YHA secures double state crown

YHA secures double state crown Brisbane City YHA Staff 150x136 Brisbane City YHA has been named the best hostel in Queensland, and Adelaide Central YHA the best in South Australia, at their respective state tourism awards, both held on Friday night.  

The 373-bed Brisbane hostel took home the Tourism Queensland gong, for the second year running, after being named as the only finalist in the backpacker accommodation category.

Other winners at the black tie event, held at the Plaza Ballroom, in the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, included Sea World, for best major tourist attraction, Mungalla Aboriginal Tours, for indigenous tourism, BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort, for tourist and caravan parks, and Fantasea Adventure Cruising, for major tour/transport operator.

YHA Northern Region manager Kimberly Mustchin said of the win: “It has been such a difficult year for the tourism industry state-wide and South-East Queensland with the effects of the floods in January, so it is a testament to the recovery effort from the industry and our fantastic Brisbane staff that our Brisbane property has won this award again. We are overjoyed.”

Among the 28 winners at the South Australian Tourism Council (SATIC) event, a black tie evening held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, included Adelaide Casino, for major tourist attraction, Santos Tour Down Under, for major events and festivals, Great Southern Rail, for major tour/transport operator, Adventure Bay Charters, for adventure tourism, and BIG4 Adelaide Shores Caravan Park, for tourist and caravan parks.

SATIC chief executive Ward Tilbrook added that an impressive 150 entries were received this year, with almost 65% of the winners coming from regional South Australia.

By Andrew Westbrook  ·  November 6th, 2011 at 4:56 pm

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Comments


  1. Stumpy
    7 Nov 11
    10:53 am

    2. Woo hoo, well done.

  2. Tracy King
    7 Nov 11
    1:13 pm

    3. Thank you stumpy, we are all very proud of the win!

  3. anon
    7 Nov 11
    3:51 pm

    4. is it worth having YHA on here? considering as accommodation they have school children and the over 50′s staying there? YHA NZ as a brand still has its backpacker roots – YHA AU simply doesn’t

  4. scotty
    8 Nov 11
    4:47 pm

    5. Geeze, Anon, and I get into enough strife for teasing Janet, Julian, Silke, Angela, Cindy et al about anoraks, trainspotters and the socks-with-their-sandals brigade………

  5. Janet McGarry
    9 Nov 11
    11:21 am

    6. But at least you put your name to the comment, Scotty, and I can give you strife over it!

  6. Belinda Fuzz
    9 Nov 11
    2:28 pm

    7. YHA Adelaide/S.A properties are the only ones who ever enter the awards so not much competition there. And as stated the YHA Brisbane was the only finalist. Either QLD and S.A hostels are lazy and can’t be bothered entering or they just don’t see too much clout for the award.

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