Elisabeth Easther talks to everyday explorers about their best travel memories.After 30 years at the helm of a large architectural practice, Chris van Ryn gave it all away to become a freelance travel writer. For the last 15 years he’s…
Pamela Wade checks into the recently-opened Oaks Wellington Hotel.Check-in experience: The lobby is typical of the whole hotel — light, airy and contemporary. Set back from the bustle of Courtenay Place, it’s immediately quiet and soothing; and, staffed 24 hours, there’s…
Would you go there again is the first question to be asked after staying in a campground.After a four day family tenting holiday at Carterton Holiday Park my answer was a resounding yes.Holidaying in Carterton, in the heart of the…
A luxury hotel ship has been moored at its original destination for just over a year: the John Brewer Reef in Australia, about 70 kilometers from Townsville, Queensland. The floating hotel has 200 rooms, clubs, bars, a gym, a sauna…
Tourism Australia has developed a resource for agents or travellers currently visiting or planning to visit the country in response to the ongoing bushfire situation.The new portal shows which tourism areas have been affected.Wildfires have been burning across the east…
Analysis of travel data has revealed the dramatic impact of the decision by airlines to avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace.More than a thousand fights a week from destinations throughout the Middle East and around the world, as well as tens…
Tourism Australia has developed a resource for agents or travellers currently visiting or planning to visit the country in response to the ongoing bushfire situation.The new portal shows which tourism areas have been affected.Wildfires have been burning across the east…
A Herald series discovering the secrets of the best New Zealand islands to visit this summer.You might want to allocate more than a day if you want to experience all that Great Barrier Island has to offer.“We could go for…
The Herald discovers the secrets of the best New Zealand islands to visit this summer. Today: Kāpiti IslandA visitor to Kāpiti Island recently described it as “Zealandia on speed”.“Kāpiti Island offers a glimpse into the way Aotearoa was 150 years…
In spite of Boeing taking roasting over the 737 MAX safety issues following a high-profile passenger jet crash in Ethiopia, 2019 was one of the safest years for air travel on record.According to Dutch consulting firm To70 last year commercial…
