29th February 2024 DQ / LWT / TCOLocal tourism stakeholders support CIAL’s decision to put the project on hold, with potential airport competitor QAC declaring “common sense has prevailed”.
4th September 2023 DQ / LWT / TarrasDQ and LWT say the proposal is not aligned with the district’s new regenerative tourism approach.
26th July 2023 DQ / EVDestination Queenstown and electric car maker Polestar have partnered to promote the decarbonisation of tourism at the destination.
4th April 2023 DQ / LWTDestination Queenstown and Lake Wānaka Tourism have launched their community funding platforms, Love Queenstown and Love Wānaka.
2nd February 2023 DQQueenstown has been crowned as one of the top 25 most-loved destinations in the world as ranked by the global Tourism Sentiment Index.
14th December 2022 DQ / Review 2022Destination Queenstown’s chief says an extraordinary winter has been followed by an ambitious goal to be carbon zero.
28th October 2022 DQ / LWTThe draft destination management strategy for Queenstown Lakes is now moving towards its second iteration following feedback from the community.
25th October 2022 DQ / SpendQueenstown’s winter season saw visitor expenditure exceed pre-Covid levels off the back of a strong ski season and the return of events.
4th October 2022 DQ / LWTDestination Queenstown and Lake Wānaka Tourism have helped to develop questions on the visitor economy for Queenstown Lakes District Council’s latest Quality of Life survey.
27th September 2022 DQ / SpendVisitors flocked to Queenstown over winter with total expenditure for June, July and August 2022 up 20% over the same period in pre-Covid 2019.
21st June 2022 DQWoods wants to know what the region’s operators need to achieve success in the tourism recovery.
2nd June 2022 DQDestination Queenstown board member Glyn Lewers is running for mayor in Queenstown Lakes District Council’s local government elections this year.
19th May 2022 DQ / PeopleLake Wānaka Tourism’s chair has been appointed Destination Queenstown’s new boss.
18th February 2022 Campaigns / DQDestination Queenstown has launched a new video series celebrating those within the visitor industry.
1st December 2021 DQ / RTODestination Queenstown and Southern Wellbeing Trust is bringing GoodYarn peer-to-peer mental wellbeing workshops to the resort’s business community.
2nd August 2021 DQ / PeopleDestination Queenstown’s new CEO on the opportunity to shape the future of tourism.
11th May 2021 Campaigns / DQThe new campaign would launch on 23 May in New Zealand and Australia.
10th May 2021 DQ / RecoveryThe resort has to look again at its tourism proposition to ensure it becomes a more sustainable, better accepted, industry, says Richard Thomas.
10th March 2021 DQ / RecoveryThere are no easy solutions to kickstarting Queenstown’s struggling tourism sector while the borders remain shut, says Destination Queenstown’s newly appointed chief executive Paul Abbot.
17th February 2021 Campaigns / DQDestination Queenstown has paused its summer marketing campaign in the Auckland market due to Covid-19 alert level 3 restrictions, says DQ interim chief executive Ann Lockhart.
29th October 2020 DQ / RTODQ’s boss on solidifying the Queenstown brand and the launch of its ‘Home of Adventure’ campaign.
29th June 2020 DQ / EventsDestination Queenstown has launched a We Are Winter celebration, a collection of events along the Queenstown waterfront including markets, food vendors, live music and a fireworks display.
12th October 2018 China / DQDestination Queenstown is gearing up for next week’s inaugural China Tourism Exchange travelling to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Chengdu which comes ahead of next year’s China-New Zealand Year of Tourism.
17th August 2018 China / DQQueenstown’s Regional Tourism Organisation is to lead a delegation of local tourism businesses and officials to China in an inaugural event ahead of next year’s China-New Zealand Year of Tourism.
7th March 2018 DQ / TNZExcitement is building ahead of Amway China’s arrival in New Zealand for their annual leadership seminar next month.
7th March 2018 DQDestination Queenstown has teamed up with MiNDFOOD magazine again in 2018 to deliver a story-driven campaign to promote domestic travel to the four season resort in autumn.
12th December 2017 DQFormer Tourism New Zealand country manager Kiran Nambiar is joining Destination Queenstown as its new business development director.
31st October 2017 DQDestination Queenstown is hosting close to 50 trade and conference and incentive buyers this week as part of its inaugural business-to-business event, Queenstown Week.
20th October 2017 DQTwo new directors have been appointed to the Destination Queenstown board for 2017/18.
Destination Queenstown has launched the latest instalment of its ski campaign activity this week with an invitation to Australians to visit the resort town for a spring snow holiday.
7th August 2017 DQThe newly established position of Business Development Director will oversee all channel sales and trade marketing activity including domestic and international travel trade, industry partnerships and business events.
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15th March 2017 DQQueenstown convention bureau manager Regan Pearce has left his position.
7th March 2017 DQDestination Queenstown has partnered with leading lifestyle magazine MiNDFOOD in an innovative partnership to promote Queenstown this autumn.
3rd March 2017 DQDestination Queenstown has unveiled a brand new website to showcase New Zealand’s favourite visitor destination this week.
