Voting has now closed for the World Routes Awards 2013and the shortlisted airports and destinations were announced earlier this week.
Created in 1997 to recognise excellence in airport marketing as rewarded by airlines, the annual Routes awards 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. Today these awards are the most highly regarded in the industry and are voted for and judged by airlines.
Shortlisted airports have now been 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.
This year there will be five awards categories comprising of four airport categories, split by size, and a destination category for the best destination marketing campaign by a tourism authority. Automatically shortlisted in the relevant category will be the overall winners of each of the regional heats which took place earlier this year; San Diego International Airport, Changi Airport Group, Munich Airport, Kilimanjaro International Airport and Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport.
From the airports nominated the following have been shortlisted within each category:
Over 50m Passengers
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Changi Airport Group
- Dubai International Airport
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
- Suvarnabhumi International Airport
Between 20-50m Passengers
- Copenhagen Airport
- Incheon International Airport
- Kunming Wujiaba International Airport
- Munich Airport
- Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Vienna International Airport
Between 4-20m Passengers
- Athens International Airport
- Auckland Airport
- Brussels Airport
- Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- San Diego International Airport
Under 4m Passengers
- Darwin International Airport
- Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport
- Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)
- Shannon Airport
Destination
- Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Seychelles Tourism Board
- Tourism Australia
- Turismo de Tenerife
Winners of these highly regarded awards will be announced during a ceremony which will take place during the 19th World Route Development Forum at the Las Vegas Networking Evening on Monday 7th October at the spectacular Garden of the Gods at Caesars Palace, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment.
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