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Tourists 'talk' their way around
Overseas visitors are ditching brochures and tuning into radio as their preferred travel guide to New Zealand.

Aucklanders invited to see Rotorua - again
Remember screaming downhill on the luge, sliding down the black hole, or soaking in the mud at Polynesian Spa?

Jennie Langley: Peak room rates to be expected for RWC
Hoteliers want to enhance NZ reputation - not rip off visitors, writes Jennie Langley, chairwoman of the New Zealand Hotel Council.

Air NZ scoops three Skytrax awards
Air New Zealand been named best airline in the Australia-Pacific region for the second year running.

Hilton opens two new hotels in Queenstown
Queenstown's tourism industry has been given a huge boost with the opening of two Hilton-operated hotels.

Hire rate tripled but 'we're not like hotels'
Rugby World Cup fans wanting to hire campervans face a shock.

Tourism operators urged to focus on Oz and Asia
Statistics New Zealand yesterday reported visitor numbers for the year ended May were up 1 per cent to 2.5 million.

Should bars charge for water?
An Auckland nightclubber is disgusted a popular bar asked her to pay for water. What do you think?