{"id":11651,"date":"2018-06-27T16:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=11651"},"modified":"2018-06-29T10:17:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T10:17:03","slug":"travel-food-services-bags-two-global-two-regional-awards-at-the-7th-annual-airport-food-and-beverage-fab-conference-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=11651","title":{"rendered":"Travel Food Services wins big at the seventh annual Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) Conference &#038; Awards in Helsinki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FAB2018-Awards.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11652 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FAB2018-Awards.jpg\" alt=\"FAB2018 Awards\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FAB2018-Awards.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FAB2018-Awards-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8211; Emerges as the highest awards winner among Indian Travel F&amp;B and Retail companies &#8211;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7654\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" alt=\"Faceinews Logo - Copy\" width=\"173\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chennai, <\/strong>\u00a0 Travel Food Services (TFS), India\u2019s leading Travel F&amp;B and Retail Company, emerged with the highest tally of awards among Indian companies, taking home six awards at the prestigious Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) awards held in Helsinki, Finland on 21 June, 2018. The master concessionaire won two Global and four Regional awards, making it the first Indian company with these many wins at the FAB 2018 Awards. This also marked the second year in a row that TFS has been felicitated at the international platform for its novel concepts, impeccable services and customer-centric approach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel Food Services\u2019 concepts\u00a0<strong>The Irish House\u00a0<\/strong>at Indira Gandhi International Airport won the global award for the Airport bar of the year and\u00a0<strong>Frshly<\/strong>\u00a0at Chennai International Airport was pronounced global winner for New Food and Beverage concept of the year. In addition,\u00a0<strong>Travel Club Lounge<\/strong>\u00a0at Mumbai\u2019s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was named regional winner (for Middle East, Africa and India) under the category for Airport Food &amp; Beverage Offer Best Reflecting Sense of Place, and\u00a0<strong>ID<\/strong>\u00a0at Chennai International Airport was named Airport Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year for Middle East, Africa and India (as regional winner).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Gaurav Dewan, COO and Business Head, Travel Food Services<\/strong>\u00a0says,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201c<em>We feel honoured to have successfully represented the evolving Indian travel sector at the prestigious FAB 2018 Awards. We are constantly striving to bring together operational excellence and innovative concepts to challenge the existing market parameters and to work towards the transformation of travel experience in India. To be recognised and awarded at a global platform motivates us further in this endeavour, and we hope to continue our efforts to put India on the international travel F&amp;B and retail map.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel Food Services was awarded in the following categories at the FAB 2018 Awards,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Food &amp; Beverage Concept of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Global winner:<\/strong>\u00a0Travel Food Services, Frshly, Chennai International Airport<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Airport Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year (under US$5 million and Best Overall)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regional winner<\/strong>\u00a0(Middle East, Africa &amp; India): Travel Food Services, ID, Chennai International Airport<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>New Food &amp; Beverage Concept of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regional winner<\/strong>\u00a0(Middle East, Africa &amp; India):\u00a0Travel Food Services, Frshly, Chennai \u00a0international Airport<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Airport Bar of the Year (under US$3 million in sales)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Global winner:<\/strong>\u00a0Travel Food Services, The Irish House, Indira Gandhi International Airport<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Airport Food &amp; Beverage Offer Best Reflecting Sense of Place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regional winner<\/strong>\u00a0(Middle East, Africa &amp; India): Travel Food Services, Travel Club, Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Airport Bar of the Year (Highly commended and regional winners)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regional winner (Asia Pacific):\u00a0<\/strong>Travel Food Services, The Irish House, Indira Gandhi International Airport<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently in its seventh year, FAB Conference &amp; Awards is organised by The Moodie Davitt Report and The Foodie Report. The awards were presented at a gala event in Helsinki, and hosted by Finavia, as a celebration of the hard work and effort of companies changing the way the world travels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>About Travel Food Services:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel Food Services (TFS) is India\u2019s leading travel F&amp;B and Retail Company, with more than 280 outlets across travel-hubs including Airports, Railway Stations and Highways spread across 19 cities.\u00a0\u00a0With major concessions across key airports including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru, TFS has been transforming travel experience for over 75 million passengers every year through a variety of cuisines across its diverse formats of restaurants, cafes, bars, food courts and lounges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TFS has partnered with SSP Plc UK, which brings 50 years of rich experience of the global travel retail market thereby enabling TFS to strengthen its market leadership and continue to accelerate India growth in the years ahead. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelfoodservices.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.travelfoodservices.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530352643357000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGs8pr6M0YXp5Bmxu3b5IExUnk3GA\">https:\/\/www.travelfoodservices.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Emerges as the highest awards winner among Indian Travel F&amp;B and Retail companies &#8211; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Chennai, \u00a0 Travel Food Services (TFS), India\u2019s leading Travel F&amp;B and Retail Company, emerged with the highest tally of awards among Indian companies, taking home six awards at the prestigious Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) awards held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11651"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11673,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11651\/revisions\/11673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}