2019 Excellence in Airport Concessions Concessions Award Winners
Best “Green” Concessions Concept or Practice
1st Place: HMSHost Food Donation Program (Operated by HMSHost)
2nd Place: Loaves and Fishes Food Donation (Operated by MSP Airport Community)
3rd Place: #NoStraws – The Last Straw (Operated by HMSHost)
Best Innovative Consumer Experience Concept or Practice
1st Place: Gameway, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (Operated by Gameway)
2nd Place: Eat Well. Travel Further. (Operated by HMSHost)
3rd Place: Reis & Irvy’s FroYo Vending Machine, Indianapolis International Airport (Szostak FroYo Franchising, LLC))
Best Passenger Services Concept
1st Place: The Club (Operated by Airport Lounge Development)
2nd Place: Meet & Greet – Airport Concierge Service (Operated by Airport Butler)
Best New Consumer Service Concept
1st Place: U.S. Careways, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (Operated by Paradies Lagardère)
2nd Place: Meet & Greet – Airport Concierge Service (Operated by Airport Butler)
Best New Food and Beverage (Full-Service Concept)
1st Place: 1300 on Fillmore, San Francisco International Airport (Operated by SSP America)
2nd Place: Whisky River, Raleigh-Durham International Airport (Operated by HMSHost)
3rd Place: R&R Seafood Bar, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (Operated by CRC Restaurants, Inc.)
Best New Food and Beverage (Quick-Service Concept)
1st Place: Limon Rotisserie, San Francisco International Airport (Operated by Paradies Lagardère)
2nd Place: Food Truck Alley, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (Operated by Midfield Concessions)
3rd Place: MumFresh, San Francisco International Airport (Operated by SSP America)
Best New Local Concept
1st Place: Kenny & Zuke’s Delicatessen and Market, Portland International Airport (Operated by SSP America)
2nd Place: McNally Jackson Books, LaGuardia Airport (Operated by Hudson Group)
3rd Place: Palmetto Distillery, Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (Operated by Palmetto Distillery/Hudson Group)
Best New National Brand Concept
1st Place: Starbucks, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (Operated by HMS Host)
2nd Place: MAC Lips, O’Hare International Airport (Operated by Hudson Group)
3rd Place: Bánh Shop, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport, and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (Operated by SSP America)
Best New News & Gift Concept
1st Place: Ink by Hudson, Tucson International Airport (Operated by Hudson Group)
Best New Retail Concept
1st Place: Frivolous, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (Operated by Delaware North)
2nd Place: The Shoppes at Bayshore, Tampa International Airport (Operated by NewsLink)
3rd Place: Tyler’s Austin Warehouse, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (Operated by Delaware North)
Best Food & Beverage Program – Large Airport
1st Place: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Terminal C
2nd Place: Tampa International Airport
3rd Place: Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
Best Food & Beverage Program – Medium Airport
1st Place: Dallas Love Field Airport
2nd Place: Edmonton International Airport
Best Food & Beverage Program – Small Airport
1st Place: Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
2nd Place: Tulsa International Airport
Best Airport Concessions Transformation Program – Large Airport
1st Place: Los Angeles International Airport, Terminal 1
Best Airport Concessions Transformation Program – Small Airport
1st Place: Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Best Retail Program – Large Airport
1st Place: Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
2nd Place: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Terminal D
3rd Place: Tampa International Airport
Best Retail Program – Medium Airport
1st Place: Edmonton International Airport
2nd Place: Dallas Love Field Airport
Best Retail Program – Small Airport
1st Place: Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
2019 Richard A. Griesbach Award for Excellence in Airport Concessions
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Terminal 1 –Lindbergh
2019 Concessions Person of the Year
- Jessica Dixon, John Wayne Airport