Routes an OAG (Official Airline Guide) um Méindeg gefeiert déi éischt regional Hëtzt vun hire bekannte Routes-OAG Airport Marketing Awards an hunn d'Gewënner fir d'Amerikaner Regioun ugekënnegt. D'Trophée goufen um prestigiéisen Gala-Dinner vun der 2. Routes Americas iwwerreecht, wou 200 Delegéiert d'Feierlechkeeten op der schéiner Broadwalk Plaza Flamingo bei der Lagun zu Cancun, Mexiko genoss hunn.
Winners were chosen from three categories: North America, South America, and the Caribbean. While Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport picked up an award for best airport in North America, Quito International Airport scooped in the South America category. Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo (Aerodom), was crowned best of its kind in the Caribbean.
The overall winner for the entire Americas region is Dallas/Fort Worth. The airport will now automatically be shortlisted in the relevant category for the World Awards, to be held at World Routes in Beijing from September 13-15, 2009. There they will compete against winners from the other regional Routes events: Routes Asia (Hyderabad, March 29-31), Routes Europe (Prague, May 17-19), and Routes Africa (Marrakech, June 7-9).
D'Stëmmung fir d'Routes-OAG Americas Awards huet Mëtt Januar ugefaang a war bis Februar op. Wärend dëser Period hunn d'Fluchgesellschaften hir léifste Fluchhafen op Routes offiziell Websäit op www.routesonline.com nominéiert mat Critèrë wéi de Maartfuerschungsaktivitéiten vum Fluchhafen a Marketingkommunikatiounsaktivitéiten. Déi kuerzlëschteg Fluchhäfe mussen dunn eng Fallstudie ofginn fir hir Nominatiounen un e Panel vun Industrieexperten z'ënnerstëtzen, déi d'Gewënner gewielt hunn.
The Airport Marketing Awards were previously held solely at the World event. The regional heats were introduced to give all airports within each region the chance to be considered and win an award purely based on their marketing activities.
Roll call of winners:
- Nordamerika
Winners: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, www.dfwairport.com
Highly Commended: Cancun International Airport, John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport
- Südamerika
Winner: Quito International Airport, www.quiport.com
Héich gelueft: Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima
– Caribbean
Winner: Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo (Aerodom), www.aerodom.com
Héich gelueft: Curacao International Airport, Nassau Airport
– Overall Winner
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, www.dfwairport.com
