Whitsunday Coast Airport Lands Gold And Departs With Hall of Fame

The Whitsunday Coast Airport has once again won Gold at the Whitsunday Tourism Awards, for the third time in a row.

The airport won Gold in the ‘Tourism Retail, Hire and Services’ category and with its third consecutive win in a row, it has now been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Several staff members attended the awards and Director of Commercial Business for Whitsunday Regional Council Craig Turner said it was great to have his team there.

“Sharing the win with several staff Saturday night was a highlight, it’s the whole team that works hard so to be able to share the night with them means a lot,” he said.

“To win gold at any time is exciting but to win three in a row and enter Hall of Fame is the cherry on the cake and a testament to the whole team.”

Craig said that by increasing their level of customer service and everchanging to become more accessible is what got Whitsunday Coast Airport the win on Saturday night.

He said the airport is the funnel to drive the economy for the Whitsundays.

Craig also thanked the Whitsunday Regional Council.

“Firstly, I’d like to thank the Councillors and managers of Whitsunday Regional Council who support us in undertaking activities allowing us to grow and reach our full potential,” he said.

“I’d also like to thank the entire airport team including stakeholders and other industry partners that we work closely with throughout the year.”

Whitsunday Coast Airport offer a range of flights and services to destinations all over Australia, flying to, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns and the newest addition Adelaide.

They facilitate operations of four commercial airlines - Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Skytrans.

Craig expresses congratulations to all the nominees and winners on the night, and said “together as an industry we can continue to make the Whitsundays shine”.

The Tourism Awards are a great event and Craig also expresses that other businesses should get involved with them if they can.

“It is a valuable process to be able to reflect on the previous year by working on the business as opposed to in it, there is always room for improvement and growth.”

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