Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, March 5, 2007…Airport Revenue News (ARN) announced the 2007 winners of its prestigious annual Best Concessions Awards at its annual Airport Revenue Conference & Exhibition, held this year in Orlando, FL. The awards ceremony recognizing excellence in the airport concessions industry was held at the Hard Rock Live Coliseum at Universal City Walk. The awards and ceremony were the culmination of three successful days of exhibiting, networking and learning at ARN’s Airport Revenue Conference & Exhibition.
For the twelfth year in a row the results, to be published in the March 2007 issue of ARN as well as posted to the ARN website, reflect the industry’s choice for the best concessions programs and the best concessionaires of the year in U.S. airports.
“Receiving an ARN award is difficult because every year the competition between airport programs and companies doing business in airports becomes ever more intense,” says Pauline Armbrust, president & CEO for Armbrust Aviation Group, which publishes Airport Revenue News. “The airports and companies recognized as the best in this competition are doing outstanding work and raising the standards of excellence in this dynamic industry.”
As always, this year’s judges were chosen for their broad-based expertise and knowledge about concessions. The judges are separated into two groups: Concessionaire judges vote for nominees in airport program categories; airport judges vote for stores and restaurant nominees in concessionaire categories. The nominees were selected by readers in an earlier process because of their noticeably high standards of excellence in a variety of categories.
Below are the 2007 winners of ARN’s Best Concessions Awards.
Airport Revenue News (ARN) is a monthly trade magazine devoted to coverage of all revenue generating issues affecting the airport industry. The publication is the foremost news and information resource for airport executives, concessionaires, consultants and others involved in the aviation industry.
For more information about this competition call Pauline Armbrust at: 561.355.8488 ext. 101 or email: [email protected]. Additionally, link to the ARN website at www.airportrevenuenews.com .
Winners of ARN’s 2007 Best Airport Concessions Awards
AIRPORTS
Large Airport Division
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport with the Best Concessions Program Design
Orlando International Airport with the Best Customer Service
Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport with the Best Concessions Management Team
LaGuardia Airport Airport with the Best Concessions Management Team
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport with the Most Unique Services
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport with the Best Overall Concessions Program
Medium Airport Division
Pittsburgh International Airport with the Best Concessions Program Design
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with the Best Customer Service
Ronald Reagan Washington NationalAirport with the Best Concessions Management Team
Pittsburgh International Airport with the Most Unique Services
Baltimore-Washington International Airport with the Best Overall Concessions Program
Small Airport Division
Southwest Florida International Airport with the Best Concessions Program Design
Jacksonville International Airport with the Best Customer Service
Richmond International Airport with the Best Concessions Management Team
Southwest Florida International Airport with the Best Concessions Management Team
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with the Most Unique Services
Palm Beach International Airport with the Best Overall Concessions Program (two-way tie)
Southwest Florida International Airport with the Best Overall Concessions Program
Single Terminal Division
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County – McNamara Terminal Terminal with the Best Concessions Program Design
Dallas-Ft. Worth International – Terminal D Terminal with the Best Customer Service
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County – McNamara Terminal Terminal with the Best Concessions Management Team (two-way tie)
LaGuardia Airport – Central Terminal Building Terminal with the Best Concessions Management Team (two-way tie)
Dallas-Ft. Worth International – Terminal D Terminal with the Most Unique Services
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County – McNamara Terminal Terminal with the Best Overall Concessions Program
CONCESSIONAIRES
LARGE RETAILER DIVISION
The Hudson Group Best New Specialty Retail Concept (for Made In Washington), Best News & Gift Operator
The Paradies Shops Retailer with the Highest Regard for Customer Service, Best Specialty Retail Brand Operator, Best Overall Retailer
Brooks Brother (The Paradies Shops) Best Retail Store Design
Cold Stone Creamery, Fuddrucker’s, and The Irish Guinness Pub Best New Food & Beverage Concept (three-way tie)
Famous Famiglia Food Operator with the Highest Regard for Customer Service, Best Overall Food & Beverage Operator
Anthony’s Seafood Best Restaurant Design
HMSHost Best Food & Beverage Brand Operator
SMALL RETAILER DIVISION
Fireworks Best New Specialty Retail Concept and Best Retail Store Design
ZoomSystems Best New Specialty Retail Concept
XpresSpa Retailer with the Highest Regard for Customer Service
Delstar Group Best News & Gift Operator
L’Occitane Best Specialty Retail Brand Operator, Best Overall Retailer
Taxco Sterling Best Overall Retailer (tied with L’Occitane)
Legal’s Test Kitchen Best New Food & Beverage Concept
Vino Volo Food Operator with the Highest Regard for Customer Service
Fig’s Best Restaurant Design
Legal Sea Foods Best Food & Beverage Brand Operator
OTG Best Overall Food & Beverage Operator
CBR, Inc. Best DBE Operator
For more information on this press release, please contact Ramon Lo at 561.355.8488 ext. 112 or [email protected]
