FRANCE. King Power International (Thailand) was named Airport Retailer of the Year at the annual Frontier Awards in Cannes last night.
The Thai retailer won the award for its multi-dimensional retail complex at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
The result was a popular and welcome vindication for King Power, which had faced a series of well-documented challenges to its Suvarnabhumi contracts after the September 2006 military coup.
The Patrón Spirits Company, the socially conscious producer of fast-growing super-premium Patrón tequila, gained the accolade of Supplier of the Year.
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A delighted King Power team celebrate being named Airport Retailer of the Year |
DFS Group won Border/Downtown Retailer of the Year for its Hong Kong Gallerias while Cathay Pacific Airways was named Inflight/Marine Retailer of the Year.
Star Product of the Year went to Kraft Foods World Travel Retail’s Toblerone Fruit & Nut multi-pack.
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A delighted John McDonnell, Chief Operating Officer of The Patrón Spirits Company (second from right) accepts The Supplier of the Year award from sponsor Dubai Duty Free’s Managing Director Colm McLoughlin (third from right), along with members of the Patrón management team |
Bacardi Global Brands won Best Partnership Initiative for its roll-out across five different airports of the US$200,000 a bottle Bombay Sapphire Revelation.
ATÜ Duty Free in Turkey gained the award for Best Speciality Concept for its acclaimed Old Bazaar destination merchandise concept.
Best Marketing Campaign by a Supplier went to Kraft Foods World Travel Retail for its Toblerone 100th anniversary campaign.
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Nuance-Watson HK captured the Best Marketing Campaign Award, sponsored by Villiger |
The Best Marketing Campaign by a retailer went to Nuance-Watson (Hong Kong) for its “˜Lovable Panda’ promotion honouring the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Outstanding Contribution of the Year went to the European Travel Retail Council.
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Frontier Plaudits for Patrón |
We’ll bring you more details and our views on this year’s Awards in next week’s edition of The Moodie Report 7 and e-Newsletter.
