Official Bus Tour of the Winter Games NZ 2009

Kiwi Experience has been selected as the official New Zealand bus tour (http://www.kiwiexperience.com/new-zealand-passes-tours.aspx) operator to the inaugural Winter Games NZ, the largest winter sports event in the Southern Hemisphere.

Auckland, New Zealand (PRWEB) June 23, 2009 -- New Zealand hop-on, hop-off bus travel company, Kiwi Experience (http://www.kiwiexperience.com/) has been selected as the official bus tour operator to the inaugural Winter Games NZ.

The Winter Games NZ will be 2009's largest winter sports event in the Southern Hemisphere attracting competitors and spectators from all around the globe. The games include alpine skiing, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, snowboarding, freestyle ski and ice hockey.The selection of Kiwi Experience as official bus tour operator reflects the strong profile fit between young ski and snowboard enthusiasts and Kiwi Experience's main customer base.

"We are stoked to be able to support this great event. Our selection as official bus tours provider to the Winter Games NZ is an endorsement of the hard work that has gone on behind the scenes," says Kiwi Experience marketing manager, Tara Baskerville "A lot of effort and experience has gone into making our bus tours fun and enjoyable and it's great that this is being recognised".

The events will be held in various locations around Otago in New Zealand's South Island. Locations include the fantastic slopes at Cardrona, Wanaka and Coronet Peak and The Remarkables in Queenstown. The cross country events will be held at Snow Farm, Wanaka one of the largest cross country ski areas in the Southern Hemisphere. Curling will be held in Naseby and the ice hockey and figure skating at the Olympic sized ice skating rink in Dunedin.

This is going to be an exciting event and one that snow fans won't want to miss. The Games start on Friday, 21 August and close on Sunday, 30 August 2009. To find out more about the event check out the Winter Games NZ website (http://www.wintergamesnz.com/).

Kiwi Experience have provided hop-on, hop-off New Zealand bus tours for independent travellers since 1988. The company is now part of New Zealand's premier tourism operator group - Tourism Holdings Limited (THL).

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