InterBaires takes double honours at Americas awards

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The operator tops the voting for two categories in the inaugural Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in the Americas

The Americas travel-retail industry has voted InterBaires as the Americas Travel Retailer of the Year in the first ever Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in the Americas. The Argentinian operator also accepted the honour of Americas Airport Retailer of the Year during an awards ceremony at the Duty Free Show of the Americas in Fort Lauderdale.

DFS Group was named Americas Border/Downtown Travel Retailer of the Year for its DFS Galleria store in downtown Waikiki, while Duty Free Air and Ship Supply scooped the Americas Inflight Travel Retailer of the Year title. On the supplier side, Elizabeth Arden's Provocative Woman won the Best New Product Launch award and Bijoux Terner was named Americas Supplier of the Year.

See below for the full list of winners and highly-commended companies.

Americas Border/Downtown Travel Retailer of the Year

DFS Galleria (Waikiki, Hawaii)

Highly Commended

London Supply (Puerto Iguazu Free Zone)
Peace Bridge Duty Free (Fort Erie, Ontario)
UETA (San Ysidro, California)

Americas Inflight Travel Retailer of the Year

Duty Free Air and Ship Supply

Highly Commended

Diplomatic Supplies
LanChile

Americas Cruise/Ferry Travel Retailer of the Year

Zeinal Hermanos

Highly Commended

Dufry Americas (Puerta Maya Pier, Cozumel, Mexico)
Starboard Cruise Services

Americas Airport Travel Retailer of the Year

InterBaires (Ezeiza Airport, Buenos Aires)

Highly Commended

Brasif Duty Free Shop (Sao Paulo Airport)
DFS Group (San Francisco Airport)
Duty Free Americas (New York JFK Airport)

Best New Product Launch

Provocative Woman (Elizabeth Arden)

Highly Commended

Chanel Allure Sport pour Homme
Glenfiddich Caoran Reserve (William Grant & Sons)
Narciso Rodriguez (Beauté Prestige International)

Americas Supplier of the Year

Bijoux Terner

Highly Commended

Allied Domecq
Cosmopolitan Cosmetics
Nestlé International Travel Retail

Americas Travel Retailer of the Year

InterBaires

Highly Commended

DFS Group
Duty Free Americas
Motta Internacional