Backpackers are still flocking to Christchurch as a must-stop destination, despite the ongoing shaking.

Hôtel Americano, the latest project of the Mexican hotel group Habita, is in Manhattan's Chelsea district.

Leah McLennan plays tourist in her own city at the five-star Crowne Plaza Coogee Beach.

A resort has opened at GoldenEye, former home of Ian Fleming. It's a tourism model the island should copy, says Kate Simon.

Chloe Johnson visits an Oamaru lodge with hosts as fascinating as the building's history.

The grande dame of Barcelona's Gran Via has reopened following a $54m facelift.

There's plenty more to do than just ski in this Central Otago town, reports Shandelle Battersby.

Danielle Wright spends a weekend in a regional park and discovers that having nothing to do can be a very good thing.

Club Med will close its only Australian property, Queensland's Lindeman Island resort, in January.

Towering over fashionable Nihonbashi, the Mandarin Oriental rises like a great glass tree.

Students from the age of 18 will have the chance to gain a degree while working in a fully operational hotel.

Visitors to Australia's Red Centre will soon be able to play a round of desert golf as part of a makeover at the Ayers Rock Resort.

Located on the Unesco-protected Keizersgracht, The Dylan hotel conceals its virtues behind a 17th-century facade.

It costs $10,000 a night - but the cream of Auckland hoteliers are calling the Pullman Hotel's new presidential suite a "marketing gimmick".

The hotel which has welcomed celebrity guests from Coco Chanel to Diana, Princess of Wales, is closing for two years.

Rebecca Kamm heads for some eco-friendly R&R, topped up with gourmet eats.

It's a competition like no other - a competition to find the best (and the worst) student flat in Dunedin.

Las Vegas is the third most popular destination for Kiwis as the high New Zealand dollar makes some tourist hotspots more affordable.

There's been a healthy jump in accommodation number for July, with the North Island, particularly Auckland, leading the charge.

Travelling with the original Lonely Planet as a guide, writer Brian Thacker finds what's changed in 35 years.

Australia's newest luxury hotel will officially throw its doors open next Wednesday.

Gran Canaria's Seaside Hotel Palm Beach was built in the 1970s and positively embraces its roots.

Russian engineers have announced the ultimate get-away-from-it-all holiday, revealing plans to put a hotel into orbit 320km above Earth by 2016.

Hone your cooking skills at sumptuous Otahuna Lodge, writes Abby Gillies.

Australians are choosing to commute for Rugby World Cup weekends in New Zealand because of "greedy" hotel prices.

You're never too old to enjoy your first outing on a pair of skis, discovers Andy Kenworthy during a weekend on Mt Ruapehu.