The entire team at Grand Pacific Tours would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s awards and also thank all of our suppliers for the hard work and dedication everyone has put in to ensure our travellers are well looked after.
The Grand Pacific Tours Quality Assurance Programme continues to provide valuable feedback to our industry partners. Our
traveller questionnaire return rate was a whopping 85% this year, the best result to date.
The winners were announced on Friday evening at the finale dinner of the Grand Pacific Tours 2012 Roadshow, which covered
six cities in six days.
And the winners are:
Favourite North Island Attraction Te Puia
Favourite South Island Attraction Milford Sound Scenic Cruise
Favourite Attraction – Ultimate Tour Series Kauri Museum
Best Hotel – 16 Day Highlights Tour Kingsgate Hotel, Paihia
Best Hotel – 19 Day Grand Tour (TIE) Scenic Hotel Bay of Islands & Distinction Luxmore
Best Hotel – 19 Day Rail, Cruise & Coach Tour ‘Ipipiri’ Overnight Cruise
Best Hotel – Ultimate Tour Series Huntley Lodge
Driver Hotel of Choice – North Island Kingsgate Hotel, Paihia
Driver Hotel of Choice – South Island Mercure Queenstown Resort
High Distinction Award Distinction Luxmore
Most Improved Performance Scenic Hotel Marlborough
Favourite Rail Journey Taieri Gorge Railway
Grand Pacific Tours is also proud to announce that the passenger rating for the “Overall Grand Pacific Tours Experience”
was 9.37 out of a possible 10 points, an increase on the previous season and a testament to our specialist approach to
coach touring throughout New Zealand.