Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism, in association with the Canterbury Tourism Partnership, have launched a new campaign aimed at drawing Australian visitors to Christchurch. Also strongly supported by Christchurch Airport, the campaign is called Christchurch Reimagined and is aimed at challenging Australians’ perceptions of Christchurch by demonstrating how the South Island’s gateway city has changed since [...]
Middle-earth is set to be a top seller. Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand advertisement has reached more than 500,000 on-line views to date, despite much of the core campaign work still to launch in off-shore markets. The advertisement was launched on newzealand.com on 23 August with the first television campaign work [...]
Ibis Christchurch opened its doors today, becoming the first city centre hotel to re-open since the February 2011 earthquake. The Ibis – situated in Hereford Street, just off Cathedral Square – has undergone significant remedial work, including the renovation of all 155 rooms and public areas, as well as structural strengthening to meet the city’s [...]
Four exceptional New Zealand employees within Choice hotels were celebrated with highly coveted awards at the tenth Choice Hotels Australasia annual conference in Melbourne this week. The 2012 Champions of Choice Award recipients from New Zealand were: Olivier Lacoua, General Manager at Quality Hotel Wellington; Carlyn McClintock, Sales and Marketing Manager for Clarion Suites Highview; [...]
A unique wine experience with spectacular views in Rotorua will soon be enjoyed by visitors. A Volcanic Hills winery is being established at Skyline Rotorua, where visitors will be able to experience how the wine is made before taking a gondola to a tasting room within the popular tourism attraction’s mountain-top complex. Visitors will be [...]
Tourism Industry Association New Zealand Chief Executive Martin Snedden says yesterday’s launch of the new mandatory driver licence for commercial jet boat drivers operating on rivers is a mark of the professionalism and maturity of the sector. He congratulated the Commercial Jet Boat Association on the introduction of the licence, and says it reinforces the [...]
Southern Discoveries has again set the pace as an industry leader with a trifecta of accolades. Southern Discoveries’ Go Milford coach and cruise business, based in Te Anau, has been announced 2012 New Zealand-Wide Bus and Coach category winner by online travel review site Rankers. The win is determined through rankings posted by independent travelers [...]
New Zealand tourism is standing strong. International visitor arrivals to the country have been maintained with 2.63 million arrivals, increasing the total arrivals by 5.6 per cent for the year-ending July 2012. Tourism New Zealand’s Chief Executive Kevin Bowler suggests the increase shows the industry’s resilience during what is traditionally a low season. “While total [...]
New Zealand is in a fantastic position to begin capturing the imagination of China’s aspirational consumers according to one of China’s highly respected wine experts. Fongyee Walker, international guest judge at this year’s Hawke’s Bay A & P Mercedes Benz Wine Awards suggests that as China’s market grows she hopes to see a greater growing [...]
Mount Tongariro in the North Island of New Zealand erupted just before midnight last night – but there’s no need to reschedule travel plans as we can confirm that this poses no threats to anyone visiting or travelling the country. At this stage only a few flights to some North Island towns (such as Napier [...]
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