The best of NZ Herald Business for 2016: Aviation romantic David Morgan is Air New Zealand's greatest problem-solver.

COMMENT: I have done some research. Now tourism is this country's number one income earner, I thought it worth exploring.

Smart suitcases may be all you need to solve your travel woes.

Novotel says it is building a new 200-room hotel at Christchurch Airport.

The Auckland-Los Angeles fare frenzy gets better for Kiwi travelers with prices hitting a new low of $699 return through travel agent Helloworld.

Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X has joined a growing number of airlines serving New Zealand as Kiwis travel in record numbers and tourism booms.

Are you travelling to Australia over Easter? Expect delays.

Airbnb will soon give landlords a better way to find out how the strangers showing up at their properties are behaving.

COMMENT: Let's find solutions to any "growing pains" and let's celebrate that we live in a country the world wants to come to and enjoy with us.

Air NZ and partner United Airlines have entered into a revenue sharing deal as they co-ordinate services across the Pacific.

This will be the new longest flight in the world - more than 18 hours flight time between Doha and Auckland.

Tourists appear to be spending more on their credit cards in New Zealand, led by visitors from Australia and the UK.

PM says one million Chinese visitors will soon be coming to New Zealand every year.

NZ hotel prices are surging but there are still some bargains for Kiwi travellers in holiday hotspots

The service between Auckland and Osaka was suspended in 2013.

Emirates has announced that an Airbus A380 super-jumbo will be used on the airline's first direct services between Dubai and Auckland as a one-off special.

Successful Tourism NZ boss Kevin Bowler tells Grant Bradley how he does it.

Emirates reveals how technology will save as much time as possible on the longest duration flight between Auckland and Dubai.

Tourism Holdings, the campervan rental company, has boosted its first-half profit 45pc and upgraded its full-year profit forecast.

Auckland International Airport CEO Adrian Littlewood says New Zealand has plenty of capacity to grow tourism from its record levels.

When Ryan Turney's mother, Gerardine, learned her son had been told he could not stay at a Blenheim backpackers she hit the roof.

Moody's Investors Service is comfortable with its Aaa credit rating on New Zealand with a stable outlook, as it anticipates the impact from lower commodity prices will be offset by strength in areas of the economy such as tourism and education services.

Chinese interests have bought their very own "castle" on a chunk of the Waitaki Valley, and have big plans.

Hot competition has pushed air fares to the United States down to the lowest ever offered.

Cathay Pacific is on track to be the first airline to fly the world's newest widebody aircraft on scheduled services to New Zealand.

Air NZ CEO Christopher Luxon shares his views on the flag referendum and whether he is supporting a change.