{"id":22814,"date":"2017-04-11T08:47:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T08:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=22814"},"modified":"2017-04-11T08:47:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T08:47:03","slug":"dubai-duty-free-retains-airport-travel-retailer-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/dubai-duty-free-retains-airport-travel-retailer-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Duty Free retains Airport Travel Retailer of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Duty Free retained the title as \u201cAirport Travel Retailer of the Year\u201d at the annual Duty Free News International (DFNI) Global Travel Awards for Travel Retail Excellence held in London.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As a result of an industry-wide DFNI online survey conducted by the trade publication, Dubai Duty Free overcame tough competition from many global retailers to win the \u201cAirport Travel Retailer of the Year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the latest award, Dubai Duty Free\u2019s Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Colm McLoughlin said:\u201dWe are delighted to retain the title \u201cAirport Travel Retailer of the Year\u201d and I would like to thank all of those in the industry and media who voted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/dubai-duty-free-emirates-team-reward-travelling-shoppers\/\">Dubai Duty Free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI join our Chairman, H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, in thanking our customers and our suppliers and I dedicate this DFNI award to each and every member of the Dubai Duty Free staff who do a great job in keeping such a large operation running seamlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22815\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1-680x527.jpg 680w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22815 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DDF1-680x527.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Chairman, H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Dubai Duty Free\u2019s Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Colm McLoughlin with the DFNI Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The DFNI Global Awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the DFNI Fairytale Charity Ball which attracted around 200 guests from the travel industry. Dubai Duty Free\u2019s Senior Vice President \u2013 Marketing, Sinead El Sibai accepted the award from DFNI Editor, Kapila Gohel, along with the award sponsor, Keith Bowen, Export Sales Manager from Travel Ready.<\/p>\n<p>With the DFNI Global awards presented, the Fairytale Charity Ball got into gear with a live auction that invited guests to bid on a range of items, including an all-expenses paid trip to Dubai for the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup in November. The funds raised will go to this year\u2019s chosen charity, the Jack &amp; Jill Children\u2019s Foundation, which was nominated by Dubai Duty Free. The Jack &amp; Jill Foundation, which was founded in Ireland by husband and wife team Jonathan Irwin and Mary Ann O\u2019 Brien provides direct home nursing care funding to families of children with neurological damage up to the age of 4. Founded as a result of their own experience with their son Jack, who passed away at 18 months following severe neurological problems, the Jack &amp; Jill Children\u2019s Foundation has been the charity recipient of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Ball for the past three years, raising over \u20ac200,000 for this worthy cause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dubaidutyfree.com\/\">http:\/\/www.dubaidutyfree.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DFH-weblogo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DFH-weblogo-300x154.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DFH-weblogo-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DFH-weblogo.jpg 380w\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6111 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"    data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1650853751\"  \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6111 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DFH-weblogo-300x154.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DFH-weblogo-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DFH-weblogo.jpg 380w\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1650853751\"><\/noscript><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Flying soon? Don\u2019t forget to match your trip to the shopping along your whole route with our Duty Free Hunter service. Fast &amp; free we can show your where to shop for the latest products, best deals and exclusive events in airports and on airlines worldwide.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The ultimate resource for the global shopper \u2013 try now at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/\">www.dutyfreehunter.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Duty Free retained the title as \u201cAirport Travel Retailer of the Year\u201d at the annual Duty Free News International (DFNI) Global Travel Awards for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4305,228,149,216],"class_list":["post-22814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-dfni-awards","tag-dubai-airport","tag-dubai-duty-free","tag-travel-retail"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}