Local tourism was up more than 10pc ast year, with business travel booming 31 per cent.

Utilico Investments, a UK investor managed by Infratil director Duncan Saville's ICM, has bought a 7.1 per cent stake in Tourism Holdings.

Christchurch Airport is working on a replacement for the AirAsia X services, due to end this year.

Auckland International Airport has posted a 5.5 per cent increase in first-half profit on passenger growth and said full-year earnings would be "at the higher end" of its guidance.

Belgians Pierre-Yves de Ryckel and Amandine Tirtiaux were on their way to the South Island when they lost...

Giant cruise ships carrying thousands of passengers are an increasingly familiar site in the Port of Tauranga.

Unwanted hotel rooms needlessly reserved by Olympic organisers will be a key factor in a tourism slump.

Two proposed mega tourism developments in the South Island have opponents warning that life in a precious World Heritage Area and national parks will suffer.

The British Government is poised to reopen the vexed and controversial debate over the expansion of air travel in southeast England.