USA. The Moodie Davitt Report is pleased to announce more influential leaders from airport, concessionaire and service companies to the powerful speaker line-up for the Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards. The event will be held in Ontario, California on 25-26 June.
Organised by The Moodie Davitt Report, the only global airport food & beverage and hospitality event will gather top industry figures from the thriving airport F&B sector, as well as hospitality service providers worldwide.
The latest confirmed speakers include Ontario International Airport Chief Revenue Management Officer Elisa Grey; Delaware North Senior Director, Brands and Concepts Liz Grzechowiak; Conceptional Founder and Chief Executive Officer Reoewein Niesten; tRetail Labs Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder Sossina Shenkute; Dreamfolks Services Limited Chief Business Officer Sandeep Sonawane and Pragma Chief Executive Officer Alex Avery.
Industry executives to speak at the FAB Conference are (top, from left): Pragma Chief Executive Officer Alex Avery; Paradies Lagardère Executive Vice President David Bisset; Airport Restaurant & Retail Association Executive Director Andrew Weddig; Castlepole Director Jack MacGowan; (bottom, from left) Conceptional Founder and Chief Executive Officer Reoewein Niesten; tRetail Labs Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder Sossina Shenkute; Dreamfolks Services Limited Chief Business Officer Sandeep Sonawane; Ontario International Airport Chief Revenue Management Officer Elisa Grey; and Delaware North Senior Director, Brands and Concepts Liz Grzechowiak
The Moodie Davitt Report is also co-organising a session with the Airport Restaurant & Retail Association (ARRA), which represents the interests of commercial concessionaires in North America. ARRA Executive Director Andrew Weddig and Paradies Lagardère Executive Vice President David Bisset are among those taking part in the panel (others to be named shortly), which will discuss the ‘new normal’ in airport concessions in the region and challenges to the business model.
In addition, former ARI CEO, daa Chief Commercial Officer and current Castlepole Director Jack MacGowan will co-moderate the programme alongside The Moodie Davitt Report Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie and President Dermot Davitt.
OTG Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim CEO Tom Fricke (left) and Ontario International Airport CEO Atif Elkadi will also speak at the conference
The latest names bolster an already diverse list of speakers, including OTG Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim CEO Tom Fricke, and Ontario International Airport CEO Atif Elkadi.
As previously announced, the speaker line-up includes Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Vice President Concessions Zenola Campbell; Lagardère Travel Retail Executive Vice President Foodservice Mélanie Guilldou; Paradies Lagardère CEO Gregg Paradies; Vantage Airport Group & Midway Partnership Vice President, Commercial Sammy Patel; and Villa Restaurant Group Director of Business Development Christopher McNamee.
Other highly regarded figures from travel retail joining the speaker line-up are (top, from left): Paradies Lagardère CEO Gregg Paradies; Lagardère Travel Retail Executive Vice President Foodservice Mélanie Guilldou; Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Vice President Concessions Zenola Campbell; (bottom, from left) Vantage Airport Group & Midway Partnership Vice President, Commercial Sammy Patel; and Villa Restaurant Group Director of Business Development Christopher McNamee
Views on the latest F&B and hospitality consumer trends, regional and global business outlooks, emerging traveller behaviour, sustainability, and the wider role of hospitality in the customer journey will be a central focus of the FAB Conference.
The event will see the Opening Cocktail take place on 25 June at TopGolf Ontario, with the Gala Dinner & FAB Awards at the nearby Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center, as reported.
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The event has garnered strong support from the industry, with foodservice group SSP and leading global travel retailer and dining specialist Lagardère Travel Retail as Platinum Partners. More sponsors will be revealed in the coming days.
Early Bird rates are available until 30 April. 
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The world’s only event dedicated solely to the airport food & beverage and hospitality sectors makes a welcome return to the US in June. Please contact The Moodie Davitt Report Associate Director, Events Vincci Chung at Vincci@MoodieDavittReport.com for details.