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Rolling in luxury: TrailLite’s long road from caskets to caravans
Celebrating 70 years in business, the team at family-run TrailLite reflect on their ups and downs, and offer up some advice for business...
Sustainable tourism haven thrives on West Coast
In the lush, remote landscape of Karamea, the ‘Last Resort’ has evolved from a humble ‘paddock in the middle of nowhere’...
Wahlburgers restaurant boosts Queenstown’s profile
Hollywood heavyweight Mark Wahlberg’s new restaurant in Queenstown has opened and is set to boost the city’s international profile....
E-bus investment a first for adventure tourism
One of New Zealand’s most forward-thinking businesses is out to achieve a ‘first’ in adventure tourism. Following years of research,...
Visa waiver tabled at NZ-Fiji business conference
Fiji’s Deputy PM Biman Prasad and Finance Minister Grant Robertson spoke at the recent NZ-Fiji trade and business conference, where a...
The passion behind the ziplines
NZBusiness shares an inside look into Rotorua Canopy Tours – one of Aotearoa’s leading tourism businesses. From unparalleled ziplining...
Tourism on the rebound
As the world emerges from the pandemic, our hospitality industry faces new challenges and opportunities. William Hudson reports on the...
CX the key to reviving travel industry
As NZ's tourism industry shifts its focus to long-term recovery, marketers must leverage insights-led customer engagement to generate...
NZ’s events industry finally re-connects
‘Eventing the Future’ and the NZEA NZ Event Awards are scheduled for late July, as those events calendars roar back into action. The NZ...
Success celebrated at Ignite Wānaka Business Awards
Structural and civil engineering firm Batchelar McDougall Consulting took out the top award at the recent Ignite Wānaka Business...
Bringing New Zealand tourism to the world
Michael Nees is encouraging the tourism industry and other sectors to use digital technology to meet the demand for visitor experiences in...
Try Local bolsters tourism and hospo industry
Try Local is an online marketing platform encouraging Kiwis to ‘support local’ and assist New Zealand’s hard-hit tourism and...
Skydive Auckland reaches new heights at awards
Skydive Auckland has won the Supreme Business Excellence Award at the Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2020 – North & West...
Nelson tourism business celebrates 20 years
Reaching 20 years in operation is a considerable achievement, particularly if you're in tourism. Abel Tasman Sea Shuttles has...
Quirky spin on finding deals to eat, sleep and play
Try Local is a new start-up that collates and showcases deals and promotions within New Zealand's accommodation, activities and eateries...
How to back local business post-Covid
Want to really support local business? Then don’t ask for a discount, writes Nelson-based Jacquie Walters. As the owner of a...
Initiative to support domestic tourism
A new tourism industry initiative is set to bring domestic operators together in a bid to reinvigorate the industry in a post-COVID...
South Island employment lags behind North Island; Queenstown could surprise
As New Zealand leaves Covid-19 Level 2, the upper North Island emerges in a stronger position employment-wise, according to an industrial...
Retreat targets international and domestic wellness
Lake Karapiro-based Resolution Retreats is trailblazing the wellness tourism market in New Zealand, and post covid-19 its ‘rest,...
F&B businesses show confidence and innovation
A survey of almost 300 New Zealand food and beverage businesses has shown two thirds are feeling positive about the viability of their...
Tourism & hospitality must shift focus
New Zealand businesses in the tourism and hospitality industries need to shift focus away from inbound travellers to customers in their own...
Queenstown tourism operator targets premium market
A well-established Queenstown tour operator is taking a new direction in response to changes in overseas markets and dynamics. Alpine...
Tourism’s high achiever
Seven years after launching, eco-adventure tourism business Rotorua Canopy Tours is flying high in popularity. Founder James...
Tekapo Springs celebrates 12 years in business
Not many New Zealand tourism businesses could lay claim to 12 years of consistent ground-breaking new products and innovation. But Tekapo...
Tourism diversifies South Island farm
Cheviot farmer Tim Loughnan has turned his passion for jetboating into a business which provides diversification opportunities for his...
Rafting New Zealand wins prestigious tourism award
Rafting New Zealand has received one of the country’s most coveted tourism awards – the Qualmark Gold Sustainable Tourism Business...
In search of Queenstown’s best businesses
Entries are now open for the 2018 Westpac Queenstown Chamber Business Awards and a booming business landscape is fuelling entries. ...
Five Reasons To Book Accommodation Direct
While the TV adverts may say they have the best accommodation deals in New Zealand, there is a high chance that the hotel’s own website...
Silver Chef to invest $200m in hospitality
Hospitality equipment funder Silver Chef will make available $200 million in funding for the country’s hospitality industry...