Last night during a fantastic networking evening hosted by Denver International Airport and its partners at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was announced as the winner of the first heat of the 2015 Routes Marketing Awards. Over 650 aviation professionals were gathered to witness the presentation of the awards and to take part in the 8th Routes Americas – the only route development event for the entire Americas.
Speaking just after receiving the award Austin Bergstrom International Airport’s Assistant Director, Jamy Kazanoff said: “We are absolutely delighted about the win, but a little shocked to pick this up given we were up against other airports with such high business credentials. It means a lot to us to be recognised by our airline partners for what we have achieved and I would like to thank them all for showing support in our journey to turn Austin-Bergstrom International Airport into one of the nation’s most successful airports.”
The annual Routes Marketing Awards are highly regarded as the most prestigious awards in the industry as they are voted for and judged by the airline network planning community. They provide the airline community with the chance to have their say as to which airport or tourism authority they think provides the best overall marketing services to them whether this relates to their particular relationship, effective results, provision of data and information or innovative techniques to establish new or maintain and develop existing routes.
As overall winner of this regional heat of the Routes Marketing Awards Austin-Bergstrom will be automatically shortlisted for the World Routes Marketing Awards which will take place at the event in Durban, 19-22 September 2015.
Austin-Bergstrom was also named as the winner from the 4-20 million passengers category with Orlando International Airport honored from the over 20 million passengers category. From the under 4 million passengers category Regina Airport Authority were ranked top and the Destination Award went to Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority for the second consecutive year.
“We are delighted to announce Austin-Bergstrom International Airport as the winner of this regional heat of our marketing awards and would like to congratulate them and all of our winners,” commented Katie Bland, Director Routes, UBM EMEA continuing: “In the past 12 months Austin-Bergstrom has achieved record growth and has surpassed the 10.7 million figure for 2014 with capacity up by 7.0%. With 4 new carriers and 8 new destinations, the airport now offers 44 destinations served by 13 carriers.”
The shortlisted finalists were nominated by airlines and a respected panel of judges made up of senior members of the airline network planning community from the region then reviewed the lists and submissions from the nominated airports in order to determine the winners. The panel consisted of the following experts:
John Kirby, Vice President of Capacity, Alaska Airlines
Adriana Hurtado, Director of Network Planning, Avianca
Dave Clark, VP Network Planning, Jetblue Airways
John Weatherill, Director Network and Schedule Planning, WestJet Airlines
Lukas Johnson, VP Network and Pricing, Allegiant Air
Angel Garcia, Network Planning Director, VivaAeroBus
The full list of companies shortlisted under each award category were as follows:
Preko 20 miliona putnika
Orlando International Airport – Winner
George Bush Intercontinental Airport – Highly Commended
Međunarodna zračna luka Chicago O'Hare
Međunarodna zračna luka McCarran
Toronto Pearson International Airport
4-20 Million Passengers
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport – Winner
Tampa International Airport – Highly Commended
Louis Armstrong International Airport u New Orleansu
Međunarodni aerodrom Pittsburgh
Međunarodna zračna luka Punta Cana
Ispod 4 miliona putnika
Regina Airport Authority – Winner
Aruba Airport Authority N.V. – Highly Commended
Međunarodna zračna luka Sangster
Međunarodna zračna luka Savannah / Hilton Head
Zračna luka University Park
Destination Award
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority – Winner
Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board
Posjetite Jacksonville
Ukupni pobjednik
Međunarodni aerodrom Austin-Bergstrom
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ŠTA UZIMATI IZ OVOG ČLANKA:
- It means a lot to us to be recognised by our airline partners for what we have achieved and I would like to thank them all for showing support in our journey to turn Austin-Bergstrom International Airport into one of the nation’s most successful airports.
- Oni pružaju zajednici avioprevoznika priliku da se izjasne o tome koji aerodrom ili turistička uprava za koje misle da im pruža najbolje ukupne marketinške usluge bilo da se to odnosi na njihov poseban odnos, učinkovite rezultate, pružanje podataka i informacija ili inovativne tehnike za uspostavljanje nove ili održavati i razvijati postojeće rute.
- Finaliste koji su ušli u uži izbor nominovale su avio-kompanije, a uvaženi žiri sastavljen od viših članova zajednice za planiranje mreže avio-kompanija iz regiona, zatim je pregledao liste i podneske sa nominovanih aerodroma kako bi odredio pobednike.
