European Airports lead the World in Marketing Awards
4 October 2005
For the first time European airports picked up awards in all four categories at the annual OAG Airport Marketing Awards, presented this week at a Gala Dinner at the annual Routes Conference in Copenhagen.
Winners in the four categories were announced as;
Munich - Greater than 25 million passengers per year
Athens International - 10-25 million passengers per year
Birmingham International - 5-10 million passengers per year
Berlin Airports - Less than 5 million passengers per year
Beating off tough competition from airports around the world, the European winners were praised for their fresh approach to marketing themselves and industry partners, and for successfully executing activities that have left a positive impression in the marketplace.
Announcing the winners at the Gala Dinner, Duncan Alexander, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa at OAG, commented “These Awards are highly prized by airports because they are voted for by their industry partners – the airline network planning community. OAG was delighted to sponsor the Airport Marketing Awards for the second year running to recognise the progress being made by airports selling their services to airlines and the public.”
In addition to recognising the highest standards in airport marketing, the Routes Conference also provides an opportunity for the international airport and airline route development community to gather at a single location and market their businesses face-to-face.
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OAG
Duncan Alexander
Managing Director Business Development
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Email: dataservices@oag.com
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About OAG
OAG is a global content management company specialising in the provision of travel and transport information.
OAG’s expertise is in managing large amounts of data and building applications and products to get that information into the hands of people who need it.
OAG holds a breadth of travel related content. It is best known for its airline schedules database, which holds flight details for 1,000 airlines and more than 3,500 airports. Every ten seconds a flight is updated on the OAG system.
OAG provides a broad range of products for business and consumer customers, available in virtually any way the customer wants it: Internet, PDA, mobile, digital and print.
OAG is a private company supported by over 400 staff with presence in Europe, America and Asia. To view OAG services visit http://www.oag.com/, http://www.oagdata.com/ and http://www.oagcargo.com/
About Routes
Routes – The World Route Development Forum, is an annual conference which brings together airports and airlines to discuss and explore new market opportunities.
Airlines and airports are joined at Routes by third parties with a vested interest in air service development, such as tourism and economic development authorities.
The Routes Conference revolves around a series of formal, productive and pre-arranged one-to-one meetings between airports and airlines, interspersed with informal networking opportunities.
This year’s conference attracted more than 1,700 delegates and more than 20,000 meetings were held.