Virgin Founder Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Australia Chief Executive Officer John Borghetti have unveiled Virgin Australia's new regional airline operation in Perth.
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With pristine beaches, stunning coastlines and bushland, Terrigal is the perfect backdrop for inspiration and creativity. Discover how Crowne Plaza Terrigal can help you create a uniquely tailored event from brainstorming, team building and a gala dinner.
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For a limited time InterContinental is offering double Priority Club Meetings Rewards points for both the meeting booker and Professional Conference Organiser.
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Ever wondered what happens in the garden after dark? Looking for a truly unique event experience for the 2013 festive season? First release dates are almost gone, don't miss out. November/December dates available.
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TCE is a night of entertainment hosted by TV personality Richard Wilkins. The package includes substantial canapes, premium beverages, VIP souvenir lanyard and MORE...
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The movie scene style landscapes and world of experiences that await visitors to New Zealand will be showcased by New Zealand's business tourism industry in Melbourne next month.
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International post tour itineraries are being offered to Buyers attending the 2013 AIME event, marking a first in the trade show's 21 year history.
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The New Zealand business tourism industry is getting set to stage its biggest ever trade show and expectations are high it will result in millions of export dollars flowing into NZ's economy.
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A high Australian Dollar is producing strong inbound numbers for Los Angeles hotels and it's a trend that is showing no signs of abating, says Ramada Plaza West Hollywood Managing Director Alan Johnson.
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Meetings 2012 is shaping up to be the most diverse showcase yet of New Zealand's business tourism sector with an unprecedented number of small, independent businesses and many of the smaller regions are also looking to boost their presence so they can tak
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New York is home to a number of the world's leading boutique and luxury hotels that span the length and breadth of Manhattan. SpiceNews checks-in to five of the top properties to find out what they offer and how they are trend-setting against some fierce
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Air New Zealand and QantasLink have dominated this year's Air Transport World awards, taking out the titles of Airline of the Year and Regional Airline of the Year respectively.
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New York is home to a number of the world's leading boutique and luxury hotels that span the length and breadth of Manhattan. SpiceNews checks-in to five of the top properties to find out what they offer and how they are trend setting against some fierce
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Air New Zealand's sponsorship of the World Champion All Blacks has been taken to new lengths, with the airline painting a brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft completely black.
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Air New Zealand is launching flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Norfolk Island after winning an Australian Government tender for air services on the popular tourist route.
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Diners at Positively Wellington Tourism's pop-up WLG restaurant in Melbourne have been given free tickets from Air New Zealand cabin crew in what will go down as one of the best marketing stunts of the year.
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Air New Zealand has added a number of domestic flights to key leisure and MICE destinations for the 2012-13 southern hemisphere summer, including resuming services to Mount Cook.
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Hilton Queenstown's General Manager Marlene Poynder says while the property has only been open for less than six months, it is performing particularly well thanks to a strong domestic New Zealand market and an extensive food and beverage offering.
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Air New Zealand has recently launched a direct service from Sydney to Rarotonga giving Australians easier access to a new Pacific Island holiday destination, The Cook Islands.
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TRENZ, New Zealand's premier international tourism trade event, will return to the Southern Lakes region next year, the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA) has announced.
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Air New Zealand's grabaseat is celebrating half a decade of low airfares in rock-star style, taking two jumbo jets to Las Vegas with a convoy of more than 700 Kiwis in tow.
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Global CEOs are split on the potential of Online Travel Agents (OTAs), with many confident that guests will look to book directly going forward.
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The world's leading Hoteliers are confident of a strong finish in 2011, particularly thanks to a rebound in corporate travel and a significant upswing in MICE market business across the globe.
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As Starwood plans to open one hotel every two weeks in China for the remainder of 2011, the company's President and CEO, Frits van Paasschen has decided to relocate his senior leadership team to Shanghai until mid-July.
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Virgin Australia has become the second Aussie airline in a week to announce a major deal with an Asian carrier, following the signing of a landmark agreement with Singapore Airlines.
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The most influential Japanese tourism industry delegation to ever visit New Zealand is in Queenstown this week to visit key tourism providers and meet with New Zealand's Prime Minister, and Minister of Tourism, John Key.
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Following the approval of their alliance by regulators, Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand have revealed their new trans-Tasman network that will come into effect from November 2011.
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The codeshare agreement between Air New Zealand and Eithad Airways has been given the green light from regulators, opening up a number of key inbound tourism opportunities for New Zealand.
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Just four days since its launch, Air New Zealand's new 'Fit to Fly' safety video featuring US fitness legend Richard Simmons has now been viewed almost 1.5 million times YouTube.
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Working with some of the biggest names in the music industry including Dr. Dre, Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry, international hip-hop sensation Snoop Dogg laid down the beats earlier this month with Air NZ's mascot and risque puppet, Rico.
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New Zealand Prime Minister and Tourism Minister, the Rt. Hon. John Key, is once again set to open the New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference in Auckland on May 12, 2011.
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New Zealand's premiere conference and incentive trade show will now be held in Rotorua on June 22 and 23 this year. The event, scheduled to be in Christchurch, has been relocated due to the earthquake
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Tourism operators are queuing up to put their businesses on the world stage at TRENZ 2011, taking place in Queenstown, in the heart of the Southern Lakes region.
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Air New Zealand has fitted out the first of its domestic Airbus A320 aircraft with mobile phone and data capability, the first airline to offer the service on a regular basis on commercial flights in Australasia.
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Following the ACCC approval of its partnership with Virgin Blue, Etihad Airways has announced a code-share agreement with Virgin's new trans-Tasman partner Air New Zealand in a major boost to inbound and outbound travellers.
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Air New Zealand's revolutionary Skycouch offering in economy class is set to debut on scheduled flights from Auckland to Los Angeles in April, following the delivery of the airline's first Boeing 777-300ER in Seattle this morning.
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In a major win for Virgin Blue, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the green light for the airline's alliances with Air New Zealand and Etihad Airways.
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With their strong reputation as providers of quirky corporate entertainment for the past decade, Rotorua's historic Blue Baths have come up with yet another winner.
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Virgin Blue has announced a major shake-up of its full-service international arm V Australia, with the 18-month-old carrier shedding routes and announcing a tie-up with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways.
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Fresh, evocative and reflecting the destination's renewed energy, optimism and confidence is how Brett Jeffery of Events & Venues Rotorua, describes the new look that has recently been incorporated into promotional material for Rotorua's Energy Events Cen
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As the meetings and incentives market has picked up internationally, New Zealand is firmly back on the map as a destination as MeetingsNZ opens in Auckland.
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Air New Zealand is set to take air travel to a new level, following this week's unveiling of revolutionary Kiwi-designed lie-flat economy class seats.
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The Cook Islands, an emerging South Pacific conference and incentive destination, is set to be linked directly from Sydney for the first time in July 2010, when Air New Zealand launches flights to Rarotonga from Australia's largest city.
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Pacific Blue's highly anticipated Queenstown flights take off from Sydney for the first time on Saturday morning (Sep 5), breaking what has been a lucrative duopoly over the past decade for Qantas and Air New Zealand.
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The city of Auckland continues to steal the limelight at Meetings 2009, with the host city securing several major conferences and exhibitions over the next two years.
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In the wake of increased competition on the lucrative Australia-Queenstown route, Air New Zealand has boosted services to the resort town over the off-peak summer period.
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The streamlining of customs and immigration between Australia and New Zealand is gaining momentum, with a major announcement by both governments set for August, according to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.
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Emirates has launched daily Dubai-Sydney-Auckland flights with Airbus A380 aircraft, once more raising the stakes in the battle for both trans-Tasman and Middle Eastern route supremacy.
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While the Australian airfare war in recent months has focused on the US, the spotlight will shift to the New Zealand next week as Jetstar commences Sydney-Auckland flights and Emirates increases A380 services across the Tasman.
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