World Travel Awards Australasia Gala Ceremony Programme 2008

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Australasia Gala Dinner 2008

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Welcome President of the World Travel Awards The inaugural Australasia Awards Gala Dinner 2008 Dear friends, It is a tremendous honour to welcome you to the inaugural World Travel Awards 2008: Australasia Dinner here in Sydney, Australia.

With its blend of sunbleached natural attractions, boundless energy and fusion of cultures, Sydney was always going to be our star choice to host the ceremony, especially as this year it is the ‘City of Celebrations’.

How could we miss out on the party!

Tourism has always been a strong performer Down Under and business now is flourishing like never before.

In 2007 international tourists delivered a $23.3 billion boost to the Australian economy, a six percent increase on 2006,

making it a record year for the country with 5.6 million visitors.

Our industry is also growing across the whole Australasia region. New Zealand enjoyed another record year thanks to a booming US cruise market, a strong rise in inbound travel from China, as well as higher visitor numbers from Australia. In the South Pacific, Fiji’s recovery is well on track with tourist numbers expected to reach pre-coup levels by the end of 2008.

This year will inevitably bring tough challenges but the Australasian region has the tools to meet them thanks to its depth of attractions and rich diversity. World Travel Awards is here to celebrate those strengths.

Congratulations to all those people who are receiving awards and to those that have made this evening possible. Honouring and promoting excellence and innovation in tourism and travel is the very essence of this regional gala – so please enjoy yourselves with this in mind, for we value your tremendous achievements and what you have done for our industry.

Thank you all for being here with us on this very special evening.

Sincerely yours, Graham E. Cooke President and Founder World Travel Awards

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Welcome Regional Managing Director Orient-Express Hotels

It is an immense honor for the entire team, here at The Observatory Hotel, to host Australia’s inaugural Australasian regional awards ceremony this evening. Like the World Travel Awards, our hotel is also commemorating a 15-year anniversary and we can not think of a better way to celebrate.

The World Travel Awards are the cordon bleu of the travel industry’s awards and The Observatory Hotel has been bestowed a number of commendations for excellence in the 'Leading Hotel' category for many years. So it was an even greater privilege to hear that we were firstly, nominated again this year and secondly,

selected out of the region's finest hotel's to host the distinguished ceremony.

Furthermore, we are thrilled to see Orient-Express Hotels’ second property in Australia, Lilianfels Blue Mountains Resort & Spa nominated this year in two resort categories.

We do hope you enjoy the evening and to my esteemed colleagues and all of the very deserving nominees in the running for an award this evening - very best of luck!

Mr. Patrick L Griffin Regional Managing Director, Orient-Express Hotels – Australia

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World Travel Awards Australasia Gala Dinner 2008 Date: Venue: Location:

10th June 2008 The Observatory Hotel Sydney, Australia

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Evening Program Cocktail Reception: Gala Dinner: Awards Presentation: Carriages:

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Travel industry's equivalent to the Oscar's....”

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H O T E L P E N S I O N G R I M U S • H i s t o r y, A t m o s p h e r e a n d W a r m t h The History of the Grimus family and that of Mt Buller is intertwined from the early days of lift development, to and beyond the realisation of Hans Grimus’ personal dream, the establishment of Hotel Pension Grimus. The family’s renowned boutique hotel is built in superb Tyrolean style and more than 30 years later, the commitment to excellent hospitality and personal attention in the best European tradition continues. Located in an absolute skiin/ski-out location next to the Mt Buller lifts and snow-sports school, the hotel is the ideal place for either an annual family ski holiday or a romantic weekend for two.

Everything is literally on your doorstep and the hotel can cater for all your needs with ski, snowboard and clothing hire, boot

fitting, equipment sales, ski repairs and a boutique. Beginners and experts alike will appreciate the friendly service afforded by the hotel and its staff,

A L uxur ious exper ienc e The delightfully decorated hotel rooms and luxuriously appointed apartments will become your haven, a place to relax and recharge after a busy day of skiing or sampling all the activities and sights to be found in Mt Buller.

The hotel rooms feature TV and DVD, fridge, direct dial telephone, tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryer and ensuite with private spa. The luxury apartments also have full kitchens,

balconies and some feature open fireplace, satellite TV and laundry.

The Hotel Pension Grimus provides an environment where guests can unwind and relax after a day on the slopes or indulge in a little apres ski socialising.

Tired skiers will appreciate the sauna, masseur and room service while energetic guests won’t want to miss a night’s fun in the restaurant and cocktail bar, or the delicious classic European and Australian fare, fine wines and wonderful atmosphere on offer.

Boasting infinite views over the village all the way to the Alpine National Park and beyond, Hotel Pension Grimus guarantees both a wonderful stay and a lifetime of memories to take away with you.

VOTED BEST AUSTRALIAN ALPINE ACCOMMODATION 2006 Hotel Pension Grimus 224 Breathtaker Road, Mt Buller VIC 3723 AUSTRALIA Tel: +613 5777 6396 Fax: +613 5777 6127 Email: info@pensiongrimus.com.au Web: www.pensiongrimus.com.au

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About World Travel Awards

In its fifteenth year, the World Travel Awards acknowledges and celebrates those organisations who have made the greatest contribution to the global tourism and travel trade. It also recognises those who are driving the industry to greater heights and innovation.

For the tourism trade, winning different nominees this year. a World Travel Award is more than an award, it is a personal In response to increasing and reliable endorsement global concern over from the environmental issues Highest thousands of and climatic change, accolades in professionals from the World Travel the travel around the globe.

Awards introduced business” Green Categories to This level of accountability the award scheme in 2007 to makes it one of the highest reward those companies who Attended by top executives of accolades in the travel excel in ecologically friendly winning companies, the World business and is why the award practices.

Travel Awards ceremonies are ceremony is broadcast by BBC highly regarded and World (British Broadcasting The prestigious awards established as forums that Corporation) and other scheme is also evolving with bring together all areas of networks to over 254 million the new media age and is travel and tourism in households worldwide and now more accessible via the recognition and celebration of attended by the industry's web and social networking their achievements. global decision makers. sites. Video clips and interviews from the past With votes being cast entirely The World Travel Awards has ceremonies are now available online by 165,000 travel continuously evolved, on a YouTube channel that agencies and professionals in expanding the number of has now been launched at www.youtube.com/ over 200 awards as the Driving the worldtravelawards. countries industry has grown. industry to worldwide, it is greater heights There are now over To celebrate the 15th Birthday a truly and innovation” 1,000 different of World Travel Awards, the comprehensive categories - an 2008 Grand Tour is bigger and independent survey. In understandable number than ever before, with more 2007 the number of people seeing how the industry has exciting destinations and a voting was up by 12 percent diversified and given the fact dazzling array of star studded compared to 2006. that there were over 3,600

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events. Kicking off in spectacular style in Durban last month, here today in Sydney for the inaugural Australasia Awards Dinner and continuing to Shanghai, Poprad, Crete, Rio de Janiero, London, Abu Dhabi, Las Vegas and culminating in the Gala Ceremony in the Turks & Caicos Islands.

This year independent voting by the industry will again seek out those companies who excel in the world of travel and tourism. The industry is constantly moving forward and evolving and World Travel Awards continue to honour the best that the world has to offer. www.worldtravelawards.com

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The History

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95 New York

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01 Malaysia

02 St Lucia

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Middle East & Africa

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Europe & Green

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Asia, Australasia & Indian Ocean

Grand Finale

Turks and Caicos

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Menu

Starter

Dessert

Beef “Tataki” Salad

Strawberry Soufflé

Served with Truffle Aroma Dressing

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Main Roast Blue Eye Cod with a Herb Crust

Vittoria Coffee, Selection of The Observatory Hotel Tea and Macadamia Nut Wafers ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶

Served with Braised Leek, Grapefruit and Beurre Blanc ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶

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Gala Show Host

Gary Eck Gary Eck is one of Australia's most popular & versatile stand-up comedians whose sharp wit has been entertaining Australian and international audiences for nearly two decades. He is also an accomplished writer, actor and director.

A graduate of Canberra University with a BA in Marketing and Advertising, Gary’s career has taken him all round the world including: Edinburgh, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and London. Gary has performed his stand-up accompanied by a Live Orchestra, emceed the Myer Spring Summer Launch with Jennifer Hawkins and appeared on Rove, The Footy Show and Spicks and Specks and was weekly guest on Mick Molloy’s The Nation on Channel Nine.

Gary hosted his own show on 2DayFm called the Sunday Late Show and G-Team with Gretal Killeen. Gary can be regularly heard on MMM and Richard Glover’s Thank God it’s Friday on ABC 702. He has also won the world’s largest short film competition, Tropfest, with his short film

entitled The Money (2004). A collection of Gary’s comedy short films is currently screening in a special one hour programme on the Comedy Channel entitled, Ecks Rated Shorts.

Gary has also successfully ventured into film, having costarred and co-written the feature film You Can’t Stop the Murder (Miramax 2003) and stared in the hit film Boytown alongside Mick Molloy and Glenn Robins. He has also co-written a feature film with Stuart Beattie who penned Pirates of the Caribbean and Collateral for Working Title Films. Presently Gary is writing a screenplay with Academy Award winner director George Miller on a special film project due for world wide release in 2010.

Gary recently released a stand-up CD, Gary Eck Live! and has been nominated for an ARIA award for the comedy album The Hollywood Motel.

Arrangements were made through Celebrity Speakers www.celebrityspeakers.com

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World Travel Awards Celebrating 15 Years of Excellence World Travel Awards is the most prestigious, comprehensive and sought after awards programme in the global travel and tourism industry.

Established in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in all sectors of the industry, World Travel Awards are recognised as the hallmark of excellence, with the winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire. The Wall Street Journal recently heralded the World Travel Awards as the "travel industry's equivalent to the Oscars".

World Travel Awards is proud of its impartial nature and the comprehensive process of its voting programme. Votes are cast by an audience of 167,000 travel agents and tourism professionals from 198 participating countries. Voted for by industry peers, this level of accountability makes winning an award the greatest form of recognition in the travel business.

Attended by the industry’s key decision makers and figure heads, Word Travel Awards brings together all corners of the globe and all areas of travel and tourism to celebrate both individual success and the collective achievements of the industry.

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World Travel Awards Grand Tour

The Word Travel Awards attracts an unprecedented amount of both trade and consumer media coverage spearheaded by BBC World – our global media partner – whose coverage spans a global audience of over 274 million.

Africa Awards Ceremony Durban, South Africa 12th May

In recognition of “15 Years of Excellence”, World Travel Awards has expanded its portfolio by adding a Grand Tour of Regional Awards to recognise winners in their own territory.

Asia & Indian Ocean Awards Ceremony Shanghai, China 19th June

Regional Awards will be staged in each key geographic region, culminating in the Gala Ceremony in Turks & Caicos in December.

In addition, the growing importance of sustainability is recognised in the launch of the inaugural Green Awards taking place in Poprad, Slovakia and excellence and innovation within the online travel industry will be celebrated at the Web Awards Ceremony in London on the eve of World Travel Market.

Australasia Awards Ceremony Sydney, Australia 10th June

Middle East Awards Ceremony Abu Dhabi, UAE 27th November North America Awards Ceremony Las Vegas, USA 3rd December World & Caribbean Gala Ceremony Turks & Caicos Islands 12th December

Green Awards Ceremony Poprad, Slovakia 20th September Europe Awards Ceremony Crete, Greece 3rd October South America Awards Ceremony Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 21st October Web Awards Ceremony London, England 9th November

www.worldtravelawards.com

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Thank you to our partners

World Travel Awards team would like to thank all of our sponsors and partners for their everlasting support and firm commitment to make this event a great success. Our heartfelt gratitude is extended to The Observatory, Sydney.

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World Travel Awards Team President & Founder Graham E. Cooke Senior Vice President David Falcon Executive Vice President & Event Director Manon Han Director of Global Projects Tony Pancaldi Global Sales & Marketing Director James A. Khan Directors, Global Business Rupert Daniels Sion Rapson PR Director Jane Larcombe Financial Director Xiaolan Tang Sales Director Tony Prince Commercial Manager Christopher Frost

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Designers Adam Williams Mark Askam Jackie Maddocks Mark Harrison

Event Manager Scott Holland Event Organising Executive Rosalyn Newbery Editors Anton Strack Alex Lewis Official Photographers Mark Hakansson Gareth Morris Online Media Publishing Ben Roberts

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