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voco opens in ZQN
voco Queenstown is now open, marking the completion of the repositioning of the former Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown into IHG’s premium upscale voco brand.
Fiji Airways looks at NAN-ZQN
Fiji Airways is seriously considering flights into Queenstown and is currently working through any challenges that would occur on that route, says FJ's chief executive officer Paul Scurrah.
Coronet Ridge Resort debuts in Queenstown
Coronet Ridge Resort, Queenstown’s newest five-star alpine property, has opened following a multi-million-dollar redevelopment.
Villa portfolio push to inbounders
Luxury accommodation specialist MajorDomo is increasing its profile within the trade and seeing growth in the B2B side of its business, says founder and director Fiona Stevens.
ROKI Collection to open in ZQN
ROKI Collection Queenstown will open mid-2025 and is designed as an urban retreat on the shores of Lake Wakatipu.
Heritage partners with TFE
TFE Hotels has partnered with New Zealand accommodation provider Heritage Hotels in a multi-property management agreement that will see five hotels refurbished in the next few years.
ZQN-AKL visit USA
Twenty five Kiwi tourism operators have wrapped up a seven city visit to United States this week, during which they showcased experiences of both Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Queenstown.
Queenstown heli-camping
The popularity of day visits to Earnslaw Burn out of Queenstown is giving Heliworks confidence that the company’s new camping experience in the area will resonate with the domestic market.
Tess Kelly, who handles sales and marketing with Heliworks, was promoting the high end camping product to inbound tour operators at the TEC trade show and conference last week, but says there will certainly be potential for New Zealand agents and their clients.
Queenstown hibernation
Adventure Group Limited, operating as Canyon Explorers, has decided to hibernate normal operations from Monday 15 February.
Managing director Stefan Crawford said it had been ‘a tough but necessary call’ given the ongoing decline in visitors to Queenstown over the coming months and the uncertainty around a trans-Tasman bubble.
He says Canyon Explorers has been doing its best to navigate through its first domestic-only season, adjusting offers to encourage Kiwis to ‘Do Something New’.
New at Queenstown hotel
Carl Amos is now general manager, Mi-pad Hotel Queenstown. He joins the hotel from Hospitality New Zealand where he was marketing, communications and events manager.
Prior to this, Amos was based in Wellington at Tourism Industry Aotearoa leading the partnerships area, the commercial component for the delivery of TIA’s annual key tourism events. Before returning to New Zealand, Amos was based in Fiji and Samoa with roles at Six Senses Fiji, South Sea Cruises Fiji and Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Samoa. He began his tourism career with Air
