The Routes Awards have selected Tampa International (TPA) the first place over all in the Americas region for its marketing efforts.
The airport will represent the Western Hemisphere at the Routes World competition in Chicago in September.
“This is a major victory for our entire Marketing and Air Service Development team and for our partners at Visit Tampa Bay, Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, the Tampa Hillsborough County Economic Development Corporation, the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and and AAA Auto Club South,” says Chris Minner, TPA’s vice president of marketing. “With so many airports developing new air service routes this past year, the competition has never been stronger. This validates the outstanding work that our team and our community partners did in 2013, launching new direct Copa Airlines flights to Panama, expanding our Edelweiss Air frequency to Zurich, adding several weekly flights to three Cuban cities, and bringing in new daily flights to Seattle on Alaska Airlines.”
The Routes Awards are voted for and judged by the airline-network planning community. Airlines give input on which airport or tourism authority provides the best overall marketing services, delivers the most effective results, and creates smart and innovative techniques to establish new or maintain and develop existing routes.
“I could not be more proud of my team and the work they’ve done to deliver on TPA’s promise of serving this region with new international and domestic air service,” says Joe Lopano, the airport’s CEO. “The international recognition of winning the Routes Awards isn’t just a big win for our airport, but for the entire Tampa Bay area as we continue to create more direct pathways for business and leisure travelers.”
