2010 Awards Presentation
The 2010 Awards Presentation Event was held at VECCI, 486 Albert St, East Melbourne on Monday 8th November. Merran Fyfe presented the awards and was the keynote speaker for the event. Merran was the 2009 recipient of the Lynette Bergin Tourism Fellowship from Tourism Alliance and also presented with the 2009 Tourism Victoria Young Achievers Award. Merran works in the Marketing and Operations role at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Precinct.
Date: Tuesday 10th November, 2009
Venue: Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2010 DTL Awards - Overall Winner and Events Category Finalist
Danielle Lonigro, William Angliss Institute
Hospitality Category Winner
Corrado Porcaro, Kangan Institute
Tourism Category Winner
Janelle Campbell, William Angliss Institute
Events Category Highly Commended
Tram Nguyen, Kangan Institute
Hospitality Category Highly Commended
Kashif Latif, Kangan Institute
Tourism Category Highly Commended
Melissa Schampers, William Angliss Institute
Special Awards
Samantha Walsh, Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
Melissa Lapunaire, Kangan Institute
Thai Thanh Vy Truong, William Angliss Institute
Group Shots
A group shot of all awards winners that were able to attend on the day.
The winners of the Judge's Awards.
The winners of the Merit Awards.
Click here to see information on the 2009, 2008 and 2007 winners.
2009 Awards Presentation
The 2009 Awards Presentation Event was held at VECCI, 486 Albert St, East Melbourne on the 10th of November. Mrs Lizzie Cokre, Proprietor of the Cape Otway Centre for Conservation Ecology spoke to guests about establishing her business and presented the awards. Mr Damien Tkalec, Executive General Manager Corporate Development at Melbourne Airport also addressed the group on behalf of Melbourne Airport, the Principal sponsor of the awards.
Developing Tourism Leaders Awards - 2009 Award Winners
Judges Special Award
Tourism
Megan Chappel - William Angliss Institute
Events
Jane Hollier - Chisholm Institute
Hospitality
Nurzura Che Man - Kangan Batman TAFE
Merit Award
Anucia de Boer - William Angliss Institute
Feride Osman - Kangan Batman TAFE
Huyen Ly - Kangan Batman TAFE
Yangchen Dolma Wangyal - Kangan Batman TAFE
Samantha Richards - William Angliss Institute
Rosie Heaton-Harris - Gordon Institute of TAFE
Janelle French - William Angliss Institute
Anton Fernando - Kangan Batman TAFE
Highly Commended
Tourism
Marwah Mounajed - Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
Huong Nguyen with teacher Duncan Chew
Events
Huong Nguyen - William Angliss Institute
Hospitality
Isuru Hewage Gunathilake - Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE
Category Winners
Tourism
Arzu Oyola - Kangan Batman TAFE
Events
Almila Erturk - William Angliss Institute
Hospitality
Sherry Perryman - Kangan Batman TAFE
2009 DTL Awards - Overall Winner
Almila Erturk - William Angliss Institute
2008 Awards Presentation
The 2008 Awards Presentation Event was held at VECCI, 486 Albert St, East Melbourne on the 10th of November. Mr. Peter Brown, Executive Director of Fifteen Foundation Australia spoke to guests about the philosophy of Fifteen Foundation and presented the awards. Ms Emma Stenhouse, Corporate Communications Manager at Melbourne Airport also addressed the group on behalf of Melbourne Airport, the Principal sponsor of the awards.
The overall winner for the Event was:
Katie Clough - William Angliss Institute
Katie received membership of the Young Tourism Network and a $2000 travel voucher with Flight Centre to use at her choice.
2007 Awards Presentation
The 2007 Awards Presentation Event was held at Bluestone Restaurant Bar, Flinders Lane, Melbourne on the 12th of November, 2007. Mr. Don Richter, Director of Marketing at Tourism Victoria talked to the students and presented the awards. Mr. Thomas Perry, Communications Manager at Melbourne Airport also addressed the group on his career path and the support that Melbourne Airport have for the awards, as Naming Rights Sponsor.
The overall winner for the Event was:
Karen Kavanagh - La Trobe University Bendigo