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Ladies fashion sees increase of 36% in 2009 at DDF

04 Jan '10
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Awards Awards continued to be won by Dubai Duty Free in 2009 and the year began with a win in the USA when the readers of Global Traveler magazine voted Dubai Duty Free as the “Best for Duty Free Shops”. In May, the operation won two awards: the “Middle East Travel Retailer of the Year” award at the DFNI-Asia Pacific awards in Singapore and the “Best Duty Free Shopping” award at the Business Traveler M.E. Awards in Dubai.

In June, Dubai Duty Free was named 'Best Duty Free Shopping' in the world in the 2009 World Airport survey conducted by Skytrax. The world-famous survey involved interviews with 8.6 million passengers at 196 airports. In October, Dubai Duty Free won the Frontier Award for “Best Marketing Campaign by a Retailer” in Cannes. At the close of the year, Dubai Duty Free was once again honoured by a US-based magazine as Business Traveler US presented the “Best Duty Free Shopping” trophy to the operation at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

On a personal level, Dubai Duty Free's Managing Director, Colm McLoughlin, received four top awards including the “Lifetime Achievement in the Middle East Event Industry” award which recognized his role in promoting the UAE through events. In October, Mr. McLoughlin received the prestigious “Businessman of the Year” award at the annual Middle East Business Achievement Awards held to coincide with the Leaders in Dubai Business Forum. Meanwhile in December, Mr. McLoughlin was named 'Businessman of the Year” in the Aviation Business Awards. The final award of the year was presented by British Gold Olympic medalist, Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE, who presented the “Lifetime Services to the Arabian Sponsorship Industry” award to Mr. McLoughlin at the inaugural Arabian Sponsorship Awards held in Abu Dhabi.

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