New Zealand’s leading accommodation company Scenic Hotel Group is upgrading booking, distribution and point of sale technology across its 18 properties.
New Zealand International visitor levy consultation opens
The New Zealand government has announced plans to ease the cost burden on communities and ratepayers for tourism-related infrastructure through a proposed levy on international visitors, between $25 to $35 - however Australians and people from most Pacific Island Forum countries would be exempt...
Marriott International announces vision for Sheraton transformation
Marriott International has announced its transformation vision for Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, the third largest brand in its portfolio which generates $9.2 billion in property revenue globally and currently consists of nearly 450 open hotels.
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.
A brand new five-star boutique hotel being created as part of one of Auckland’s tallest and most luxurious residential towers in central Auckland, The Pacifica, is being marketed for sale by Warren Hutt and Peter Hamilton of CBRE for developers Hengyi Pacific.
Many New Zealand hotel markets are outperforming their Australian counterparts as demand for rooms continues to outstrip supply with Queenstown, Auckland and Rotorua among Australasia's top markets.
Five-star Horizon Hotel opening in Auckland next year
Auckland's new five-star Horizon Hotel will open in late 2019, bringing 303 new high-end rooms to the city centre being built alongside the New Zealand International Convention Centre.