Waikato Business News September/October 2017
Waikato Business News has for a quarter of a century been the voice of the region’s business community, a business community with a very real commitment to innovation and an ethos of co-operation.
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Trek ‘n’ Travel - Colin Hancock.<br />
CBD Celebration Awards<br />
Hamilton Central general manager<br />
Vanessa Williams and Hamilton & <strong>Waikato</strong><br />
Tourism chief executive Jason Dawson.<br />
Hamilton Central <strong>Business</strong> Association<br />
(HCBA) hosted the revamped CBD<br />
Celebration Awards, sponsored by<br />
Mediaworks, in an event focused on<br />
celebrating the businesses that make up<br />
the central city.<br />
Hosted at Stark Property’s<br />
beautiful Riverbank<br />
Lane, with<br />
catering by Miltons Canteen<br />
and drinks by the Hamilton<br />
Beer and Wine Co, the evening<br />
showcased the CBD at its<br />
finest. The laneway space was<br />
transformed by event staging<br />
company Royal Laboratorie,<br />
creating an edgy and modern<br />
venue to hold the awards. With<br />
subtle lighting from SBI Productions,<br />
the soulful tunes of<br />
Hamilton singer Coral and the<br />
evening captured on camera by<br />
Moving Media Ltd, the awards<br />
provided a Hamilton offering at<br />
every turn.<br />
Vanessa Williams, General<br />
Manager of the Hamilton<br />
Central <strong>Business</strong> Association,<br />
was delighted with the evening<br />
and more importantly with<br />
the record number of award<br />
entries received. “Hamilton’s<br />
CBD is home to some fantastic<br />
businesses with amazing<br />
stories and the CBD Celebration<br />
Awards provides us with a<br />
wonderful opportunity to publicly<br />
recognise the contribution<br />
they make to the central city”.<br />
Following a fresh new format,<br />
the awards were split in to<br />
two parts: the Success Awards<br />
recognising those businesses<br />
that have been a stand out<br />
in their category to a judging<br />
panel and the Best Awards recognising<br />
those businesses who<br />
the HCBA Executive Board<br />
have judged as contributing to<br />
the revitalisation of Hamilton's<br />
CBD.<br />
“The awards night was a reflection<br />
of a new era for Hamilton’s<br />
central city “said HCBA<br />
executive chair Sarah King.<br />
“The development in the city<br />
right now is phenomenal, there<br />
is action at every turn. The<br />
awards captured that with a<br />
wonderful mix of entrants from<br />
established and new businesses<br />
in the CBD and all were of an<br />
exceptional quality. The feedback<br />
has been fantastic and we<br />
are excited to be a part of Hamilton<br />
central city’s journey.”<br />
Award recipients<br />
to the right<br />
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