Council gets three finalists in 2012 business awards
Rotorua District Council's (RDC) Parks Operations Manager Walter Miller and Aquatics & Leisure Programmes Manager Louis Sylvester, along with Rotorua Museum, are all finalists in the 2012 Westpac Rotorua Business Excellence Awards.
RDC's three finalists were chosen from a record number of entries and mean the council will be well represented at the gala awards dinner at the Energy Events Centre on 5 October when the winners will be announced.
Walter Miller is up for the NZCU sponsored Rotorua Employee of Year Award, Louis Sylvester the Waikato University sponsored Emerging Young Business Person of the Year, and Rotorua Museum is a finalist in The Daily Post Rotorua Visitor Guide sponsored Hospitality & Attractions Business Award.
Louis said it was great to even be considered, let alone be declared a finalist for the young business person award.
Winning awards is wonderful but they also equally reflect well on the business and the staff working in it.
Although I'm excited about these awards I feel pretty humbled. I do especially like the word Young' in this award category's title!
Walter said he was still surprised that he was a finalist in the awards.
I'm part of a great team so making the finals is recognition of the work we do as a team, rather than as an individual, he said.