Year in Review: LinkedIn
The Moodie Davitt Report Airport F&B LinkedIn Top Ten (most reactions)
Our Senior Business Editor Mark Lane runs down the top ten posts which drew most travel retail industry reaction on our Airport Food & Beverage + Hospitality LinkedIn feed across 2025.
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Lancôme and Qatar Duty Free reveal retail-café hybrid concept
Our countdown starts with a ground-breaking concept involving F&B from Lancôme Travel Retail and partner Qatar Duty Free, announced in September.
The Lancôme Café De La Rose fuses beauty, fragrance and gastronomy, drawing on Lancôme’s impeccable French heritage and QDF’s expertise in experiential retail to create a wondrous new world for travellers.
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Reactions: 201 Post views: 6,646
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Gordon Ramsay’s Street Burger makes India debut with Travel Food Services
In August, Gordon Ramsay’s global restaurant empire touched down in India with the launch of Street Burger at Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 1.
A partnership with powerful and progressive market leader Travel Food Services, the opening marked the celebrity chef’s first foray into the burgeoning Indian market.
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Reactions: 218 Post views: 8,676
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SSP reveals Sydney Airport contract
In October, SSP Group announced the signing of a contract with Sydney Airport to open eight F&B outlets in terminals 2 and 3.
The travel restaurateur will introduce a mix of celebrated local and international dining brands.
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Reactions: 233 Post views: 9,753
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Avolta extends presence at Sofia Airport with debut F&B outlets
Avolta announced its first food & beverage concessions at Sofia Airport during August, with three concepts set to open across more than 580sq m of space at the gateway to the Bulgarian capital.
The company also struck an agreement that will see it refurbish its Terminal 1 retail stores, adding a hybrid F&B element to its outlets.
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Reactions: 248 Post views: 8,396
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Reporting live from FAB Barcelona
Unsurprisingly, a live coverage post from June’s 2025 Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference and Awards, held this year in Barcelona, soared into our top ten list.
The post highlighted key sessions on day two, including a dynamic delivery from SSP Group CEO Patrick Coveney.
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Reactions: 267 Post views: 7,715
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Travel Food Services and SSP hail stock exchange launch
In July, SSP Group and joint-venture partner K Hospitality Corp restated their high ambitions for the expansion of Travel Food Services as the company’s shares began trading on the Indian Stock Exchanges.
In a profoundly symbolic moment, Travel Food Services and SSP senior teams rang the bell to open trading at the National Stock Exchange of India.
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Reactions: 290 Post views: 7,264
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Plaza Premium Group makes key appointments
Airport hospitality company Plaza Premium Group announced a trio of key leadership appointments for North America during August.
Like all our major people stories, it generated a strong following.
Akshay Sood, Peter Dhillon and Glen Piner were named as Regional Directors for Eastern Canada, Western Canada and the USA, respectively.
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Reactions: 299 Post views: 14,652
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SSP America promotes George Mboya
Travel restaurateur SSP America announced the richly-deserved promotion of Chief Financial Officer George Mboya to Deputy Chief Executive Officer in January.
Later in the year, the popular and much-respected Mboya would step up to the CEO role.
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Reactions: 301 Post views: 16,245
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Qatar Airways extends culinary partnership with Yannick Alléno
In June, Qatar Airways announced a new gastronomic collaboration with acclaimed French chef Yannick Alléno, owner of 17 Michelin stars across 19 restaurants in seven countries.
The relationship builds on the acclaimed, FAB-Awarded Louis Vuitton Lounge by Yannick Alléno at Hamad International Airport.
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Reactions: 469 Post views: 18,630
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Qatar Airways to introduce first US airport lounge at New York JFK
Topping the list this year was a big Qatar Airways story with a notable airport lounge component. It came as part of an announcement that the airline had selected The New Terminal One as its home at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The carrier will move its operations from Terminal 8 to the state-of-the-art terminal in 2026 and unveil a premium, 15,000sq ft Qatar Airways lounge.
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Reactions: 555 Post views: 24,537
The Moodie Davitt eZine
Issue 349 | 23 December 2025
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