RealNZ jettisons assets and buys another vessel

RealNZ jettisons assets and buys another vessel
RealNZ is realigning its tourism portfolio. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Brent Melville
RealNZ says it will sell four of its businesses, including Christchurch’s Antarctic Centre, its jet boating, water taxi and Stewart Island assets, as it realigns its tourism portfolio under its ‘conservation’ interests.The tourism operator, which owns both the Cardrona and Treble Cone ski fields, said it has also made a conditional offer on its 26-metre Spirit of Queenstown to better service its Walter Peak homestead experience on the southern shore of Lake Wakatipu.RealNZ acting chief executive Paul Norris said the purchase o...

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