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Auckland Airport unsure if all terminal retailers will be open by the end of the year.
Editorial: Back to the brain drain as world beckons our best
EDITORIAL: Fully open border means NZ back competing for workers, students and tourists.
From MIQ to Mövenpick: Grand Mercure rebrand aims at the sweet spot
The chain draws on its 74 years of Swiss heritage - and offers free icecream for kids
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Five-star feud: Owners v owners in waterfront hotel dispute
In a clear display of neighbours at war, Sofitel and Marsden operate in the same hotel.
Travel boost: Pre-departure tests on way out, cruise ships return
Airlines say the pre-departure tests need to go straight away.
Prince Harry wants to rate tourists on how green their holidays are
The duke appears in skit to encourage holidaymakers to make sustainable travel choices.
Govt says NZ is open: Travel and tourism groups say not really
Pre-testing can badly derail travel into NZ and faulty forms can cost you $4000.
'Flights are full': The big airline rebuild - the carriers coming back to NZ
Airlines have full planes but lobby group says border rules need further relaxation.
DoC bunk breakdown shows Aussies back on tracks
One in five bunks booked by overseas visitors as Milford sells out in record time
Airbnb ends Covid-19 refund policy
Booking platforms are eager to move on from the pandemic cancellation policies.
Opinion: What is NZ's plan to balance out the brain drain?
New Zealand needs to offer people enough value to stay, writes Sébastien Desclée.
What hard-hit Auckland hotels are doing to bring back guests
Occupancy in Auckland plunged to less than a third in February and scheme aims at reboot.
Open borders: How long it could take a $42 billion industry to recover
Today is a milestone, but the recovery of the $42 billion industry is going to take time.
244-room Auckland hotel hits market
The building stands on a leasehold site owned by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Rawa.
New Virgin cruise ship to call NZ and Australia home
Virgin's anticipated Cruise debut sailed straight into the headwinds of a global pandemic.
Tourism Export Council says NZ risks being left behind by testing rules
As NZ drops some entry requirements a tourist group says there's still a long way to go.
Flight Centre to Govt: Time to start trusting the experts
Opinion: The travel industry was better placed to handle MIQ booking systems than MBIE.
Back in business: are airlines ready for a travel boom?
Financial Times: Business looks different after two years of cost-cutting and redundancies
Without stricter conditions, NZ should be in no hurry to reopen its border to cruise ships
COMMENT: Should New Zealand rush to welcome back cruise ships? Experts disagree.
Could $120m+ Queenstown case top NZ's largest leaky claim?
Oaks operates the Auckland and Queenstown buildings that have major leaks, fire defects.
Waiwera's derelict and abandoned hot pools: New hope for a thriving future
Pools and a bottling plant were once owned by Russian Mikhail Khimich, who has died.
'Busier than Xmas': Bach bookings full for long weekend
Holiday letting companies reported they were 97 per cent booked across the country.
Backyard Travel Quiz: Help find NZ's least known locations
How well do you know your own backyard?
James Doolan: How tourists subsidise date night - and why we need them back fast
Hotel Council Aotearoa director James Doolan describes how tourists subsidise date night.
Luxury cruise ships return to NZ: A butler for every berth
Hope is growing in the cruise industry that ban on ships is about to be lifted.
Hamish Clark: What do the borders reopening mean for Christchurch and the South Island?
OPINION: A step in the right direction but don't expect a rush of tourists.
Watch: Wellington weather dampens PM's tourism push
You can't beat Wellington on a good day. Today is not that day.
Live: Orange light D-Day - as borders reopen to Aussie tourists
Health authorities reported 11,063 community cases and 622 hospitalisations yesterday.
Pow! Bam! Holy crime-busters, Batman! It's the tourists
OPINION: Hotel Council Aotearoa strategic director talks law and order in city centres.
Major hotel chain to continue living wage post MIQ
Many of these workers were at or just above the minimum wage at the start of the pandemic.