Arrowtown

Fraser Skinner

Fraser Skinner Marketing Central Otago properties for the Arrowtown Harcourts office is a natural progression for Fraser Skinner, who has contributed significantly to the Wakatipu region in many ways. Fraser’s passion for the development of the region and its future, is reflected in an impressive synthesis of professional and volunteer work, often at the initiation stage of large projects in tourism, hospitality and marketing in the Wakatipu area. A career highlight was Fraser’s involvement in the establishment of the region’s marketing organisation in the 1980s. Fraser later became General Manager of this organisation, now known as Destination Queenstown. Volunteer tourism and marketing roles include: an influential five years on the promotional organisation, Discover Arrowtown; voluntary Queenstown Winter Festival organiser for several years; and a Founding Director of the international ‘50K of Coronet’ endurance ski race. Over five years that organisation raised around $1million which was used to establish the Chair of Paediatric Research in Otago University. The event saw the establishment of the Cure Kids brand, which Fraser continues to support. Fraser’s local knowledge and reputation in the community ensures strong and positive relationships in the real estate industry where he works with variety of properties and businesses. A specialist area he particularly enjoys is the marketing Central Otago vineyards and the representation of several mortgagee clients.