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New appointments at Hospitality New Zealand, Maritime New Zealand and Development West Coast.

Development West Coast has appointed Patrick Dault to be its new destination and tourism manager.

Appointments at ChristchurchNZ, Nelson Regional Development Agency and Tourism Central Otago.

TNZ goes inhouse to promote René de Monchy to the top job at the national marketing body.

After five years leading the airport, Colin Keel is moving to Auckland.

Move comes after RTO absorbed into Southland economic development agency Great South.

Tourwriter is “realigning” its leadership team so that they are ready “to hit the ground running alongside our customers”, according to chief executive Pierre Malou.

Toe Toe’s Kohutapu Lodge and Tribal Tours won the 2019 NZ Tourism Industry Awards’ community engagement category.

SkyCity Entertainment Group is appointing three new directors to its board group, pending approval.

New appointments at Air NZ, Heritage Hotels, Tranzit and DGLT board.

Air New Zealand’s chief digital officer is leaving the company after two years in the role.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 12 March 2021.

A former airline CEO and Air NZ marketing manager has taken one of the country’s top destination marketing jobs.

Young Tourism Export Council of New Zealand has reappointed Auckland Unlimited’s Zac Watson its board chair.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 5 March 2021

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 19 February 2021

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 12 February 2021

The former operator says the biggest priorities for the Regional Tourism Organisation at the moment “are around trying to help businesses in the industry here survive”.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 5 February 2021.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 29 January 2021.

Under Hayward’s watch, ACB had secured approximately $275m worth of business events for Auckland.

Three international appointments fill gaps left by recent executive departures at the hotel and entertainment group.

Richard Smyth is the fourth senior executive to announce his departure from SkyCity in three months.

Auckland Unlimited chief executive Nick Hill among a raft of appointments to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s new advisory committee.

Business Events Industry Aotearoa has appointed Jeanette Stanton its events project manager.

Tourism New Zealand’s René de Monchy is now the acting chief executive of Tourism New Zealand.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 11 December 2020.

The combined EDA and RTO has found a replacement for former CEO Mark Ward, who left suddenly in May.

The appointment follows a raft of executive departures from the airline.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 4 December 2020.

Kathmandu Holdings Group chief executive Xavier Simonet has announced his resignation after five years with the company.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 27 November 2020.

New tourism development manager Lydia Stoddart said there was a lot of product in the region that people did not know about.

SkyCity chairman Rob Campbell told investors and analysts that the departure of chief executive Graeme Stephens was not unusual or entirely unexpected.

Tourism New Zealand commercial director René de Monchy has been appointed interim chief executive following the resignation of Stephen England-Hall last month.

Chief executive Graeme Stephens is among a trio of senior leaders leaving the operator.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 13 November 2020.

Current Metlifecare CFO Richard Thomson is to return to Air NZ where he held a series of senior commercial and finance roles between 2004 and 2017.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 6 November 2020

Tourism New Zealand lays out the necessary skills in a request for headhunting services.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 30 October 2020

Out of the frying pan and into the fire is how Stephen England-Hall’s move to Wayfare may be viewed by many but it is not one he shares himself.

TNZ’s boss is leaving the agency to lead Queenstown-based group Wayfare.

The current CEO of ATEED will step into the role on 1 December, when the new entity officially starts.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 23 October 2020.

Air NZ’s former chief commercial and customer officer has been appointed CEO of the media company.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 16 October 2020.

Hospitality New Zealand has appointed Sally Attfield to lead its accommodation division.

The executives had not signed on to lead a domestic airline, she says.

CFO Jeff McDowall is leaving, becoming the sixth member of the airline’s c-suite to depart.