Marie Watson-Blake
Marie Watson-Blake was a business leader in the tourism and travel industries in Queensland, Australia.
She founded Jetset Travel, and ran its Queensland operation. She had a keen interest in philanthropy and the arts, and was also
known as "the woman who led women into Queensland's boardrooms".
At the time of her death, she was the deputy chairman of the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation.
The Marie Watson-Blake Awards were named in her honour, for people and companies making an outstanding contribution to Queensland tourism.
Due to her intensive work in business and government, Watson-Blake was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II and the Labor government of Australia.
