ARAMA REPORT
TOP night celebrates best of the best Oh, what a night! The hardest workers and brightest minds in the accommodation industry came together at the Brisbane City Hall on July 26 to celebrate ARAMA’s 2022 TOP Awards. The TOP Awards are designed to highlight, recognise and reward the best in the Management & Lettings rights (MLR) industry.
Trevor Rawnsley, CEO, ARAMA
It was a stunning occasion with a marvellous attendance of almost 300 (a record for an ARAMA event) as industry participants celebrated their own achievements and the success of their peers. The night was designed to honour the best of the best in our amazing industry and to inspire the whole Management and Letting Rights Industry to strive for outstanding performance.
our brilliant MC Kelley Rigby, who did such a first-class job, was sponsored by Australian Valuers. Kelley is a young mother of two and stepmother of three, who somehow finds time to run three businesses within the MLR realm and serve ARAMA as our volunteer Gold Coast branch president.
The major sponsor of this event was the RAAS Group and
Everyone in the room toasted the success of the night
Image courtesy of ARAMA
thanks to our drinks sponsor, Coast Breakz. With the MLR industry generating $55 billion in economic benefit back into the Australian economy annually, everyone at the TOP Awards was a winner, but it was a night to recognise the very best of the best. The four major categories were each judged by an ARAMA life member and the quality of all the finalists meant the judges had tough choices in picking this year’s winners. Michael & Karen Cross from Dorchester on The Beach, Gold Coast, took out the Building Manager of the Year Award, sponsored by Property Bridge. The Dorchester on the Beach is a beachfront family holiday hi-rise in Surfers Paradise and the judge of the award noted that Michael and Karen have “a history of achievements at the building since they commenced in September 2014”. “They have demonstrated forward thinking,” the judge said, “an ability to work with the committee and the implementation of building improvements, efficiencies and environmental improvements that are in the best long-term interest of the complex. This will surely lead to maintaining and improving the value of the scheme and the investments of their lot unit owners.
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“Since taking over the management rights in 2014, they have been involved with the repainting and concrete cancer repairs. They have upgraded the windows, re-landscaped the gardens, upgraded the fire safety and electrical systems. “They also implemented the ARAMA COVIDSAFE Plan, not only for their complex, but they were also instrumental in helping develop the COVIDSAFE plan for the entire industry. “These managers are pro-active in the way they take care of and manage the complex, always looking forward, and supporting their committee and lot owners. Considering their building is 41 years old and constantly hammered by the weather, the building is in great shape, and that is quite an achievement.” Michael and Karen won last year’s TOP Award in the category of Resident Manager of the Year in the short stay category, so this year’s award demonstrates their all-round capabilities. This year, the Resident Manager of the Year (Short Stay) award was Sponsored by Build Check Engineering. The winners were Paul and Francine Tuddenham from the Peninsula at Airlie Beach. It’s a mighty achievement since they only took over the Peninsula on July 1 last year. ResortNews | August 2022
