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Mountain Scene
By TRACEY ROXBURGH
Entries have opened for the 2021 Real Journeys Queenstown Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, back after a three-year hiatus.
Launched at a function at the Mountain Club on Wednesday night, this year’s awards feature new categories to recognise the challenging environment local businesses have operated in over the past 16 months.
Normally held biennially, due to Covid the last awards were held in 2018.
Designed to celebrate innovation and creativity in the Whakatipu’s business sector, this year there are nine categories: Remarkables Park Covid resilience and diversification award, MyHR employer of the year, SIT excellence in innovation, Smart Environmental excellence in sustainability, Shotover Media’s excellence in marketing, excellence in strategy and planning, Destination Queenstown excellence in service delivery, Todd & Walker Law small business of the year and
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The man selling NZ to the world: Tourism NZ boss Rene de Monchy
6 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Rene de Monchy, the new chief executive of Tourism NZ. Photo / Michael Craig
Aviation, tourism and energy writer for the NZ Heraldgrant.bradley@nzherald.co.nz@gbradleynz
At least New Zealand s top tourism marketer knew where he was starting from when he took the job: pretty much zero. New Tourism NZ boss Rene de Monchy is at the forefront of the drive to sell a redesigned and rebuilt industry that was once New Zealand s biggest export earner and a major employer. But with many businesses wiped out by Covid-19, it s estimated that four out of every 10 tourism jobs have been lost.