Nuance-Watson (HK) wins top accolades at DFNI Global Awards

Nicole Mezzasalma

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The retailer won the Travel Retailer of the Year and Airport Retailer of the Year trophies at the 2009 DFNI Global Awards

Nuance-Watson (HK) was the big winner at the 2009 DFNI Global Awards for Travel-Retail Excellence. The operator won the Travel Retailer of the Year and Airport Retailer of the Year trophies, following a vote by suppliers in the travel-retail business. The winners were announced at the DFNI Charity Ball, which took place on February 27 at the Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel in London in aid of the Jim Corbett Environmental Primary and Junior School, Patrani, in India.

The Travel Retailer of the Year award was sponsored by The Patrón Spirits Co, while Bally sponsored the Airport Retailer of the Year prize. The full list of winners is as follows:

Travel Retailer of the Year

Winner: Nuance-Watson (HK)

Highly commended

Aelia

DFS Group

Dubai Duty Free

Inflight Travel Retailer of the Year

Winner: Korean Air

Highly commended

Aéroboutique Inflight Retail

Cathay Pacific Airways

Airport Travel Retailer of the Year

Winner: Nuance-Watson (HK)

Highly commended

Aelia

Dubai Duty Free

Gebr Heinemann

Cruise/Ferry Travel Retailer of the Year

Winner: P&O Ferries

Highly commended

Tallink/Silja Line

Viking Line

Best New Shop Opening (since January 2008)

Winner: Nuance Sweden, Stockholm Arlanda airport

Highly commended

DFS Galleria, Macau

World Duty Free, London Heathrow airport T5

Airport Authority with the Most Supportive Approach to Travel Retail

Winner: Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

Highly commended

Airport Authority Hong Kong

Department of Civil Aviation of Dubai

Seoul Incheon airport

Supplier of the Year

Winner: Procter & Gamble

Highly commended

Kraft Foods

Scorpio Travel Retail Sales

William Grant & Sons

Best New Product Launch (since January 2008)

Winner: Baileys with a hint of coffee

Highly commended

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