Supporters

The Otago Business School thanks the following supporters for their generous support of the Otago Tourism Policy School.

Remarkables Park Hotels and Visitor Facilities

The Remarkables Park Zone, with exeptional water and mountain views and long sunshine, hours, is the largest greenfields zoned area for hotels and visitor facilities in urban Queenstown. Currently it includes four hotels and three serviced apartment facilities and potential for more 4, 5 and 6 Star hotels and Conferencing facilities.

Future Remarkables Park tourist facilities are proposed to include; a Jet Ferry and Adventure Terminal providing connections to its Queenstown Bay ferry terminal and along the Kawarau River to Queenstown Park Station, a Whoosh Urban Gondola and Remarkables Park waterfront retail, bars and restaurants.

Hotels at Remarkables Park benefit from being in close proximity to the Remarkables Park Town Centre, the Remarkables Market, Entertainment and Recreation Facilities, 8 future Cinemas and F&B within the Research & Innovation Centre opening October 2024, direct access to the local and wider Queenstown Trails Network and easy access to Queenstown Airport.

The Tourism Policy School’s 2024 theme “Connecting the Dots – Fostering a cohesive and connected tourism system” is timely and highly relevant to Remarkables Park Limited, as a co- lead sponsor of TPS 2024, seeking to further enhance Queenstown’s role as a significant New Zealand tourist destination.

Destination Queenstown

Destination Queenstown (DQ) is the Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) responsible for destination marketing and destination management in Queenstown. 

In 2023 the region’s destination management plan, a partnership between DQ, Lake Wānaka Tourism and Queenstown Lakes District Council, was endorsed by councillors and launched. The plan, “Travel to a thriving future,” focuses on regenerative tourism, and a carbon zero visitor economy in the Queenstown Lakes, by 2030. 

 This goal offers opportunities for the region, as well as greater wellbeing for people and the planet, as regenerative tourism benefits communities, the environment, and the economy.

Queenstown Lakes is gaining momentum to meet the challenge of a regenerative visitor economy including the carbon zero 2030 goal. The vision is to improve local and visitor wellbeing and experience, forging connections between people and place, enabling healthy ecosystems, so that the district becomes known as a leading example of how travel creates a thriving future. Progress toward this vision will be made when local residents, communities, organisations, and businesses collaborate. 

The theme of the 2024 Tourism Policy School, ‘connecting the dots: fostering a cohesive and connected tourism system,’ aligns with our region’s vision of encouraging collaboration to drive success in the pursuit of regenerative tourism. Bringing together academics, business leaders, industry and communities to discuss how to achieve this will support our ambitious goal, ultimately working towards ensuring the Queenstown Lakes thrives and remains a special place – one we can continue to be proud to share with visitors for years to come.

Queenstown Airport

Queenstown Airport is an important majority community-owned infrastructure asset. Queenstown Airport’s greatest attribute and strategic value is its central location in the heart of the Southern Lakes providing residents and visitors with highly convenient access to and from the region. The airport’s catchment encompasses the Queenstown Lakes District, Central Otago, and parts of western Southland, including Fiordland.

We are proud to be part of the Southern Lakes region, connecting our home with New Zealand and the world. As an economic enabler, it’s important for the airport to play an active role in fostering a cohesive and connected vision for tourism whilst preserving what makes our region a special place to live, work, and visit.