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SINGAPORE. Singapore Changi Airport has been named “˜Best Airport in the World’ for the 20th consecutive year in the latest poll conducted by UK magazine Business Traveller. The poll was conducted among business travellers in the UK and Europe.
Changi Airport has held this title since 1988, making it the longest-reigning champion in the history of this survey. Business Traveller magazine presented the award at a ceremony in London this week.
The 2007 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards ceremony saw Changi clinching two awards: “˜Best Airport in the World’ and “˜Best Airport Duty Free in the World’ – titles it has held for 16 and ten years in a row respectively.
The Middle East edition of Business Traveller also accorded Changi its fourth “˜Best Airport in the World’ award in April this year.
In another poll organised by two-year old UltraTravel, a British upmarket travel publication, Changi was voted the “˜Best Airport Worldwide’ by the magazine’s readers. An award was presented to Changi at The Ultras awards ceremony held earlier in May.
In recognition of its travel retail offerings, Changi won two “˜Airport Authority with the Most Supportive Approach to Travel Retail’ awards from Duty Free News International and Travel Retailer International. One was presented at the Raven Fox Global Travel Retail Award and the other at the Raven Fox Awards for Travel-Retail in Asia/Pacific 2007.
Changi has also won best airport awards given out by two UK magazines – Buying Business Travel and Wanderlust, and two Asia Pacific publications – DestinAsian and Cargonews Asia.
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Director-General and CEO Lim Kim Choon said that Changi’s awards record – totalling 11 best airport awards so far this year – comes as no surprise.
“Changi’s consistent performance in many of these international airport surveys may not surprise most people. Winning these awards is an endorsement that we are doing most things right,” he said.
“Nonetheless we are also aware that there are areas we can do better and we are seeking ways to continuously improve our service standards and facilities further.”
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