Real Journeys Limited has applied to acquire popular tourist attractions, The Spirit of Queenstown, and other associated assets from Southern Discoveries Limited, confirmed by the Commerce Commission.
Lake Wakatipu in the Queenstown area has long been a popular location for vessel cruises, of which Southern Discoveries and Real Journeys Limited (trading as Real NZ) both operate. Real NZ offers tourist services from Queenstown to Stewart Island and is also the owner of the International Antarctic Centre in Christchurch.
Real NZ is also the owner and operator of the TSS Earnslaw in Queenstown, one of the oldest tourist attractions in Central Otago, and the only remaining commercial passenger-carrying coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere.
Southern Discoveries is fully owned by the Skeggs Group, with tourist attraction services that operate in the Milford Sound and Queenstown.
Real NZ announced in July that it had intentions to sell off some of its major assets, including jet boats and water taxis.
All businesses continue to operate.
