Stats NZ have recorded that visitor numbers were down last month compared with June 2017, when New Zealand hosted the British and Irish Lions Rugby tour - June 2017 recording 230,000 and June 2018 down 17,800 to 212,000.
New Zealand’s first Hotel Indigo opening in Auckland
The Auckland CBD will welcome New Zealand’s first 225-room Hotel Indigo in 2021, with IHG officially confirming an agreement with property development company Ninety Four Feet for a new $250m, 41-storey, mixed-use development at 51 Albert Street.
Cardrona to become New Zealand's largest ski field
A new partnership has been announced between Cardrona Alpine Resort & Queenstown businessman John Darby, combining the Cardrona and Soho ski areas to form 900ha of skiable terrain, making it the largest single ski field in New Zealand.
New Zealand domestic and international guest nights statistics sees annual growth
Stats NZ have reported over 2.5 million nights were spent in commercial accommodation in May 2018, up 1.6 percent from May 2017 with increases shown in the Hotel, Motel and Holiday Park accommodation types.
Get to know Wyndham South East Asia and Pacific Rim new boss Joon Aun Ooi
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has announced Barry Robinson's replacement, appointing Joon Aun Ooi to the role of President and Managing Director for South East Asia and Pacific Rim - Exclusively speaking to The Hotel Conversation, Mr Ooi reveals 13 new hotel openings this year, including Ramada...
New Zealand's tourism boom waiting for new hotels Dean Humphries Colliers International
New hotel supply is the main issue holding back New Zealand’s booming tourism sector, with the industry struggling to add more hotel inventory in key tourism regions, despite New Zealand’s record 3.7 million international visitors in the last year.
Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis has welcomed new forecasts showing international visitor spending is expected to grow 40 per cent to $14.8 billion a year by 2024.
Queenstown and Auckland record strong RevPAR growth
Savills Hotels has reported that New Zealand wide RevPAR has increased 9.7%, with Queenstown and Auckland continuing to perform strongly recording RevPAR growth of 18.6% and 8.0%, respectively.
Auckland's $40m Federal Street Car Park sold to ICD a prime candidate for new hotel development
The $40 million sale of Auckland's Federal Street Car Park building to Australian property group ICD Property Investment has achieved one of the highest price per square metre rates ever recorded in the Auckland CBD and will potentially pave the way for a new luxury hotel development.
In a first step towards their single-use plastic free 2020 goal, Sudima Hotels recently became the first group of hotels in New Zealand to discontinue using plastic straws – eliminating an estimated 52,000 straws each year from going to landfill.