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Commercial Vision For JFK’s New Terminal One Revealed

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), The New Terminal One (NTO) and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Airports have launched the commercial program for the privately funded $9.5 billion all-international terminal scheduled to open in 2026.   The...

Patel Named Director of SJC

Mukesh (Mookie) Patel has been appointed director of aviation at San José Mineta International Airport (SJC), effective March 18. He replaces John Aitken, who will retire after more than three decades with SJC. Patel also has a long history in aviation. He most...

Johnson Joins BNA As Revenue Chief

The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority has named longtime MSP executive Eric Johnson to the role of senior vice president, chief revenue officer. In this position, he will manage revenue producing leases and contracts, as well as existing aeronautical and...

Out Now! BONUS 20th Anniversary Issue

The current issue of Airport Experience News offers a retrospective look at the world of airport concessions over the past 20 years. Conceived in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Airport Experience Conference, this special issue includes remembrances and observations on how the airport concessions industry has evolved. We also look at the changing landscape for the ACDBE program, the advent of common-use lounges and ramp up of services in airports, and the innovations in design over the past two decades.

MarketPlace PHL Launches Cheesesteak Week

MarketPlace PHL Launches Cheesesteak Week

MarketPlace PHL, LLC, which manages the food and retail programs throughout Philadelphia International Airport has launched a weeklong “ode to National Cheesesteak Day” in the form of PHL Cheesesteak Week. From Monday, March 18 through Friday, March 22, 19 unique...

ReachTV Becomes AMAC Media Partner

ReachTV Becomes AMAC Media Partner

The Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC) has entered into a partnership with ReachTV, the largest airport television network in North America, whereby ReachTV will serve as an official AMAC media partner.  Under the agreement, ReachTV will work alongside AMAC to...

Duty Free RFP Issued For JFK NTO

Duty Free RFP Issued For JFK NTO

URW Airports has issued its first prime operator Request for Proposals for The New Terminal One at JFK. The company is seeking an “innovative and bold” global duty-free partner to achieve its vision and connect with the vibrant local maker and vendor community to...

AMAC Partners For Concessions Accelerator

AMAC Partners For Concessions Accelerator

The Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC) has partnered with Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, and Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) to pilot AMAC’s new Business Capacity Accelerator Program.   The program’s aim is to increase training...

TUL Opens Children’s Play Area

TUL Opens Children’s Play Area

Tulsa International Airport (TUL) has partnered with the local children’s museum, Discovery Lab, on a state-of-the-art exhibit and play area within the airport terminal. The Discovery Lab play area features innovative play structures that are versions of Discovery Lab...

LAS Adds TSA Self-Screening

LAS Adds TSA Self-Screening

Las Vegas International Airport (LAS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are testing a new self-screening security system that lets travelers go through the checkpoint at their own pace. Initially intended for TSA Pre-Check passengers, the new system...

Pattison Outdoor Wins YVR Contract

Pattison Outdoor Wins YVR Contract

Pattison Outdoor, a leading out-of-home advertising company in Canada, has signed exclusive advertising partnership with Vancouver International Airport (YVR). With the addition of YVR, Pattison is the primary advertising provider to 17 Canadian airports.  In the...

Paradies Lagardère Opens New BOS Restaurant

Paradies Lagardère Opens New BOS Restaurant

Paradies Lagardère has teamed up with chef Karen Akunowicz to bring her take on the cuisine of Modena, Italy, and the welcoming energy of her popular South Boston enoteca Fox & the Knife to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). The airport restaurateur has...

XpresCheck Expands CDC Pathogen Screening

XpresCheck Expands CDC Pathogen Screening

XWELL’s XpresCheck division has expanded its partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks to provide the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its traveler-based Genomic Surveillance (TGS) program with onsite pathogen screening to Miami International (MIA)...

DEN Exceeds ACDBE Goals

DEN Exceeds ACDBE Goals

Denver International Airport (DEN) announced that its Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (ACDBE) revenue goals were exceeded for Fiscal Year 2023, as the airport’s ACDBE Rental Car achievement was 7.87 percent, or 6.17 percent above the goal, while...

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Airport Experience News Magazine | 20 Years of the AX Conference

In This Issue

 

Airport Concessions Evolve Dramatically

20 Years of the AX Conference 

ACDBEs Thrive as Attention Turns to Local Brands

20 Years of the AX Conference 

Lounges, Passenger Services Make Big Inroads

20 Years of the AX Conference 

Concession Design Evolves, But Costs are Burdensome

20 Years of the AX Conference 

Past AX Conferences – In Pictures

20 Years of the AX Conference 

 

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