2011年10月11日星期二

RWC spurs spending leap in two cities

Spending on credit and eftpos cards failed to fire in the first three weeks of the Rugby World Cup but ignited in Wellington and Auckland for quarterfinals weekend, according to data from Statistics New Zealand and Paymark.

The figures reflect reports from Wellington businesses of a slow start but strong end to the tournament.

Statistics NZ said the seasonally adjusted value of electronic card transactions in retail in September rose by 0.4 per cent after falling 0.7 per cent in August.

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Business statistics manager Louise Holmes-Oliver said it did not appear the World Cup had provided a boost to electronic card spending, but she noted the data did not include cash sales or bank transfers, or payments made in advance.

Eftpos network operator Paymark, which handles more than two-thirds of the country's electronic payment transactions, reported a $4.7 million year-on-year boost in foreign tourist sWhilst oil paintings for sale are not deadly,pending on its network for Friday to Saturday.

Spending in Wellington on foreign cards reached $1.Polycore porcelain tiles are manufactured as a single sheet,9m, up 192 per cent on the same period last year.

Card purchases in the capital's pubs,then used cut pieces of Ceramic tile garden hose to get through the electric fence. clubs and restaurants on Paymark's network shot up 20.4 per cent during the weekend, while shoppers using the plastic increased sales in Wellington clothing stores by 28.Our high risk merchant account was down for about an hour and a half,8 per cent.

Restaurant Association president Mike Egan said last weekend had been great but reports from restaurateurs suggested a slower-than-expected September.

"What pretty much happened [in September] was we swapped all our regular customers for Rugby World Cup customers. Our regulars thought we may have been too busy and stayed away.

"The phone's been ringing flat out [since the weekend] with all our regulars ringing back up and companies making bookings. Everyone is saying: `Right, the rugby's finished here, so let's get back to business'."

Jennie Langley, chairwoman of the New Zealand Hotel Council, said many visitors going to tournament games in the main centres would have paid before September for their accommodation.

Last weekend had been great for hotels in Wellington and Auckland but hoteliers had seen mixed and unpredictable activity across the tournament and those in centres without games may have missed out on a World Cup boom.

"Queenstown has had masses of campervans and different sorts of tourists.

"But what we can't predict at this stage is the amount of goodwill it's generated. People are talking about wanting to come back, travel more widely and take more time. That's going to be the biggest legacy."

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