Travel experts have tips for booking summer travel:” Sign up for fare alerts from the airlines and fare-tracking websites. Some of those sales end quickly, so you may have to act fast.” Use flexible-date searches available on…
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
Audible.com best-sellers for week ending May 20:Fiction1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, narrated by the author (HarperAudio)2. The Fireman by Joe Hill, narrated by Kate Mulgrew (HarperAudio)3. Me Before…
Fares are cheap; airlines don't want them to stay that way
DALLAS (AP) ” Enjoy lower airfares while you can. Airlines are taking steps to push prices higher by next year.Fares have been dropping for more than a year. Taking inflation into account, the average round trip within the U.S….
Lack of hotel beds in Auckland and at New Zealand tourist hotspots reaches 'critical' level
A lack of hotel beds in Auckland during major events next year including the British & Irish Lions rugby tour means visitors will likely be stung by a “spike” in prices, a Government-commissioned report warns.Auckland’s looming…
Budget 2016: No help for first home buyers
Housing initiatives will feature strongly in Thursday’s Budget, but there is unlikely to be any further help for first-home buyers.Instead, the Government will focus on social housing and freeing up more land in Auckland for housing…
Negative attitudes to Chinese visitors could derail tourism boom
New Zealanders’ negative attitudes towards Chinese visitors could derail the country’s tourism boom, a local sales and training company says.Following recent reports of Kiwi resentment towards Chinese property buyers and foreign…
Kiwis cruising in record numbers
New Zealanders are taking ocean cruises in record numbers, with a 10 per cent surge in passenger numbers, according to industry figures.The rate of increase in the number of Kiwis taking cruises makes this country one of the top…
Is Apple really at the risk of becoming BlackBerry?
Noted developer Marco Arment said in a blog post this weekend that Apple is on track to fall into the same trap as BlackBerry.Cue the sirens. As tech industry burns go, that’s a biggie. If there’s been a company that’s acted as…
Liam Dann: What to expect from Budget 2016 – scraps
Expect to see Bill English deliver another fiscally conservative Budget this week. Despite the Prime Minister’s tease of $3 billion in tax cuts sometime before the end of the decade, the Finance Minister has made it clear he wants…
Virtual reality is here, why aren't people trying it?
Virtual reality (VR) is here. It’s on the market and freely available to consumers, but most people haven’t tried it.Last week’s Magnify VR/AR conference at MOTAT aimed to highlight the practical industry uses of the technology,…