Pilots already refuse to fly to resort because of concerns about its runway and mountainous approaches.

Tourism is edging closer to dairy as New Zealand's top export earner with a 17 per cent boost to nearly $12 billion in the past year.

Building project announced to take 38 months.

As the long weekend approaches, our thoughts turn to having a break away from work - but many of us will carry on with the job while we're away.

Auckland International Airport hasraised its forecast for annual capital expenditure to enable it to better cater for future growth.

Expat American working on a property development that just happens to include an exclusive golf course.

American airline returning to New Zealand with flights between Auckland and San Francisco as it deepens its partnership with Air NZ.

Jetstar says it'll start flying between Auckland and Rarotonga from March next year.

Skyline Rotorua has won the top company prize in the tourism industry's annual awards.

Air NZ has launched a swathe of projects and goals as part of its new sustainability framework.

The number of tourists visiting Cuba has risen 17 per cent since the restoration of diplomatic ties between Washington and Havana after a 50-year hiatus.

Hotel on Auckland's waterfront will start next year and is one of the largest Chinese investments in New Zealand.

Australians are being encouraged by Queenstown's tourism body to pull a sickie and fly to the resort for a long weekend.

New Zealand will welcome a record number of cruise ships this summer, including an unprecedented six vessels making their inaugural visits to the country.

The August corporate reporting season is now largely complete, aside from a few stragglers that have slightly different balance dates.

A New Zealand tourism operator has created designer itineraries to entice more Chinese visitors in off-peak seasons.

Campervan rental company Tourism Holdings has boosted annual profit 81 per cent after strengthening its balance sheet and improving margins.

New Zealand guest nights fell in June as overnight stays in the North Island declined, snapping five months of gains in the island.

Guest nights fell across all accommodation sectors except backpacker stays.

New Zealand's listed companies are expected to present solid results to the market in the coming months but analysts are predicting cautious outlooks.

New Zealand's tourism sector is on track to overtake dairy as New Zealand's biggest export earner and the country will soon crack three million visitors a year.

The Dreamliner has been scheduled to fly Melbourne-Auckland and Auckland-Sydney every Monday for seven weeks.

A heavyweight travel industry coalition is calling for the Government to rethink its proposed border tax.

Macquarie says Jetstar will have a big fight on its hands to make money from its planned new regional operations.

Tourism New Zealand has launched a new campaign in partnership with Facebook: The Kombi Diaries.

This is the ultimate rugby fan's dream - a chance to win a sleepover in a renovated corporate box at Eden Park on the eve of next month's Bledisloe test.

Norris Carter is Auckland Airport's general manager of aeronautical and commercial and joined the company in November 2103.

A global airline organisation says the looming travel tax could cost jobs and is a breach of aviation principles.

A tourism leader has branded the Government's new travel tax as ludicrous and hypocrisy.