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The tourism industry is welcoming a new roadmap to reopen Aotearoa's borders next year, while bracing for more months without international visitors.
Mountain Scene July 10, 2021 By PHILIP CHANDLER An Auckland investor’s paid an eye-watering $17 million for downtown Queenstown’s Bank of New Zealand building. The vendor was the family trust of local tourism operator Mark Quickfall and his wife Jackie, which had owned the Rees Street building for at least 13 years. Bayleys Queenstown sales consultant Chris Campbell, who brokered both this deal and the last one, calls it an exceptional sale given the effects of the global pandemic, and says it proves investors still have great faith in the resort. Campbell says he approa...
Tourism businesses who lobbied for more time without paying DOC concession fees welcome Government’s decision to extend the waiver.
For Auckland hotelier Desmond Moraes, the culmination of the band and the bubble meant all 45 rooms in his central Parkside Hotel and Apartments were full on Saturday. "I think 90 per cent were people from Auckland wanting to stay in town and go and have a party. I saw lots of girls coming together and booking two or three rooms. "But we did notice a lot of Australian families checking in as well." Two days after the borders opened - the hotel's receptionist couldn't keep up with calls, he said. STUFF Kiwis welcome Australians to New Zealand, as the first flights from Australia arrive aft...
Six60 waving to fans from the stage at Eden Park. Photo: Supplied/Six60 It was the first weekend since the trans-Tasman bubble opened, bringing the first visitors from outside New Zealand in more than a year. Last night at Eden Park - @SIX60 entering from the rugby changing rooms through the crowd to loud drums and cheers pic.twitter.com/QTIzao0TVs— Charlotte Ryan (@CharlotteRyanNZ) April 24, 2021 The show was Auckland's largest event since the trans-Tasman bubble opened and businesses welcomed the influx with open arms. For Auckland hotelier Desmond Moraes, the culmination of the band an...