Logies 2018: Which tourism and business bigwigs made the cut for the hottest tickets in town?

TOURISM and business types were among the celebrity guests at the inaugural Gold Coast Logies at The Star last month.

IT was the hottest ticket not only in town, but the country.

So exactly who did the Premier and the Mayor invite to share their stakeholder tables at the Gold Coast Logie Awards at The Star Gold Coast?

After much digging, ATG can reveal who jagged a seat at the State and local government tables.

Much to the chagrin of one of her sisters, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk took her longtime friend Tim Grau, a one-time adviser to former Queensland Labor premier Wayne Goss and ex-federal attorney-general Michael Lavarch.

Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Tourism Minister Kate Jones on the red carpet at the 60th TV Week Logies Awards at The Star Gold Coast. .Picture: Jerad Williams

Also on the Premier’s table were Tourism Australia chair Bob East and his wife, Virgin Australia co-founder turned Tourism and Events Queensland chairman Brett Godfrey and his guest, TEQ CEO Leanne Coddington, Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira and Tourism and Major Events Minister Kate Jones and her husband Paul Cronin.

Representing the city at the star-studded event, Mayor Tom Tate walked the red carpet with wife Ruth and two of their table guests — longtime friends Michael and Tracey Woodbry, Supercars’ GM of corporate experiences.

Canford Group's Roland Evans. Photo: Supplied

Mrs Woodbry is also a Gold Coast Mayoress Charity Foundation committee member.

Also on the Mayor’s table were his daughter, budding film producer Emily Tate and her boyfriend, Phillip Stephens, whose family’s company The Stephens Group is developing the Empire Industrial Estate at Yatala.

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Rounding out the guest list were Roland (founding director) and Tracey Evans (accounts manager), from Chevron Island-based company Canford Property Group, whose clients include ASF, Songcheng, Ho Bee Land, Wanda Group, BMW, RDG, Cartier, AMP and Bentley.

Deputy Mayor Donna Gates and her 86-year-old mother Jo Austin, in town visitng from Melbourne, were also on the Mayor’s table.