1964
10 Jan - Chalet on Bob’s Peak opened by Skyline Tours Ltd.
1966
19 April - Skyline Enterprises incorporated with the purpose of installing a gondola and restaurant on Bob’s Peak
Aug - Gondola construction begins
1967
17 November - The Queenstown gondola opened
1971
April - Skyline acquired all shares in Queenstown Tourist Company, operators of Mountain View Lodge
May - Extensions to the Chalet to form the licensed restaurant at Skyline completed
Aug - Accommodation and Booking Agents (Queenstown) acquired, giving Skyline a sales office in the heart of Queenstown
1975
Dec - Subsidiary company Skyline Tours commissioned and operated Blue Peaks Lodge in Queenstown
1976
Barry Thomas took over as chairman from Hylton Hensman
1977
April - An additional 29 units with lounge and house-bar completed at Mountain View Lodge
June - Hylton Hensman awarded the New Zealand Tourism Industry Sir Jack Newman Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to Tourism
1978
Aug - Leisure Lodge Motor Inn, Dunedin, completed and operated on a 50/50 basis with SIMU
1981
May - Skyline purchased the balance of Leisure Lodge shares from SIMU
1984
Feb - Construction of Skyline Skyrides, Rotorua, began
May - Skyline Building in Ballarat St., Queenstown, demolished for building of shopping mall and administration offices
1985
Jan - Twenty-five new units completed at Leisure Lodge, Dunedin
March - Skyline Skyrides in Rotorua opened
Sept - Eighteen additional units completed at Blue Peaks Lodge, Queenstown
1986
June - Skyline awarded the Inbound Tour Operators Council Operator of the Year Award and the New Zealand Tourist Industry Federation Travel Enterprise Award
Nov - Construction of the new Doppelmayer gondola began in Queenstown
1987
Jan - Hylton Hensman awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for public service
Nov - Dppelmayer gondola, terminals, restaurant and souvenir shop extension opened in Queenstown
1988
March - Major expansion to the Skyline Bob’s Peak restaurant complex completed
March - In its 25th year, Skyline recorded a record profit of $2.2 million
1993
Hylton Hensman retired
1994
Major expansions carried out at Skyline Restaurant, Queenstown
Christchurch Casino opened
Barry Thomas awarded the New Zealand Tourism Industry Sir Jack Newman Award for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism
1997
Skyline Skyrides Rotorua won the New Zealand Tourism Award in the Activity and Adventure Tourism category
Queenstown Luge opened
1999
Oct - Dunedin Casino opened
2000
Sky Alpine Casino in Queenstown opened
2003
Mountain View Lodge sold
June - Luge at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, opened
2004
July - Skyline invested about $60 million in buying eight prime properties in Central Queenstown
Agreement reached on luge project at Sentosa Island, Singapore
2005
July - Opening of new $10 million gondola system in Rotorua
Sept - Opening of luge on Sentosa Island, Singapore
2008
Stake sold in the Crown Plaza, Christchurch and Christchurch Casino holdings increased
2007-2008 Financial year, Skyline Enterprises posts a record profit
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