‘Queenstown’ Stories
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The American Express Queenstown Winter Festival is the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest winter party. From 22 June to 1 July the 2012 Winter Festival celebrates 38 years of winter fun and festivities with 10 days of totally outrageous and uniquely Queenstown events. A combination of hotly anticipated classics and a real coup or two will once [...]
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YOU vs WILD is Guided Walks New Zealand’s version of the popular TV series on outdoor survival. Be introduced to the rugged New Zealand bush and wild backcountry and learn a few of the skills that you will need to stay alive in in the wilderness and mountains. You’ve seen it done on the television [...]
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Where will you be NYE? Like celebrating with thousands? Here’s something new in Queenstown worth adding to your South Island holiday itinerary. Celebrate New Years Eve in beautiful Queenstown at the sweetest music festival in the country. The first-ever Earthonz NYE Music Fest will be the coolest place to celebrate New Year’s Eve with 30 [...]
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Words like breathtaking, jaw-dropping, exhilarating and stunning are grossly overused in the tourism industry – but the Southern Lakes region has a right to them all. International travel authority Lonely Planet has chosen New Zealand’s vast Southern Lakes region as one of the world’s ‘Top 10 Regions to visit in 2012’. The Southern Lakes, which includes three [...]
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Surviving is all about being in control; control of your environment; control of the situation; but most importantly control of your emotions in a stressful situation. How would you do in the wilderness, with nothing but a knife and the few things you have on your person, or items that may have been discarded by [...]
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If you are travelling through Central Otago on your Rugby World Cup journey and you love great wine, then local winemakers have a great experience waiting for you. When travelling through the Central Otago region – one of the great wine districts in the world – you can sample world renowned red and white wines. [...]
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Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa has been named the World’s Best Hotel Spa in this year’s Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards. It earned the top spot in the overall spa category with a total score of 98.93 out of 100 eligible points. Survey results are based on readers’ ratings, with hotel spas specifically judged [...]
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Queenstown is an exciting destination for a weekend or longer winter break. Gay and lesbian ski clubs and non-skiing travellers flock here from around the world during wintertime. It is magical for skiers, snowboarders and snowshoers. Queenstown has the oldest ski field, Coronet Peak, plus the remarkable Remarkables Ski Area. With its high alpine location, [...]
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The boutique Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa has signed on to become one of just 10 foundation members comprising Queenstown Prestige – New Zealand’s newest and most exclusive luxury tourism alliance that was launched this month. The collective will focus on showcasing the amazingly diverse yet complementary resources that Queenstown has at its disposal and [...]
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NZ Walks offer snowshoeing and other walks in Queenstown and Central Otago.
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