Australian competition regulators are imposing strict conditions on the extension of Air New Zealand's transtasman alliance with Virgin Australia.

Jetstar is launching a direct Auckland-to-Adelaide service from the middle of December, taking on Air New Zealand with special launch fares of $99 one-way.

The Government's convention centre deal with SkyCity could see the taxpayer saddled with millions in cost overruns before building even begins, claims Labour.

Tourism forecasts find growth in the Australian market is being crimped by capacity constraints following the Christchurch earthquakes.

Tourism businesses can apply for government funding from an $8 million pool aimed at boosting innovation and lifting productivity.

New Zealand's advertising watchdog is backing Tourism NZ's 100% Pure catchphrase - refusing to uphold a complaint against the slogan which alleged it was "misleading'.

An ex-bank worker's gamble has become an adventure tourism company with 17 staff that is targeting turnover of $5 million this year.

British news website Daily Mail Online says New Zealand's claims to be clean and green are "pure manure".

"If there's a dent to that reputation that dent has the potential to hurt everybody ... " Tourism Industry Association chief Martin Snedden's blunt message.

Is there not at least a possibility the convention centre SkyCity is building in Auckland will turn out to be as future-proof as the windjammer and the rotary-dial telephone?

The downtown view of Rangitoto and Browns Island will be replaced by cranes and compromise Auckland's image as the City of Sails if port expansion plans go ahead.

Cruise ship visits to New Zealand are set to ease from the latest bumper season, but that has not diminished hope of seeing more tourism dollars.

Auckland's new primary cruise ship terminal was opened yesterday in a 103-year-old wharf shed.

Paris has launched a new kind of tourist guide: not a guide for tourists, but a guide to different types of tourists.

Conservation Minister is an enviable job. As lord of the estate you get to be helicoptered into grand and lovely parts of the country to meet good people, release endangered species and talk sense in defence of pesticides.

New Zealand's monthly inbound migration rose to a four-year high in June as more kiwis stayed at home amid the dwindling attraction of Australia's slowing economy.

Unemployment is continuing to dog Auckland and hinder its economic recovery as employers express reluctance to take on new staff.

Branding countries is just as important as branding consumer products.

A tourism revival may offset coal mining job losses as Queensland grapples with the highest unemployment in almost a decade.

SkyCity says it has been "victimised" in the debate over the Convention Centre deal, but a law change to allow increased gambling has the potential to go ahead.

Auckland's $400 million International Convention Centre has come a step closer amid heated accusations that MPs failed to vote with their conscience in backing a law change which will allow increased gambling facilities at SkyCity.

Editorial: The SkyCity convention centre project is a gamble for all involved. But the die is cast, so let's back the country to get it right.