Today, 7 December 2011, Singapore Airlines is celebrating 25 years of direct flights to Christchurch International Airport with a permanent increase of daily services to Christchurch. The Singapore Airlines connection is already worth hundreds of millions of dollars locally and nationally, and the increase in daily services will pour even more revenue into the South [...]
A decade after starting at the Rotorua District Council’s destination marketing department at age 25, Oscar Nathan has returned to Destination Rotorua Marketing as General Manager Effective from early January 2012, Mr Nathan’s appointment will mark a shift in focus of Destination Rotorua Marketing from “business planning and change, with some well publicised recent challenges, [...]
Many travellers to New Zealand who experience great Maori hospitality at Tamaki Maori Village in Rotorua are reluctant to leave at the end of the evening. Now they don’t have to; Tamaki Maori Village has announced the addition of two ‘wharemoe’ (sleeping houses) so visitors can stay the night. An overnight stay gives a more [...]
In New Zealand, hospitality is not just industry jargon, it is at the heart of the nation’s indigenous culture. Manaakitanga is a Maori word that loosely translates to ‘hospitality’ – it is central to Maori society and inspires the way that travellers are made to feel welcome when visiting New Zealand. In Maori culture, manaakitanga [...]
With much of the Christchurch CBD still cordoned off after earthquakes in late 2010 and early 2011, tourism industry representatives have called for the rebuild of a central city ‘area of normality’ as soon as possible in order to continue attracting the 900,000 international visitors who pass through New Zealand’s South Island gateway city each [...]
A2B Car Rentals have announced the merge of their existing operations in Auckland and Christchurch with Nationwide Rental Cars and Ezi-Rent Car Hire, who currently operate from all the main tourist centres throughout New Zealand – from the Bay of Islands to Dunedin. Nationwide, Ezi-Rent and A2B will continue to operate separately in the New [...]
The Kauri Museum is now also a brand-new, unique conference and functions venue. Function spaces include various exhibition spaces for a Victorian High Tea, the Gum Diggers Café and an adjacent community hall.
Christchurch City’s i-SITE Visitor Information Centre has done a fair bit of moving around after the Christchurch’s earthquakes. But now the centre, which is currently located in the foyer of the Chateau on the Park Hotel, has found a new home.
Last week, SkyCity Auckland has won the proposal to build a 3,500-seat convention centre opposite the Auckland Casino and the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA) welcome the development.
Things are getting wild at Auckland Zoo: in September, the massive eco-project Te Wao Nui will open its doors. The 16-million-dollar development at New Zealand’s biggest zoo will allow visitors to discover New Zealand’s diverse flora and fauna.
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