DFS Group wins top Global Travel Retail Award

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The US retailer was named Travel Retailer of the Year at the second Raven Fox Global Travel Retail Awards, as voted for by the worldwide industry

DFS Group scooped the top prize at the second Raven Fox Global Travel Retail Awards presented earlier this evening (March 10). The retailer accepted the award for Travel Retailer of the Year at a special ceremony held during the Raven Fox Ball in London.

The awards recognise the best in travel-retail and are decided by a vote open to any company operating in travel-retail. The winners were announced at the annual Raven Fox Ball, which was attended by over 200 guests and raised money for Hogar Camino de Esperanza (The Path of Hope Home), a Bogotá-based charity that shelters young girls who have been victims of abuse.

A special lifetime achievement award was presented to former director of Shannon airport and Aer Rianta International's first director general Liam Skelly in recognition of his service to the travel-retail industry.

The full list of Global Travel Retail Awards 2006 winners is as follows:

Travel Retailer of the Year: DFS Group

Highly commended: The Nuance Group, World Duty Free

Airport Authority with the Most Supportive Approach to Travel-Retail: Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

Highly commended: Airport Authority of Hong Kong, BAA

Supplier of the Year: L'Oréal Luxury Products International

Highly commended: Chanel, Diageo, Parfums Christian Dior

Airport Travel Retailer of the Year: Alpha Retail

Highly commended: DFS Group, Dubai Duty Free, World Duty Free

Cruise/Ferry Travel Retailer of the Year: Harding Brothers

Highly commended: Silja Line, Starboard Cruise Services

Inflight Travel Retailer of the Year: British Airways

Highly commended: Cathay Pacific Airways, Singapore Airlines

Food & Beverage Retailer of the Year: HMSHost

Highly commended: SSP, Starbucks Coffee

Best New Shop Opening: DFS Group (Okinawa Galleria)

Highly commended: ATÜ (Antalya airport T2), Travel Retail Norway (Oslo International airport)

Best New Product Launch (since January 2005): Miss Dior Chérie (Parfums Christian Dior)

Highly commended: Calvin Klein Euphoria (Lancaster Group), DKNY Be Delicious (Estée Lauder Travel Retailing)

Travel Retail Super Brand of the Year*: Clinique

Highly commended: Hermès, Sony

 * Voted for by the RFH Internet Consumer Panel