The Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA) has won the New Zealand Business Excellence Foundation Award at the 2015 AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards.
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Its always interesting to see stats that compare us with other countries. Check out how the hospitality industry in New Zealand is doing compared with the rest of the world.
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The NZ Chefs Taranaki/Wanganui Hospitality Competitions, held at New Plymouth's Western Institute of Technology (Witt), brought out around 100 aspiring cooks, front of house staff, baristas, mocktail artists and more for a full-day of action.
Witt Faculty Leader of Trades Angela Ferguson said it was the fourth year the competitions had been held at the institute and students were constantly bringing new skills to the table.
Occupancy at Auckland hotels reached a record high in what has been described as a golden summer for tourism.
Figures released today by Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (Ateed) show hotel occupancy reached new levels with domestic and international visitors increasing the occupancy rate to 83 per cent for the year ending February.
An additional 77,000 hotel rooms were sold in the year ending February compared with the previous 12 months. These additional rooms, coupled with an increase in room rates, resulted in $27.9 million more spent on Auckland hotel rooms compared with the previous year.