Skyline celebrates & invests

Skyline Queenstown is hosting two community events in November to celebrate its 50^th anniversary.

One of New Zealand’s most visited-tourist attractions, it invited the Queenstown community to a Kids Go Free morning and a special Fifty Years of Fun locals’ day.

Skyline Enterprises Chairman Mark Quickfall says the pioneering global tourism company wants to acknowledge the Queenstown community for its support over the past 50 years.

“Skyline’s 50^th anniversary presents an opportunity for us to give thanks to the local community and all of our supporters over the past five decades. Many people in this community have been integral to the growth and success of Skyline since the first gondola travelled up Bob’s Peak back in 1967,” he says.

For the month of November, locals can get discounts on gondala activities, products and restaurants.

$100m development project

As the tourism company prepares to mark its 50^th year of operation in 2017, Skyline Queenstown is undertaking a $100 million development project, driven by projected growth in visitor numbers to the resort town over the next 30 years.

The project includes replacing its existing four-seat gondola system with a quieter, more efficient 10-seat Doppelmayr gondola system; expanding the capacity of its restaurant, Stratosfare, from 330 seats to 650; expanding the panoramic viewing deck; almost doubling its capacity for conferences and events to cater for up to 1000 delegates in purpose-built facilities. For more information, visit the Skyline Gondola development website.