Paul Donovan enters Business Hall of Fame

Gold Coast tourism industry icon Paul Donovan has been inducted into the Gold Coast Business Hall of Fame. Mr Donovan, who has held senior positions at Gold Coast airport since 2005 and was chairman of Destination Gold Coast for 17 years, was honoured for his business contribution to the city at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards gala he...

Medical Rescue named as Business of Year

Burleigh Heads-based aeromedical service Medical Rescue has been named the Gold Coast’s Business of the Year. The company, which is headed up by Dr Glenn McKay and Dr Michael Smith, provides air ambulance, rescue helicopter, ground ambulance and deployed health services throughout Australia and overseas. Employing more than 500 people, M...

Museum motors away with business award

A museum and restaurant which opened its doors only two years ago has sped away with a prestigious business award. The Upper Coomera-based Gold Coast Motor Museum has been named the winner of the Emerging and Micro Business category of the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards for October and it is now in the running for the annual title to be ...

Orbitz Soars Upwards in World of Business

Southport-headquartered Orbitz Elevators is soaring after restructuring its operations because of a Covid-created headache. Founder and managing director Jonathan Dwayre says the business, which now employs 90 people in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, was hit hard at the start of the Covid pandemic. “The Covid-19 pandemic ...

Verve Fitness leaves rivals behind in awards

A Gold Coast fitness equipment manufacturer that is kicking goals after securing major sports partnerships has scored another award win. The Upper Coomera-headquartered Verve Fitness Equipment, which in July added NSW Waratahs Rugby and NSW Rugby Union as partners, has won the Health and Wellbeing category in the Gold Coast Business Excellenc...

Exhibition Company Enjoys Sporting Limelight

A specialist Gold Coast exhibitions and display company is enjoying the national limelight at some of the nation’s biggest events, but it is still struggling to find experienced workers. GCD Exhibitions, which specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of custom exhibition displays and company fit-outs, has been involved wi...

Simtech Creations Wins Innovation Award

Gold Coast-based Simtech Creations, which supplies LED displays to casinos and resorts around the world, has won an innovation award. Simtech was named the June winner of the innovation category at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards held at KPMG on Wednesday night. General manager Daniel Egar said the company, which was originally nam...

Cool Company Wins Innovation Award

A Gold Coast company that has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer and exporter of automatic ice bath machines and pools for sport and medical applications has received an innovation award. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate presented Southport-headquartered iCoolsport with the Mayor’s Innovation Award at the Gold C...

Dr Soheil Abedian AM Inducted into Hall of Fame

Renowned property identity and philanthropist Soheil Abedian AM has been inducted into the Gold Coast’s Business Hall of Fame. Mr Abedian was presented with the honour at a black-tie dinner attended by 750 of the city’s leading business and political figures including Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Mayor Tom Tate at The Star on...

Surging Pivotel Named Business of the Year

Internationally expanding telecommunications company Pivotel has been named as the Gold Coast’s Business of the Year. Southport-headquartered Pivotel, which is one of just four licensed mobile telecommunications carriers in Australia, was named the winner of the prestigious honour at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards gala dinner...


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