Queenstown Business Awards Category Profile: Excellence in Innovation

This award recognises a business that has enhanced its success by identifying and implementing an innovative idea - both in thinking and implementation. Innovation can be in a product/service/technology or process.

Beca is the category sponsor for this years ‘Excellence in Innovation Award’. Alexandra Mills, Queenstown Branch Manager of Beca says if we think about what innovation means, it is about doing new things, doing them well, pushing the boundaries, thinking outside of the box, and overall just making every day better.

QUEENSTOWN ADULT VENUES

QUEENSTOWN EVENTS CENTRE, FRANKTON (Monday)

Starts 9th October

QUEENSTOWN RECREATION GROUND (Thursday)

1 MEMORIAL STREET, QUEENSTOWN

Starts 12th October

Grades: - Mixed - Mens - Womens

First Table was the 2021 Innovation award winner. Mat Weir reflected that for First Table, “winning the award back in 2021 gave us the confidence to smash it out of the park for the next two years”.

Entering is easy – there are only three questions, and your entry must be submitted by 4:00 pm on Monday 25 September to be eligible. Any business can enter the Awards (they do not need to be a Chamber member), and entering is free!

The categories

There are nine categories that a business can enter or be nominated in, with 11 awards altogether.

1. Excellence in Sustainable and Regenerative Business Practice

2. Excellence in People and Capability

3. Excellence in Innovation

4. Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion [new]

5. Excellence in Marketing

6. Excellence in Strategy and Business Solutions

7. Best Emerging Business

8. Excellence in Customer Experience

9. Excellence in Community contribution (new)

The remaining two awards are the People’s Choice and Supreme Business of the Year

If you know of a business that you love, nominate them by scanning the QR Code link here.

Fees: $230 (entries close 6th October 2023)

Enter team at www.touchsouthland.co.nz homepage and click on Queenstown Adult