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ChristchurchNZ has appointed the former NTT manager and DQ chief David Kennedy to lead The Antarctic Office.

NZSki has appointed Fiona Boyer to the newly created role of General Manager Customer.

Skyline Enterprises director Sarah Ottrey has been appointed to the board of Christchurch International Airport Limited.

Jeremy Smith has been elected National President of Hospitality New Zealand’s board. 

Northland Inc’s general manager of regional promotions and tourism, Paul Davis, has resigned. 

Air New Zealand’s top lawyer, Karen Clayton, has resigned to join the International Air Transport Association. 

Tourism Holdings’ chief financial officer Mark Davis is to leave the company.

The Walking Access Commission has appointed Ric Cullinane its chief executive.

Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has appointed the former chief executive of the Starship Foundation, Brad Clark, to be its director of transformation and development.

Air New Zealand’s award-winning chief digital officer, Avi Golan, is leaving the airline to return to the United States to be closer to family.

Heritage Hotel Management Ltd has appointed Akash Sood the general manager of its flagship CityLife Auckland hotel. 

Real Journeys chief executive Richard Lauder is the new chair of Tourism Industry Aotearoa.

Haka Tourism Group has appointed its first chief financial officer in what chief executive Ryan Sanders described as a “key appointment for the business”.

Jo Heaton has been promoted to the newly created role of Tourism and Visitor Economy Manager in a restructuring of the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency.

Jet Park Hotels has made a raft of senior appointments in preparation for what it says will be future growth.

Tourism operator and entrepreneur Torben Landl has been appointed to the board of Destination Great Lake Taupo.

Philippa Ivory will leave the economic development agency on September 14.

Southern Discoveries has appointed Kerry Myers as its new general manager sales and marketing as the Queenstown and Milford Sound operator looks to further “expand and optimise” its operations.

Mark Davis is on medical leave and will miss the operator’s already delayed annual results announcement next Tuesday.

Destination Fiordland is on the hunt for a new tourism manager following the resignation of Sharon Salmons.

YHA’s manager of hostel operations, Simon Cartwright, has been elected the new board chair of the   Backpacker Youth & Adventure Tourism Association.

The industry training body has hired AgResearch’s Andrew McSweeney to be its new CEO.

Christchurch Convention Centre is ramping up activity ahead of a 2020 opening date poaching SKYCITY’s Gillian Officer to lead sales efforts for Te Pae.

Sydney-based senior brand manager Andrew Waddel has been picked to fill the role vacated by Tony Saunders.

Tourism New Zealand’s general manager of Americas and Europe is returning to New Zealand opening up one of the most important roles in the country’s tourism industry.

The Rutherford Hotel Nelson has appointed a new general manager to replace the late Bevan McGillicuddy.

Pou Herenga Tai – Twin Coast Cycle Trail Trust has appointed Adrienne Tari its new general manager.

Land Information New Zealand has announced the members of its new South Island High Country Advisory Group.

She will be the first female chair of the airline when she takes over from Tony Carter, who retires next year.

Ngāi Tahu Tourism has poached Tourism Holdings Limited’s experience design manager, Ed Burak, in a move that  signals a step change in the tourism operator’s experience development efforts.

Strange takes over from Sir Henry van der Heyden.

Te Papa has announced a trio of senior appointments which it says “show the strength of talent” in the New Zealand museum and gallery sector.

Edgewater’s former general manager, Mike Barton, has joined the privately-owned Wanaka hotel’s board.

The rail and ferry operator’s Peter Reidy is to leave the state owned enterprise to take the helm at the building firm.

AccorHotels has appointed Bradley Conder its new general manager of Novotel and Ibis Christchurch.

Amanda Graham has been appointed NZ Convention Bureaux Chair.

A new director will take the helm of Auckland Zoo as the attraction commences a development that will transform almost one-fifth of the site.

Sounds Air has appointed Glenys Coughlan to its board as an independent director.

Former Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters general manager Matt Wong has been appointed to manage a new Queenstown adrenalin experience, iFLY Indoor Skydiving.