Tourism Whitsunday Award for BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort

BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday has taken out the 2012 Tourism Whitsunday Award in their category for the 17th year in a row. Owners of the resort, the McKinnon family, were thrilled to accept another award for their popular family holiday resort in Airlie Beach.

The resort is a multi-award tourism winner and the family hope to repeat their win in the Tourism Queensland awards in November this year. Naomi McKinnon, co-owner of the BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday resort said, “this local award means a lot to our whole team as it helps to promote the Whitsundays and Airlie Beach and helps to put the spotlight on the quality family resorts that are based on the mainland.”

Naomi went on to say, “we put a lot of time and effort into our award submission as we believe the process is an excellent way to review our business practices and try to improve every year. We have grown and developed over the years and we are so proud of the wonderful product we have. We know our guests love to come back to visit us every year and we continue to try to delight on every level.  We would like to thank our whole service team who help us to deliver an exceptional experience every day of the year.”  The resort were also finalists in the Customer Service category of the Tourism Whitsunday awards.

Located in Airlie Beach and winner of the 2011 Queensland Tourism Award and consecutive winner of the Whitsunday Tourism Award, BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday believes the qualities that make them special include delivering personalised service, maintaining a focus on the guest, paying attention to the little things and supporting and empowering their staff.

BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday offers a special kind of holiday destination capturing the essence of the relaxed Australian lifestyle while providing tastefully decorated cabins, pretty tropical caravan and camp sites, spotless facilities and a large team of incredibly friendly and helpful staff.

Kids are kept busy outside with games and activities and making new friends while parents enjoy the social atmosphere. The resort includes Airlie Beach’s largest heated lagoon-style swimming pool, water slides, a full-size tennis court, an impressive 18-hole mini-golf course, outdoor movies, organized social events, modern amenities, free BBQs, camp kitchen, games and recreation room and wireless internet.

Offering the only mainland resort Kid’s Club and full-time Activities Co-ordinator, there’s a year-round Activity Schedule and special holiday workshops to ensure there is plenty to do for every age and visitor. The Park has capacity for 700 guests and is located at the mainland jumping off point for the Great Barrier Reef, 74 Whitsunday Islands, fishing, boating and a host of other water based activities. It is a vibrant, family orientated resort set in 10 beautiful hectares of tropical gardens providing an ideal holiday location for lifetime family memories. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

For further information or images for BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday contact:

Corrie Gardner at Telltale Communications on 0422617442 or [email protected]