SkyCity Entertainment has announced a 29.6 per cent or $16.2 million rise in its first half after-tax profit to $71.02m.

When you drive through the Awakino Gorge, you notice the sparkling stream down in the bed of the valley.

New accommodation stats show total guest nights for 2009 were down one per cent from the year before, but there was a 4 per cent rise in December.

Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police are all part and parcel of life in Mexico.

The hotel industry is increasingly concerned at the power wielded by internet sites such as TripAdvisor, on which often excoriating - yet anonymous - notices are posted that can destroy an establishment's reputation.

A New Zealand luxury lodge has been recognised for its consistent high standards by a century-old English high society magazine.

Big-spending overseas millionaires' superyachts are being turned away from Auckland because of lack of decent berths.

A tour operator is under fire for using fake Maori to attract tourists from cruise ships docking in Tauranga.

Jaqueline Smith put her hand up for a swim in Kelly Tarlton's Shark Cage and was relieved it wasn't bitten off.