Press Office Services

 ‘Winter Starts Here’ at the 2012 American Express Queenstown Winter Festival!

If you’re interesting in covering the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest winter party here’s the lowdown on how we can help you get the stories you need…

This year the Festival runs from June 22 – July 01 and celebrates 38 years of winter fun with 10 days of totally outrageous and uniquely Queenstown events. 

Whether you are looking to cover events, ski, luxury, music, food and wine, community, culture or simply the fantastic atmosphere, we would like to know you are here and can offer limited help mostly by ‘greasing the wheels’ to make it as easy as possible for you to get the stories you need.

In the spirit of keeping things simple, our website has been designed to provide a comprehensive guide to the Festival and contains a dedicated media resource section with story angles, editorial and downloadable high resolution images.   Our media team is always available to help and we also work closely with Destination Queenstown and Tourism New Zealand's media experts.  Interviews, photo opportunities, images, generic editorial, press releases, story angles and getting visiting stars and celebrities involved is what we do best, so please stay in touch.

 

The Festival attracts an annual media attendance of more than 100 different national and international print and broadcast channels.  If you’re keen to cover the 2012 Festival the next step is to apply for media accreditation.  If you’re not receiving them already, you can also sign up for our press releases and regular updates which include details of the programme and ticketing information.

Services in the lead up to festival

  • Supply of media releases
  • Festival updates
  • Assistance with media interviews story platform development
  • Provision of imagery
  • Provision of background information

 Services during festival

  •  Assistance with media interviews
  •  Access to exclusive accommodation rates at partner hotels in and around Queenstown*
  •  Access to exclusive rental car rates (if required)*
  •  Provision of imagery

*based upon story criteria and availability.

Please note the accreditation deadline is Monday June 04, 2012.

We look forward to working with you on Festival 2012.