Airport Experience® News - Post-Conference Issue 2024

Left, below: HMSHost was a clear favorite in the bar category, picking up Best Bar Experience awards for Green Room Lounge and Whiskey Bar at Nashville International Airport and Memphis Made Brewing at Memphis International Airport. HMSHost’s Tosin Kasali accepted the awards.

Left, Above: Vincent Li of the Vancouver Airport Authority accepted the award for Purebread by Coho Collective Kitchen, which was named Best Quick-Serve Restaurant Concept in the large airports division.

Left, Above: Roddy McOwan of WH Smith NA accepted the award for Best Local Inspired Store in the large airports division, for the company’s Whiskey Trailhead store at Nashville International Airport.

Inspired Concepts Best Bar Experience - Large Airports Division: Green Room Lounge and Whiskey Bar by HMSHost at Nashville International Airport Best Bar Experience – Medium/Small Airports Division: Memphis Made Brewing by HMSHost at Memphis International Airport Best Casual Dining Concept – Large Airports Division: The Kitchen Step by Master ConcessionAir LLC at Newark Liberty International Airport Best Casual Dining Concept – Medium/Small Airports Division: Brown & Loe by OHM at Kansas City International Airport Best Quick-Serve Restaurant Concept – Large Airports Division: Purebread by Coho Collective Kitchen at Vancouver International Airport Best Quick-Serve Restaurant Concept – Medium/Small Airports Division: Chachi’s Sandwiches by 98 Food Co. at Calgary International Airport Best Passenger Service: Directors Cut Take II at Kansas City International Airport Best Lounge Experience: Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club at Boston Logan International Airport Best Local Inspired Restaurant – Large Airports Division: Native by Nyesha by Jackmont Hospitality at Los Angeles International Airport Best Local Inspired Restaurant – Medium/Small Airports Division: The Kansas City BBQ Experience by OHM at Kansas City International Airport Best Local-Inspired Store – Large Airports Division: Whiskey Trailhead by WHSmith North America at Nashville International Airport Best Local-Inspired Store – Medium/Small Airports Division: Civil Rights Trail by Hudson at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

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