We can now announce which airports and destinations have been nominated to win an award at Routes Asia, receiving industry-wide recognition for their outstanding achievement in route development marketing.
There will be four awards categories comprising of three airport categories, split by size, and a destination category for the best destination marketing campaign by a tourism authority.
From the airports and destinations nominated for an award, the following have been shortlisted within each category:
Over 20m passengers
Changi Airport Group
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Incheon International Airport
Narita International Airport Corporation
Shanghai Airport Authority
Shenzhen Airport
4-20m passengers
Auckland Airport
Bangalore International Airport
Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB)
Perth Airport
Yangon International Airport
Under 4m passengers
A.B. WON PAT International Airport, Guam
Caticlan (Godofredo P. Ramos Airport)
Krabi Airport
Mandalay International Airport
U-Tapao International Airport
Destination
Chengdu Culture & Tourism Group
Macau Government Tourist Office
Myanmar Tourism Promotion Board
Singapore Tourism Board
Tourism Australia
All shortlisted airports and destinations will now be contacted and asked for a submission to support their nomination. This submission process is designed to enable the shortlisted airports to provide information for the judging panel as to why they think they should win the award, providing evidence to support their case.
The Routes Marketing Awards were created to recognise excellence in airport marketing as voted by airlines. They provide the airline community with the chance to have their say as to which airport they think provides the best overall marketing services to them.
The awards ceremony will take place at the Routes Asia Networking Evening on Monday 7 March 2016.
To find out more about the Routes Asia Marketing Awards, visit our dedicated awards page.