World Routes Awards 2014 winners announced

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Brussels Airport was announced as the overall winner of the World Routes Awards 2014 which were formally announced last night during the spectacular Chicago Networking Evening which took place at the

Brussels Airport was announced as the overall winner of the World Routes Awards 2014 which were formally announced last night during the spectacular Chicago Networking Evening which took place at the Field Museum of Natural History.

Speaking just after receiving the highly regarded accolade
The awards, which are voted exclusively by airlines, were split into five categories this year comprising of four airport categories, split by size and a destination category for the best destination marketing campaign by a tourism authority.

Brussels Airport was also named as the winner from the 4m-20m Passengers category whilst Changi Airport Group was honoured from the Over 50m Passengers group. From the 20m-50m Passengers category Dublin Airport took the top spot with Shannon Airport winning the Under 4m Passengers category and Tourism Australia honoured in the Destination Marketing category.

Created in 1997 to recognise excellence in airport marketing as rewarded by airlines, the annual Routes awards provide the airline community with the chance to have their say as to which airport they think provides the best overall marketing services to them.

โ€œWeโ€™re delighted to mark the achievements of all of our nominated airports and destinations in our annual World Routes Marketing Awards. Year on year we are impressed by the calibre of the submissions,โ€ said Katie Bland, Director Routes, UBM Live continuing: โ€œBrussels Airport have had an outstanding year welcoming four new carriers and 18 new destinations to their network and we congratulate them on their continued success.โ€

“Recognized as Highly Commended in Las Vegas last year we simply did not believe we would be picking up this for the second time in three years, Leon Verhallen, Head of Aviation Marketing, Brussels Airport said: โ€œThis was a big surprise. After winning in Abu Dhabi in 2012 and then being prestigious award tonight. It has been a strong year for Brussels Airport and the team have worked hard to ensure we
are supporting our airline partners, whether small regional carriers, medium-sized operators or long-haul airlines.โ€

In addition to the shortlisted finalists nominated by the airlines, the overall winners from each of the regional Routes events from 2014 automatically gained a place in the final judging (Tampa International Airport, Abu Dhabi Airports, City Airport Bremen and Kilimanjaro International Airport). A respected panel of judges made up of senior members of the airline network planning community then reviewed the lists and submissions from the nominated airports in order to determine the winners. The panel consisted of the following experts:

– Mateusz Klimek, Route Manager, LOT Polish Airlines

– Tom Prior, Network Development Longhaul, British Airways

– Wilken Bellmann, Head of Network Development Long Haul, Condor Airlines

– Jirapon Hirunrat, Director of Network Planning, Bangkok Airways

– Rick Wagstaffe, VP Procurement & Logistics, Emirates

– Dharmender Hunjan, VP Airline Partnership, Qatar Airways

– Rafael Taizhanov, Director Commercial Planning, Air Astana

– Simon Bundle, VP Industry and Int Affairs, Ukraine Int. Airlines

– Chris Kennedy, General Manager, Delta Air Lines

– Manuel Ambriz Lopez, Network Planning Director, Volaris

The full list of companies shortlisted under each award category were as follows:

Over 50m Passengers

– Changi Airport Group – Winner
– Amsterdam Airport Schiphol – Highly Commended
– Frankfurt Airport – Highly Commended
– Heathrow Airport
– Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport

Between 20-50m Passengers

– Dublin Airport – Winner
– Copenhagen Airports A/S (CPH) – Highly Commended
– Munich Airport – Highly Commended
– Dusseldorf Airport
– Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Between 4-20m Passengers

– Brussels Airport – Winner
– Athens International Airport S.A. – Eleftherios Venizelos – Highly Commended
– Budapest Airport – Highly Commended
– Abu Dhabi Airports
– Tampa International Airport

Under 4m Passengers

– Shannon Airport – Winner
– City Airport Bremen – Highly Commended
– Aksu Airport
– Cuneo Levaldigi Airport
= Kilimanjaro International Airport

Destination

– Tourism Australia – Winner
– Turismo De Tenerife – Highly Commended
– Department of Tourism, Philippines
– Valencia Tourism Overall Winner
– Brussels Airport

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