ARI hails ‘world-class’ teams at annual Star Awards

IRELAND. Leading travel retailer ARI last week hosted its annual Star Awards, which recognise teams and individuals “who have gone above and beyond to deliver the best retail experience for customers and value to partners”.

The winners were saluted at a special ceremony in Dublin. They included:

Super Star Award Winner: Carolina Baltazar, Section Supervisor, Portugal Duty Free

Super Star Award Runners-up: Mariam Mhamdi, Senior BA Supervisor, Bahrain Duty Free and Alma Turkovic, Sales Assistant, Montenegro Duty Free

Partner of Choice Award: Implementation Team, Central (Ciaran Kelly, Dean Byrne, Tracy Ross, Ellie Nolan and Mariana Bolini)

World’s Favourite Airport Retailer Award: LTC Team, Bahrain Duty Free (Mohammed Adel, Ambrose Stanley, Ahmed Jaafar Kadhem, Habiba Alsaffar and Vanessa Alison Elardo Vergabera).

ARI teams from across the network celebrate their Star Awards in Dublin
ARI CEO Ray Hernan with Super Star Winner Carolina Baltazar from Portugal Duty Free
ARI Chief Operations and Business Development Officer Nuno Amaral with Alma Turkovic of Montenegro Duty Free
ARI Middle East CEO Rob Marriott (second left) with Mariem Mhamdi, Ambrose Stanley and Mohammed Adel representing Bahrain Duty Free 
Celebrating the Partner of Choice Award were (from left) Nuno do Amaral, Ciaran Kelly, Tracy Ross, Dean Byrne, Mariana Bolini and Ellie Nolan
At a memorable awards evening were (left to right) Aoife Hennelly, Lorraine O’Hare, Linda Turnbull, Robert Kennedy, Arlene Robinson and Tom Byrne

ARI CEO Ray Hernan said: “This event is always a highlight of our year at ARI, where we celebrate our people, who are the driving force behind our business and delivering joy on your way.

“The Star Awards honour our world-class teams who work hard to ensure every customer has an extraordinary experience in our stores. Congratulations to all those shortlisted and to our very deserving winners.”

Award winners, runners-up and guests celebrated their achievements and enjoyed time together in the Irish capital around the event. ✈

*ARI celebrated International Women’s Day (8 March) with a special campaign including a homepage makeover of The Moodie Davitt Report. Click here for more.

Note: The Moodie Davitt Report recognises the star performers of travel retail and food & beverage in our regularly updated, dedicated column. You can read it here.

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