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

Skydive Queenstown has appointed Martin Langford to the role of national sales manager.

QT Hotels & Resorts has appointed Chris Greening as its new general manager, QT Wellington.

Tourism industry appointments and people moves for the week to 13 May.

Harrison will commence the handover process in the coming weeks with retiring managing director BK Chiu.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 6 May.

Linton is currently Callaghan Innovation’s chief innovation expertise officer.

Peter Reidy returns to the rail and ferry operator as chief executive, four years after leaving the role.

Te Araroa Wellington Trust is on the hunt for two new trustees to help govern the section of the Te Araroa walking track running from near Levin to the South Coast of Wellington.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 29 April.

Tourism industry appointments for the week to 22 April.

The CFO is understood to have resigned and departed on Thursday.

A celebration of the life of Great South chief executive and former Destination Queenstown boss Graham Budd will be held at Lake Hayes Pavilion, 1/ 710 Gibbston Highway, Queenstown, at 1.30pm Saturday 23 April.

Forest & Bird has welcomed Nicola Toki as its new chief executive Kaiwhakahaere.

The Great South CEO and former Destination Queenstown boss passed away on Friday.

Tourism New Zealand’s global manager of trade marketing, Tansy Tompkins, has left the agency.

Industry appointments for the week to 15 April.

Michele Kernahan has been appointed chief executive officer for Ritchies Transport.

Alexandria Appelman has been appointed the new hotel manager for Sudima Queenstown Five Mile hotel.

Industry appointments for the week to 8 April.

The former Rotorua Airport boss will take over from Steve Sanderson on 1 May.

Industry appointments to the week of 1 April 2022.

Another senior staffer has departed Tourism New Zealand – the fourth change to come to light in the past two weeks – although none are due to its current restructuring, says the agency.

Tourism New Zealand is on the hunt for a new general manager of international , who will be based in Auckland or Wellington.

Great South has contracted Bluff Community Board member Tammi Topi to lead the Bluff Motupōhue 2020 Tourism Master Plan.

Industry appointments and people moves for the week to 25 March.

The Pukaha Wairarapa Garden Tour has named Jen Butler as its new event manager following the departure of Rachael Dell, who managed the tour for the last four years.

Rob Stratford returns to New Zealand after more than 20 years in senior executive roles in Australia.

The agency is reshaping following a review but is yet to reveal publicly its final structure, although one senior departure has been confirmed.

Industry appointments for the week to Friday 18 March.

Tourism industry stalwart Mark Taylor has joined Tourism Talent Australia as general manager – New South Wales, adding greater depth to the company’s extensive local and international recruitment networks.

David Kennedy has been appointed chief executive of RealNZ’s International Antarctic Centre.

Ryan Crocker is the new general manager for the newly launched Fable Terrace Downs Resort.

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Reefton Distilling Co gets International Antarctic Centre’s former boss, changes at The Rees, departures from RealNZ and Auckland Unlimited, and a Jucy hire.

Nathan O’ Reilly has been named the general manager at Capstone Hotel’s luxury lodge, Delamore Lodge on Waiheke Island.

Tracey Wilson has been named the new acting GM of destination and attraction at ChristchurchNZ.

He will be remembered for his infectious enthusiasm, tireless advocacy, and his pioneering work with Dive! Tutukaka.

The tourism industry stalwart and award-winning advocate died unexpectedly on Monday evening.

Adam Hughes has departed his general manager of tourism role at Trust Tairāwhiti to lead Waimangu Volcanic Valley in Rotorua.

CEO Jerry Shearman lays out his tourism priorities for the region.

A new tourism advisory board has been assembled at the Kāpiti Coast to focus on increasing tourism activity and visitor numbers to the district, led by former Tourism NZ chief executive George Hickton.

The CEO will depart in March after just nine months in the role.

Changes at Enterprise Dunedin, IHG, and Auckland Unlimited

Tom Walley is the new global managing director of Corporate Traveller, the SME specialist divisiom of Flight Centre Travel Group.

Industry moves for the week to 4 February.

Hobbiton Movie Set’s long-serving chair, Colin Harvey, has passed away.

Heather Kirkham has been appointed to the role of general manager of tourism at MBIE.

Chief executive appointments at Accor and TAANZ, and senior hires at Qatar, Hind Management and CPG Hotels.

Air New Zealand has appointed Alexandra Marren, president of ABM Aviation in Atlanta, USA, as its new chief operating officer.