Tourism stories
The three parties will provide local payment services and exclusive benefits for members, targeting Southeast Asian tourists traveling Japan.
AirPass and 18Communications have joined forces to launch WeChat Shopping Week in Australia, enhancing the tourism experience for Chinese visitors.
New Zealand’s wage subsidy extension and infrastructure spending are meant to blunt soaring unemployment as the economy heads into recession.
Small firms face months of cashflow pain as the wages subsidy runs thin and landlords and utilities keep billing during lockdown.
Remote work, home schooling and digital healthcare could outlast the pandemic, reshaping cities, travel and emissions for years to come.
Lockdown has forced Invercargill Central to push back its planned opening, complicating talks with Farmers and bank financing for the project.
Bond markets and prolonged virus disruption could strain weaker firms, with airlines, shipping and non-food retail facing the biggest risk.
Rising visitor numbers are putting New Zealand’s lakes, tracks and towns under strain, with a watchdog warning current policy will not curb damage.
A solar-powered radio and AIS upgrade now lets Environment Canterbury track ships up to 400km away and manage Akaroa Harbour remotely.
The freehold site could stay a motel, be subdivided or make way for housing as Taupo's property market keeps growing.
New tourism startups are making a name for themselves in New Zealand and abroad, fresh from a start with Lightning Lab Tourism.
Jobseekers could cut training time from days to minutes as a new virtual reality tool is piloted to fill construction skills gaps in New Zealand.
It will add 226 apartments and a 233-room hotel to downtown Auckland as demand for CBD homes outstrips supply, with completion due in 2024.
Home buyers have driven Turangi's median property value up 41% in a year, leaving it at NZD $260,000.
More than EUR €1 billion in pledges has already fuelled a global race to shape Notre-Dame’s post-fire future.
Reopening of the Main North Line helped lift KiwiRail's half-year revenue 12% to GBP £328.8 million and surplus to GBP £16.3 million.
Visitors can now stay in a hotel carved into an abandoned Shanghai quarry, after decade-long construction overcame engineering setbacks.
There's no doubt that we live in a beautiful country and New Zealand Geographic's new virtual reality project certainly proves it.
The 48-level tower will add 226 apartments and a 233-room hotel, with a public market at street level and a roof garden above.
The upgrade gives airport staff faster, more reliable links to co-ordinate passengers safely as annual throughput heads towards 8.5 million by 2025.
