home to Napier thieves

When thieves smashed and grabbed Nicolas Lichtbringer's van, they were also taking a bed.