The strength of the US dollar and big spending Americans helped jolt the tourism market back to life through New Zealand's summer holidays, with top-tier Queenstown hotels hitting a record $512-per-night in January.
That reflects room rates across the city's 4.5 and 5 star hotels, up a quarter on
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