Airport Coffee & Tea Shop of the Year
Cha Hua Nong Tea House at Xi’an Xianyang International Airport and Veranda Café, Lagardère Travel Retail at Dubai International Airport
The Airport Coffee & Tea Shop category is always among the most hotly contested FAB Awards.
It’s a sector in which global names vie for attention and spend with an increasing number of artisanal, local brands.
Given the strength of the entries the judges decided to recognise two great offerings, one each for Tea and Coffee.
The Tea Shop winner – Cha Hua Nong Tea House at Xian Xianyang International Airport – carries “a lovely design and blended tea offer reflecting local practices and supporting local partners” said the judges, with true sense of place and taste of place.
The Coffee Shop winner, Veranda Café at Dubai International Airport, is a beautifully thought out, partnership-led product, noted the judges. It shows outstanding commercial performance and the airport company has hailed it as among its big recent success stories.
Cha Hua Nong Tea House at Xian Xianyang International Airport
Lagardère Travel Retail UAE CEO Vadim Motlik (right) accepts the award for Veranda Café
Regional winners
Americas & Caribbean
Bridgehead Coffee – SSP America, Ottawa International Airport
Asia Pacific
Rustica – Delaware North, Melbourne Airport
Europe
Cakes & Bakes – BTA, Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport and Cloud Picker – SSP UK & Ireland, Dublin Airport
Middle East & Africa
Veranda Café – Lagardère Travel Retail, Dubai International Airport
Highly Commended
Butlers Chocolate Café – in partnership with SSP Emirates, Zayed International Airport
Among the regional winners, Bridgehead Coffee by SSP America at Ottawa Airport stood out in the Americas & Caribbean. This is a well-loved local brand with an interesting social history, and a great story about people, innovation and sustainability.
Our regional winner for Asia Pacific – Rustica by Delaware North at Melbourne Airport – carries a bakery-first menu with a varied and complementary coffee offer.
For Europe, we had joint regional winners.
The first was Cakes & Bakes by BTA at Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, which exhibited lovely design and cultural touches, strong evidence of robust local partnerships and reliable, high-quality coffee.
The second regional winner for Europe – Cloud Picker by SSP UK & Ireland at Dublin Airport – represents, said the judges, “a fine avenue for local partners to enter the airport space, alongside proven tech innovation and a varied food offer”.
Middle East regional winner Veranda Café brings “a new, smart and differentiated offer to the guest” at Dubai International Airport, noted the judges, to deliver “a fantastic product, space and food choice.”
Butlers Chocolate Café, in partnership with SSP Emirates at Zayed International Airport, was highly commended in this category for an outstanding design, quality of menu, and superb fusion of retail and food & beverage.
FAB eZine
August 2024
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