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Charles “CJ” Johnson, vice president of corporate relations with Concessions International (CI), passed away on Friday, 18 October. Johnson first began working with CI in 1985, overseeing the company’s concessions program at Los Angeles International (LAX) as director...

Denver International Airport (DEN) has selected Stantec as the preferred lead design firm for the Great Hall Project and Hensel Phelps as the preferred construction manager/general contractor for Phase I of the Great Hall Project. The selection is pending...

WH Smith PLC has agreed to acquire U.S. travel retailer Marshall Retail Group for $400 million on a cash and debt-free basis. Completion of the transaction is expected in the first quarter of 2020. The purchase will broadly double the size of WH Smith’s International...

Airport Experience News is pleased to announce that Howard Eng, president and CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, has been named its 2019 Director of the Year in the large airports category. “It is an honor to recognize Mr. Eng on his achievements,” says...

The city of St. Louis has issued a request for qualifications for a potential public-private partnership involving the St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL). The city and airport are working within the Federal Aviation Administration’s privatization program....

Tastes on the Fly has named Edie Ames as president, a new position in the company. The 30-plus year restaurant veteran was hired to aid the company’s focus on leadership, operations and training and development. Most recently, Ames served as CEO of The Pie Hole, a Los...

A new J.D. Power study has found customer satisfaction at North American airports is essentially flat when compared to 2018, with larger numbers of travelers citing construction-related delays getting into and out of the airport as the reason for the stagnation. The...

Airport Experience News has hired Todd Cusumano as business development manager. Cusumano will be responsible for advertising sales for the company’s suite of media and conference products, including Airport Experience News magazine and the Airport Experience...

Airport Experience News named Greater Ashville Regional Airport Authority’s executive director Lew Bleiweis the Director of the Year in the small airports category for 2019. Bleiweis spoke with publisher Ramon Lo on the Airport Experience News Podcast to discuss his...