Voting opens for 2019 Douglas Business and Tourism Awards
BUSINESS AND TOURISM
The 10th annual Douglas Business and Tourism Awards are officially open for voting!
Vote for your favourite local businesses in heaps of categories from major hotels and resorts to takeaway food or your favourite bar staff or tradie.
Now the awards have hit double digits, Awards organiser Sam Cullen said he is looking forward to the tenth year of the programme being bigger and better than ever.
“We have had so many people vote in the awards in the last few years, over 30,000 were cast across all the categories in 2018,” he said.
“This year we are hoping to top that to give the awards the 10th birthday celebration they deserve.”
Today’s online voting launch also coincides with the launch of a major update to the tourismportdouglas.com.au website.
“We are very happy to be working with the Awards programme this year,” said Adrian Soffe. Adrian will be in charge of rolling out the new update through the business community, bringing businesses up to speed on all the new and exciting features.
We’ve been working towards this moment for over 12 months.
“The voting programme is great for the Douglas business community and gives businesses and their customers an opportunity to vote for their favourite and /or most reliable local establishments and service providers, “ said Mr Soffe.
Each year the coveted awards are presented to those businesses that have gone above and beyond to impress and shine bright.
It allows locals and tourists visiting the region the opportunity to cast their personal choice through a democratic voting system.
These votes are then independently assessed and collated by the Awards Auditors at Sidcor Accountants Port Douglas.
“Following on from previous years the voting continues to be scrutinized alongside a strict set of terms and conditions to ensure fairness. The auditor simply removes voting that does not meet these standards before counts are aggregated.”
“Voting officially opens today,” said Mr Cullen.
"It’s a great opportunity to recognise the hard work of businesses that contribute every day to making Port Douglas and Douglas the magnificent place and fantastic destination it is,” he said.
“I would also like to thank each and every sponsor of the 2019 Douglas Business & Tourism Awards for their generosity and support:
Sheraton Grand Mirage Port Douglas
Hemingway's Brewery
Newsport Daily
Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina
N17 Burger Co
Mossman Print
Raine & Horne Real Estate
Exemplar Coaches and Limousines
GBR Helicopters
Malones Butchery
On The Spot Signs
Star 102.7 FM
tourismportdouglas.com.au
Douglas Chamber of Commerce
Astute Financial
Port Douglas Magazine
All terms and conditions are located on the voting page and voting will remain open for just under three months to avoid voting fatigue.
Contact the Awards team on:
vote@tourismportdouglas.com.au if you have any questions or need to update any of your business information / category inclusion.
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