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Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 13 December 2019

Te Papa has appointed Courtney Johnston as its new chief executive officer.

KiwiRail’s head of tourism and marketing, Ah-Leen Rayner, has joined the board of Visit Ruapehu.

Abbe Hutchins takes the helm of the fast-growing family-owned business that is putting Marlborough on the map.

Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 06 December 2019.

Colette Leonard will oversee operations at the group’s expanding accommodation business.

Scenic has appointed Brad McGlynn GM of its Franz Josef Glacier property.

Anna Nielson, the boss of food and wine festival Toast Martinborough, will replace David Hancock.

BCD Meetings and Events’ APAC managing director, Lisa Hopkins, will replace Sue Sullivan.

Amy Robens has been named as the new executive director for the New Zealand Hotel Owners Association.

Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 29 November 2019.

Richard Clarke will fill the role vacant since Stuart Turner left in July.

Stewart Manson has been announced as the new general manager at Crowne Plaza Queenstown.

Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 22 November 2019.

The prime minister has appointed Christchurch Airport chief executive Malcolm Johns to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council.

The imminent departure of DQ’s chief executive opens up one of the top jobs in the New Zealand tourism sector.

Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 15 November 2019.

Conventions and Incentives NZ, Te Papa and Tourism Export Council of NZ are all looking for new leaders.

Heritage Hotel Group’s international sales manager, Kerry Lahood, is leaving his role with the hotel group to join Southern Discoveries.

Richard Didsbury last month described the NZICC delays as “abysmal” and “unacceptable”.

Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 08 November 2019.

Apollo Motorhomes has appointed Andrew de Lautour as its new country manager for New Zealand.

Brother and sister John Managh and Mary Hamilton have taken back full ownership of RV rental operator Wilderness Motorhomes after buying out the company’s chair, Michael Becker.

From a single boat to luxury lodges and coaches – a retiring Chris Godsiff on building Marlborough Tour Company.

Ngāi Tahu Tourism’s operations and board are being restructured as part of a wide-ranging review of the group kicked-off by Ngāi Tahu Holdings chair Mark Tume.

Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 31 October 2019

Tourism Export Council of NZ’s chief executive, Judy Chen, is to leave the association in January.

Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 24 October 2019.

Former airline industry executive and professional company director Liz Savage has been elected to the board of Auckland Airport.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Rawa has bolstered its new tourism team with the appointment of Tui-kay Cole as tourism co-ordinator.

Tourism NZ chair Jamie Tuuta has been appointed as chair of the board for Venture Taranaki Trust.

Tourism industry appointments for the week ending 17 October 2019.

QT Hotels and Resorts has hired Michael Anderson to be its new director of sales and marketing at QT Auckland.

Sophie Archibald is the new business development and marketing manager, New Zealand, for Destination Queenstown.

The Kiwi boss of Walmart’s US business, Greg Foran, has taken the top job at the airline.

Industry appointments, promotions and other people moves for the week ending 10 October 2019

The operator has promoted its Whakapapa GM Jono Dean to take over from Ross Copland.

Destination Queenstown has found a new manager for its western market trade channels appointing Kate Baxter from Heli Glenorchy.

Industry appointments, promotions and other people moves for the week ending 3 October 2019

SkyCity Entertainment Group’s Brad Burnett will lead the operator’s new hotel management company, SkyCity Hotels Group.

Skyline Enterprises director Richard Thomas has been elected the new board chair of Destination Queenstown.

Tourism Bay of Plenty board director Laurissa Cooney has been appointed to the board of Air New Zealand.

Ngāi Tahu Tourism and Antarctica New Zealand have entered a new partnership which offers a Franz Josef glacier guide the chance of a secondment at Scott Base.

Air New Zealand chief executive Christoper Luxon has his last day in post today.

Tourism Talent has launched in Australia adding two new directors to its team.

After a 16 month global search for a firstly a creative and content director, and then a marketing director, Tourism New Zealand has made an internal appointment to fill the role.

Former NZ Maritime Museum chief executive Murray Reade has been appointed Northland Inc’s new chief executive.

MD and co-owner Michael Esposito is to step back from day-to-day operations at the business.

The hunt is on for a new chief executive for the Museum of New Zealand.

The continued expansion of Sudesh Jhunjhnudwala’s Sudima Hotels group, which will open two more properties in the next 12 months, has led to a wave of promotions as well as new faces joining the business.