Agency given a name
The new Dunedin marketing agency to co-ordinate tourism, events, investment, skills and migrant promotion efforts for the city will be known as Enterprise Dunedin.
Tourism Dunedin
Otago visitor nights show improvement
Otago visitor nights show improvement
Visitor nights in Otago are up almost 6%, despite declining numbers in Clutha, Central Otago and Wanaka.
Agency replacing Tourism Dunedin
Agency replacing Tourism Dunedin
Tourism Dunedin is to be disestablished and its work absorbed by a new Dunedin City Council in-house marketing agency that will promote the city's business, education and tourism.
Benefit seen indirect flight
Benefit seen indirect flight
Tourism Dunedin chief executive Hamish Saxton is enthusiastic about the new Christchurch to Perth direct flight started on December 4 by Air New Zealand.
China tour crackdown seen as boon
China tour crackdown seen as boon
A crackdown on rogue Chinese tour operators will be to Otago's benefit, industry professionals say.
Boost likely from travel writers' visit
Boost likely from travel writers' visit
A visit to Otago by a group of New Zealand travel writers is expected to give a boost to tourism operators in the region.
Boost from travel writers
Boost from travel writers
Dunedin and Clutha will be promoted by seven travel writers, who will spend this weekend experiencing what the destinations have to offer.
Tourism personality
Tourism personality
Dunedin's tourism personality of the year will be revealed this month.
Tourism bright side seen
Tourism bright side seen
A series of unmet targets led Dunedin city councillors this week to question whether Tourism Dunedin could handle more responsibility.
Tourism operators find market tough
Tourism operators find market tough
Dunedin tourism operators will be happy just to maintain the status quo this year, in what they describe as a tough market.
Planning to attract women
Planning to attract women
Forget ladies' night. Dunedin is set to host a ladies' season.
Website a winner for Tourism Dunedin
Website a winner for Tourism Dunedin
Constantly feeding and nurturing its website as if it was a living and dynamic entity has won Tourism Dunedin a major award at the 2012 eTourism conference in Auckland.
Venue closures put Dunedin behind target
Venue closures put Dunedin behind target
Tourism Dunedin is working on attracting more conferences to Dunedin after the city failed to meet its market-share targets for conferences in 2011 and sits behind target in 2012.
Slow growth in tourism
Slow growth in tourism
Growth in newly emerged tourism markets such as China has yet to translate into a significant increase in visitor numbers in Queenstown, the resort's marketing organisation told its members yesterday.
Business tourist fee?
Business tourist fee?
The council will investigate the possibility of increasing some business' rates to cover costs incurred by tourists to the council.
'Budget Australians' cruising
'Budget Australians' cruising
Dunedin tourism operators need to prepare for higher numbers of "budget Australian" visitors as the cruise-ship market changes, a group was told yesterday.
Tour firm Contiki returns to city
Tour firm Contiki returns to city
The return of the world's largest youth tour operator to Dunedin will help boost visitor numbers to the Speight's Brewery by 15%.
Tourism Dunedin jobs response to opportunities
Tourism Dunedin jobs response to opportunities
The potential of Forsyth Barr Stadium and the lucrative Chinese market has resulted in new appointments for the organisation charged with marketing Dunedin to the world.
Change afoot at Tourism Dunedin
Change afoot at Tourism Dunedin
The Christchurch earthquake and the opening of the Forsyth Barr Stadium has led Tourism Dunedin to undergo an internal shake-up.
Chinese travel agents visit city
Chinese travel agents visit city
A group of 11 travel agents from Beijing had a "whistlestop" familiarisation tour in Dunedin at the weekend, and were pleased with what they saw.