Archive for February, 2017

INTERNATIONAL. Leading travel retail and food & beverage services provider Areas has been named as a Platinum Sponsor of the sixth Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) Conference and Awards, which take place in Toronto on 21-23 June.

Mireia Marti: “A great opportunity to meet all our food & beverage colleagues from all over the world to share the best ideas of this riveting sector.”

FAB, which is dedicated to travel-related food & beverage, attracts senior representatives from the world’s leading airports and F&B concessionaires to network with industry peers, share insights and celebrate best practice in this fast-growing sector.

Areas Brand & Business Development Director Spain and Portugal Mireia Marti said: “We’re delighted to once again be Platinum Sponsors of the FAB Conference & Awards, a key event for our industry. It is a great opportunity to meet all our food & beverage colleagues from all over the world to share the best ideas of this riveting sector.

“For Areas it is a big pleasure to have the chance to show all the exciting projects we’ve been developing this last year. We’re constantly innovating and improving our food & beverage offer to meet the high expectations of our customers.”

The event is organised by The Moodie Davitt Report and sister title The Foodie Report, and hosted this year by Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Nominations for the annual FAB 2017 awards, a cornerstone of the event, are now open. The judging criteria are available at http://airportfab.events/ along with hotel and conference registration, which has now opened.

This year the awards feature a line-up of 16 categories, including several new and exciting awards that put the emphasis firmly on people, product, creativity and innovation.

CANADA. Leading travel food concessionaire SSP has been named as a Platinum Partner of the sixth annual Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) Conference and Awards, which take place in Toronto on 21-23 June.

SSP will also support lunch on day one of the conference and will showcase the work of leading chefs Paul Wahlberg (founder of Wahlburgers) and Massimo Capra (Boccone Trattoria), both of whom are stars of the restaurant line-up at Toronto Pearson Airport.

Kate Swann: “We’re excited to see the event land in North America for the first time – an important growth region for us and a hotbed of innovation for the sector more widely”

FAB, which is dedicated to travel-related food & beverage, attracts senior representatives from the world’s leading airports and F&B concessionaires to network with their industry colleagues, share best practice and insights in this fast-growing sector.

The event is organised by The Moodie Davitt Report and sister title The Foodie Report, and hosted this year by Toronto Pearson International Airport.

SSP CEO Kate Swann said: “The FAB Conference and Awards are a highlight of the year for our sector. We’re excited to see the event land in North America for the first time – an important growth region for us and a hotbed of innovation for the sector more widely.

“We’re pleased to be able to showcase the talents of SSP’s partner chefs Massimo Capra and Paul Wahlberg.”

Nominations for the annual FAB 2017 awards, a cornerstone of the event, are now open. The judging criteria are available at http://airportfab.events/ along with hotel and conference registration, which has now opened.

This year the awards feature a line-up of 16 categories, including several new and exciting awards that put the emphasis firmly on people, product, creativity and innovation.