Congratulations to all businesses who entered the 2016 Tenterfield Business & Tourism Excellence Awards. Below is a list of award recipients:

Business of the Year

• Winner: Wilshire & Co CRT Tenterfield
• Highly Commended: The Commercial Boutique Hotel

Event of the Year

• Winner: Oracles of the Bush
  Oracles of the Bush has been inducted into the Tenterfield Business & Tourism Awards Hall of Fame, as this is the third year in a row they have won this category.
• Highly Commended: Tenterfield Lion’s Cracker Night

Apprentice/Trainee of the Year

• Winner: Jessica Cowin, from Zest Haircrew

Employee of the Year

• Winner: Teena Smith from Premier Meats
• Highly Commended: Rachel Crotty from Alford & Duff Real Estate

Excellence in Innovation

• Winner: The Commercial Boutique Hotel
• Highly Commended: Premier Meats

Excellence in Tourism

• Winner: The Commercial Boutique Hotel
• Highly Commended: Artists Collective Studio

People’s Choice Award

• Winner: BFIT Health Club
• Highly Commended: Think Fit

Excellence in Customer Service

• Winner: The Corner Life & St11yle, Store & Café1
• Highly Commended: The Commercial Boutique Hotel

Excellence in Hospitality

• Winner: The Commercial Boutique Hotel
• Highly Commended: Best Western Henry Parkes

Excellence in Retail

• Winner: Wilshire & Co CRT Tenterfield
• Highly Commended: Premier Meats

Excellence in Agribusiness

• Winner: Ray White Rural
• Highly Commended: Wilshire & Co CRT Tenterfield

Excellence in Agriculture

• Winner: Wilshire & Co CRT Tenterfield
• Highly Commended: Chevalley Quality Cattle

Excellence in Manufacturing/Construction

• Winner: Cameron Bolton Interiors
• Highly Commended: Timbarra Building & Rural Supplies

Excellence in Service Industries

• Winner: Ray White Rural
• Highly Commended: Sexton & Green (Sales & Service) Pty Ltd

Excellence in Financial & Legal Services

• Winner: Kristen Lovett Accounting Services
• Encouragement Award: Kickstart Finance Education

Excellence in Health, Beauty & Fitness

• Winner: Go Vita Tenterfield
• Highly Commended: BFIT Health Club

Excellence in Community Health

• Winner: Tenterfield Care Centre
• Highly Commended: Tenterfield Community Hospital

Excellence in Accommodation

• Winner: Best Western Henry Parkes
• Highly Commended: Tenterfield Lodge Caravan Park

Excellence in Eco/Nature/Adventure Tourism

• Winner: Levuka Rainforest Recreation Park