AUSTRALIA'S favourite family holiday destination, the Gold Coast, has received a boost with Treasure Island Holiday Park receiving a “Judges Commendation” at the recent state tourism awards.

Treasure Island Holiday Park is celebrating after being awarded with a judges commendation for the ‘Best Tourist and Caravan Park’ at the annual Queensland Tourism Awards on the Gold Coast on Friday, 13th November.

The awards honour the regions industry leaders through the acknowledgement of innovative business processes, business excellence and overall business success. The most comprehensive of its kind, the awards are open to any tourism company or organisation operating in Queensland.

The annual award is judged by a panel of independent business experts and coordinated by the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) and audited by Ernst & Young.

“We are extremely proud to receive this honour and look forward to further building on our success as we showcase Treasure Island’s renowned family friendly accommodation and hospitality to guests,” said David Johnston, CEO of FreeSpirit Holiday Parks, a national management company contracted to manage the operations of Treasure Island Holiday Park on behalf of the owners, NRMA Motoring and Services.

“The accolade is great recognition from the relentless hard work and dedication from the team at Treasure Island for providing the best holiday experience for all of our guests.
We are constantly striving to take the standards to new heights at Treasure Island and are unashamedly focused on providing the best family holiday experience possible in everything we do, from our fun-filled facilities and guest activities, warm and friendly service, and of course, fantastic value-for-money,''.

To read more about the Queensland Tourism awards, visit www.queenslandtourismawards.com.au

The Treasure Island and FreeSpirit Holiday Park team
at the award ceremony

The dust storm that smothered Sydney in a bright red blanket of haze, moved north and arrived at Treasure Island on the 23rd September 09, creating hazy conditions across the park and the entire Gold Coast.

As can be seen by the images below, guests felt like they were amidst a desert dust storm. The last dust storm to hit the Gold Coast occurred over 70 years ago, so this is one sight that many staff and guests may never see again.

The day after was like nothing had ever happened. The skies were clear, Treasure Island was back to its sensational self and all that was left was a memory for the ages and these amazing photos (and maybe the odd little spec of dust!).

Treasure Island in a cloud of dust	Front entrance of Treasure Island with view of Brisbane Road
	The day after the dust storm. The sun is shining again at Treasure Island.

Treasure Island Holiday Park has recently been named the 2nd Best Holiday Park in Australia by Holidays with Kids magazine. Blue Dolphin Holiday Resort came in at number 1! Please click here to read full article from the Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne). The article was also featured in the Sunday Tasmanian on 30 Aug 2009.

Source: Sunday Herald Sun, Escape Section, 30 August 2009, Melbourne Circulation
Source: Sunday Tasmanian, Escape Section, 30 August 2009, Hobart Circulation

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Enjoy a relaxing stay in one of our brand new Pandanus Villas. Ideal for families and couples, these contemporary 2 bedroom villas have all that you would want from stylish holiday accommodation. The Villas will sleep 4 or 6 people.

Set amongst landscaped gardens, these villas are ideal for families or 2 couples wishing to share. The modern 2 bedroom villas offer a private ensuite for each room, spacious open plan kitchen and lounge area, internal laundry and a large balcony with built-in BBQ - perfect to kick back and relax while cooking your own private barbie!

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Read the latest (May 09) NRMA Open Road article about Treasure Island Holiday Park and other fantastic NRMA Holiday Parks in: "The Great Holiday Park Soul Search - A voyage of discovery to NRMA's coastal holiday parks has surprising results", written by David Naylor. Please click here to read the full article.