Delhi Duty Free claims two Indian drinks industry awards

INDIA. Delhi Duty Free Services (DDFS) has claimed two honours at the annual Spiritz Achievers Awards, hosted by India’s alcoholic beverage industry’s Spiritz trade magazine.

Delhi Duty Free was named Travel Retailer of the Year and, with William Grant & Sons, picked up the Partnership of the Year award for a Glenfiddich Select Cask launch.

“This is recognition of our commitment to lead innovation and to deliver customer excellence through partnerships with our suppliers” – Delhi Duty Free Services CEO Philip Eckles

The Spiritz event, which were presented by Diageo and powered by Manohar Packaging, included 14 award categories and The Think Pad conference.

Celebrating the Spiritz success (from left to right): Delhi Duty Free Services CFO Rajiv Madan; William Grant & Sons Travel Retail Manager ISC Hardeep Sethi; DDFS Deputy CEO Ashish Chopra; DDFS Buyer Varun Anand; William Grant & Sons Marketing Manager ISC Manpreet Lamba; DDFS CEO Philip Eckles; DDFS Head of Buying Meenakshi Sharma; DDFS Department Manager Liquor Neeraj Rathore; DDFS Head Marketing Abhijit Das and William Grant & Sons Travel Retail Manager ISC Kishore Kumar

Delhi Duty Free Services CEO Philip Eckles described the Travel Retailer of the Year award as a “well-deserved endorsement of our brand and organisation and reflects our efforts of recent years in bringing a world class duty free retail experience to India”.

“We are especially delighted that our marketing campaign and partnership with William Grants & Sons won Partnership of Year for the Glenfiddich Select Cask launch, which contributed to the uplift in our malt category and fantastic business performance.

“This is recognition of our commitment to lead innovation and to deliver customer excellence through partnerships with our suppliers.”

*The Moodie Davitt Report recently published a special Spotlight Series eZine dedicated to the impressive US$10 million upgrade of Delhi Duty Free’s departures and arrivals stores at Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3. Click on the link below for full coverage.

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