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ACI-NA Names Winners of 2009 Excellence in Airport Marketing and Communications Contest

Highest Honor Goes to Edmonton International Airport

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Washington, D.C. (Aug. 6, 2009) —Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) announced that 31 airports are winners of its 2009 Excellence in Marketing and Communications Contest, with Edmonton International Airport receiving the top honor, the Peggy G. Hereford Overall Award for Excellence, for a second year in a row.

“ACI-NA congratulates the winners of the 2009 Excellence in Marketing and Communications Contest,” said ACI-NA President Greg Principato. “These award-winning entries help promote a positive view of airports throughout their communities and North America. The contest allows airports to showcase their best marketing and communications efforts that serve their stakeholders, including the flying public, airline partners, tenants, and employees.”

This year, 62 airports and airport authorities submitted almost 250 entries in the contest, which encompasses categories that recognize work in marketing and public relations, and provides airports the opportunity to be honored for the quality of their work.  Awards are distributed in 20 categories ranging from brochures, advertising, marketing and public relations campaigns, newsletters, special events, video and film productions, to websites. Over a nine-day period, 31 communications and marketing professionals from the Washington, D.C.-area served as judges to review the entries submitted.

The Peggy G. Hereford award is widely recognized throughout the airport industry as the highest honor an airport can earn in the marketing and communications field.  The award recognizes creativity in illustrating the airport’s message, effectiveness in connecting with audiences, and the overall scope of the airport’s effort in marketing and public relations.  The award’s goal is to spotlight the commitment and dedication of the winning airport’s accomplishments in marketing and communications.

The Peggy G. Hereford award winner, Edmonton International Airport, placed in seven categories:  Second Place: Annual Reports; First Place: Brochures; First Place: Marketing Campaigns; Third Place: Customer Service Initiatives; First Place: Print Advertising: Black &White; First Place: Video & Film Productions; Second Place: Creative Innovations: Technology.

“Winning the Peggy G. Hereford Award Overall Award for Excellence is a great honor for Edmonton,” said Reg Milley, President and CEO, Edmonton International Airport (EIA).  “Edmonton is gratified to be recognized for our marketing and communications efforts during the past year. This award, coupled with our remarkable growth over the past four years, demonstrates EIA’s ascending importance in the North American market.”

Houston Airport System won five awards, and Miami International Airport, San Diego County Regional Airport, and Boston Logan International Airport each won four.

Since its inception in 1990, the contest has generated tremendous interest throughout the industry.  Award winners will be recognized at the ACI-NA 18th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Austin, Texas, October 14, during the Chairman’s Honors Luncheon.

2009 Marketing & Communications Contest Winners
Winning Entries Listed by Airport

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
2nd Place: Radio Advertising

Blue Grass Airport
3rd Place: Newsletters – Internal or Email
1st Place: Print Advertising – Color

Boston Logan International Airport
3rd Place: Video & Film Production
1st Place: Corporate Branding Campaigns
3rd Place: Creative Innovations – Promotional Items
2nd Place: Press Kits

Cincinnati/N. Kentucky International Airport
1st Place: Public Relations Campaigns
1st Place: Websites

Columbus Regional Airport Authority
2nd Place: Marketing Campaigns

Dayton International Airport
1st Place: TV Advertising (scroll to bottom of page)

Denver International Airport
3rd Place: Brochures
3rd Place: Special Events
2nd Place: Creative Innovations – Promotional Items

Edmonton International Airport
2nd Place: Annual Reports
1st Place: Brochures
1st Place: Marketing Campaigns
3rd Place: Customer Service Initiatives
1st Place: Print Advertising: & Black and White
1st Place: Video & Film Productions
2nd Place: Creative Innovations: Technology

General Mitchell International Airport
1st Place: Creative Innovations – Promotional Items

Gerald R. Ford International Airport
3rd Place: Newsletters – External

Halifax Stanfield International Airport
3rd Place: Public Relations Campaigns

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
3rd Place: Partnering with Carriers
3rd Place: Websites

Houston Airport System
3rd Place: Annual Reports
2nd Place: Print Advertising – Black & White
3rd Place: Corporate Branding Campaigns
1st Place: Radio Advertising
3rd Place: TV Advertising

Kelowna International Airport
1st Place: Newsletters – External
2nd Place: Partnering with Carriers

Los Angeles International Airport
2nd Place: Newsletters – External

Louisville International Airport
3rd Place: Radio Advertising

Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
3rd Place: Aviation Education & Tour Programs
3rd Place: Print Advertising – Black  & White
3rd Place: Press Kits

Miami International Airport
2nd Place: Brochures
2nd Place: Corporate Branding Campaigns
1st Place: Partnering with Carriers
1st Place: Customer Service Initiatives

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
2nd Place: Websites

Oakland International Airport
3rd Place: Print Advertising – Color

O’Hare Midway International Airport
1st Place: Creative Innovations – Technology

Pittsburgh International Airport
2nd Place: Customer Service Initiatives
2nd Place: Print Advertising – Color

Prince George Airport Authority
1st Place: Annual Reports

Raleigh-Durham International Airport
3rd Place: Public Relations Campaigns

Reno-Tahoe International Airport
1st Place: Aviation Education & Tour Programs

Sacramento County Airport System
3rd Place: Marketing Campaigns

San Diego County Regional Airport
2nd Place: Aviation Education & Tour Programs
2nd Place: TV Advertising
2nd Place: Video & Film Production
1st Place: Creative Innovations – Promotional Items

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
1st Place: Newsletters – Internal or Email
2nd Place: Public Relations Campaigns

Southwest Florida International Airport
2nd Place: Newsletters – Internal or Email
2nd Place: Special Events

Toronto Pearson International Airport
3rd Place: Creative Innovations – Technology

Vancouver International Airport
1st Place: Press Kits

Winnipeg Airports Authority
1st Place: Special Event


About ACI-NA
Airports Council International - North America represents local, regional and state governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the United States and Canada. ACI-NA member airports enplane more than 95 percent of the domestic and virtually all the international airline passenger and cargo traffic in North America.  Nearly 400 aviation-related businesses are also members of the association, which is the largest of the five worldwide regions of Airports Council International.

CONTACT:
Victoria Houghton, ACI-NA, vhoughton@aci-na.org (202) 861-8080
Sheila Owens, ACI-NA, sowens@aci-na.org, (202) 861-8098