Trojan Holdings is a major

privately held A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is ...

New Zealand tourism company, based in Queenstown. The company is owned by founder Sir John Davies, a former

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and prior to that

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. As of 2019, Davies has an estimated net worth of $140 million. Both his son Mike, and daughter Jacqui are directors of the company, and part of the management.

Notable operations

* Ultimate Hikes, running guided walks on the Milford Track and

Routeburn Track The Routeburn Track is a world-renowned, 32 km tramping (hiking) track found in the South Island of New Zealand. The track can be done in either direction, starting on the Queenstown side of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, at ...

* The Hermitage Hotel, at Aoraki / Mount Cook *

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, significant shareholding *

NZSki NZSki Ltd, or nzski.com'manages three major New Zealand commercial ski fields; two in Queenstown, The Remarkables, New Zealand, The Remarkables and Coronet Peak, and Mt. Hutt nearer to Christchurch. The company is based in Queenstown. It was for ...

, running The Remarkables, Coronet Peak and Mt. Hutt ski areas * Coast to Coast, annual multi-sport competition *Northern Southland Transport, rural transport operations throughout Southland *Cromwell Transport, rural transport operations throughout

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*AllWaste, providing waste collection services throughout Southland and

*Southfuels and Northfuels

References

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