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.

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.

Even though tens of thousands of cruise ship passengers visit ports they are not recorded in official tourism statistics.

Kiwi flight attendant Kaytlin Motion describes her job on the ultra long haul service between Dubai and Auckland.

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.

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.

David Hall, Jetstar chief executive of Australia and New Zealand, said his airline's operating model and competition would keep fares low.

Ultra-longhaul flight will take 17 hours.

Expect lower international airfares to stick around for a while, House of Travel director says.

More than 200 trips to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Tokyo and Shanghai bought today after Grabaseat offered return trips for less than $1,000.