Exclusive by James WilkinsonUnited’s Managing Director of Japan and Pacific Sales, Alison Espley, is expecting a solid year for the airline’s routes to Australia in 2016.Speaking exclusively to HM on video at the celebration marking United’s 30 years of service…
Chris LuxonAir New Zealand has produced some massive numbers for the first six months of the 2016 financial year, reporting earnings before taxation of $457, an increase of 132 percent on the prior period.Net profit after taxation was $338 million,…
New Zealand’s Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key, and Minister for Economic Development, Steven Joyce, have turned the first sod on construction of the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) in Auckland.“SkyCity has now started construction on what…
Opening in December this year, ICC Sydney has confirmed 35 exhibition events to launch its 2017 business events season.ICC Sydney CEO Geoff Donaghy said that in addition to the 35 confirmed events, there are 30 in negotiation.Events have been secured…
Qantas ‘Ideas That Travel’ flight to San Francisco will promote Australian startups and host the world’s first TEDx Tech Talk in the sky. Qantas Qantas coordinated the world’s first in-flight Tech Talk on flight 73 departing from Sydney to San…
The visuals in the new ‘Discover Mana’ campaign emphasize people and place as much as Tahiti’s iconic overwater bungalows. Tahiti Tourisme The only word that really does justice to describe the beauty of Bora Bora is “mythical,” based on the…
New Zealand farmer Ian Diprose used to count on the dairy industry for most of his income. Today, he relies on tourism.As plunging milk prices push dairy farms into the red and hurt rural businesses, Diprose and wife Joy are…
Tourists on Lanikai Beach in Kailua, Hawaii. Audrey McAvoy / Associated Press The Hawaii Tourism Authority is looking for a new director of cultural affairs after dismissing a woman approaching her decade anniversary there.Native Hawaiian Keli’i Wilson built the organization’s…
Image f on GoHawaii’s Facebook page announcing the seasonal arrival of humpback whales. Hawaiian Tourism Hawaii’s tourism agency says a record 8.6 million people traveled to the islands last year.The Hawaii Tourism Authority said Thursday that’s more than 4 percent…
Labor Party leader Bill ShortenTAA has made a number of submissions to State and Federal inquiries on the need to tighten regulations governing commercial operators using the share economy to let short-term accommodation without meeting the requirements imposed on legitimate…
