Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) chairman Mark Taylor expressed his "disappointment" to the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce board at a meeting yesterday afternoon, regarding a memorandum sent out to its members on Friday.
Most people avoid storms, but one Queenstown man spent about a month recently actively chasing them with two keen Australian surfers to film their adventures for the Discovery Channel.
Members of the newly-formed Queenstown Community Strategic Assets Group (QCSAG) had no financial interest in Queenstown Airport, group spokesman John Martin said in a "categorical statement" to the Queenstown Times on Friday.
The Queenstown Chamber of Commerce board last night issued a recommendation the Queenstown Lakes District Council investigate whether there had been a breach of Queenstown Airport Corporation's responsibilities under its Statement of Intent.
Queenstown Airport Corporation chairman Mark Taylor said under the board's constitution it "can issue further shares", but it was "good judgement" it did not.
Former mayor Warren Cooper is calling for the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) board of directors to either resign or explain themselves to the community after a deal with Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) left him "aghast".
The Queenstown Lakes District Council had been "hoodwinked" and the deal the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) had done with Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) was "cute", Queenstown businessman John Martin said yesterday.
After the success of this year's Queenstown Winter Festival, director Simon Green has been reappointed to manage next year's event.
A high-flying weekend looms at The Remarkables with the first of the 2010 season's Youth Mini Shred series.
The Queenstown Chamber of Commerce called an urgent meeting yesterday morning to discuss what it regarded as "an increasingly contentious releasing of shares" by the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) to Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL).
The suggestion Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) was looking to constrain tourism growth was "completely at odds" with its strategic plan, Auckland Airport communications adviser Andrew Pirie said yesterday.
While Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) chairman Mark Taylor has "some sympathy" for those critical of the decision to create and sell 24.99% of shareholding in the airport to Auckland International Airport Ltd without telling the community, he stood by the board's decision.
Queenstown could be the honeymoon destination of choice for Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his wife Sakshi Rawat if an official invitation is accepted.
So far, 2010 has been good to Millbrook Resort, which has realised $9.8 million in new sales and resales of homes and sections, and this week received news a show home had won a regional Master Builder's House of the Year award.
A change to Queenstown Airport Corporation's (QAC) statement of intent between February and June was a case of "better wording", QAC chief executive Steve Sanderson said yesterday.
A terminally ill Auckland man has received a gift "beyond words" from Queenstown businesses after spending a week in the resort with his wife, as part of Mercy Hospice's Opening Doors programme.
The Hills did not have the ability to ask anyone for money to secure the next New Zealand Open, because it was "only the venue", The Hills general manager Sam Gent said.
Fresh from organising the 2010 American Express Queenstown Winter Festival, director Simon Green has been announced as 2010 ASB Queenstown JazzFest event manager.
Discussions were continuing between the developers of the second stage of the Remarkables Park Town Centre and several national stores "not yet represented in Queenstown", Remarkables Park Ltd director Alastair Porter said.
Football fans will have the chance to watch the Fifa World Cup final in Queenstown live on Monday morning, while raising money for two groups.
