Hi Everyone,
A huge congratulations to all the local operators who attended the Queensland Tourism Awards over the weekend. An incredible 16 state awards were brought home to the region by Whitsunday businesses, illustrating the impressive standard of service we have within our local tourism industry.
As many of you may remember, we were honoured to receive the award for Best Free Newspaper in Queensland at the Queensland Country Press Awards in May this year, and being acknowledged at state level certainly gives you a buzz!
You can read all about the fantastic local award-winning operators in our special feature from pages 17 to 23 – thank you to everyone who chose to participate, we feel honoured to share your story with the community.
In other news, a big shout out the owners of this publication – Bec and Paul Douthwaite – who hosted an ‘Epic Three Day End Of Year Party’ for the whole team over the weekend.
From a top-secret venue which had the most stunning views we’d ever seen, through to the scuba diving adventure with Cruise Whitsundays, the lively Karaoke session and the hilarious Horny Elephant game – every aspect was perfect in every way. Thank you on behalf of all the team.
As part of the event, we were also lucky enough to have Judy Porter from Shiift facilitate a workshop for us.
While we connect every day on the printed page - producing four weekly newspapers and two bi-monthly publications together - sadly we do not physically connect as much as we’d like.
Certainly not in a relaxed, playful setting.
As a result, a workshop with Judy was the breath of fresh air we all needed to relax and unwind.
Rach
Quote of the Week: “He who is brave is free” (Seneca)
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