Airbnb bans users under 25 from renting properties
An automated booking process and easy access to rental accommodation has led to problems.
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Auckland’s Park Hyatt set to open this September
With a presidential suite over $10k a night Auckland’s Park Hyatt is set to open this September. Video / Michael Craig
Up to 140 jobs go at top Auckland hotel as associate in liquidation
Jobs lost as Viaduct Quays Hotel goes into liquidation, company vows to re-open.
Auckland's luxury concierges on guests' most outrageous requests
From planning a wedding in a day to wrangling helicopters, they've seen it all.
Retail fears as Auckland CBD and airport spending at 'unsustainable' levels
Spending down almost 30 per cent in Auckland CBD and the shops around Auckland Airport.
Business Hub: Franz Mascarenhas
Franz Mascarenhas, Managing director of the luxury Cordis Hotel in Auckland, reveals how they have coped with the Covid-19 fallout and plans for the future. Video / Jed Bradley
'World's best eco-hotel' offers discounts to Kiwi tourists
It's time to explore the backyard in style.
The hotel that remained open through lockdown - for a single guest
"They have really spoilt me," says treasured Belgian guest who'll stay on for winter.
Luxury Swiss hotel's creative response to pandemic advice
Travellers are advised to stay where they are, which means hotels are getting creative.
'No sign of bed bugs': Auckland motel hits back
Motel manager reckons jellyfish or sea lice could be cause of customer's 200 bites.
'Unbearable': Man says he was savaged by insect bites, blames Auckland motel
Juergen Abele claims it's not the first time he's been bitten by bugs at the motel.
Would you rent a dress from your hotel?
The New York Times: Forgot it? These hotels have got it.
Glass igloos and grown-up treehouses: Five out-there hotel ideas
The New York Times: A hotel once simply implied a bed, a desk and perhaps a minibar.
Space invaders: Retro console company Atari enters hospitality game
The New York Times: The company behind many retro arcade games is entering a new space.
Fake Booking.com accommodation listing lures strangers to woman's Waiheke home
After much difficulty, the fake listing has only just been taken off Booking.com.
Jucy Snooze cuddles up to Event Hospitality
Jucy Snooze in partnership with one of Australasia's largest hospitality brands.
No room at the inn: Hotels to phase out the Gideon Bible
Over 65 per cent of hotels still include a copy of the Bible in their rooms.
Coronavirus panic: Kiwi-Chinese woman told to cancel accommodation booking
Kiwi-Chinese told to cancel Hamilton Airbnb booking despite earlier confirmation.
How Coronavirus has impacted NZ's hospitality sector
Following hotel, activity cancellations, vendors are expected to offer competitive prices.
Canadian hotel offers free holidays to baby makers
'You'll win a way to celebrate your baby's conception for the next 18 years.'
Other people's holidays - what's it like to grow up in a motor camp?
Behind the scenes of other people's holidays.
Airbnb host's passive aggressive BO note divides internet
An Airbnb note has gone viral after this host caused a stink over travel BO.
Cheese Suite promises sweet dreams in quirky London room
A boutique hotel is causing a stink with its new concept room.
Same patch of lawn for 68 years: Story of the campground
Leonie and Lindsay Tisch cannot get enough of the Mount Maunganui campground.
Six castles you can rent for under $55
One's holiday home is one's castle. In this case, we're being literal.
Holiday home website fined $117k for removing negative reviews
Reviews that gave a rating below three-and-a-half stars weren't published at all.
A deeper look at Australia's first underwater hotel
Australia's underwater hotel could be the perfect digital detox for any ocean naturalist.
'I wanna cry': MAFS Ines Basic shares hotel nightmare
"Like, I'm genuinely concerned I'm gonna get shot or stabbed here. I wanna cry."
The Beverly Hills hotel fit for a Pretty Woman. And Handsome Men.
Dan Ahwa stays at the iconic Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles.
Room Check: The Fullerton Hotel in Singapore
Shandelle Battersby stays at a historic Singapore icon.
'It felt like I was standing in a corridor in the Death Star'
Michael Burgess checks into the W Hotel Brisbane.
Discovering Fiji's Sun Coast while at Volivoli Beach Resort
There is something about sipping on a pina colada while on a tropical island beach...
Christchurch's newest hotel a dream for plane spotters
There are few views loftier than from Christchurch's newly finished Airport Hotel.
India: Live like a maharaja
Courtney Whitaker attends the unveiling of the Gudliya Suite in the City Palace, Jaipur