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Destination Queenstown and Lake Wānaka Tourism have launched their community funding platforms, Love Queenstown and Love Wānaka.

Queenstown has been crowned as one of the top 25 most-loved destinations in the world as ranked by the global Tourism Sentiment Index.

Destination Queenstown’s chief says an extraordinary winter has been followed by an ambitious goal to be carbon zero.

The draft destination management strategy for Queenstown Lakes is now moving towards its second iteration following feedback from the community.

Queenstown’s winter season saw visitor expenditure exceed pre-Covid levels off the back of a strong ski season and the return of events.

Destination 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.

Visitors flocked to Queenstown over winter with total expenditure for June, July and August 2022 up 20% over the same period in pre-Covid 2019.

Woods wants to know what the region’s operators need to achieve success in the tourism recovery.

Destination Queenstown board member Glyn Lewers is running for mayor in Queenstown Lakes District Council’s local government elections this year.

Lake Wānaka Tourism’s chair has been appointed Destination Queenstown’s new boss.

Destination Queenstown has launched a new video series celebrating those within the visitor industry.

Destination Queenstown and Southern Wellbeing Trust is bringing GoodYarn peer-to-peer mental wellbeing workshops to the resort’s business community.

Destination Queenstown’s new CEO on the opportunity to shape the future of tourism.

The new campaign would launch on 23 May in New Zealand and Australia.

The resort has to look again at its tourism proposition to ensure it becomes a more sustainable, better accepted, industry, says Richard Thomas.

There 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.

Destination 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.

DQ’s boss on solidifying the Queenstown brand and the launch of its ‘Home of Adventure’ campaign.

Destination 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.

Destination 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.

Queenstown’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.

Excitement is building ahead of Amway China’s arrival in New Zealand for their annual leadership seminar next month.

Destination 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.

Former Tourism New Zealand country manager Kiran Nambiar is joining Destination Queenstown as its new business development director.

Destination 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.

Two 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.

The 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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Queenstown convention bureau manager Regan Pearce has left his position.

Destination Queenstown has partnered with leading lifestyle magazine MiNDFOOD in an innovative partnership to promote Queenstown this autumn.

Destination Queenstown has unveiled a brand new website to showcase New Zealand’s favourite visitor destination this week.