INTERNATIONAL. A diverse, powerful line-up of speakers is taking shape for the sixth Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) Conference to be held in Toronto from 21-23 June.
FAB is organised by The Moodie Davitt Report (with sister title The Foodie Report) and will be hosted this year by Toronto Pearson International Airport.
A Gala Dinner on 22 June, hosted by Toronto Pearson International Airport and Platinum Partner OTG, will see the annual FAB Awards recognise and reward best practice in airport (and railway station) food & beverage. Other confirmed Platinum Partners are travel services group Autogrill and its food & beverage division HMSHost, SSP and Areas.
More big names have added their support to the event. Leading Indian F&B specialist Travel Food Services and UK-based TRG Concessions are named sponsoring partners.
Top-class speakers from the world of store and restaurant design and others will offer fresh consumer insights at FAB 2017.
The following companies are included in the FAB speaker programme (with more to be named soon): Airmall USA; Autogrill/HMSHost; Copenhagen Airports; Cambodian airport F&B operator EMCAT; New York JFK T4 operator JFKIAT; Lite Bite Foods; London Gatwick Airport; OTG; San Francisco International Airport; SSP; Toronto Pearson International Airport and Vancouver Airport.
Nominations for the FAB Awards are open, with a submission deadline of Friday 24 March. The judging criteria is available at http://airportfab.events/ along with hotel and conference registration, which has now opened.
There are a total of 16 awards, including five new ones: New Food & Beverage Concept of the Year; Customer Service Initiative of the Year; #AiroftheDog – The Great Airport Cocktail Award in association with Copper Dog; La spirito de vojaĝado’ Award (‘The spirit of travel’); Food & Beverage Disruptor of the Year. As previously announced, finalists in #AiroftheDog will be flown to FAB 2017 by Copper Dog.
