At the 9th annual City of Hamilton Tourism awards banquet, Mr. Mansoor Khan, BA, LLB was the winner in the transportation category. Mr. Khan has worked in the taxi industry since 1990 and has been with Blue Line, Hamilton's largest company since 1993. For the past few years Mr. Khan has operated several taxis of his own and handled the in-car portion of the Company's new driver training program. If this wasn't enough, Mr. Khan has also been a forceful advocate for driver rights. The City recognized Mr. Khan for the professional approach he applies to his work and the efforts he has made to ensure the City's taxi drivers are courteous, helpful and peasant to visitors. Tony Rizzuto, Blue Line's president echoed the City's accolades; "To be honest, Mansoor and I haven't always been on the same side of every issue, but I've always had a great respect for him. He is a gentleman and a professional in every sense of the word. I've never questioned his integrity and we have always seen eye to eye on the need to treat our customers right."

Carey Smith was honoured as transportation representative of the year at the 2004 edition of the Tourism Hamilton annual awards gala. Carey has driven at Blue Line Taxi since January of 1995. Last year nine customers wrote or telephoned to let us know how pleased they were with Carey’s work. They told how he opened and closed doors, assisted with parcels, set up walkers, retrieved keys, listened to a customer’s instructions, pointed out a 10% discount and returned a wallet. One passenger noted that Carey was nicely dressed. Admittedly these are little things, but they are little things that change a job done to a job done well. “What makes Carey special,” according to Anthony Rizzuto Jr, Blue Line’s Vice-President. “Is that he is outgoing and cheerful. I have never seen him without a smile on his face. He is kind, polite, enthusiastic and friendly, everything we expect from one of Hamilton’s front line tourism ambassadors”. ”I’m happy for Carey ” adds Tony Rizzuto, Blue Line’s President. “The award is well deserved. All our people try to do that little extra and seeing that effort rewarded is nice ” Want a great taxi ride? Just call 525 2583 (525 BLUE) and Carey or one of the other professional Blue Line drivers will be happy to provide it.

At the 2003 Tourism Hamilton annual awards gala Mahmood Farah was named winner in the transportation sector. Mr. Farah, who holds a bachelor's degree in political science, achieved this honour through his hard work, dedication to customer service and his honesty. "In the past four months three of his customers have called me to draw attention to the excellent service they received from him", said Anthony Rizzuto Jr, Vice President of Blue Line Taxi. "I'm not surprised. Farah keeps his cab in top condition and he is a very helpful and honest driver" "I'm happy that Farah won this award," added Tony Rizzuto, Blue Line's President. "He is a fine driver and does our Company proud".

Tourism Hamilton Inc awarded Brent "Doc" Dawson the transportation representative of the year prize at its 2002 Tourism Excellence banquet. Brent received the award for his encyclopedic knowledge of the City and its many attractions. He was also cited many times by his customers for helpful behaviour, his immaculate taxi and his excellent sense of humour. Blue Line congratulates Brent on receiving this recognition for his fine work.

The New City of Hamilton named Jeff Scott "Taxi Driver of the Year" at the 2001 Hamilton Tourism Awards Gala. The award recognizes several reports of helpful and courteous service by Jeff which reflected favourably on the local taxi and hospitality industries.