Destination Queenstown Membership Benefits

If you're a local business, regardless of whether you're in the tourism, hospitality, accommodation, retail or service sectors; we're here to work with you to promote our region.

On an international level, we work closely with Tourism New Zealand and within long haul markets to promote the wider Southern Lakes region alongside our neighbours and International Marketing Alliance partners - Destination Fiordland and Lake Wanaka Tourism. So whilst we may be a small team, our voice is loud and it has a powerful reach.  Here are some of the ways your business can directly benefit from joining Destination Queenstown Inc.

Destination has three levels of membership (each provide different levels of access to the services listed below). View details of these here:



Go to Member Registration Form

 Queenstown New Zealand official site

www.QueenstownNZ.co.nz

Corporate and Commercial Rate members are entitled to a free product listing/s on Queenstown's Official Visitor Information Website as well as Queenstown's Official Mobile Directory. Over 60,000 people visit our website every month to plan their holiday in Queenstown so it's important your listings are current and apealing.  Features include the ability to add a direct booking link, social media links, tripadvisor comment and google map integration, 1-5 images, video, Qualmark and translation of navigation elements into Chinese, Spanish, Japanese and German.  As a member you'll also receive a username and login to access the secure member's area of our site.  Here you can add/edit your product listing/s and access a range of other news, resources and tools for members.

 Queenstown New Zealand

Queenstown New Zealand Logo

  • We encourage our members to use our well-known and trusted logo. We also encourage members to utlilise our website as a powerful Queenstown information tool by linking back and grabbing feeds where possible.

 Queenstown New Zealand

Queenstown & Southern Lakes Product Directory

  • The opportunity to advertise in the directory of which 7,000 copies are printed and widely distributed to a targeted database of domestic and international trave trade and conference & incentive contacts.  Electronic copies are also emailed around the world on a regular basis and are available for download from DQ’s website.
   Destination Queenstown Visitors Guide

Destination Queenstown Collateral & Resources

  • The use of Queenstown's promotional DVD, high resolution image library, instands, product directories and generic brochures for promotion of Queenstown as the Southern Hemisphere's premier four season lake and alpine resort.

 Queenstown media and communications

Media & Communications

  • Corporate and Commercial Rates members have the opportunity to be included in itineraries for international media through Tourism New Zealand's international Media Programme (IMP) and other targetted visiting Media.
  • All Members are on database for Fortnightly Remarks e-newsletters from DQ with specific information and opportunities relevant to local tourism community.
  • The opportunity to receive DQ press releases.
  • Access to the Commercial Accommodation (CAM) visitor statistics.

 Queenstown travel trade

Travel Trade

  • Corporate and Commercial Rates members only.
  • The opportunity to be included in itineraries for visiting international travel wholesalers and travel agents.
  • The inclusion of your new product or product updates in our online travel trade updates news feed, trade twitter account and in our quarterly Trade Remarks E-newsletter to over 6,000 travel trade and media contacts around the world.
 Queenstown Convention Bureau

Queenstown Convention Bureau (QCB)

  • Corporate and Commercial Rates members only.
  • Opportunity to have access to leads and participate in bids where appropriate
  • Opportunity to be included in site inspections and familiarisation of Conference & Incentive (C&I) prospects.
  • Participation in joint venture activities i.e roadshows, C&I networking functions.
  • Regular updates are available from the QCB including market reports and leads from tradeshows/Bureau promotions.
  • C&I Media promotion where relevant i.e Our website, Mice.net, Meeting Newz, CIM etc.
  • Opportunity to access key trade contact information where appropriate at our discretion.

 Queenstown trade and consumer shows

Australian Roadshows, International Trade Shows & Consumer Shows

  • Corporate and Commercial Rates members only.
  • The opportunity to attend Queenstown roadshows run each year in the australian market.
  • Opportunity to co-represent with Destination Queenstown at international tradeshows and consumer shows.
  • Trade show representatives (DQ staff) gain greater understanding of your product.

 Queenstown New Zealand

Board/Administration

  • All of our members have the right to vote at AGM's, SGM's and the right to stand for the Destination Queenstown Board.

 Queenstown events

Events

  • The opportunity to submit events to DQ’s online events calendar.