The winners of the 2022 Global Travel Retail Awards were revealed by TRBusiness and m1nd-set at a glittering ceremony this evening (Monday 3 October) at Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes, during the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference.

Ticketholders enjoyed a welcome Champagne reception and a premium three-course dinner.

The awards were presented on stage by TRBusiness Editorial Director, Charlotte Turner and Head of Events and CSR, Michael Barrett.

The celebrations were in full swing until late at the afterparty featuring the live band Brightlights, which also marked the 25^th anniversary of TRBusiness.

The highly regarded 2022 Global Travel Retail Awards are the travel retail industry’s only consumer-voted awards.

New this year is the Highly Recommended accolade for entrants meeting the upper scoring benchmark.

The recipients are as follows….

Best Children’s Product

 Winner
The Lego Group – Fire Rescue & Police Chase

 

Highly Recommended
Nestlé International Travel Retail – Smarties Toppers

 

Best Confectionery and Fine Foods Product 

Winner

Chocdecor/Belfine – Unicorn & Dragon Lollipops
 

Highly Recommended

Cloetta – The Jelly Bean Factory 36 Flavour Mix 175g Tube

Mondelez World Travel Retail – Toblerone Bundles

Lindt & Sprüngli – Lindor Milk Bag 100g

Food2Smile: Represented By Brands of Style – Ready to Smile Box

Haribo – Travel Parade

  

Best Electronics Product 

Winner

Shenzhen Hali-Power Industrial, Represented By GMAX – MiLi Mag-SoundMate

 

Highly Recommended

Soft Magic Systems Computers – Merlin Travel Pro Mate

  

Best Fashion & Accessories Product

Winner

Fraas, The Scarf Company – C02 neutral Fraas Ruana

 

Best Fragrance Product

Winner

Coty – Tiffany & Co. Rose Gold Eau de Parfum

 

Highly Recommended

Inter Parfums – MCM Eau de Parfum

  

Best Make-up Product 

Winner

L’Oréal, L’Oréal Paris – Color Riche Intense Volume Matte

 

Best Skincare, Haircare, Bath and Body Product

Winner

On the Mark Consultancy – Bon Voyage Discovery Box

 

Highly Recommended

Johnson & Johnson Asia Pacific – Dr. Ci: Labo Aqua Collagen Gel Enrich Lift EX

Long Haul Spa – A Sense of Place

Rituals Cosmetics – The Ritual of Jing Travel Exclusives 2022

The Black Travel Box – Carry On Starter Kit

YV Brands, Scientia – Sunshine & Sea

  

Best Spirits Product

 Winner

Whyte & Mackay – Jura Islanders’ Expressions Collection No.1

  

Highly Recommended

Anora – Koskenkorva Climate Action

Anora – Skagerrak Nordic Dry Gin

Anora – Valhalla Herb Liqueur Shot

Beam Suntory – Jim Beam Lineage

Equiano: Represented by GMAX – Equiano Original Rum

G & J Distillers (Part of Quintessential Brands Group) – Greenall’s Original Paper Bottle (Greener with Greenall’s)

G & J Distillers (Part of Quintessential Brands Group) – Opihr Aromatic Bitter European Edition

Glen Moray Distillery – Glen Moray Signature 15yr

SomPriya Fine Spirits – Somrus

SPI Spirits – Cenote Blanco Tequila 40% ABV

 

Best Sunglasses & Eyewear Product

Winner

Maui Jim – Pua Polarized Fashion Sunglasses

 

Best Travel Accessory 

Winner

Long Haul Spa – A Sense of Place

 

Highly Recommended

Cabeau – Incredi-belt

  

Best Watches & Jewellery Product 

Winner

E Gluck – Anne Klein Considered Solar Recycled Ocean Plastic Strap Watch

 

Highly Recommended

Coeur de Lion – GeoCUBE Precious Fusion Pearls bracelet multicolour pastel

E Gluck – Anne Klein Considered Solar Powered Ceramic Watch

 

Best Wine Product

Winner

Bottega – Bottega Gold Prosecco DOC

 

Best Sustainable Supplier 

Winner

Distell International – Bunnahabhain Eirigh Na Greine GTR Exclusive

  

Highly Recommended

Bitmore – Aural Pro TWS

Best Overall Product

This year there were two entries which reached the same high score. In joint first place and winners of the Best Overall Product are:

E Gluck – Anne Klein Considered Solar Recycled Ocean Plastic Strap Watch

 and

Whyte & Mackay Ltd – Jura Islanders’ Expressions Collection No.1

  

Best Airport for Customer Service

Winner

Abu Dhabi International (AUH)
 

Highly Recommended

Chicago O’Hare (ORD)

Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED)

 

Best Airport Digital and Social Media Offer 

Winner

Sydney (SYD)

 

Highly Recommended

Abu Dhabi International (AUH)

Dubai International in partnership with Dubai Duty Free (DXB)

Best Airport For ‘Sense of Place’

Winner

Copenhagen (CPH)

 

Highly Recommended

Abu Dhabi International (AUH)

Vancouver (YVR)

 

Best Airport for Retail Environment

Winner
Abu Dhabi International (AUH)
 

Highly Recommended

Dubai International in partnership with Dubai Duty Free (DXB)

Copenhagen (CPH)

Best Airport Food & Beverage Offer

Winner
Abu Dhabi International (AUH)

 

Highly Recommended

Chicago O’Hare (ORD)

Toronto (YYZ)

 

Best Sustainable Initiative at an Airport, Airline, Cruise or Rail company

Winner
Olio

 

Highly Recommended
High Speed 1 (HS1)

Best Overall Airport

Winner
Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH)

 

Highly Recommended

Dubai International Airport (DXB) in partnership with Dubai Duty Free

Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)

Now in its fifth year, the consumer-voted Global Travel Retail Awards continues to deliver tangible value for entrants, providing a hallmark of trust and confidence in the products and services offered to – and voted by – consumers.

The accolades are awarded based on inimitable feedback from a panel of consumer bloggers and vloggers and expert insight from thousands of international travellers independently sourced from m1nd-set’s unique database.

To find out more about the judging process, see our previous report.

“These are the only consumer-voted awards for all categories across the industry,” said Luke Barras-Hill, Managing Editor, TRBusiness.

“The opportunity to have a panel of consumers, consisting of international travellers from all world regions, assessing the various product and airport categories as well as the qualitative assessments from our expert bloggers and vloggers is a huge asset and a truly valuable benefit to all those companies who make it as finalists and winners.

“We all know from our own shopping experiences that given the choice between two comparable products, the one that has won an award – and a consumer award at that – will win us over.

“The m1nd-set data supports this; their research demonstrates that one third of shoppers are more likely to buy a product that displays a Travel Retail Awards winners logo, given the choice.”

TRBusiness and m1nd-set would like to thank all those who entered the awards, everyone who attended the ceremony and the fantastic line-up of sponsors.

If you have not yet entered the Travel Retail Awards and are interested in finding out more about the benefits of the Awards, as well as the terms and conditions for entry with a view to entering or partnering for the 2023 edition, please email [email protected].

The Travel Retail Awards: Asia Pacific will take place in May. To find out more, visit the dedicated website travelretailawards.com.