Airport finalists revealed for 2022 Global Travel Retail Awards in Cannes
By Charlotte Turner |

The Travel Retail Awards 2022 ceremony will be held on Monday 3 October, during the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes, France.
We are now delighted to reveal the Global Travel Retail Awards finalists in the airport categories. The airports published below are vying for trophies which will be presented on Monday 3 October at Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes, during the TFWA World Exhibition.
In the last few days we released the list of finalists across all of the product categories.
For the list of Beauty finalists click here.
For the list of FAWJ finalists click here.
For the list of finalists in Electronics, Travel Accessories & Children’s products click here.
For the list of finalists in Confectionery & Fine Foods; Wines; Spirits click here.
Congratulations to all those on the list, as voted for by consumers. You can find out more about how The Travel Retail Awards are judged by reading our recent article.
Stay close to our website for more awards finalists being revealed this week. Scroll to the bottom for full timetable.
The finalists in the airport categories are:
Best Airport for Retail Environment
Abu Dhabi International (AUH)
Cancun (CUN)
Copenhagen (CPH)
Dubai International in partnership with Dubai Duty Free (DXB)
Dublin (DUB)
Istanbul (IST)
Kuwait (KWI)
Melbourne (MEL)
Muscat (MCT)
Singapore Changi (SIN)
Best Airport for Customer Service
Abu Dhabi International (AUH)
Chicago O’Hare (ORD)
Dubai International in partnership with Dubai Duty Free (DXB)
Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED)
London Stansted (STN)
Melbourne (MEL)
Muscat (MCT)
Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion (TLV)
Toronto (YYZ)
Vienna (VIE)
Best Digital and Social Media Offer
Abu Dhabi International (AUH)
Atlanta (ATL)
Chicago O’Hare (ORD)
Copenhagen (CPH)
Dubai International in partnership with Dubai Duty Free (DXB)
Kuwait (KWI)
Montreal (YUL)
Panama (PTY)
Shanghai (PVG)
Sydney (SYD)
Best Airport For ‘Sense of Place’
Abu Dhabi International (AUH)
Atlanta (ATL)
Chicago O’Hare (ORD)
Copenhagen (CPH)
Dubai International in partnership with Dubai Duty Free (DXB)
Dublin (DUB)
Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED)
Montreal (YUL)
Toronto (YYZ)
Vancouver (YVR)
Best Airport Food & Beverage Offer
Abu Dhabi International (AUH)
Atlanta (ATL)
Brussels (BRU)
Chicago O’Hare (ORD)
Dubai International in partnership with Dubai Duty Free (DXB)
Kuwait (KWI)
Montreal (YUL)
Panama (PTY)
Sydney (SYD)
Toronto (YYZ)

The 2022 Global Travel Retail Awards ceremony will take place at the Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes. Photo: Leading Hotels of the World.
Finalists should take advantage of Early Bird discounted tickets for the glamorous seated dinner ceremony, which will take place on Monday 3 October at Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes, during the TFWA World Exhibition. Tickets can now be purchased at this link travelretailawards.com.
A new feature for 2022 is the ‘Highly Recommended’ accolade, which will be awarded to finalists that consumers ranked within the upper benchmark of the judging process.
Early bird tickets, available until 12 September 2022 are £185 per person +VAT (20%) and £1,665 +VAT (20%) for a table of 10.
Thereafter, tickets are available for £250 per person +VAT (20%) and £2,250 +VAT (20%) for a table of 10.

The 2021 Global Travel Retail Awards took place in September last year at the inaugural TR Consumer Forum in London.
Stay close to the website for our announcements on the finalists for the final two categories; Best Sustainable Supplier and Best Sustainable Airport, Airline, Cruise & Rail Retail.
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