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New owners bringing Gay Ski Week back

Fri 18 Nov 2011 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA

Gay Ski Week QT organisers Mandy (left) and Sally Whitewoods. Picture: Southern Public Relations Gay Ski Week has been revived and will be back with "new dates, some extra glam and a new media partner" in 2012. Sally and Mandy Whitewoods were part of the team that put on an "Unofficial Gay Ski Week" this year after previous organiser Mike Sanford put his event company Livewire Group into voluntary liquidation. The 2012 event, which will be known as Gay Ski Week QT, will be held from August 25 to September 1. It's going ahead thanks to support from Australian gay magazine DNA magazine and several Queenstown business partners. Sally Whitewoods says he is absolutely delighted that she and her partner have secured the event which is a well established 'must do' on the national and international gay and lesbian calendar. "There is so much support for this event in Queenstown. People are delighted to see the event is definitely ‘on' and we have had lots of help from people and businesses keen to make sure it is a success. There are some great ideas coming from partners such as Cardrona Alpine Resort, LOTL, Dorothy Brown's in Arrowtown, Dux de Lux and our official home – Crowne Plaza Queenstown." She is expecting hundreds of gay men and women are expected to converge on Queenstown for a week of fun in the sun and snow as well as a full programme of events. "This region is one of the world's Top 10 regions to visit in 2012 according to Lonely Planet. As owners of Gay Ski Week Queenstown we want to add to that and make sure that for gay people this region is the number one place to visit for ski days and fun stuff in the evenings during this particular week. It's about people celebrating gay pride, reconnecting with old friends and having a ball. Basically, if you have an itch that needs to be scratched with a bit of glitter and the odd feather boa or two then the DNA Gay Ski Week Queenstown is definitely for you" More details about the programme and the variety of events and accommodation will be available soon.    

Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff

First published: Friday, 18th November 2011 - 3:24pm

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