Guides To New Zealand » About New Zealand http://guidestonewzealand.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:46:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Year ends with international visitor numbers hitting 2.6M for the first tim http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/year-ends-with-international-visitor-numbers-hitting-2-6m-for-the-first-tim/ http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/year-ends-with-international-visitor-numbers-hitting-2-6m-for-the-first-tim/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:46:20 +0000 NZ Guide http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/year-ends-with-international-visitor-numbers-hitting-2-6m-for-the-first-tim/ Share

A record number of overseas visitors arriving in December
ended the 2011
year in growth and resulted in the first full year of visitor
arrivals topping
2.6 million, signaling a good start to the summer, says Tourism
New Zealand’s
Chief Executive Kevin Bowler.


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]]> http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/year-ends-with-international-visitor-numbers-hitting-2-6m-for-the-first-tim/feed/ 0 New Zealand Inc China Strategy launched ‘to open doors to China’ http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/new-zealand-inc-china-strategy-launched-%e2%80%98to-open-doors-to-china%e2%80%99/ http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/new-zealand-inc-china-strategy-launched-%e2%80%98to-open-doors-to-china%e2%80%99/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:24:09 +0000 NZ Guide http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/new-zealand-inc-china-strategy-launched-%e2%80%98to-open-doors-to-china%e2%80%99/ Share

The New Zealand Inc China Strategy was today launched at a
function hosted by Prime Minister John Key at Auckland’s
Cloud.


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A record number of overseas visitors arriving in December ended
the 2011 year in growth and resulted in the first full year of
visitor arrivals topping 2.6 million, signaling a good start to the
summer, says Tourism New Zealand’s Chief Executive Kevin
Bowler.


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]]> http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/year-ends-with-international-visitor-numbers-hitting-2-6m-for-the-first-time/feed/ 0 Biggest Loser Auckland episode wins Directors Guild of America Award http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/biggest-loser-auckland-episode-wins-directors-guild-of-america-award/ http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/biggest-loser-auckland-episode-wins-directors-guild-of-america-award/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:44:32 +0000 NZ Guide http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/biggest-loser-auckland-episode-wins-directors-guild-of-america-award/ Share

Joint media announcement: ATEED and Tourism New
Zealand

Auckland is in the limelight in the United States with an
episode of the Biggest Loser reality show winning a prestigious
Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award.


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]]> http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/biggest-loser-auckland-episode-wins-directors-guild-of-america-award/feed/ 0 Two New Board Appointments for i-SITE Network http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/two-new-board-appointments-for-i-site-network/ http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/two-new-board-appointments-for-i-site-network/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:50:33 +0000 NZ Guide http://guidestonewzealand.com/index.php/two-new-board-appointments-for-i-site-network/ Share

Tourism New Zealand is pleased to announce its two appointments
to the Board of Directors of  the Visitor Information Network
(VIN) Inc, trading as i-SITE New Zealand.


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Tourism New Zealand welcomes the early release of the Lonely
Planet’s chapter on Christchurch that states: a visit to the city
is both interesting and inspiring.


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Tell us what you think… Is tourismnewzeland.com meeting your
needs? Is Tourism News working for you?


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Tourism New Zealand’s activity to target Active Considers in
South Asia has been positively reinforced with Lonely Planets’
release of its latest href="/media/674707/lonely_planet_asia_jan_2012.pdf"
target="_blank">Lonely Planet Asia.


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As the Stories Beat Stuff campaign gears up to launch its next
two experiences, the first two winners have been busy updating
their blogs on href="http://www.newzealand.com/int/campaign/stories-beat-stuff/"
target="_blank">newzeland.com and sharing their building
excitement with the wider youth market via twitter and
facebook.


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New Zealand is to be the Guest Country of Honour for the href="http://www.book-fair.com" target="_blank">Frankfurt Book
Fair, the world’s largest book fair, in 2012.


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