Destination Queenstown (DQ) will undergo an overhaul of its rules after Queenstown Chamber of Commerce alleged at its annual general meeting in Arrowtown last night that the tourism organisation was inefficient and outdated.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has taken over monitoring Kawarau Jet's legal compliance from regulator Lakes Environmental after allegations of unfairness.
An Australian tourist lost control of a campervan on State Highway 6 at Gibbston last night and the vehicle crashed and overturned, injuring the driver and one of her passengers.
Queenstown i-SITE has beaten stiff competition across New Zealand to become the InterCity agent of the Year at the national i-SITE conference in Wanaka last week.
Queenstown's tourism industry is set to recover next year after a slump in total visitor nights in 2009, according to Ministry of Tourism forecasts.
The Remarkables skifield had almost double the number of skifield accidents as Coronet Peak this season.
More than $13,000 was raised at the inaugural Supper Club fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House South Island in Queenstown on Wednesday night.
A snowboarder had his snowboard confiscated at Remarkables skifield after being found fraudulently using a season pass issued to another person.
The proposed expansion of Kingston is bigger than the community wants and would put too much pressure on State Highway 6, according to the New Zealand Transport Agency.
The owner of Queenstown bars the Boiler Room and Minus Five ice bar owe creditors more than $10 million.
Three restored historic cottages could soon become a heritage precinct if the Arrowtown Trust is granted resource consent.
As the Winter Games NZ closed yesterday, organisers began looking to a larger event in 2011.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is defending its decision to call for new expressions of interest for the development of a 240-berth marina at Frankton.
The developer of the proposed 88ha extension of Kingston township says he will retain the character of the historic village.
Kingston will become a dormitory suburb of Queenstown unless a proposed plan change is approved, a hearing in Queenstown was told yesterday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's decision to seek a new developer to take on the $20 million Frankton Marina and Reserve development is "totally unreasonable", says a developer who has spent more than $2 million securing resource consents for the plan.
"Character precinct", a village green and a pedestrian-friendly hub are proposed for the main street of Cardrona village.
Wanaka's industrial zone is to be extended to meet anticipated demand up to 2020.
Some submitters to the draft Queenstown Town Centre Strategy are worried about the effect Queenstown's reputation as a party town is having on the number of tourists visiting the resort.
A commercial helicopter operator has lodged applications for resource consents to land on 16 sites within the Queenstown Lakes district.
