9 new Singaporean eateries open at Changi Airport’s public areas

Changi Airport will increase its local food and beverage offerings, with nine Singaporean eateries to open by the end of the year.

The new shops will be located in the airport’s public areas.

Terminal 3 will see four new restaurants serving Asian dishes. Colonial Club and Collin’s have already opened their doors in June, while A-One Signature and So Pho will welcome customers in the third and fourth quarters of this year respectively.

Colonial Club is a first-in-Singapore concept by the PappaMia Group. The 80-seater black and white restaurant serves an array of Hainanese-style western delights, Nyonya dishes, and local favourites with British-Colonial influences.

Beyond its well-known claypot and hotplate dishes, A-One Signature will be introducing exclusive menu items like Fried Rice in Hot Stone Bowl with Crab Meat, Roe and Shrimp.

Over in Terminal 2, Pezzo Group opened a 24-hour dine-in outlet at the arrival hall this month, with offerings from its brands Coffee Toast Express, Crave, Pezzo, Stuff’d and Yolé.

Coffee Toast Express is a new Pezzo concept serving local Nanyang-style kopi, traditional toasts and local delights like Mee Rebus and Mee Soto.

Source: The Straits Time

HMSHost wins $258m contract to operate dining venues at Detroit Airport

The Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA) has awarded global restaurateur HMSHost and its partners AJA & Associates and Ellis Infinity a $258m contract to operate nine new dining options in the North Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) in the US.

WCAA, which operates the DTW, said that the contract will be valid for a period of ten years.

The contractors will operate a combination of locally-based businesses, chains and concept restaurants.

HMSHost’s partners AJA & Associates and Ellis Infinity are part of the Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) programme.

Under the contract, the partners will open a number of food and dining outlets which include Pei Wei Asian Diner, Chick-fil-A, Outback Steakhouse, Cantoro Italian Market Trattoria, Anita’s Kitchen Lebanese Café and Brioche Doree bakeryAt present, HMSHost operates four Starbucks stores at the airport.

India: New food and beverage agency for Goa airport

After the previous attempt to revamp the dining options at Goa International Airport hit an air pocket, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has made a fresh attempt to appoint a new agency to set up food and beverage services at the state’s only international airport. The new agency is expected to be in place over the next six months, said AAI officers.
The AAI has approached five agencies, who bid for the earlier tender for grant of concession to develop, market, set up, operate, maintain and manage the food and beverage outlets at Goa International Airport.
After the contract for the existing restaurant, Port Lounge, expired in March 31 this year, AAI had awarded the contract to a new consortium. The consortium of Seven Hills Buildcon Private Limited and Kamat Hotel (India) Ltd was granted the concession to operate restaurants and eateries at the integrated airport terminal but after being given the letter of intent award (LOIA), the consortium failed to comply with the conditions of the LOIA.
To quicken the process, AAI has asked the companies which qualified on a technical basis in January this year, to resubmit financial bids by July 24. Seven Hills Buildcon Private Limited and Kamat Hotel (India) Ltd have been barred from participating in the process, sources said.
According to AAI officials, Seven Hills Buildcon Private Limited and Kamat Hotel (India) Ltd have approached the lower courts, Vasco, after AAI issued a show-cause notice to the consortium and scrapped the award letter.

For years, passengers have been critical of the existing catering services that consist of just one restaurant and a food stall for the seven million people who travelled through the airport last year.

Source: The Times of India

Aeropuerto de Málaga: nueva oferta de restauración

El aeropuerto de Málaga renueva su oferta de restauración, tras un concurso público, cuya adjudicación amplía la oferta y la superficie para los establecimientos gastronómicos y diversifica los conceptos, estrenando, por ejemplo, un restaurante de sushi de Kirei by Kabuki. Desde Aena explicaron que la propuesta ganadora combina las últimas tendencias de restauración internacional con la tradición y sabor local de la gastronomía española en los 25 locales previstos, cuatro más de los actuales, que se extenderán en una superficie de 6.530 metros cuadrados de la T3.

Los operadores con mayor número de locales son Select Service Partner (SSP), Grupo EatOut, Lagardére Travel Retail y Áreas. «Esta diversificación de operadores favorecerá la competencia, lo que siempre se traduce en mejora de la calidad y el precio», precisaron desde Aena.

Además, destacaron la presencia del chef malagueño Dani García con un restaurante de gran nivel, de nombre BiBo Brioche Bar, y un sushi bar con la marca Kirei By Kabuki, del chef Ricardo Sanz. Asimismo, apuntaron que entre las marcas que van a estar presentes en la infraestructura malagueña figuran: un restaurante italiano con la marca La Boutique della Mafia; el concepto multi-cocina en ambientes tipo ‘mercado de alimentación’ con marcas como Shikku (comida asiática), Mama Campo (comida saludable), Gorki (cervecería, vinos y tapas locales), La Chelinda (comida mejicana), Fonzie Abbot (cafetería) y Enrique Tomás (jamonería); las cafeterías con las marcas internacionales de Starbucks y Costa Coffee y cafeterías nacionales con marcas como Café Pans, La Manon y Caffe di Fiore, y los locales de comida saludable y ‘grab & go’ (comida para llevar) con marcas internacionales como Eat, Soho, Giraffe Stop y Jamie’s Deli.

A ellas se unen cerverías como Más Q Menos y Dehesa Santa María; dos hamburgueserías de la marca Burger King y local ‘casual food’, que operará con la marca internacional Giraffe, y tres heladerías de la marca La Gelateria Carte D’Or.

El plazo de los contratos es de 8 años.