Queenstown news from July 2010

  • Queenstown Adventure Film Festival

    Queenstown Adventure Film Festival

    Posted on 29 July 2010 |

    Queenstown Adventure Film Festival A diverse selection of award winning action sports, travel and adventure films from around the world will be on show in Queenstown in August. The 5th Queenstown Adventure Film Festival presented by Columbia, opens on 12 August and showcases world class films that celebrate adventures on snow, land, water and in...

  • Jetstar to add international flights to Queenstown

    Jetstar to add international flights to Queenstown

    Posted on 14 July 2010 |

    Jetstar The options just got even better for visitors looking to travel to Queenstown, with Australian airline Jetstar today announcing the launch of direct international services to Queenstown. From mid-December, Jetstar will commence twice-weekly direct flights from Melbourne and the Gold Coast (Coolangatta) and will also expand its Auckland-Queenstown services from seven to 11 times a week,...

  • Blanket Bay luxury lodge says thank you to local residents

    Blanket Bay luxury lodge says thank you to local residents

    Posted on 14 July 2010 |

    Blanket Bay luxury lodge One of the world’s finest luxury lodges is once again opening its doors and extending the warmest of welcomes to local people keen to experience an elite luxury hideaway at a special ‘local’ price. Glenorchy’s Blanket Bay is famous among the world’s elite travelers for its supremely high standards of luxury accommodation,...

  • Shotover Canyon Swing ‘rush’ brings American couple back for more

    Shotover Canyon Swing brings American couple back for more

    Posted on 9 July 2010 |

    Marc and Christina at the moment of no return They came, they swung and now they’ve been at it again -- an American couple who ‘swung’ 17 times with Queenstown’s Shotover Canyon Swing during a visit last year came back for more. And this time physician Marc Helzer (40) and his wife Christina Maniaci (34)...