Countdown to the the New Year in Auckland

AUCKLAND will be the first major city in the world to welcome in 2019, and is planning a visual and entertainment extravaganza to light up Auckland’s cityscape this New Year’s Eve. 

For the first time, Vector Lights on #Auckland Harbour Bridge will join the celebrations with a sparkling display from 9pm, before building up to a countdown to midnight where it will pulse in time with the Auckland Sky Tower.

At the stroke of midnight, Vector Lights will explode into a five-minute spectacular designed to complement SKYCITY’s fireworks display, then continue until 1am. Those lucky enough to be down at Silo Park for the Wondergarden Festival will have a perfect view of the bridge and the fireworks alongside world-class international and local acts.

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Welcoming the royal newly-weds

NEW ZEALAND is preparing to welcome the royal newly-weds, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, on their first official visit to the southern realms.

The four-day royal visit (28 October - 1 November) will be the last stop on a 16-day royal tour that also includes visits to Australia, Fiji and Tonga. 

In #NewZealand, their royal highness's will visit the main cities of Wellington and Auckland, travel across Cook Strait to Abel Tasman National Park on the northern tip of the South Island, and Rotorua - the cultural and geothermal heart of the central North Island.

Royal Tour Outline

• Tuesday 16th October - Monday 22nd October: Australia 
• Tuesday 23rd October - Wednesday 24th October: Fiji 
• Thursday 25th October - Friday 26th October: Tonga 
• Saturday 27th October: Sydney, Australia 
• Sunday 28th October: Wellington, New Zealand
• Monday 29th October: Wellington and Abel Tasman, New Zealand
• Tuesday 30th October: Auckland, New Zealand
• Wednesday 31st October: Rotorua, New Zealand

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Hotel Indigo Auckland to open in 2021

AUCKLAND will welcome New Zealand’s first Hotel Indigo to the neighbourhood in 2021, with IHG signing an agreement with Ninety Four Feet, an Australasian property development, investment, and construction company, to open Hotel Indigo #Auckland. 

Uniquely, no two Hotel Indigo properties are the same, with each drawing on the story of its local area to inspire every aspect of the hotel to help guests feel part of the destination. The “City of Sails” will set the backdrop for this boutique hotel, drawing inspiration from local artists for its design, service, amenities, food and beverages.
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Hilton expands in New Zealand

LOCATED in the beautiful rural town of Karaka, just 30 minutes south from Auckland city, the new DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka is part of the famous New Zealand Bloodstock Sales Centre; the country’s largest international thoroughbred auction venue. 

Construction of the hotel will commence by the third quarter of 2018 and is due for completion by early 2020. The hotel will feature 120 stylish guest rooms, including four spacious suites, a restaurant and bar, fully equipped gym, pool and two meeting rooms. The hotel will also have full access to Karaka Pavilion which encompasses four meeting and event spaces, accommodating events from 12 to 600 people.

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Up in the air . . .

HAWAIIAN Airlines, the only U.S. carrier to serve New Zealand with nonstop flights to Hawai‘i, is celebrating its fifth anniversary on the Auckland-Honolulu route with an increase in flights commencing this month. The airline will expand its schedule between Auckland to Honolulu from three to five services weekly commencing 21 March, 2018. 

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Soaring visitor numbers make it Auckland’s hottest summer yet

A RECORD number of visitors have flocked to #Auckland, with more than 824,000 international arrivals into the region between December 2015 and February 2016 – up 10.7 percent on the previous summer. 

Auckland’s mayor, Mr Len Brown, says a strong visitor economy has many flow-on effects which benefit both Auckland and #NewZealand as a whole. ‘#Tourism has reclaimed the top spot as the country’s number one export earner and it’s not hard to see why, with such sustained growth in visitor numbers. 

More visitors to Auckland creates more jobs and more money for the economy, and supports the development of better infrastructure to accelerate our transformation to become the world’s most liveable city.’

*Rounding out a positive year for Solomon Islands tourism, figures show that international visitor numbers for 2015 increased from 20,061 in 2014 to 21,623 – up by 7.8 percent.

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