Chinese tourists visiting NZ rose to an annual record in April, helping push total visitor arrivals to a new high.

Migration rose to a new annual record in April, as more students arrived from India and China and fewer locals left.

Philippine Airlines will launch services to Auckland from Manila later this year. It will be the first time the airline has ever operated in New Zealand.

The Blenheim centre holding Sir Peter Jackson’s WWI planes will get a $1.5m boost in funding from the Govt.

Chinese tourists are now more likely to be 'free independent travellers' rather than organised into package tours.

If visitor numbers from China continue at current rates, we'll be earning more tourist dollars from the Chinese than the Australians.

The Green Party has urged New Zealanders to take action to clean up the environment following the revamp of Tourism New Zealand’s advertising campaign.

Tourism New Zealand is moving away from Middle Earth to promote our country overseas.

New Zealand has slipped in an international measure of travel and tourism competitiveness on a range of measures, especially the cost to visit here.

A New Zealand café once destroyed in a fire has beat international competitors to be named the best designed coffee shop in the world.

Air New Zealand will shut down Dreamliners completely every three months after tests by Boeing exposed problems.

The country's national carrier celebrated 75 years in the skies by showcasing its eclectic past and present uniforms.

The Overseas Investment Office gave consent for Carrington Holiday Park Jade, owned by Guo Jie Gui, to buy the 2.5ha Whatuwhiwhi Holiday Park from its New Zealand owners.

Tourism Holdings has boosted full-year guidance for a third time and hired First NZ Capital to review its capital structure.

Air NZ is today marking the 75th anniversary by giving 75 customers the chance to win back their fares.

LAN is optimistic about growth prospects at home and in Australia, despite sluggish economic conditions in both places.

Britain's royal palaces are enjoying a tourism surge from visitors anticipating the birth of the royal baby.

Air New Zealand is on the hunt for hundreds of extra flight attendants as its growth surges for the rest of the year.

Bookings at the three largest US cruise operators are coming in faster so far this year than a year ago.

Babyboomers are increasingly buying luxury RVs instead of investing in holiday homes, a motorhome company says.

Air New Zealand's Auckland-Houston flights will be the longest on the airline's network.

Owners of a new generation mega cruise ship heading for New Zealand say they welcome plans by Ports of Auckland to extend its container wharves.

Ovation is still being built at a shipyard in Germany and when finished will be 348m long and 168,666 gross registered tonnes.

Occupancy at Auckland hotels reached a record high in what has been described as a golden summer for tourism.

The man credited with making the Rugby World Cup a success four years ago has embarked on a project to top them all - to bring the Fifa World Cup to New Zealand.

New Zealand travellers joined the jet age 50 years ago today when Qantas began Boeing 707 flights to Christchurch.