SPAIN. The 2025 Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards is less than three weeks away.
Today The Moodie Davitt Report is delighted to reveal the finalists in a critically important category – Airport Sustainability & Environmental Initiative 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: “Our FAB-ulous judges in this category, Concession Planning International Managing Partner Susan Gray and ECE Marketplaces Project Director – Leasing Services Jonathan Doughty, were rightly demanding in their assessments, looking for companies and initiatives that truly moved the needle at a critical time for our planet and therefore for the aviation sector’s sustainability and environmental credentials.
“The best submissions show a clear vision and a commitment to delivering on such aims. We were very encouraged by the leadership positions being taken up both by airports and their food & beverage partners.”
The remaining category finalists will be announced this week. 
FAB Airport Sustainability & Environmental Initiative of the Year finalists
Better Choice labelling – SSP, Multiple airports, Thailand
Chefs for Good – Travel Food Services, Indian and other Asian airports
Grain Cycle – BTA, Multiple airports, Europe
Local Heart & Global Vision – Allresto Flughafen München Hotel & Gaststätten, Munich Airport, Germany
Passion for the Planet – SSP America, Multiple airports, USA
Planet. Ethics. Social. People. – Lagardère Travel Retail, UAE
Soul + Grain – SSP UK & Ireland, Newcastle, Bristol and London City airports, UK
Sustainable Unit Design and Build – SSP Group, Multiple airports, UK
Sustainability – Driving Impact – SSP Eastern Europe & Middle East, Zayed International Airport, UAE
Waste Wars – Vancouver Airport Authority, Vancouver International Airport, Canada
Zero Waste Valet – Denver International Airport, USA
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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- Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year – Airport ≥20M passengers
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- FAB Airport Coffee or Tea Shop of the Year
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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
- 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
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- 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. |
