FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
PORTLAND, ORE. (April
12, 2012) – Beaches, Nike, Port Awarded for PDX Concessions
Port of
Portland Commissioners have recognized Portland International Airport’s Beaches
Restaurant and Bar, Nike Store, and the Port’s PDX concessions team for being
among the best in the business, as selected in the 2012 Airport Revenue News
Best Airport & Concessionaires Awards.
The magazine
named Beaches as the best new food and beverage concept, and Nike for best
retail store design; both in the concessionaires small division. PDX was
selected for the best concessions management team in the medium airport
division.
Airport
Revenue News is a monthly trade magazine devoted to coverage of all
revenue-generating issues affecting the airport industry. Nominating and
judging by the industry included more than 1,300 votes in five airport
categories and 15 specialty retail, news and gift, and food and beverage
categories.
“We
congratulate Beaches and Nike on their outstanding achievements, and thank them
for joining all PDX concessionaires in working hard every day to bring
outstanding dining and shopping to PDX travelers,” said Judi Johansen, Port
Commission president. “We’re also proud of our Port PDX concessions team for
receiving this recognition from our industry peers.”
Beaches
Restaurant and Bar is located in the PDX Oregon Market and offers unique,
casual dining with a tropical theme. Beaches serves a variety of appetizers,
sushi, soups and salads, pizzas, burgers and sandwiches, and dinners, along
with a full service bar and breakfast.
Featuring
athletic footwear and clothing, the Nike Store is also located in the airport’s
Oregon Market. Once used in high school gymnasiums and baseball fields across
the Pacific Northwest, re-used bleachers help form the store’s walls,
highlighting a new in-brand experience and sports-life concept, while reducing
its carbon footprint on the environment.
Members
of the Port PDX concessions team include Chris Madsen, Scott Kilgo, Walt
Froman, Rebecca Sonniksen, Shane Andreasen, Scott Van den Akker and Walt
Marchbanks.