International arrivals into New Zealand for the full year remain 3.1% up, but trading conditions in Queenstown are "patchy", says Destination Queenstown chief executive Tony Everitt.
As the last signs of winter slowly disappear from Queenstown's mountains, Destination Queenstown chief executive Tony Everitt says the resort's biggest spring snowfall in years was a "key contributor" to September's strong visitor numbers.
Adventure tourism companies throughout the Lakes District are being encouraged to attend next month's second annual adventure tourism forum, organised by Destination Queenstown, the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA) and the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC), in Queenstown.
Destination Queenstown is to co-opt two more directors to its board after elections were held at the annual meeting on Thursday.
A campaign to offer stressed Canterbury earthquake victims a free holiday in Wanaka and Queenstown next weekend gathered momentum yesterday: 166 beds were available in Wanaka and many more in Queenstown.
Destination Queenstown has reported the largest guest-nights increase in New Zealand for the month of July, despite international and domestic visitor figures showing signs of weakness.
A spring and summer marketing campaign is being launched in Australia this week by Destination Queenstown, showcasing the diversity of the region and providing compelling reasons to "visit now".
In 12 months' time, New Zealand will be in the grip of Rugby World Cup fever, and Destination Queenstown is encouraging everyone to spread a viral campaign, aiming to get friends and family to visit the resort.
For the first time, Destination Queenstown is using a television advertisement to encourage New Zealanders to visit Queenstown this spring and summer.
It is always a thrill to see the Wakatipu on the silver screen - be it Hugh Jackman blowing up Paradise in Wolverine, or Rutger Hauer sipping pinot noir at Peregrine Wines in Brideflight - but the basin co-starring in a Bollywood extravaganza?
It has been a bumper winter season so far, with Queenstown recording more than double the national average growth in guest nights last month.
New flights from the Gold Coast to Queenstown revealed this week could have the knock-on effect of revitalising the dormant Japanese snowsports market in the Wakatipu.
Although Tourism New Zealand's latest forecasts to 2016 showed overall positive growth for New Zealand, Destination Queenstown chief executive Tony Everitt is slightly more cautious.
A series of unprovoked attacks on tourists in Queenstown recently needed to be put into perspective, Destination Queenstown chief executive Tony Everitt said.
Destination Queenstown members have rejected a proposal to allow directors to be nominated from the floor at the annual meeting.
There are going to be a lot of Australians here," Qantas regional general manager Grant Lilly said yesterday, announcing additional transtasman services direct to Queenstown from Melbourne this summer.
Destination Queenstown (DQ) is seeking feedback from members on its new draft constitution.
Queenstown tourism has weathered the global economic crisis "relatively well" because it refocused its efforts on the resilient Australian market, Destination Queenstown's draft business plan says.
