2007 Award Winners

Categories

• Major Tourist Attractions
• Tourist Attractions
• Major Festivals & Events
• Festivals & Events
• Ecotourism
• Heritage & Cultural Tourism
• Indigenous Tourism
• Specialised Tourism Services
• Visitor Information & Services
• Meetings & Business Tourism
• Major Tour & Transport Operators
• Tour & Transport Operators
• Adventure Tourism
• Tourism Marketing
• Tourism Education & Training
• Restaurants and Catering Services
• Tourism Wineries
• Tourist and Caravan Parks
• Backpacker Accommodation
• Hosted Accommodation
• Standard Accommodation
• Deluxe Accommodation
• Luxury Accommodation
• Luxury Boutique Accommodation
• New Tourism Development
• Health and Wellness Tourism
• Outstanding Contribution by an Individual
• Outstanding Contribution by a Volunteer/s
• Young Achiever
• Minister's Encouragement Award

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Major Tourist Attractions

• Winner: Federation Square Pty Ltd
• Merit: Phillip Island Nature Park

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Tourist Attractions

• Winner: Flagstaff Hill Precinct Warrnambool
• Merit: Scienceworks Museum and Melbourne Planetarium
• Finalist: A Maze'N Things
• Finalist: Werribee Open Range Zoo

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Major Festivals & Events

• Winner: Victoria Racing Club (2006 Melbourne Cup Carnival)
• Finalist: L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival

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Festivals & Events

• Hall of Fame: Fun4Kids
• Finalist: 'Tastes of the Goulburn'- Seymour Agricultural & Pastoral Society

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Ecotourism

• Winner: Phillip Island Nature Park

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Heritage & Cultural Tourism

• Hall of Fame: Jewish Museum of Australia
• Merit: Heide Museum of Modern Art

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Indigenous Tourism

• Winner: Koorie Heritage Trust Inc
• Finalist: Brambuk - the National Park and Cultural Centre

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Specialised Tourism Services

• Winner: Holiday Great Ocean Road
• Finalist:Geelong Otway Tourism (Geelong Visitor Information Centres)
• Finalist: The National Opal Collection

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Visitor Information & Services

• Winner: Geelong Otway Tourism (Geelong Visitor Information Centres)
• Finalist: Mornington Peninsula Visitor Information Centre & Booking Service

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Meetings & Business Tourism

• Winner: Geelong Otway Tourism (Meetings)
• Merit: The Country Place
• Finalist: Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau
• Finalist: Stonelea Country Estate

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Major Tour & Transport Operators

• Winner: Melbourne Day Tours ( Australian Pacific Touring)

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Tour & Transport Operators

• Hall of Fame: Go West Tours
• Finalist: Bendigo Airport Service

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Adventure Tourism

• Hall of Fame: Bayplay Adventure Tours
• Merit: Auswalk Walking Holidays
• Finalist: 5 Star Adventure Tours
• Finalist: Go Ride A Wave

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Tourism Marketing

• Winner: The Sovereign Hill Museums Association
• Merit: Mornington Peninsula Tourism
• Merit: Melbourne Aquarium

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Tourism Education & Training

• Winner: Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Faculty of Tourism & Hospitality
• Merit: Phillip Island Nature Park
• Finalist: Bendigo Tourism, Partnerships driving Business Industry Training Program
• Finalist: East Gippsland Institute of TAFE

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Restaurants and Catering Services

• Hall of Fame: Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant
• Merit: Essence Food Studio (The Gourmet Concert & The Ghostly Gourmet Adventure)
• Merit: The Outpost Retreat
• Finalist: De Bortoli Winery and Restaurant

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Tourism Wineries

• Winner: De Bortoli Winery and Restaurant

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Tourist and Caravan Parks

• Winner: Melbourne Big 4 Holiday Park

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Backpacker Accommodation

• Winner: Melbourne Metro YHA Hostel
• Finalist: Base St Kilda Backpackers

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Hosted Accommodation

• Winner: Monreale Estate

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Standard Accommodation

• Hall of Fame: Miami Hotel Melbourne
• Finalist: Sundowner Ovens Valley Motor Inn

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Deluxe Accommodation

• Winner: Crown Promenade Hotel
• Finalist: Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens
• Finalist: Sebel Heritage Yarra Valley
• Finalist: Somerset Gordon Place, Melbourne
• Finalist: Limosa Rise

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Luxury Accommodation

• Winner: The Westin Melbourne
• Merit: Melbourne Marriott Hotel

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Luxury Boutique Accommodation

• Winner: Boroka Downs
• Finalist: Montfort Manor

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New Tourism Development

• Winner: Eureka Skydeck 88
• Finalist: Jasper Hotel
• Finalist: Mantra Deep Blue
• Finalist: Otway Estate
• Finalist: Phillip Island Nature Park - Nobbies Centre
• Finalist: Parks Victoria Wilderness Retreats

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Health and Wellness Tourism

• Winner: Mineral Spa at Peppers Springs Retreat
• Finalist: Peninsula Hot Springs

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Outstanding Contribution by an Individual

• Winner: John Ellis

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Outstanding Contribution by a Volunteer/s

• Winner: National Trust of Australia

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Young Achiever

• Winner: Glenn Harvey

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Minister's Encouragement Award

• Winner:Lakes Entrance Waverley House Cottages

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