Adventure Tourism News

1. Cruise ship spending soars to $435 million

   Cruise ship spending surged by more than 18 per cent to $434 million in the past year, Statistics NZ says.The increased number of voyages and passengers boosted spending by $67.1m in the year ended June, following a 9.9 per cent...

2. InterContinental revealed for Auckland, Commercial Bay development hits $1b

   NZX-listed landlord Precinct Properties plans to bring global hotel brand InterContinental to Auckland in a $298 million expansion of its now-$1 billion Commercial Bay city's waterfront project.Precinct chief executive Scott Pritchard...

3. Naumi Hotel Auckland Airport's 'degrading' signs cause outrage

   Sexually loaded signs around an Auckland hotel have been described as ''yuck'' and ''degrading'', prompting the hotel company to review them. Naumi Hotel Auckland Airport says its approach to describing ammenities are a ''tongue-in-cheek,...

4. The Apec squeeze: World leaders to take over Auckland

   A tourism leader is warning big events in 2021 will put strain on Auckland hotels and need to be promoted carefully to avoid damaging the sector. The America's Cup will be sailed early in the year and that November the Apec leaders'...

5. Small Business: The tourism business targeting backpackers - Elements World

   Chilean expat Felipe Rebolledo talks about how his multi-faceted tourism business aimed at backpackers started out as a surf school. What does your business do? Elements World is a one-stop tourism business where we show backpackers...