SPAIN. Aena, which manages 64 airports across its global footprint including 46 in Spain, has launched the ‘Enjoy Aena Awards’, a programme designed to reward international travel retail and food & beverage excellence.
Aena – the world’s leading airport operator by total passenger numbers – hosts more than 100 retail and food & beverage operators around the globe. The group said the platform will recognise the qualities among its partners which contribute to improving the traveller experience.
AENA Commercial and Real Estate General Manager María José Cuenda commented: “These awards demonstrate our commitment to our customers and to improving their experience, creating a wide, varied and valuable leisure space.
“At Aena we work hard to offer a quality and wellbeing proposal to all travellers at all our airports around the world.”
In the first edition of the Enjoy Aena Awards, Aena will present seven accolades as follows:
* Five travel retail awards that recognise the excellence of the restaurant and shop brands operating in the network
* An award for the Aena airport with the best commercial offer and passenger experience
* An honorary award for the person or company brand outside the Aena network deemed to support and positively influence society
Aena will hold a gala evening to present the awards. The date will be announced shortly.
An international seal of quality
Aena described travel retail as one of the most dynamic sectors, one with the greatest growth and development potential.
Aena will present the winning and runner-up brands with an Enjoy Aena quality seal. Cuenda observed: “With this recognition we want to thank and publicise the commercial efforts and good work of airport retail operators through a seal of international prestige from Aena that will become a benchmark in the sector at a global level, easily recognisable by passengers.”
The Enjoy Aena seal will be showcased in the physical and digital spaces of each brand, the company said.
Judging by a professional jury and travellers
The Enjoy Aena Awards will have an independent professional jury comprising personalities from different fields. It will also feature the opinion of passengers, who will be able to vote for the Aena airport having the best commercial offer during the summer campaign.
Registration open
All retailers operating in Aena airports are eligible for the first edition of the Enjoy Aena Awards, in any of the five retail award categories. To submit entries, Aena has already made the website www.enjoyaenaawards.com available to retailers. ✈
