Airport Experience® News - Post-Conference Issue 2024

APRIL/MAY 2024

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

Dear Valued Readers,

What a dynamic and invigorating event we all experienced with the 20 th Anniversary Airport Experience Conference just a month ago in Dallas. I’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to all who made the event a success, starting with our Airport Partners Dallas/Fort Worth International and Dallas Love Field, both of which hosted amazing tours of their airports that engaged, surprised, and delighted our attendees. We truly appreciate DFW, DAL and all our airport partners who bring so much to the annual event. Next, I’d like to thank our sponsors and exhibitors for their continued support and incredible showings in the experience hall, as well as the many networking opportunities their events provided – networking is truly the richest texture to our event and your partnership in achieving this is invaluable. And last but certainly not least, thank you to our valued subscribers and attendees who travel to AXC year after year to connect with their industry colleagues. In the following pages, you will see images of the people and events that make AXC a one-of a-kind event, a feature on our closed-door CEO roundtable and much more. Highlighted in our coverage is also a recap of the 2024 AXC Awards and all the finalists and winners. We are thrilled that the awards gala continues to be a pinnacle event at the Conference and would like to again congratulate all the outstanding winners. I would also like to take a moment to thank the awards committees for their support in voting and maintaining the integrity of our awards process. And in recognition of all who submitted for the awards this year, it is great to see the spirit of competition and collaboration alive in our industry. This issue also contains reporting on ways airports are helping to make working at the airport a more desirable prospect, as well as an interview with Memphis International Airport’s Terry Blue, an update on the expansion and renovation underway at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, and more.

Enjoy!

Melissa K. Montes Vice President & Publisher Airport Experience News mel@airportxnews.com

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