Meet the Teams of Destination Queenstown and Lake Wānaka Tourism - Drop In Session
Your one-stop introduction to the people behind Destination Queenstown and Lake Wānaka Tourism.
The full Destination Queenstown (DQ) Lake Wānaka Tourism (LWT) team are hosting a half-day, drop-in interactive session, with lunch provided. Whether you're a long-standing member or newly connected to our network, this is your chance to meet the teams, explore opportunities, and shape how we support your business in the year ahead.
Who Should Attend & What You’ll Gain
This open day is ideal for tourism and events operators, local business owners, marketers, and industry partners. Drop in any time to:
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Get to know the teams, the different focus areas, and how you can work with us.
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Explore opportunities to amplify your business through travel trade, press coverage, destination marketing, business events, regenerative tourism initiatives, member capability, and data and insights.
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Ask questions, share your goals, and take away practical resources to help you engage more effectively with DQ and LWT.
Meet the Teams
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Consumer Marketing: Explore how we promote the region to key target markets and audiences, shape visitor demand via content and storytelling, and how your business can leverage Queenstown and Wānaka's marketing activity and channels.
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Data & Insights: Discover how to use tourism data to inform business decisions - from visitor trends to destination performance via the Visitor Insights Dashboard and beyond.
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Leadership & Member Services: Meet the team responsible for strategic direction and member services. See how we advocate for the sector, strengthen relationships across the region, and ensure your membership delivers value through communications, capability building, and collaborative initiatives.
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Media & Communications: Understand how we attract, support, and respond to domestic and international media interest. Gain insight into how we shape the media narrative, creating a desire to visit that aligns with our tourism goals and vision for our destination. Discover your storytelling potential and how you can support future media opportunities.
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Queenstown Convention Bureau: Unpack how we promote the region as leading destinations for conferences, incentives, meetings, and retreats, built on strong industry relationships. Find out how your business can get involved in opportunities such as event leads, familiarisations, site inspections, and industry events to grow visibility and presence in the business events market.
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Sustainability & Stewardship: Learn how we deliver on the region’s Destination Management Plan by embedding sustainability and regenerative tourism across the sector. Explore our key focuses across environmental sustainability and regeneration, the community funds; Love Wānaka and Love Queenstown, cultural integrity, community wellbeing, and business resilience and capability.
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Travel Trade: Find out how we connect your business with global travel trade channels, prepare you for trade-ready success, create industry exposure through key partnerships and trade events, and explore what opportunities suit your business.
Event Details
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Date & Time: Wednesday 15 April, 11am - 2pm.
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Location: Destination Queenstown Office, Level 2, Mountaineer Building, 32 Rees Street, Queenstown. For information on how to access the DQ office, check out our Accessibility Guide.
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Refreshments: Tea, coffee, and lunch provided.
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Waste-Free Event: We are committed to sustainable events. Please be mindful of what you bring to minimise waste.