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(File image) Photo: 123RF Across the country, some hotels in pre-Covid-19 tourist meccas are sitting almost empty during the traditional peak season. The Hotel Data Programme, collated by Fresh Info, shows the average number of rooms booked in Auckland's hotels fell by almost half to 45.8 percent in January, compared with more than 80 percent the same month last year - excluding managed isolation and quarantine hotels. In the heart of Auckland's theatre disctrict, Airedale Boutique Suites would - in normal times - be bustling with summer guests. Sitting opposite the Town Hall, the hotel has ...

Long weekend: Tauranga benefits from great weather and more people exploring their backyard 1 Feb, 2021 04:53 PM 7 minutes to read It was a busy long weekend for many of Tauranga's tourism and hospitality providers - but they and business leaders remain uncertain what the future holds as the absence of international tourists leaves a "big hole" in the local economy. Auckland Anniversary weekend saw a wide range of popular events for the city, including the First We Eat festival, Dinner in the Park and Rangoli at the Mount. The upcoming Waitangi weekend is also looking to at...

Long weekend: Rotorua 'pumping' as Kiwis explore their own backyards 1 Feb, 2021 04:50 PM 7 minutes to read The Brownes from Auckland, Ester, 6, (left) and Jamisen, 9, and Doves from Rotorua, Evie, 9, and Vince, 5, at Okareka. Photo / Andrew Warner Rotorua Daily Post Rotorua restaurants, bars and mountain bike trails were packed throughout the long weekend, but business leaders remain in the dark about what the next few months will look like as tourism dries up. Accommodation bookings in the city were "looking strong" and business was pumping this long weekend with Waitangi...

Margaret Gordon, a Melbourne-based Kiwi who works as a video producer for The Age, offers a snapshot of her two weeks in managed isolation at an Auckland hotel. The new Hotel Council Aotearoa, representing about half the country's 330-plus hotels, says many have barely survived summer. January should have been their busiest month with occupancies around 90 per cent, said strategic director James Doolan. Instead, with a few days of January remaining, most had only 40 to 60 per cent of their rooms occupied, and had been forced to slash about 20 per cent from their room tariffs to fill even tho...

Desperate plight of hotel industry not well understood says sector group