Backlash from Queenstown’s business community has forced the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce to find an alternative venue for a July networking event. The chamber had announced on social media "it’s time to celebrate", with an advertisement for its first post-Covid event, to be held at The Grille by Eichardt’s on July 1. As previously reported, more than $1 million is owed to Queenstown businesses. Angry chamber members took to Facebook to make their feelings known and described the venue choice as "wrong". By yesterday afternoon, Queenstown Chamber of Commerce chairman Craig Douglas said the chamber had reluctantly agreed with Eichardt’s to find an alternative host.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 16, 2020 21:11 UTC