Tourism New Zealand
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland, New Zealand's 'City of Sails', has been confirmed as the halfway stopover port for the gruelling, round-the-world Global Ocean Race in 2014.
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On 1 March, 2013 three new Qualmark quality categories became available for accommodation providers, designed to make it easier for customers to get specific and relevant information on quality.
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Qualmark has this week named Bella Vista as the first accommodation network to achieve an Enviro Award across its entire group.
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New Zealand has been named the 'World's Best Luxury Destination' for affluent Chinese travellers, by the Shanghai Travelers' Club in its 2013 Luxury Travel Awards.
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In late December 2012, i-SITE New Zealand published its Strategy 2013-2016.
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Figures released by Statistics New Zealand today have confirmed that international visitor arrivals to New Zealand were up by 0.8 per cent for the month of November.
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As part of Tourism New Zealand's development of the 2013-2016 three-year marketing strategy Chief Executive Kevin Bowler has been travelling across New Zealand holding a series of stakeholder sessions in December.
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Tourism New Zealand's international media website recorded its biggest ever month of visits in November with 72,000 visitors seeking news stories about tourism in New Zealand.
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Qualmark New Zealand today announced that while remaining 100% focused on quality assurance, it will not be taking on additional responsibilities as a provider of safety audits for the adventure tourism industry.
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Tourism New Zealand's 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand campaign has taken out the award for 'World's Leading Destination Marketing Campaign' in the World Travel Awards 2012 Grand Final.
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Asia's largest airline, China Southern Airlines, has agreed to and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tourism New Zealand and Auckland Airport that sets out initiatives and a commitment to increase international tourism and trade potential for both countries.
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On Friday 30 November, Qualmark announced changes to its accommodation categories with the introduction of three new categories to replace the current Guest & Hosted category.
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"Calan vain, Ennor! Sí abgen edregol an i Laer ovol." On the day of the global premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, New Zealand has transformed into Middle-earth with a special long-range forecast in Elvish.
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A 23 metre lenticular display blending the fantasy of Middle-earth with the reality of New Zealand, will greet visitors as they arrive at Auckland International Airport for the next three months.
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AUCKLAND — National transport officials are well positioned to be amongst global industry experts with two international transport conferences to be held in Auckland over the next two years.
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International visitor arrivals for October 2012 reflected the impact of the Rugby World Cup 2011, with total arrivals down 14.7 per cent in the month of October.
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22 November, 10am: There was a brief eruption from Mt Tongariro in the central North Island at approximately 1:30pm yesterday, Wednesday 21 November, New Zealand time.
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21 November 3pm: There was a brief eruption from Mt Tongariro in the central North Island at approximately 1:30pm on Wednesday 21 November, New Zealand time.
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Newly-wed Tourism New Zealand brand ambassador Yao Chen, dubbed China's micro blogging queen, begins work on her latest 100% Pure New Zealand campaign shoot across the country this week.
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The fourth annual Adventure Travel Development Index (ATDI) has ranked New Zealand the second most sustainable market in Adventure Tourism.
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Qualmark has this week named Bella Vista as the first accommodation network to achieve an Enviro Award across its entire group.
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Tourism New Zealand today unveiled the latest evolution of its "100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand" campaign.
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Tourism New Zealand today unveiled the latest evolution of its "100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand" campaign.
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Following Tourism New Zealand's recent win for the third year running as Australasia's Leading Tourist Board, it has been nominated in two categories for the World Travel Awards.
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New Zealand was presented the 'Favourite Country - Worldwide' award at the Telegraph Travel Awards in a ceremony at the ME Hotel in London last night.
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International visitor spend estimates released today by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment shows a decrease in total spend by 2 per cent for the year ending September 2012.
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Tourism New Zealand, in partnership with Auckland International Airport and Malaysian Airlines, has launched a new campaign encouraging Malaysian travellers to experience a New Zealand road trip.
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Tourism New Zealand's consumer website has today been updated with important design and usability improvements.
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Tourism New Zealand's consumer website has today been updated with important design and usability improvements.
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Tourism New Zealand's trade website has launched a new resources section related to The Hobbit trilogy.
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Tourism New Zealand has been voted Australasia's Leading Tourist Board in the 2012 World Travel Awards for the third year running.
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Tourism New Zealand says September's international visitor arrival numbers, released today by Statistics New Zealand, are no surprise and reflect the Rugby World Cup 2011's impact on last year numbers.
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Tourism New Zealand's Stories Beat Stuff campaign is winding up 12 months of activity engaging with the influential youth market and showing them just how cool a trip to New Zealand can be.
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Tourism New Zealand has teamed up with Diaries Downunder to show the youth market just how much there is to do in New Zealand during a working holiday.
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Results from Tourism New Zealand's annual Visitor Experience Monitor (VEM) show visitors to New Zealand remain highly satisfied with their experience, giving it an overall score of 8.9 out of 10.
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This week sees the first 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand joint venture activity launched in USA as part of an advertising campaign with Air New Zealand.
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Tourism New Zealand has welcomed the recent announcement by Air New Zealand of the increased capacity between Auckland and North America.
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Tourism New Zealand has signed a marketing agreement with Maritz Travel, America's largest incentive travel management company, which will grow incentive and corporate travel to New Zealand from the United States.
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Tourism New Zealand's three-year marketing strategy is the strategic document that guides our activity.
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Maximising the value offered by the world's fastest growing tourism market is the objective behind a new publication from Tourism New Zealand and Christchurch International Airport.
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International visitor arrivals were maintained during August - with total arrivals up 1.4 per cent for the month and an overall increase of 5.3 per cent for the year ending August 2012.
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Tourism New Zealand’s Chief Executive Kevin Bowler says he is highly impressed by the depiction of New Zealand as “home of Middle-earth” in the latest trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, released today.
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The Explore New Zealand Programme (Explore) is set to get bigger and better in 2013 with the well-known discount programme for accredited international travel agents and travel media moving online.
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NORTHLAND — Some of the North Island's best 'hidden gems' are being promoted to Australians in a joint venture campaign between Tourism New Zealand and the Central and Upper North Island Regional Tourism Organisations (RTOs) and key travel partners.
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HAWKE'S BAY — F.A.W.C! - Food and Wine Classic, Hawke’s Bay 2 -11 November, 2012 Food and wine enthusiasts are priming their taste buds for New Zealand’s newest summer highlight - a 10-day food and wine festival of mouth-watering events served up in a premium food and wine destination.
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Momentum is building as the Brancott Estate World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards Show gears up to once again showcase some of the best of creative design to the world.
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Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand advertisement has reached more than 500,000 on-line views to date, despite much of the core campaign work still to launch in off-shore markets.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Detectives and private investigators from around the world will be converging on Auckland in 2014 for the first time ever, after another Conference Assistance Programme (CAP) bid win.
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Last week Tourism New Zealand presented at the Tourism Export Council's annual conference (formerly ITOC) on the South Island's West Coast.
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By: Chief Executive Kevin Bowler In two days' time Tourism New Zealand will release the latest evolution of our 100% Pure New Zealand campaign.
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Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) is making a significant international push for new international visitors, with its latest 100% Pure New Zealand campaign, invoking the magic of Middle-earth.
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With elite athletes back in town and plying the ski fields of the Queenstown Lakes region, New Zealand’s southern mountains are once again the off-season training destination of choice for many northern hemisphere skiers and snowboarders.
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Growth in international visitor arrivals has again been maintained with 2.63 million arrivals seeing total arrivals increase by 5.6 per cent for the year-ending July 2012.
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QUEENSTOWN — Queenstown’s reputation as a holiday resort for the stars is rising to new heights with the launch of a mountain-top star gazing experience.
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Each year New Zealand plays host to a range of sporting, art and cultural events that attract international interest.
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Tourism New Zealand is pleased to welcome Jenn Bestwick and John Thorburn to the board of Tourism New Zealand, as announced today by Prime Minister and Tourism Minister RT Hon John Key.
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The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment International Visitor Survey has today reported that international expenditure for the year ending June 2012 remains unchanged at $5.6 billion.
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With just three months to go until the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington, Tourism New Zealand has been working to ensure New Zealand benefits from the increase in international attention.
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There was a brief eruption from Mt Tongariro in the central North Island just before midnight last night (7 August), New Zealand time.
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After much speculation it's official - Sir Peter Jackson's long awaited Hobbit movies being filmed in New Zealand will become a trilogy.
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Qualmark New Zealand has been named an approved audit provider for the Adventure Activities regulations by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
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Sydney is set to host the inaugural event for the luxury experiential travel sector in Australasia and Pacific - Luxperience - from 10-12 September.
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It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words.
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We've recently made some changes to tourismnewzealand.com, our corporate website - the latest and most visual was last week's launch of a new homepage.
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International visitor arrivals figures released today confirm an increase of 5.4 per cent year-on-year with a total of 2.64 million visitors arriving for the year-ending June 2012.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A new interactive online map of Christchurch has been launched that will help visitors find out what there is to see, eat and do when in Christchurch.
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Tourism New Zealand today welcomed the announcement from Hawaiian Airlines that it will commence nonstop flights between Auckland and Honolulu, Hawaii three times weekly from March 2013.
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Statistics released today confirmed year-on-year growth in international visitor arrivals of 4.0 per cent, with 2.6 million arrivals to New Zealand for the year ending May 2012.
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Tourism New Zealand's activity to engage with the influential youth market has gained strong momentum with record votes for the latest Stories Beat Stuff competition.
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Tourism New Zealand has introduced a new campaign to internationally market the business events sector and its ability to exceed expectations.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Tourism New Zealand and the Science Communicators Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) have secured another international conference for Christchurch, supporting the city's economic re-build.
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Snow sports were out in force this weekend as the first two New Zealand ski areas opened for the official start of the 2012 winter season.
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Tourism New Zealand is pleased to announce Chris Roberts has accepted the role of General Manager Corporate Affairs.
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MARLBOROUGH — A New Zealand eco-lodge, in the idyllic Marlborough Sounds, is leading the way with a conservation action that has recycled 32,700 glass bottles into glass sand that's now used to maintain surrounding forest paths and weed control.
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Aotearoa New Zealand's presence at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair will be much more than a literary experience as international visitors are treated - literally - to a taste of Kiwi cuisine and culture.
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The wheels were already in motion and the red carpet ready to roll - but now it is official - the world première for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be held at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand on 28 November.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Tourism New Zealand's work to leverage the Hobbit films will step up a notch in the coming weeks, following the recent announcement of the 28 November, 2012 global premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, in Wellington.
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QUEENSTOWN — Following a successful TRENZ in 2011, New Zealand's largest annual Trade Event returned to Queenstown again in 2012 from 7-10 May.
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WANAKA — World Heli Challenge, Lake Wanaka 1 - 16 August, 2012 International snow sports stars with a taste for the high life will soon be heading to New Zealand’s southern alpine regions to compete in the 2012 World Heli Challenge - dubbed "the most exotic snow-based event on the planet".
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Year-on-year growth in international visitor arrivals have generated 50.8 million stay days in New Zealand, an increase of 0.9 per cent for the year ending April 2012.
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The latest YouTube channel FAWN Inc, For All Women Network, will showcase the best of destination New Zealand from June to its online subscription base of over 170,000.
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Telling the story of New Zealand’s early timber trade, which consumed vast tracts of native forests, has seeded a 21st century world-first in carbon neutrality for a popular Northland tourist attraction.
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CHRISTCHURCH — "Opportunity from disaster" is being realised in Christchurch, with the city chosen to host the 2016 International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working Week.
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100% Middle-earth,100% Pure New Zealand will underpin Tourism New Zealand's (TNZ) campaign work to promote New Zealand as a visitor destination through its association with the upcoming film releases of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again, productions of New Line Cinema and MGM.
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Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) and Qantas today announced a new marketing partnership worth NZD four million over two years, aimed at boosting visitor arrivals into New Zealand on Qantas flights.
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QUEENSTOWN — Queenstown Winter Festival 22 June - 2 July 2012 One of the best times of year to visit Queenstown, appreciate the landscape and experience the resort town's electric atmosphere is during the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival at the end of June.
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Registrations to attend IMEX America 2012 with Tourism New Zealand are now open.
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The release of today's visitor arrival figures show continued growth with 2.618 million visitor arrivals for the March 2012 year, up 4.4 per cent year to date.
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