5th March 2024 Hotels / Soho HotelThe new Soho Hotel in Auckland will open at Mount Roskill on 7 March.
1st March 2024 Hotels / STRAverage weekly occupancy across Christchurch’s hotels has surged over 90%, according to figures from STR.
29th February 2024 Hotels / Radisson REDIts 322 rooms will be part of a $100m redevelopment and will add to the circa 2,000 keys already slated for the city’s hotel market.
27th February 2024 Hotels / LuxuryThe operator of the ‘six star’ luxury The Carlin Boutique Hotel in Queenstown has gone into receivership.
27th February 2024 Hotels / M&CMillennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand has reported a profit before tax of $11.6m from its hotel operations for the year to December 2023. The hotel and property development company MORE »
23rd February 2024 Hotels / STRAuckland has had a good February with average weekly occupancy and ADR climbing to a summer high last week, according to figures from STR.
19th February 2024 Horwath HTL / HotelsThe consultancy says it is only some regional markets that are seeing RevPAR that matches or exceeds the 21% CPI increase and 25% wage growth seen since the pandemic.
16th February 2024 Hotels / STRAverage weekly occupancy across New Zealand has been hovering just above 70% since mid-January, according to figures from STR.
13th February 2024 ADP / HotelsTotal guest nights last year have fallen just short of the pre-Covid peak, according to the latest ADP, with Queenstown leading the way.
9th February 2024 Hotels / STRThe strong summer has seen Queenstown’s hotel market recover to pre-Covid levels, according to figures from STR.
9th February 2024 Hotels / PropertyThe boutique luxury Hotel DeBrett building on Auckland’s High Street has sold for $21m, says Colliers.
8th February 2024 Abstract Hotel / HotelsAbstract Hotel on Auckland’s Upper Queen Street has opened for bookings.
7th February 2024 HotelsThe value of hotels, motels and short-term accommodation consented totalled $8m in December 2023, according to Stats NZ’s latest building data.
2nd February 2024 Hotels / STRActivity across Wellington has been growing steadily since mid-January, according to figures from STR.
31st January 2024 Hotels / SudimaThe operator says it is seeing strong forward bookings with the Chinese market returning faster than expected.
26th January 2024 Hotels / STRChristchurch was the best performing of the city markets in terms of occupancy.
23rd January 2024 Hotels / RecoveryOperators report a record peak season, with accommodation in popular holiday regions soaking up strong demand.
19th January 2024 Hotels / STRAverage weekly hotel occupancy across New Zealand slid to 56% in mid-December, according to figures from STR, as the major metropolitan markets saw demand fall as expected before the Christmas break.
18th January 2024 Hotels / STRThe country’s largest hotel market managed to pass the 90% daily occupancy mark in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic hit, according to figures from STR.
16th January 2024 ADP / HotelsGuest nights in short-term commercial accommodation totalled 3.4 million in November 2023, according to the latest figures from the Accommodation Data Programme.
15th January 2024 HotelsThe result set a new bar for a major NZ hotel market and helped drive ADR across the country on New Year’s Eve to a national record.
13th December 2023 Hotels / ScholarshipsFour Christchurch hotels are offering scholarships for students pursuing the Bachelor of Commerce in Hotel and Tourism Management at Lincoln University.
11th December 2023 CBRE / HotelsNZ’s best-performing hotel market sees both room demand and revenue increase significantly on pre-Covid.
8th December 2023 Hotels / STRAverage weekly occupancy across New Zealand fell last week with all major markets sliding into the first week of summer, according to figures from STR.
6th December 2023 Hotels / PeopleThe driving force behind Queenstown’s $30m+ ‘six star’ The Carlin passed away suddenly, aged 69.
5th December 2023 Awards / HotelsThe Carlin, Holiday Inn Express, Hilton Auckland, Rydges Latimer Christchurch, Park Hyatt, Sofitel Queenstown and The Landing have been named New Zealand winners in the 2023 HM Awards.
1st December 2023 Hotels / STRAuckland’s hotel market has enjoyed a strong end to spring, according to figures from STR.
24th November 2023 Data / HotelsQueenstown Marathon last Saturday lifted occupancy across the resort to a new 2023 high, according to figures from STR.
17th November 2023 Data / HotelsThere may be political limbo in Wellington following the 14 October general election, but at least the capital’s hotel market appears to be exiting spring on a consistent trend up, according to figures from STR.
15th November 2023 HCA / HotelsNZ could do with its own version of Surfers Paradise or Las Vegas, says HCA’s strategic director.
14th November 2023 Horwath HTL / HotelsWellington sees little govt activity following the election as political parties negotiate.
10th November 2023 Data / HotelsChristchurch’s hotel market appears to be ending spring on a high, according to figures from STR.
3rd November 2023 Hotels / STROccupancy and ADR trends across New Zealand’s major hotel markets appear to be normalising, according to figures from STR.
27th October 2023 Data / HotelsQueenstown occupancy and average daily rate have been trending down since the 2023 high seen in early September, according to figures from STR.
20th October 2023 Data / HotelsAfter a decent start to spring for the capital’s hotels, Wellington has been sliding out of the season with steady falls in both occupancy and average daily rate over recent weeks, according to figures from STR.
19th October 2023 Horwath HTL / HotelsDemand for hotel rooms is holding up among domestic visitors but operators could do with more international bookings, says Horwath HTL.
13th October 2023 Data / HotelsOccupancy across New Zealand’s largest hotel market has fluctuated in spring between 60% and 75%, according to figures from STR.
12th October 2023 Hotels / SarinNew Zealand hotel owners are having to cope with increasingly onerous insurance bills that are having an impact on investment decisions, says one of the industry’s notable investors.
11th October 2023 Hotels / Park HyattPark Hyatt Auckland has been ranked second on the Condé Nast Travellers Top 10 Hotels in Australia and New Zealand: Readers’ Choice Awards.
6th October 2023 Data / HotelsAverage weekly occupancy and ADR across Christchurch has been relatively steady since the start of spring, according to figures from STR.
29th September 2023 Data / HotelsNew Zealand’s hotels have seen a good start to spring with average weekly occupancy across the country rising from 62% for the first week in September to over 70% last week.
22nd September 2023 Data / HotelsChristchurch occupancy has been sliding steadily since mid-August, with little in the way of major events to give the city a boost.
19th September 2023 Hotels / QLDCQueenstown operators also report a rise in staff illness recently, though the cause is unclear.
18th September 2023 Horwath HTL / HotelsDecent spring snow, the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and the growing business events sector combined to give New Zealand’s hotels a lift in August 2023, according to Horwath HTL.
15th September 2023 Data / HotelsThe Snow Machine music event and the Winter Games have helped lift hotel occupancy to a 2023 high across Queenstown, according to figures from STR.
8th September 2023 Data / HotelsWhile Wellington enjoyed a sharp jump in occupancy and ADR during the early stages of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in late July, those metrics have been sliding since, according to figures from STR.
1st September 2023 Hotels / OIOSingapore-controlled Queenstown Hotel Investments secures consent for its purchase of the luxury Nugget Point Hotel.
1st September 2023 Data / HotelsHotel occupancy across the city has been falling since late July but is still much better than last year.
25th August 2023 Data / HotelsQueenstown’s hotels are finishing the winter months on a new high, according to figures from STR.
18th August 2023 Data / HotelsAverage weekly occupancy across New Zealand’s hotels started to slide in August from a late-July high, according to figures from STR.
