National recognition for their effort has made a hard couple of years all worth it for Wānaka Top 10 Holiday Park owners Andrea and Justin Kendrick.

Andrea credits a great team for getting through the challenges that came with Covid-19.

Not only that, the park has just been recognised with five awards at the Top 10 Holiday Park Awards including the Supreme Award for the best Top 10 park in New Zealand. 

“It has been a tough year, with uncertainty, sickness and inability to fill vacant roles,” Andrea said, “but it just goes to show how a small team can pull together to work hard and deliver spectacular results.”

“We have been so grateful for the wonderful staff we have had throughout this time.”

Andrea said it was “really special” to attend the awards with manager Jo Bullus, who has been with the park for four years, including through some of its most challenging times.

When the award recipients were called, Andrea said she could not believe it as the number of awards the local park received kept climbing.

The Wānaka Top 10 Holiday Park has won the supreme awards for the best Top 10 park in New Zealand. 

“We were absolutely thrilled to win one award, but our name just kept on being called out…it was just amazing,” Andrea said. 

Andrea and Justin purchased the holiday park eight years ago and this year they will finally reach a milestone achievement: the renovation of some of their motel units.

The goal from the start was to upgrade the units to be functional, warm and modern and, without Covid-19, the renovations would all have been completed by now. 

“Despite hold ups with product supplies, we committed this year to doing two of the four, two-bedroom units, which are due to be completed in November, ready for summer.”

Andrea and Justin thanked their guests who took the time to complete their post-departure survey, which she said provided fantastic suggestions on ways to improve the park and the guest experience. 

“We strive to ensure that our team is happy, that our park is presented in the best possible way and that our guests make memories for life, in the places they love, with the people who matter the most,” Andrea said.

“Wānaka is such a special place to host guests from all over the country and the world.”

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