24th November 2023 Great South / Southern DiscoveriesSouthern Discoveries has won the Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality award at the Grand Business South Awards.
30th June 2023 Great SouthTourism is one of two significant opportunities identified in Great South’s Beyond 2025 Southland Regional Long Term Plan.
25th January 2023 Funding / Great SouthRound five of the Fiordland Regional Event Fund is open for applications, with $54,000 on offer.
23rd November 2022 Great South / SurveyGreat South has launched an online survey seeking community feedback from residents about their views on tourism.
27th July 2022 Great South / PeopleGreat South has appointed Chami Abeysinghe its new chief executive to fill the vacancy left by the sudden death of Graham Budd.
19th July 2022 Employment / Great SouthGreat South’s Summer of Work initiative is returning for 2022 and it is seeking employers to join it.
19th April 2022 Great South / PeopleThe Great South CEO and former Destination Queenstown boss passed away on Friday.
19th April 2022 Events / Great SouthGreat South has approved $142,500 funding for a climbing invitational and a ukulele festival in Te Anau.
29th March 2022 Great South / PeopleGreat South has contracted Bluff Community Board member Tammi Topi to lead the Bluff Motupōhue 2020 Tourism Master Plan.
8th December 2021 Food / Great SouthSouthland could become a hotbed of food activity under new plans to transform the regional home of Bluff Oysters into a food tourism mecca.
1st November 2021 Great South / Stewart IslandAlmost all visitors who went last summer say they intend to return, so what did they like?
11th October 2021 Events / Great SouthGreat South has allocated more than $550,000 this year from the government’s Regional Event Fund for events in Southland and Fiordland.
27th July 2021 Great South / RTOA turbocharged destination plan, long-term marketing campaigns and city developments are expected to support tourism to Southland and Fiordland.
25th June 2021 Air NZ / Great SouthSales of air tickets for the Invercargill-Auckland jet service rose on the back of a joint marketing campaign reboot by Great South and Air New Zealand.
14th April 2021 Campaigns / Great SouthGreat South’s regional tourism organisations Visit Southland and Visit Fiordland have launched their latest Southland campaign.
18th March 2021 Great South / RTODestination Fiordland and the tourism division of economic development agency Great South will be renamed Visit Fiordland and Visit Southland from 1 April 2021.
16th March 2021 Great South / RecoveryThe tourism sector will be the weak link in the recovery of Southland, according to an economic analysis of the region.
10th December 2020 Great SouthA central tourism hub would contain a variety of visitor attractions as well as the ferry link to Rakiura Stewart Island.
8th December 2020 Employment / Great SouthGreat South is holding two free one-day information sessions in Te Anau this month for those wanting work in hospitality and tourism over the summer.
1st October 2020 Great South / RTOGreat South’s GM of tourism and events on tourism’s recovery and the vital role RTOs play.
11th June 2020 Great South / RTOGreat South general manager of tourism and events Bobbi Brown on the tourism sector restart and the important role locals will play in accelerating its success.
9th December 2019 Dark Sky / Great SouthStewart Island/Rakiura’s dark sky accreditation has played a key part in visitor growth, with Great South reporting a 17% increase in visitor numbers on Stewart Island/Rakiura from April to September 2019,
21st November 2019 Great South / StrategyGreat South will become the third regional development agency to shift away from destination marketing to a destination management strategy, as it looks to improve visitor growth and encourage stronger visitor spend.
