Destination Queenstown - Latest News [Page 2]
Final Line-up Announced For Welcome To Winter Festival And Tickets Now On Sale
Friday, 21 May 2021, 12:28 pm | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (21 May 2021) – The final line-up for the Welcome to Winter festival is been released with tickets now on sale for ticketed events. From 2-4 July, the Queenstown festival will feature an action packed three days of events ... More >>
Destination Queenstown Chief Executive Appointed
Monday, 8 March 2021, 2:31 pm | Destination Queenstown
Destination Queenstown is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Abbot to the position of Chief Executive. Mr Abbot, who has extensive experience in senior tourism and marketing positions, both overseas and in New Zealand, will commence ... More >>
Queenstown A Big Winner At The 2020 World Travel Awards
Friday, 13 November 2020, 10:00 am | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (13 November 2020) Queenstown has scored significant wins at the 27th Annual World Travel Awards, winning three of the major awards in the Oceania section and four out of eight titles in the New Zealand section. Queenstown ... More >>
Queenstown Launches Home Of Adventure Brand With New Domestic Campaign
Monday, 19 October 2020, 12:16 pm | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (19 October 2020) Destination Queenstown is today launching its latest domestic campaign, unveiling the region’s Home of Adventure brand and giving Kiwis plenty of reasons to visit during the long days of spring and summer. ... More >>
Skiers In Queenstown Take First Laps As Winter Kicks Into Gear
Friday, 26 June 2020, 4:52 pm | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown’s ski season kicked off today, as the lifts at Coronet Peak and Cardrona Alpine Resort started turning first thing. “Queenstown is made for winter and we are ready to warmly welcome New Zealanders to experience it with us, whether they’re ... More >>
Queenstown Covered In First Major Snowfall For 2020
Monday, 8 June 2020, 4:24 pm | Destination Queenstown
Coronet Peak First Snow, captured by Paul Jones Snow over the weekend has blanketed Queenstown's mountains, heralding Queenstown’s transformation for the winter season. The Southern Lakes ski areas are all set to open this season with Coronet Peak and ... More >>
Queenstown: Come To Me This Winter
Monday, 1 June 2020, 4:36 pm | Destination Queenstown
A new campaign enticing Kiwis to Queenstown this winter kicked off this weekend. The campaign will showcase the amazing activities that make Queenstown a winter favourite, using an inspirational new winter video, showing on prime time television placements ... More >>
Survey Shows Queenstown Is Open For Business
Friday, 29 May 2020, 12:37 pm | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (29 May 2020) – A survey of local tourism businesses recently undertaken by Destination Queenstown shows that 96% of respondents will be open under level 2 for the winter season. The regional tourism organisation surveyed its membership ... More >>
New DQ Campaign To Support Queenstown Recovery
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 9:49 am | Destination Queenstown
Destination Queenstown’s program of marketing activity to support tourism, share the message that Queenstown is open for business, and invite Kiwi visitors back to the resort town, is well underway. With confirmation that Queenstown’s ski fields ... More >>
Queenstown Excited To Welcome Visitors Again
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 8:05 am | Destination Queenstown
The announcement yesterday that NZ will move to Alert Level 2 on Thursday has been met with delight in Queenstown, with operators in the Southern Hemisphere’s premier holiday destination excited to welcome visitors again and get back to business. Regional ... More >>
Destination Queenstown chief executive Graham Budd departing
Friday, 15 November 2019, 1:59 pm | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (15 November 2019) Destination Queenstown chief executive Graham Budd will leave the regional tourism organisation in early 2020 to take up the position of chief executive of Great South, Southland’s regional development ... More >>
Queenstown’s Welcome to Winter campaign nabs major award
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 3:59 pm | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (13 November 2019) Destination Queenstown’s Welcome to Winter campaign has picked up a major cinematography award in Australia. More >>
Destination Queenstown appoints Sophie Archibald
Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 10:43 am | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (15 October, 2019) Destination Queenstown is pleased to announce the appointment of Sophie Archibald to the role of New Zealand Business Development and Marketing Manager. More >>
Destination Queenstown announces new appointment
Friday, 4 October 2019, 10:13 am | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (4 October, 2019) Destination Queenstown is pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Baxter to the role of International Markets Manager – Western. More >>
New Destination Queenstown Board members and Chair confirmed
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 9:18 am | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (2 October, 2019) Two new members were elected to the Destination Queenstown Board at its Annual General Meeting on 25 September. More >>
New Queenstown Winter Festival director appointed
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 10:19 am | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (5 September, 2019) – Destination Queenstown is delighted to announce the appointment of Harald Ulriksen to the position of Real Journeys Queenstown Winter Festival Director. More >>
Sustainability initiatives and commitment
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 12:45 pm | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (27 June, 2019) Destination Queenstown (DQ) is highlighting the environmental initiatives happening around Queenstown while addressing its own environmental impact and committing to change. More >>
Take Me To Queenstown mural has Sydney-siders dreaming
Thursday, 23 May 2019, 2:32 pm | Destination Queenstown
Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia (23 May, 2019) A prominent Surry Hills, Sydney, address is featuring a vibrant patch of Queenstown in the lead up to winter 2019—with an exciting travel prize up for grabs. More >>
Queenstown sets the stage for Travel Bootcamp this spring
Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 9:44 am | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand (7 May, 2019) Queenstown will host travel content creators, bloggers and social media tastemakers at the first international iteration of a game-changing media conference this October. More >>
Auckland and Queenstown join forces to attract new market
Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 4:35 pm | Destination Queenstown
A strategic MoU between Auckland Convention Bureau and Queenstown Convention Bureau will see the bureaux working together as a dual destination proposition. Auckland Convention Bureau (ACB) and Queenstown Convention Bureau (QCB) are joining forces ... More >>