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