TIA members oppose bed tax and airport tax funding options for Rugby World Cup 2011 Stadium Funding

TIA is vehemently opposed to the options being considered by the Government on bed and airport taxes in Auckland.

To read TIA media releases click here

This briefing has been sent to Ministers, TIA members and relevant stakeholders as the industry prepares to have these proposals removed from negotiations. Click here

This letter has been sent to TIA members and relevant stakeholders as the industry prepares to have these proposals removed from negotiations. Click here

To read the views of some of TIA members who have written to TIA on this matter this week, Click here

To read TIA’s policy paper prepared in 2005 Click here.

New Zealand's major tourism and travel organisations have formed a coalition to fight any proposal to tax travellers to fund a new or redeveloped stadium in Auckland. For more information about the Coalition Against Travel Taxes (CATT) click here.

To read the column by Fiona Luhrs explaining why the new stadium should be nationally funded, published in the New Zealand Herald newspaper on Monday 20 November 2006 Click here