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It’s about time to celebrate some success
by Sharon Fifield, Chamber CEO
While we may celebrate Queenstown businesses every day at the Chamber, we really look forward to the Business Awards season. It only happens every second year, so it’s pretty exciting to launch the 2degrees Queenstown Business awards for 2025.
Entries are now open (until 15 September), and I encourage all businesses in the Queenstown region to reflect and appreciate how far they’ve come and consider entering. It’s the perfect time to evaluate and celebrate.
Like a fine Gibbston wine, the awards just keep getting better. We heard your feedback and are excited to introduce some new categories, plus bring back some old favourites. There are 10 category winners to be awarded as well as the ultimate Supreme award winner.
Reflecting our hardworking economy of mostly small businesses, this year we are introducing the Small Business of the Year category, sponsored by Queenstown Airport. We are also bringing back the prestigious Employer of the Year award, sponsored by RealNZ.
And because we’re not short of ‘Good Sorts’ across our Queenstown business community we are very excited to introduce the ‘Good Sort’ award, sponsored by Hamish Walker of Walker & Co Realty. A common trait across most Good Sorts, is that generally they’re a humble bunch and probably don’t realise how much of a good sort they are! So, this category is by nomination, please make sure you nominate your favourite business / community champion.
The Awards gala night in November is the business party of the year. This year we’re bringing the party to our beautiful CBD and can promise it’ll be a good one.
In planning the awards this year and pulling together our family of partners to deliver them, I’ve made one observation. Our business award partners are truly keen to support other businesses success and get in behind the Queenstown business community. It hasn’t been a ‘hard sell’, more of a ‘I’m in, how can I help?’. This is such an awesome reflection of what a positive business community we have.
Let’s celebrate that.
More information on the awards and how to enter can be found at queenstownchamber.org.nz/businessawards2025/
It’s free, and relatively painless to enter (as you’ve already done the hard work!)
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