In the latest poll conducted among business travellers in the United Kingdom and Europe, Singapore Changi Airport is lauded the ‘Best Airport in the World’ for 20 consecutive years. Changi Airport has…
In the latest poll conducted among business travellers in the United Kingdom and Europe, Singapore Changi Airport is lauded the ‘Best Airport in the World’ for 20 consecutive years. Changi Airport has held this title since 1988, making it the longest reigning champion in the history of this survey. Business Traveller (United Kingdom/Europe) magazine, which conducted the annual readers’ poll, presented the award to Changi at a ceremony in London on 17 September 2007.
Just three days ago at the 2007 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards ceremony, Changi clinched the ‘Best Airport in the World’ award for 16 years in a row, and another ‘Best Airport Duty Free in the World’ title, which it has held for the past 10 consecutive years. The Middle East edition of Business Traveller magazine also accorded Changi its fourth ‘Best Airport in the World’ award in April this year,
Besides maintaining a strong foothold in long-running surveys, Changi performed equally well in newer surveys. In a poll organised by two-year old UltraTravel, a British upmarket travel publication, Changi topped the charts when the magazine’s readers voted it the ‘Best Airport Worldwide’. An award was presented to Changi at The Ultras awards ceremony held in May 2007.
Changi also receives recognition for its efforts in its retail offerings. This year is the second time that saw Changi winning two ‘Airport Authority withthe Most Supportive Approach to Travel Retail’ awards from Duty Free News International & Travel Retailer International. One was presented at the Raven Fox Global Travel Retail Award while another at the Raven Fox Awards for Travel-Retail in Asia/Pacific 2007.
Other than these awards, Changi has also won best airport awards given out by two UK magazines – Buying Business Travel and Wanderlust, and two Asia Pacific publications – DestinAsian and Cargonews Asia. This brings to total 11 best airport awards so far this year.
Reflecting on Changi’s awards record, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore’s Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lim Kim Choon said, “Changi’s consistent performance in many of these international airport surveys may not surprise most people. Winning these awards is an endorsement that we are doing most things right. Nonetheless, we are also aware that there are areas we can do better and we are seeking ways to continuously improve our service standards and facilities further.”
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