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UK. Autogrill subsidiary HMSHost has captured new concessions at London Stansted Airport (seven years) and London Euston railway station (nine years), as well as a fresh seven-year contract at Manchester Airport.
The new business is expected to generate revenues of over £110 million during the life of the contracts.
“Following our entry to the Eurotunnel railway stations in October 2013 and our consolidation of business at East Midlands Airport, these operations give a new boost to our development in the UK, a market the group has always found difficult to access,” said HMSHost International CEO Walter Seib. “In a few months we have expanded our network in the country and are preparing to exploit future business.”
The total number of points of sale operated by the group in the UK will rise to 37 across seven airports (London Stansted, London Heathrow, Manchester, Belfast, Inverness, Jersey and East Midlands), two railway stations (King’s Cross, Euston) and the British side of the Eurotunnel.
At Manchester Airport, the UK’s third biggest by passenger traffic (20 million in 2013), HMSHost will expand by +50% the commercial space it operates in Terminal 3, where it was already running the Trattoria Milano outlet. Its operations are expected to generate revenues of around £70 million pounds from 2015 to 2021. In the new space assigned to it HMSHost will open an extended version of Trattoria Milano, an Italian casual dining restaurant, and two new concepts: The Lion & Antelope, a contemporary revisiting of the traditional English pub, and Pork & Pickle, a take-away delicatessen.
At Stansted the group has a contract until 2021. There it will introduce Leon, the healthy fast food brand implemented at King’s Cross railway station and at Heathrow. The estimated total revenues over the duration of the contract are over £15 million. The new outlet will join the Illustrious Bar already present at the airport.
In addition, the group has extended its presence at London’s railway stations with the launch of operations in London Euston, where it has been awarded a new concession until 2023 to manage a Leon branded outlet. This business is expected to generate revenues of nearly £30 million during the contract.
