Orbitz Elevators Lifts Business Award

Written on the 29 October 2017 by Marshall Hall

Fast rising Southport-headquartered company Orbitz Elevators has lifted the Emerging Business trophy at this month's Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards.
The company, which was established with a credit card, a van and a dream in November 2014, now employs 40 people.

Company founder and managing director Jonathan Dwayre said the business now had branches in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.
The company is now looking to expand further internationally.

Orbitz Elevators supplies, installs, maintains, repairs and modernises elevators and escalators throughout Australia and overseas.

"We have a large range of specialised elevators to choose from, including elevators designed for hospitals, nursing homes, shopping centres, public buildings, high rise buildings, residential houses as well as vehicle elevators and more,'' said Mr Dwayre.

"Customer Satisfaction is embedded in our business culture and is our highest priority.

"We have a high customer satisfaction rate and we are dedicated to retaining our reputation and providing our customers with exactly what they need."

Mr Dwayre said the company's proudest achievements in its short history was winning a maintenance contract with the City of Gold Coast.

Orbitz Elevators was presented with the Gold Coast Business Excellence Award for October at a ceremony held at Varsity Lakes-based IT company OntheNet on Wednesday night.

The winners in the other categories for October were:

• Family Business Award: John Henderson Professionals Mermaid Beach
• Manufacturing Award: Queensland Hosiery Mill
• Mayor's Innovation GC Award: iVvy
• Retail, Wholesale and Distribution Award: ABC Brick Sales
• Tourism, Hospitality and Events Award: Currumbin RSL Group
• Construction and Trades Award: Amalgamated Property Maintenance
• IT, Knowledge Management and Digital Services Award: Secure Internet Storage Solutions
• Professions and Business Services Award: MinterEllison Gold Coast
• Health and Wellbeing Award: Special Needs Solutions

The awards' major sponsors are Westpac, Harvey Norman Commercial Queensland, Optus Business Centre Gold Coast, City of Gold Coast; Regional Development Australia Gold Coast; Flight Centre Business Travel; Choice Homes; OntheNet; Griffith University; Gold Coast Airport; Pindara Private Hospital and The Southport Private Hospital.

The awards' media sponsors include the Gold Coast Bulletin, NBN Television, 92.5 Gold FM and 90.9 Sea FM.

The GCBEA's major supporters are KPMG, The Graphic Design Company, Document Solutions Australia, Bloomtools, Consulting Hall, The Star Gold Coast, Regina King Photography, Bruce Lynton Jagual Land Rover and Bond University.