News From the Whitsundays

BreakFree Long Island Resort

WHITSUNDAY GEM JOINS BREAKFREE RESORTS

In October last year, Long Island Resort joined the BreakFree brand portfolio by Mantra Group. The 140 room property was rebranded as BreakFree Long Island Resort catering to families and couples and providing a superb location for weddings in the Whitsundays. www.longislandresort.com.au

AIRLIE BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL A HIT

74 bands rocked Airlie Beach over three days in November last year as part of the Airlie Beach Music Festival which is set to return in 2014. With key acts such as The Hoodoo Guru's, Mental as Anything, Dragon, Diesel, Kasey Chambers, Ian Moss and James Reyne the Airlie Beach Music Festival brought Airlie Beach to life. The remarkable line up of Australian talent has attracted music lovers from across the country, creating a fantastic atmosphere in Airlie Beach. Save the date - in 2014, the festival will be held from 7 -9 November!www.airliebeachmusicfestival.com.au

BIGGEST BADDEST BUCKET LIST WINNERS LOVE THE WHITSUNDAYS

Six months - two brothers - one bucket list. Marko and Alex have been the lucky winners of the Biggest, Baddest Bucket List competition run by the mydestination.com network. They have visited the Whitsundays as one of only two Australian destinations and were blown a way by what the Whitsundays had to offer - view their video here.

WHITSUNDAY OPERATORS AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE

BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort and Hamilton Island's qualia have won the 2013 Australian Traveller Reader's Choice Awards. At the Queensland Tourism Awards, Ocean Rafting and Whitsunday Escape were awarded Gold and will now progress to competing in the national Qantas Australian Tourism Awards held in Sydney on 7 February. And last but not least, Conde Nast Traveller announced that qualia has again been recognized as one of the Top Resorts in the world on The 2014 Gold List! Well done, Whitsundays!