Articles tagged “movies”

New Zealand owes a great deal of its modern tourism industry to the films of Peter Jackson, but how far should they really go to both fund film and hitch their wagon to Hollywood dreams?

New Zealand is anticipating "The Hobbit" will return its travel industry back to the peak experienced during "The Lord of The Rings," but this time plans to be better prepared for the star-struck throngs.

Airlines pilots associations would've been half-pleased at the skills of a vet pilot, though disapproving of Denzel's drug addled behavior. Meanwhile, airlines, troubled with outsourcing maintenance controversies, don't come out looking good in the movie anyway.

Air New Zealand continues to excel at channeling its quirkiness.

Kusturica established himself as a filmmaker before the Yugoslav civil war and despite his global success became tied to the Serbs. His authentic Serb village in a formerly multi-ethnic town won't do anything to improve his standing.

If "The Hobbit" pays off as well for New Zealand tourism as director Peter Jackson's original Tolkien trilogy, the country's tourism coffers will be overflowing with coins of every kind.

“Lord of the Rings” was a lesson in how media could effect tourism. "The Hobbit" will likely reignite interest in New Zealand's remote wonders after years of natural disasters have scared visitors away.

How could this not be popular??

As the two jet companies position themselves, they need to remember that the particular challenges Hollywood presents that the corporate world is better at avoiding -- as Bombardier is learning with some Travolting behavior by one of its brand ambassadors.

Movie and TV-inspired tourism is increasingly becoming a big business, and Georgia is trying to woo through the world's largest movie industry Bollywood.