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…
In this June 11, 2015, file photo, the Arena Carioca 1 is seen in the background as officials visit the Olympic Park of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Felipe Dana / Associated Press If the Zika virus…
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…
Join Vagabondish on Twitter and Facebook.Here is an open letter to Turtle Island for each day of my visit, recounting our courtship from the first impression stages to meeting the family to finally a genuine soul mate connection that I…
A Mexican court has issued an injunction blocking further work on a real estate project in the Caribbean coast resort of Cancun that activists say has almost killed a mangrove swamp at the site.Heavy machinery largely cleared the mangrove trees…
A health workers stands in the Sambadrome spraying insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Leo Correa / Associated Press The world’s best known Olympic historian said Friday it will…
Colombia’s Caribbean beaches and Andean scenery are now generating more dollars for the country than its coal mines, as the nation bets on tourism amid slumping demand for its traditional commodities exports.The government estimates tourism generated $5.2 billion last year,…
