While the mountain may be closed for skiing and snowboarding, Coronet Peak has been a hive of activity over the past four months as summer maintenance and upgrades has kicked into gear.
New Zealand's South Island has seen a 9.7% growth in guest nights from overseas visitors in November 2018 when compared with the same month the previous year, while the North Island had 2.8 percent fewer overseas guest nights.
Queenstown’s highest altitude boutique hotel opens, Kāmana Lakehouse
Queenstown’s newest boutique accommodation, Kāmana Lakehouse, has this week opened, following a multi-million-dollar brand development by owners Coherent Hotel Ltd.
Furneaux Lodge and Punga Cove Resort sold to Marlborough Tour Company
Marlborough Tour Company has expanded with the purchase of the popular Furneaux Lodge and Punga Cove Resort in the Marlborough Sounds, located in Endeavour Inlet, on the world-renowned Queen Charlotte Track.
$29 million luxury hotel to open in Christchurch’s Arts Centre
Sarin Investments will open a $29 million luxury hotel at Christchurch’s Arts Centre in early 2022, in the former physics and biology buildings and on the ground floor of the Observatory Tower building.
Mt Hutt ski field records most popular season ever in 2018
New Zealand’s best ski resort since 2015 – Mt Hutt in Canterbury – has finished the 2018 season with the best visitor numbers since the mountain opened in 1973.
New Zealand hotel development on the rise, Dean Humphries Colliers International
New Zealand is in its 6th consecutive year of a tourism boom which began in 2013 and with limited new hotel supply delivered over this period; it is not surprising that the hotel sector has finally entered a strong development phase.
The new six-storey, 57-room ‘mi-pad Queenstown’ puts technology firmly in control of the guest via the “mia” smartphone app - dubbed the country’s first “smart” hotel.
$13.2 million NZ Government fund to create Otago cycle trail network
The New Zealand Government has committed $13.2 million to the proposed extension of Ngā Haerenga, the New Zealand Cycle Trail, which will connect four existing Great Rides and link 30 communities.