I'm pleased to finally win - I have been in four of the last five finals and haven't won one of them. So this one is very special.

When we opened our office in 2000, we made a strategic decision to expand with attorneys who could serve our regional, national and international client base. Stephen exemplifies that dedication and scope. It's been a privilege working with Stephen, and we're delighted he's chosen to make a long-term commitment to the firm as a shareholder.

In airports, shopping malls, convention centers, corporate boardrooms, supermarkets, street corners, dentist offices and hospitals, you can now find practitioners making chair massage as common and acceptable as a haircut.

We're well versed in what collaboration takes. It has not been part of this process. Collaboration is what it would have taken to make this work.

There's no way I would have won the title - I would have been wiped off the floor in the quarter-finals by my fellow Aussie Anthony Ricketts.

I would like to see a workshop between the county, the chamber, the tourism department and representatives from the tourism business community before the advisory board is put together,