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 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.
