Golden Backpack Award winners revealed

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Kristy Carstairs
6 Nov 09
11:34 am


Such a great night as always – well done team TNT!!

Alice Terlikowski
6 Nov 09
11:49 am


Thanks Kristy and congratulations on taking home yet another gong!

Cheers,

Alice – Thumbrella

stu cheap az travel
6 Nov 09
1:56 pm


congrats to all the winners hope everyone had a great night

Gary Howkins
6 Nov 09
2:33 pm


To All
As the General Manager of The Vic Hotel in Darwin, we are sorry we could not make it to the awards dinner in Sydney. The team at The Vic Hotel would like to thank everyone, who voted for our venue. The Vic Hotel has a long and colouriful history in Darwin, we believe for the past 20 years The Vic has been a mecca for every backpacker coming to Darwin, and The Vic and its staff pride its self on service and ensuring the guys and girls whether local or international have fun at The Vic Hotel. Agian my staff and I thank you for this award.

The Vic Hotel “The most fun you can have with your cloths on”

Kind Regards
Gary Howkins
General Manager
The Victoria Hotel
27 Smith Street Mall
Darwin City 0800

Sebastian
6 Nov 09
2:39 pm


As a guest from Germany I would like to congratulate to a fantastic event and wonderful evening. A special thank you to Peter and the guys from Travellers Auto Barn for inviting me. I had the best night out in Sydney

scotty
6 Nov 09
2:53 pm


As above, what a great night!!
Best ever….even if Sam Kekovitch bamboozled a few of the younger/foreign guests…
Congrats to all the winners,too.
Keep up the good work.

Greg
6 Nov 09
3:38 pm


Thanks from the Jump Tours Tassie crew! Sam was an inspired choice as MC. Had a great time and we’re proud to be a finalist!

nathan Folkes
6 Nov 09
10:15 pm


On behalf of the entire mojosurf staff base we would like to thank the industry for a display of how even in tougher times the little Aussie and Kiwi battlers in us all can still turn up in force and have a forget the past bring on the future night of fun, humor and reckless abandonment.

Thanks to the entire TNT team and the sponsors for bringing on such and event.

Sam the man was a real quiet achiever who opened up a little as the night went on to become a spokesperson for the Nation, possibly even the next PM. What a classic our table nearly wet their pants.

Thanks to our enthusiastic, passionate, very good looking and tireless team who are the most committed people who all love what they do and do what they love. Unfortunately we could not bring them all to celebrate but we will have to have a succession of after parties over the next 12 months. All invited.

Thanks to all of our awesome industry travel agents and partners for promoting the best tour/ activity in N.S.W and as far as surfing goes we are staunchly committed to providing the ultimate experience and always put our clients first in our focus of delivering the ultimate experience in a fun and safe environment.

And mostly thanks to the clients we all share that take on the challenge to travel half way around the world, contribute to our economy and society in so many ways. They are truly stars in our eyes, well behaved most of the time, adventurous, fun, educated and great to be around. They are truly great people and we need to remember to always treat them with the respect and enthusiasm we showed to them on the first day we opened our doors for business. We need to always remember and encourage our staff to be ambassadors to the industry as a whole, the country we are so fortunate to live in and for Sam the very funny dude at the awards night.

All the best to everybody in this awesome industry for the approaching summer, keep your yields up, treasure every client as the first one you ever had and i hope you all have a bumper season and make some money and have fun along the way. I know for the last 12 years i have been encouraging my team and saying this is going to be the year.
So lets make it that year, see you out there soon in the best region in the world.

Nat Folkes
MD mojosurf and mojosnow and Spot x.
All the best and stay busy.
living the dream.

Keith Roberts
9 Nov 09
9:00 am


We came to Sydney to find out what it takes to win a Golden Backpack Award, when our name was read out I was deeply humbled and very very happy. For such a young Company, to come so far in such a short period of time, tells me we must have the formula right.
A huge thankyou to all those involved and a special thank you to the people of Sydney who made our stay here so pleasant.
We are already looking forward to next year.
Keith and Dale Roberts
Mike and Ami Keyte
Islandive

Andrew Coldbeck
13 Nov 09
11:08 am


Last week was one of the most enjoyable, informative and rewarding weeks I can recall having since getting into this industry.

The BOA Chair and Secretary’s lunch was a great opportunity to meet our peers and discuss state issues in a relaxed and informal setting.

The conference was EXCELLENT and I urge anyone who is serious about growing their business to lock it into their calender for next year.

And the GPA’s , I’m still in awe and so proud of our achievement and congratulations to all the other finalist’s and winners . The quality and quantity of guests at the GPA’s is testament to the high value and recognition placed on these industry awards.

And what about that bus trip to The Side Bar……!

I also found the Expo a golden opportunity to network with other business operators and some exciting opportunities already developing. A real bonus.

An amazing week that’s for sure.

Thanks to Martin, Ian , Alice and Denise and the rest of the team at TNT, to Andrew and Malcolm at ATBE and to Peter Ovenden and the other Chairs/ Sec’s of the state BOA’s.

See you all in Tassie

Andrew Coldbeck
The Job Shop
Chair Backpack Western Australia

harman
14 Nov 09
1:57 pm


i love u

Brett Eldershaw
19 Nov 09
12:48 pm


Sorry I missed the week as I was away getting high at the time…trekking in Bhutan. Just curious how a company wins an award when the ACCC has taken action against them for misleading consumers? Oh no, not another ethics debate!

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