This summer, visit the campgrounds that won the 2008 Camping Quebec Award of Excellence and the 2008 Quebec Tourism Awards.

Previous years winners

Winners of the 2008 Award of Excellence

The Awards of Excellence, introduced in 1997, recognize campgrounds
that contribute to promoting the camping industry in Quebec.

Categories

• Entrepreneur Category – Private campground with fewer than 175 sites
• Entrepreneur Category – Private campground with 175 or more sites
• Marketing Category

Entrepreneur Category

Private campground with fewer than 175 sites

Camping Saint-André-Avellin (Outaouais)

The jury described Camping Saint-André-Avellin and its staff as inspiring from all points of view. It was a definite favourite.

The campground works to cultivate a customer management approach based on mutual trust, focusing on campers and encouraging good communication among all parties. This friendly business philosophy results in fewer problems with campers and simplifies the handling of complaints. The Camping Saint-André-Avellin team adds to campers’ experience by creating a harmonious atmosphere on the site.

The constant attention to improving infrastructure and the ongoing investment in recreational equipment also help to keep the campground’s guests satisfied.

Camping Saint-André-Avellin (Outaouais) www.campingstandre.ca

Private campground with 175 or more sites

Camping Choisy (Montérégie)

Camping Choisy is dedicated to satisfying both travelling and seasonal campers and guarantees them an unforgettable camping experience. Human resources are the key concern, since they are the key to its success with campers. This award recognizes Camping Choisy for the quality and extent of its human resources management practices, aimed at offering the best possible customer service and gaining campers’ loyalty. The operators have spent a great deal of effort training and supervising their employees to make sure that everything they do contributes to reaching this goal. A number of useful work tools to support employee autonomy have also been developed, making Camping Choisy a shining example of participatory management in the camping industry.

Camping Choisy (Montérégie) www.campingchoisy.com

Marketing Category

Camping Valcartier (Quebec City)

Camping Valcartier was honoured for the scope and quality of its advertising campaign on the Quebec market. The award also salutes its efforts to promote a quality image and highlight the campground as part of the extensive overall media campaign for the Village Vacances Valcartier complex.

Camping Valcartier www.valcartier.com

Congratulations to all winners!

Québec Tourism Award 2008