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NZ Ski needs overseas chefs for trans-Tasman bubble © Getty Pre-Covid-19, up to 40 percent of NZ Ski's business came from across the ditch and they expect a busy season ahead. A major ski company is hiring hundreds of additional staff to cater for guests from Australia once the travel bubble opens, in just under two weeks. NZ Ski, the company that runs Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Mt Hutt, plans to hire another 200-300 staff to cater for Australian and New Zealand customers this winter following yesterday's announcement that a trans-Tasman bubble will begin at 11.59pm on 18 April. Chi...

Press Release – Ski Time That from Peter and Susanne Wood who run Ski Time in Methven, after they heard the announcement from the Prime Minister today. Ski Time provides accommodation, one of the region’s leading restaurants and boutique conference facilities a little more than an hour out of Christchurch. With business having reduced considerably since the first lockdown last year, the Ski Time team says the news today is particularly positive for them and the Methven area. “A busy upcoming ski season is absolutely key for us and others,” says Peter. “There’ll be a new eight-seat...

Press Release – Ski Time That from Peter and Susanne Wood who run Ski Time in Methven, after they heard the announcement from the Prime Minister today. Ski Time provides accommodation, one of the regions leading restaurants and boutique conference facilities a little … That from Peter and Susanne Wood who run Ski Time in Methven, after they heard the announcement from the Prime Minister today. Ski Time provides accommodation, one of the region’s leading restaurants and boutique conference facilities a little more than an hour out of Christchurch. With business having reduced considerab...

TRUPTI BIRADAR/Stuff Queenstown Lakes mayor Jim Boult says the bubble will be “massive” for the region. “You take a hotel running at about 15 per cent occupancy, obviously [they] wound their staff right down and suddenly they’re operating at 70 per cent capacity. It requires a lot of gearing up and getting staff in place.” “If they arrived tomorrow we would find a way to make it work ... count us among the desperate at this point in time. But, to really get things back to where we’re offering good service again I would say it’s going to take a month to six weeks.”

Some smaller club fields were unable to open at all. NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson said he expected the 2021 ski season to be similar to last year, with very busy times in the school holidays but a very quick drop in demand as New Zealanders returned to work. Supplied About 3000 workers were employed across New Zealand ski areas in 2020. Revenue for the company, which owns and operates the Coronet Peak, Remarkables and Mt Hutt ski areas, was down between 40 and 50 per cent compared to winter 2019. Ski areas were planning for all scenarios this year, including bringing in more staf...