King Power Duty Free has been awarded the ‘World’s Leading Airport Duty Free Operator’ title at the World Travel Awards 2018 Grand Final in Lisbon.
King Power Duty Free have been honoured with one of the world’s most prestigious awards by being chosen as the ‘World’s Leading Airport Duty Free Operator 2018’ – the group triumphed from a final 10 nominees, who had been selected from more than a hundred competitors.
The World Travel Awards Grand Final was held at Lisbon, Portugal, attended by the industry’s key decision makers, executives, trade and consumer media from around the world. The award emphasises the great potential and outstanding capability of this Thai company and strengthens Thailand’s tourism image as a world class destination. King Power – proud to be Thai – is committed to the country and travel retail business – and seeks to set the benchmark for world-class ‘Duty Free Shopping Experiences’.
In 2018, King Power Duty Free also won the regional award ‘Asia’s Leading Airport Duty Free Operator 2018’ at the World Travel Awards held in Hong Kong. For the world awards, King Power Duty Free received the highest votes ahead of the other final competitors, namely, China Duty Free Group, DFS, Dubai Duty Free, Dufry, Duty Free Americas, Heinemann Duty Free, Lagardere Travel Retail, Lotte Duty Free, and The Shilla Duty Free.
World Travel Awards™ was established in 1993 to annually acknowledge, reward, and celebrate excellence across key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. Today, the World Travel AwardsTM brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of industry excellence. The award consists of 3 categories: World Awards, Regional Awards, and Country Awards. The World awards are the top tier of the Word Travel Awards programme and features the winners from the regional tier. The votes come from qualified executives working within travel, tourism and the consumer travel buyer.
