{"id":17316,"date":"2013-10-17T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/dates-announced-for-40th-american-express-queenstown-winter-festival\/"},"modified":"2013-10-17T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T09:39:00","slug":"dates-announced-for-40th-american-express-queenstown-winter-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/10\/dates-announced-for-40th-american-express-queenstown-winter-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Dates announced for 40th American Express Queenstown Winter Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark your calendars now\u2026 the dates for the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s biggest winter celebration are officially locked and loaded for a milestone 40<\/span>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday party in 2014!<\/span><\/span>

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The multi award-winning American Express Queenstown Winter Festival will take centre stage in New Zealand\u2019s premier lake and alpine resort from\u00a020 to 29 June 2014, kicking off the winter season with a bang for the 40th<\/sup>\u00a0time.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Queenstown\u2019s magnificent snow-capped mountains, crystal clear lake and buzzing cosmopolitan town provide the perfect backdrop for the internationally acclaimed festival which attracts tens of thousands of locals and visitors each year.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Billed as \u2018New Zealand\u2019s ten coolest days\u2019, the festival features an action-packed lineup of totally outrageous and uniquely Queenstown events, drawing people to the streets and the ski slopes for live music, fireworks, glamorous balls, crazy races, comedy, charity events and family fun.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Competitor in the Birdman competition<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
Winter Festival Manager Lisa Buckingham returns to the helm for her second festival while key naming sponsor American Express is back on board for a milestone 25th<\/sup>\u00a0year.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Ms Buckingham says she\u2019s already well underway with plans for next year\u2019s 40th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday party.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019ll be some new events but we\u2019re also focusing on bringing back the \u2018best of the best\u2019 from the past 39 years.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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Jamaican Bobsled team competing in the Suitcase Race up Coronet Peak<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
Winter Festival\u2019s success has snowballed over the years, earning it a solid national and international reputation \u2013 so much so that it\u2019s been ranked among the world\u2019s Top 10 \u2018must-do\u2019 festivals by major Australian website Yahoo!7 Travel.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Destination Queenstown owns the multi award-winning festival and CEO Graham Budd says anticipation is already building for next year\u2019s birthday celebrations.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cThe festival will mark a special milestone for our community \u2013 it\u2019s grown from a few locals who thought town was a bit quiet and the arrival of winter was a great excuse for a party to becoming the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s premier celebration of all things winter.\u00a0 It\u2019s our way of declaring Queenstown open for the winter season and celebrating it with 10 days of pure unadulterated fun.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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Queenstown in winter<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
Mr Budd believes that the Winter Festival\u2019s programme of free and ticketed events appeals to a broad domestic and international audience.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cNew events are injected into the programme each year but the festival has always stayed true to its roots – celebrating winter and Queenstown\u2019s unique culture and community.\u00a0 This formula is a big drawcard for our visitors because they get a chance to enjoy the festivities, experience Kiwi culture at its best and mingle with the locals as part of their winter holiday in New Zealand\u2019s premier visitor destination.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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To stay up to date with the latest news follow Winter Festival on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or visit\u00a0www.winterfestival.co.nz<\/a>.\u00a0 For more Queenstown information visit\u00a0www.queenstownNZ.co.nz<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark your calendars now\u2026 the dates for the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s biggest winter celebration are officially locked and loaded for a milestone 40th\u00a0birthday party in 2014! The multi award-winning American Express Queenstown Winter Festival will take centre stage in New Zealand\u2019s premier lake and alpine resort from\u00a020 to 29 June 2014, kicking off the winter season […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}