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Voted one of the World’s Top 20 Hideaways
Blanket Bay again is named one of the world’s ‘Top 20 International Hideaways’ for 2011 by Andrew Harper’s legendary Hideaway Report. This annual survey of Hideaway Report readers’ favourite hotels and resorts worldwide was released in October 2011.
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New Zealand's Best Lodge Hotel Management Award 2011
Blanket Bay’s reputation as Australasia’s ultimate alpine escape and New Zealand’s finest luxury lodge continues to be upheld with its win last Friday night, 2 September 2011, at the hotel industry’s prestigious HM Awards
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Debbie Crompton appointed as Executive Chef
Debbie Crompton is a veteran of a star-studded career that has taken her around the world
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Blanket Bay voted in the World's Top 10 Hideaways
The discerning readers of the prestigious Andrew Harpers Hideaway Report have voted Blanket Bay 6th in the Top 20 Hideaways in the world, and the best in New Zealand.
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Blanket Bay junior chef among best in the World
Junior chef Joseph Clarke added a bronze medal to his collection when he was awarded third place at The Hans Bueschkens World Junior Chefs Challenge in Chile last week.
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Blanket Bay tops 2010 Gold List for Asia, Australia and Pacific regions
Conde Naste Traveler's 2010 Gold List ranks Glenorchy's Blanket Bay as the second-highest scoring property in the world and the top-scoring hotel in Asia, Australia and Pacific nations
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Blanket Bay achieves The Qualmark Enviro-Gold Award
Multi-award-winning Blanket Bay lodge in Glenorchy has added yet another award to its impressive line-up for 2009 -- Qualmark Enviro-Gold.
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Blanket Bay recognised by USA Conde Nast Traveler Readers
Glenorchy's Blanket Bay has been named the third greatest accommodation property in the world and the best hotel in Oceania by readers of the influential American travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler. It is the only property in New Zealand to have made the Top 100 List.
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Conde Nast Traveller UK Readers Awards 2009
Readers of one of the world's most influential travel magazines have named Glenorchy's Blanket Bay lodge as the best leisure hotel in Australasia and the South Pacific.
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Hotel Management Awards
Blanket Bay wins the title of “New Zealand’s Best Regional Property” at the coveted Hotel Management Awards 2009
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Multi award-winning Mark Sycamore brings New Zealand to the Orient
Mark Sycamore has become one of the select few to have featured as ‘guest chef' at the prestigious Hong Kong Golf & Country Club
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Forbes Traveler top 400 hotels
The planet is replete with amazing hotels and resorts, of course: high-rise city hotels with iconic views; hideaway island resorts with your own personal beach; rustic mountain inns with gourmet cuisine; sprawling family resorts with surprisingly personal service. We wanted you to have your pick, without worrying about the difference between, say, No. 50 and No. 54.
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Blanket Bay Executive Chef Named
Multi-award winning chef Mark Sycamore will assume responsibility for all culinary operations at Blanket Bay, New Zealand's leading luxury resort near Queenstown from 1 December
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Executive Escapes - Quintessential QUEENSTOWN
Welcome to Queenstown, New Zealand's own "alpine escape" where the plane landing itself - which weaves around snowcapped mountains, is as picturesque as the emerald paddocks below.
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Blanket coverage
Michelle Rowe Travel Editor of 'The Australian' mixes creature comforts with occasional bursts of energy at a luxury lodge on New Zealand's South Island
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Awards and Accolades on Menu for Blanket Bay
Queenstown's multi-award winning Blanket Bay, recently voted New Zealand's Leading Luxury Resort, has been recognised again for its excellence – this time in the kitchen
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Philip Jenkins General Manager Profile
Philip Jenkins was appointed General Manager of Blanket Bay a year prior to the opening of the hotel in 1998.
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