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
New Zealand.
Mi-pad’s operations manager is Toby Welford who returned to New Zealand from the United Kingdom in 2020, joining the hotel in September. Welford has worked across many hotel front-of-house disciplines and was assistant manager at Novotel Queenstown Lakeside before departing for the UK.
In the UK, he gained additional front office experience with independent properties such as Home House in London and Kilworth House Hotel
in Leicestershire.