SPAIN. The 2025 Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards is now just 20 days away. Today The Moodie Davitt Report proudly reveals the finalists in a perennially popular category – FAB Airport Coffee or Tea Shop of the Year.
The 2025 Award winners will be revealed at the FAB 2025 Gala Dinner in Barcelona on 26 June.
There are 23 categories in this year’s FAB Awards, which attracted a record-breaking number of entries. There will also be additional special judges’ awards.
Commenting on the latest shortlist, The Moodie Davitt Report Chairman and Founder of the FAB Awards Martin Moodie said: “Coffee shops are pivotal to every airport’s F&B offer while specialist tea outlets also play an important role in many locations.
“Unsurprisingly then, the category attracted a huge number of entries. However, the judges made it clear in their rigorous scoring to reach a shortlist that they were looking for offers and environments that stood out from a very large pack.
“Some outstanding examples from all regions, including a particularly encouraging representation from the fast-emerging Kingdom of Saudi Arabia market, did precisely that. The extreme closeness of the ultimate scoring underlines how the quality bar has been consistently raised around the airport world.”
The remaining category finalists will be announced this week. 
FAB Airport Coffee or Tea Shop of the Year finalists
Aida Café – SSP Eastern Europe and Middle East, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
AJ1881 – Semolina Kitchens Pvt Ltd, JV between Travel Food Services Ltd, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd and AJ Holding Ltd, Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, India
Ampersand Coffee – AMPM Hospitality, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, USA
Blue Bird Speciality Coffee Roastery– KSG Catering, Dublin Airport, Ireland
Caffè Nero – SSP Eastern Europe and Middle East, King Khalid International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Cakes & Bakes – BTA, Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan
Dallah Coffee – Avolta, King Khalid International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
EL&N London – Lagardère Travel Retail, King Khalid International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
FIX – Lagardère Travel Retail, Dubai International Airport, UAE
Gateau – SSP, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden
Hudsons Coffee – Emirates Leisure Retail, Changi Airport Terminal 3, Singapore
Kabod Coffee – Kabod Coffee, Denver International Airport, USA
Le Petit Camion – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport, Qatar
Paragon Tea Room – Avolta, Vancouver International Airport, Canada
PAUL – Areas, Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain
Peet’s At Night – SSP America, Boston Logan International Airport, USA
T9 Premium Tea – Avolta, Shanghai Pudong Airport, China
Veneziano Coffee Roasters – SSP Asia Pacific, Melbourne Airport, Australia
Note: The exciting FAB 2026 venue will be revealed during a special handover ceremony at the Gala Dinner for this year’s FAB in Barcelona. The combination of FAB plus Airport Hospitality World will see the event take on an additional exhibition element next year.
More finalists revealed…
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- FAB Airport Food & Beverage Offer Best Representing Sense of Place
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- FAB Airport Restaurant Design of the Year
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- FAB Airport Bar or Pub of the Year – Airport ≥20 million passengers finalists
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- FAB Airport Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport F&B Opening of the Year
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- FAB Airport Food & Beverage Marketing Campaign of the Year
- FAB Airport Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year – Airport ≤20M passengers
- FAB Airport Lounge of the Year finalists
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- FAB Airport Health-Centred Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport Food & Beverage Digital Initiative of the Year
- FAB Airport Customer/Hospitality Initiative of the Year
- FAB Airport Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year
And here for:
- FAB Airport Lounge Food & Beverage Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport Instagrammable Location of the Year
Our 11 superstar finalists in FAB Airport Chef of the Year can be found here.
And click here for the shortlisted entrants in:
- FAB Airport Lounge Opening of the Year
- FAB Airport Bar or Pub of the Year (≤20M passengers)
- FAB Airport Food Hall of the Year (≤20M passengers)
 The Moodie Davitt Report is delighted to announce Airport Hospitality World, the latest edition to its wide-ranging, market-leading travel retail and airport non-aeronautical revenues publishing and event portfolio. Airport Hospitality World will cover all forms of airport lounges across international and domestic terminals, including various definitions globally as follows:
Plus other hospitality-related platforms:
Excitingly, the long-established Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards will embrace Airport Hospitality World from the 2026 edition – the event’s 15th anniversary. The event will take on an extended form, featuring an exhibition and the ultimate one-stop airport hospitality and food & beverage conference and awards platform. |
