NETHERLANDS. Autogrill-owned HMSHost International has extended its food & beverage contract at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol from 2028 through to 2036. Its operations are expected to generate revenues of around €1.8 billion in the period. The company currently runs 79 outlets at Schiphol, and has been active at the airport since 1995.
The move comes as the airport plans a new F&B strategy and development, which includes the redevelopment of Lounge 1 and of the A Pier.
HMSHost International said: “In continuing the successful partnership with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, HMSHost International is supporting the airport’s sustainability goals and exploring digital innovation together, leveraging their unique strengths to deliver the best value for travellers. Having worked together on the development of the new F&B strategy for restaurants and cafés at the airport, the extension includes the allocation of flexible concept sites responsive to emerging trends. The continuation includes the F&B components of the airport’s future A Pier and redevelopment of Lounge 1, ultimately contributing to the realisation of the vision to achieve 100% sustainability.”
Tanja Dik, Director of Consumer Products & Services at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, said: “Our partnership with HMSHost has more than proven itself and we are proud to be able to continue to work with it in the years ahead to realise our food & beverage ambitions together. Our catering services reflect the changing wishes of our passengers – healthy and conscious options, for example. The intensive partnership we have with HMSHost enables us to offer passengers an exciting and full catering experience, without losing sight of sustainability and the need to represent more local catering concepts at our airport.”
The concessionaire said that highlights of the partnership to date include a sustainability-centred initiative to tackle food waste – Soup & Bakery by De Verspillingsfabriek – which won an ABN AMRO Best Newcomer Retail Award in 2019 as well as Schiphol’s own Innovation Award.
Schiphol also piloted the company’s health-related food, fresh juice and salad bowl concept VIT. This was named the 2019 Moodie Davitt Report-organised Airport Food & Beverage Awards regional winner (Europe) in the category Airport Health-Centred or Vegan Offer of the Year. The traveller-centric layout of the Lounge 1 Food Court was awarded Best Food & Beverage Partnership Award at the Frontier Awards in 2018. The company’s overall commitment to sustainability at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was recognised during the 9th Annual Airports Going Green Conference (2016).
*Watch out for a Schiphol Group interview in The Moodie Davitt Magazine for September, out in coming days.
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