Carefully read the relevant Rules for Entry to ensure that you, and your organisation or specific tourism product, meet all the criteria for entry.
3. CREATE AN eAWARDS ACCOUNT
Before nominating in the eAwards portal, you will need to create your own ‘log in’ account. If you entered the Awards in 2010 and created an eAwards account, these details will not work for 2011. You will need to create a new account.
You will need to nominate online by 5pm Monday 27th June.
The nomination process alerts the Tourism Awards Committee of your intent to enter the Awards and ensures that you are entered in the correct category.
Nomination Fees:
Nomination into the 2011 Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards attracts a non-refundable nomination fee according to the following:
Nomination Fee A: $110* For categories 3–4, 10, 14–15, 27
*This fee includes GST. Withdrawals from the Awards process after COB Monday 27 July 2011 will forfeit the nomination fee. Those entrants who receive a Visitor Experience Appraisal are required to pay Nomination Fee B even if entering a Nomination Fee A category.
Before logging back into the eAwards portal to submit your entry, you will need to ensure you have prepared the following:
Submission (no more than 30 pages and as a PDF document – refer to the Rules for entry for full details on formatting).
For assistance in converting your submission into a PDF document you can download the CutePDF maker for free at www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp or contact the Tourism Awards Coordinator on 02 6205 0666 or at canberratourismawards@act.gov.au
Ten promotional images – 300 to 600dpi files in a JPEG format (to be used in various media promoting the award winners)
100 word promotional description (to be used in various media promoting the award winners)
The closing date for submissions will be confirmed shortly. Late entries will not be accepted.
All submissions must be lodged electronically by uploading to the eAwards portal by 5pm Thursday 13 October.
Late entries will not be accepted. Please plan to get your submission in early.
All withdrawals and entries not submitted by the deadline still require the payment of a nomination fee as per the terms and conditions accepted in the nomination process.
The Site Visit
The purpose of the Site Visit is to assess the business being nominated and for verification of claims that may be made within the submission. Operations are under no obligation to offer a free experience of their product. The Site Visit will be prearranged at a mutually convenient time and the judges have a pro-forma from which they will work.
Scores from the Site Visit will not apply at the National Awards however the judging panel will have access to the written comments.
Keeping it Fair
To ensure consistency and fairness in judging, the Rules for Entry must be strictly met. Failure to follow the Rules for Entry may result in disqualification at the discretion of the Chair of Judges.
Our assurance
All information submitted is strictly confidential. All persons, for example tourism awards coordinators and judges, who may come into contact with your submission, are required to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Disclaimer
By entering the Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards, you authorise the use and/or reproduction of images and the 100-word description provided in relation to any editorial/advertising purposes initiated in conjunction with the awards and the 2011 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.
Your contact details may also be supplied to agencies engaged on behalf of award organisers for promotional purposes.
Under no circumstances will judges be held responsible for any comment, viewpoint or expression, whether expressed or implied, concerning the standard or quality of an entrant’s submission. By ticking the terms and conditions box, you agree not to bring a claim against any Judge, or the Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards committee in relation to feedback on your submission.
Judges’ decision
The decision of the Canberra and Capital Region and Qantas Australian Tourism Awards Judging Panel is final.
Any grievance should be forwarded to the attention of:
The Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards Coordinator
Entrants
Download the 2011 Tourism Award entrant information handout
1. SELECT YOUR CATEGORY
View all entry categories and questions here
For assistance in determining the right category for your business, contact the Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards Coordinator.
2. REVIEW THE RULES FOR ENTRY
2011 Rules for Entry (
PDF 188Kb)
Carefully read the relevant Rules for Entry to ensure that you, and your organisation or specific tourism product, meet all the criteria for entry.
3. CREATE AN eAWARDS ACCOUNT
Before nominating in the eAwards portal, you will need to create your own ‘log in’ account. If you entered the Awards in 2010 and created an eAwards account, these details will not work for 2011. You will need to create a new account.
Click here for further details including to download the eAwards guide.
4. NOMINATE YOUR BUSINESS
You will need to nominate online by 5pm Monday 27th June.
The nomination process alerts the Tourism Awards Committee of your intent to enter the Awards and ensures that you are entered in the correct category.
Nomination Fees:
Nomination into the 2011 Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards attracts a non-refundable nomination fee according to the following:
Nomination Fee A: $110*
For categories 3–4, 10, 14–15, 27
Nomination Fee B: $396*
For categories 1–2, 5–9, 11–13, 16–26, 28
No Nomination Fee
For categories 29, 30
*This fee includes GST. Withdrawals from the Awards process after COB Monday 27 July 2011 will forfeit the nomination fee. Those entrants who receive a Visitor Experience Appraisal are required to pay Nomination Fee B even if entering a Nomination Fee A category.
Click here to log into your eAwards account
5. ENTERING YOUR SUBMISSION
Before logging back into the eAwards portal to submit your entry, you will need to ensure you have prepared the following:
For assistance in converting your submission into a PDF document you can download the CutePDF maker for free at www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp or contact the Tourism Awards Coordinator on 02 6205 0666 or at canberratourismawards@act.gov.au
The closing date for submissions will be confirmed shortly. Late entries will not be accepted.
Complete the Tourism Awards submission checklist to make sure you have completed everything.
Click here to log into your eAwards account.
Delivery
All submissions must be lodged electronically by uploading to the eAwards portal by 5pm Thursday 13 October.
Late entries will not be accepted. Please plan to get your submission in early.
All withdrawals and entries not submitted by the deadline still require the payment of a nomination fee as per the terms and conditions accepted in the nomination process.
The Site Visit
The purpose of the Site Visit is to assess the business being nominated and for verification of claims that may be made within the submission. Operations are under no obligation to offer a free experience of their product. The Site Visit will be prearranged at a mutually convenient time and the judges have a pro-forma from which they will work.
Scores from the Site Visit will not apply at the National Awards however the judging panel will have access to the written comments.
Keeping it Fair
To ensure consistency and fairness in judging, the Rules for Entry must be strictly met. Failure to follow the Rules for Entry may result in disqualification at the discretion of the Chair of Judges.
Our assurance
All information submitted is strictly confidential. All persons, for example tourism awards coordinators and judges, who may come into contact with your submission, are required to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Disclaimer
By entering the Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards, you authorise the use and/or reproduction of images and the 100-word description provided in relation to any editorial/advertising purposes initiated in conjunction with the awards and the 2011 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.
Your contact details may also be supplied to agencies engaged on behalf of award organisers for promotional purposes.
Under no circumstances will judges be held responsible for any comment, viewpoint or expression, whether expressed or implied, concerning the standard or quality of an entrant’s submission. By ticking the terms and conditions box, you agree not to bring a claim against any Judge, or the Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards committee in relation to feedback on your submission.
Judges’ decision
The decision of the Canberra and Capital Region and Qantas Australian Tourism Awards Judging Panel is final.
Any grievance should be forwarded to the attention of:
The Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards Coordinator
Locked Bag 2001
Civic Square ACT 2608