Voting has now closed for the second regional heat of the 2013 Routes Airport Marketing Awards and the shortlisted airports were announced earlier this week.
The Routes Asia Awards 2013 will see a number of innovations for the event in Mumbai which will be continued throughout the year at all other Routes events, culminating at World Routes in Las Vegas this October.
These innovations include a blended approach to the shortlisted airports where the final shortlist will include a number of airports who will be shortlisted using our online voting form together with a number of airports who have been shortlisted by a panel of industry experts drawn from the airline network planning community. This year the awards have been split into two categories based on the size of the airport. There will be one winner from each category and one of those winners will also be announced as the overall winner for the entire Asia region. This year will also see, for the first time at Routes Asia, the addition of a Destination Marketing Award for the best destination marketing campaign by a tourism authority.
Whichever airport wins this highly sought after industry accolade will be automatically shortlisted for the World Routes Airport Marketing Awards which will take place at the event in Las Vegas, 5th– 8thOctober 2013. From the airports nominated the following have been shortlisted within each category:
Over 20 Million Passengers
Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd.
Changi Airport Group
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CDIA)
Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd
Soekarno - Hatta International Airport
Under 20 Million Passengers
Auckland International Airport
Bangalore International Airport
Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC)
GMR Hyderabad International Airport
Juanda - Surabaya International Airport
Kansai International Airport
Siem Reap Airport
Destination Marketing Award
Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau
Philippine Department of Tourism
Singapore Tourism Board
Tourism Australia
Tourism New Zealand
The winner and the highly commended airports will be announced during the Routes Asia Networking Evening which will be held on Monday 18th March at the event in Mumbai.