Top of the parks: Camp Glenorchy in Central Otago. Photo / Supplied
Top of the parks: Camp Glenorchy in Central Otago. Photo / Supplied
An eco camp at the top of Lake Wakatipu has been given top honours at the country's most prestigious holiday park awards.
Camp Glenorchy Eco Retreat cleaned up at the ReviewPro Spirit of Hospitality Awards last Thursday.
The collection of Otago eco cabins was praised for its "top-notch customer servicein a relatively remote environment," Holiday Parks CEO Fergus Brown.
Winners of last week's awards were plucked from hundreds of entries, using the Global Review Index tools for measuring members' online reputation.
Among the other awards given by ReviewPro included most improved park, which went to the rank-climbing Takapuna Beach Holiday Park on Auckland's north shore.
Other plaudit earning sites included the Camp Lake Hawea's Geodesic Domes. The attention-grabbing golf ball-like glamping structures won the best new build over $100k.
Geodesic Domes: The Camp Hawea won the best new build over $100k for their glamping domes. Photo / Victoria Sheridan
However it was Alison and Gordon Collister of Timaru TOP 10 Holiday Park who were given a special award for long service. Having given 30 years to the holiday park industry, Fergus Brown said they were a natural recipients of the Outstanding Service Award, as "go-to people who are always generous with their time and willing to share their intelligent and thoughtful views to support others".
The Collisters and other winners were extremely moved to be able to collect their award in person following last year's virtual Covid edition of the awards ceremony.
