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IRB warns NZ over World Cup price gouging
Price gouging could prevent NZ ever holding the Rugby World Cup again, the head of the IRB says.
Stars fail to entice wealthy to RWC
A luxury travel company which signed two All Black legends has apologised for delays in attracting millionaire visitors.
Five-star hotel planned for top waterfront spot
A five-star, 300-room hotel will fill former America's Cup sites on one of the most valuable pieces of waterside property in the country.
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.
Brian Rudman: Chinatown idea misses point
Here we go again. Another call to designate an enclave of Auckland "Chinatown".
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.