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Trevor Haworth, Master Mariner and founder of Captain Cook Cruises passed away
on 1st March 2014, aged 82. His life was one of pioneering vision, great
courage, adventure and achievement in building the iconic business Captain Cook
Cruises, and helping to shape the Tourism Industry in Australia. He was a man of
high moral principles with true Christian ethics. Trevor was a committed
supporter of many charitable works including Rotary and is survived by his wife
Geraldine, three loving children Jackie, Anthony and Allison and 7
grandchildren.
Trevor Haworth was born in Blackburn Lancashire on June 8, 1931, the son of a
Naval Deck Officer, Frank Haworth and mother Gladys.
Captain Cook Cruises grew out of a
conversation with the owner of an old ex-navy 'Fairmile' if he could start a
sightseeing cruise business on Sydney Harbor. Trevor realized this was going to
be a long process and offered to bare boat charter the vessel on a five yearly
basis. A deal was struck and Captain Cook Cruises Sydney Harbor was born on
Australia Day 1970.
From the start the focus of the business was international tourists. To maximize
this market, Trevor devoted enormous time and effort to the promotion of
Australia. Trevor was a pioneer of Australian tourism. Over 40 years, he was
involved in numerous committees and tourism Boards; Vice Chairman Sydney
Convention and Visitors Bureau; Chairman and Vice Chairman Inbound Tourism
Organization of Australia; Commissioner Australian Tourism Commission;
Commissioner NSW Tourism Commission; Deputy Chairman Australian Tourism Industry
Association; Life Member Pacific Asia Travel Association and board member of the
Australian Institute of Company Directors. For his contribution to Tourism he
received many awards, including the Australian Tourism Award for Outstanding
Contribution by an Individual in 1994 and was awarded Member of the Order of
Australia on the 5th of June, 1985.
With the growth of Tourism to Australia, hard work and a commitment to
re-investment, Trevor and Geraldine built the business on Sydney Harbor from
only one boat with two cruises a week to 30 departures a day, building a fleet
of 12 restaurant & sightseeing vessels culminating in the construction of the
68-metre, 700-passenger flagship MV Sydney 2000 in 1999.
Success in Sydney allowed the business to look for other opportunities. Trevor
expanded the business onto the Murray River, with the purchase of a cruise
business in Fiji 1997 the business became positioned as the leading small ship
cruise line of Australia and the Pacific. At its peak, the Captain Cook Cruises
group included over 25 ships in four destinations and carried over one million
passengers per year on sightseeing and dining cruises and over 40,000 passengers
on overnight cruises.
Fiji became Trevor's passion. He loved the islands, the people and the culture.
Trevor continued to invest in the Fijian business through 3 military coups,
subsidizing significant losses with an unyielding belief in the magic of the
product.
In 2011 Trevor sold the Sydney and Murray River operations of Captain Cook
Cruises to the Sealink Travel Group. The Haworth family still owns and operates
the successful Fijian operation of Captain Cook Cruises with 5 vessels and an
island today.
Trevor is survived by his wife Geraldine, daughters Jackie Charlton and Allison
Haworth West and son Anthony. He has seven grandchildren - Ben, Emily, Patrick,
Scott, Anna, Lucy and Edward. |
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