Japanese online travel agency Airtrip International has signed a multi-year agreement with software and technology company, Sabre, to use its global distribution system (GDS). Sabre’s GDS includes its Bargain Finder Max API, which utilises the company’s shopping algorithm and rich content to deliver optimal itinerary offers in just seconds. This […]
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“We’ve received bookings from more than 1,700 new companies across our properties since the travel border was removed from around Auckland in mid-April,” explained Adrian Turner, Quest Group General Manager. New Zealand’s largest serviced apartment provider, Quest, plans to open ten new properties over the next three years, more than […]
Marriott International is gearing up to introduce the JW Marriott brand to New Zealand. To be located at the classic Stamford Plaza Auckland, which sold for a ground-breaking NZ 170 million dollars, the property will be fully converted to a JW Marriott by mid-2024. Co-owned by CP Group, Alvarium Investments […]
Cloud-based hospitality software specialist, STAAH, has appointed Shawn Hamman as an independent director to its Board of Directors, effective 1st September 2022. Following the appointment of Shawn, the board will comprise 5 directors, two of whom are independent. As an established leader in technology, Shawn is currently serving as the […]
Rydges Hotels and Resorts are delighted to welcome new general managers to their hotels. Atura Wellington has offered Mason Hannan the role of General Manager, replacing Craig Wood, who has moved on to the General Manager position at Rydges Latimer Christchurch. After two years at Atura Wellington, Wood is heading […]
The world’s leading manufacturer and designer of aquatic equipment, WhiteWater, aims to grow the number of aquatic attractions in Saudi Arabia. Helping to accomplish Vision 2030 goal of establishing more than 600 entertainment attractions in the Kingdom by 2030, WhiteWater hopes to enhance the quality of life in Saudi society. […]
After three years of intense restoration, Sydney’s oldest heritage hotel and bar, Morris, will reopen in late January 2023. Originally opening in 1929, Morris was designed by the Italian notable architect Virgil Dante Cizzio in the renowned Inter-War Palazzo style. The hospitality group Accor undertook the restoration project to revitalise […]
The first stage of a billion-dollar central Queenstown development has been granted fast-tracked resource consent. The Lakeview/Taumata development proposal includes 79 co-living spaces, 224 apartments and commercial spaces on a former camping ground site. The full 10ha development is projected to take 15 years to build, ultimately including three hotels […]
A leading cloud-based hospitality software provider, STAAH has announced Amanda Armstrong as an independent director to its Board of Directors effective 1st September 2022. Amanda brings more than 20 years of experience leading sales across Xero, CCH Software and as Chief Revenue Officer at Vend. She joins STAAH to help […]
New Zealand’s biggest city has made the list of the top 23 places to visit in 2023, as announced by influential magazine Condé Nast Traveler. Compiled by the magazine’s writers and editors, the destinations are a “mix of old favourites worth visiting anew, and lesser-trammelled, even once-forbidden, regions ready to welcome travellers”. […]