2012 Asia-Pacific AR.Awards Winners
Singapore Airlines wins Best Inflight Retail and Best Inflight Food and Beverage at the 2012 Asia Pacific AR.Awards
[Singapore – 7th FEBRUARY, 2012]
Today, the Airline Retail Conference, the most focused networking platform for airline buyers and suppliers, has announced the winners of the inaugural Asia-Pacific AR.Awards. With Singapore Airlines picking up two awards, other notable winners included DFASS, Scorpio Distributors and Anna Brownell as Airline Retail Personality of the Year.
The awards were announced at the Airline Retail Conference (ARC) Asia Pacific Gala Dinner at The Grand Hyatt hotel in Singapore. The full list of winners voted for by ARC delegates in advance of the conference included:
- Best Airline for Inflight Retail – Singapore Airlines
- Best Airline for Food & Beverage – Singapore Airlines
- Best Inflight Agent or Distributor – Scorpio Distributors
- Best Inflight Concessionaire – DFASS
- Asia-Pacific Airline Retail Personality of the Year 2012 – Anna Brownell, Inflight Duty Free Manager, Etihad Airways
There were also four further categories, voted for by ballot at ARC in Singapore. The winners of these categories were:
- Best Inflight Product – Retail – Buckley Jewellery London
- Best Inflight Product – Food – Royce’ Confection
- Best Inflight Product – Beverage – Patron Spirits International
- Best New Inflight Product – Pashma
“I would like to congratulate all our winners and nominees at this year’s AR.Awards Asia Pacific,” said Alex Vail, ARC’s Event Director, who presented the awards ceremony. “The number of entries we had and the quality of each of the nominees was astounding and we are really proud of the success of the first AR.Awards in the region”.
For more information about the Awards or the Airline Retail Conference, please go to www.airlineretail.com