Airport Experience® News - ACDBE & Small Business Issue 2024

JULY/AUGUST 2024

Dear Readers,

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Welcome to the Small Business/ACDBE issue of Airport Experience News Magazine! This issue is special. In a new initiative from AXN, this issue reveals AXN’s ACDBEs of Distinction! The ACDBEs of Distinction program honors small, certified businesses that have excelled in airport concessions. After receiving dozens of recommendations from the AX Advisory Group and other industry colleagues, the AX Team selected six individuals and their companies to be honored in this inaugural class. Each of the six is profiled in the pages of this magazine. Speaking of excellence in airport concessions, the AX Team is preparing for the nomination process for the 2025 AX Awards. Nominations will open in late summer, but first we need to recruit the new AX Awards Committee. Each year, AXN gathers 12 airport executives and 12 concessions/consulting executives to advise on the awards process and ultimately vote on the finalists. If you would like to be part of this year’s committee, please email me directly at carol@airportxnews.com. We’re also gearing up for the 2025 Airport Experience Conference in Washington D.C. While the conference itself is still eight months away, the AX Team is envisioning the Experience Hall, adding new sponsorship opportunities and assessing possible topics for compelling educational sessions. We want you to have a voice! For Experience Hall and sponsorship input, please contact Nicole Watson, business development manager, at nicole@airportxnews.com. For session ideas, please contact me directly at carol@airportxnews.com, and for any additional feedback on how we can make the 2025 AX Conference the best yet, please contact Barb McCarter at barb@airportxnews.com.

HONORING THE BEST IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS SMALL BUSINESSES

ACDBES PARTNER FOR SUCCESS

AIRPORTS FORGE UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS

MCI’S COOPER SHARES NEW TERMINAL TRIUMPHS

Thanks!

Carol Ward Editor-in-Chief

Airport Experience News carol@airportxnews.com

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