FAB Awards: Airport Coffee or Tea Shop of the Year finalists revealed

SPAIN. The 2025 Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards is now just 20 days away. Today The Moodie Davitt Report proudly reveals the finalists in a perennially popular category – FAB Airport Coffee or Tea Shop of the Year.

The 2025 Award winners will be revealed at the FAB 2025 Gala Dinner in Barcelona on 26 June.

There are 23 categories in this year’s FAB Awards, which attracted a record-breaking number of entries. There will also be additional special judges’ awards.

Commenting on the latest shortlist, The Moodie Davitt Report Chairman and Founder of the FAB Awards Martin Moodie said: “Coffee shops are pivotal to every airport’s F&B offer while specialist tea outlets also play an important role in many locations.

“Unsurprisingly then, the category attracted a huge number of entries. However, the judges made it clear in their rigorous scoring to reach a shortlist that they were looking for offers and environments that stood out from a very large pack.

“Some outstanding examples from all regions, including a particularly encouraging representation from the fast-emerging Kingdom of Saudi Arabia market, did precisely that. The extreme closeness of the ultimate scoring underlines how the quality bar has been consistently raised around the airport world.”

The remaining category finalists will be announced this week. 

FAB Airport Coffee or Tea Shop of the Year Finalists

Aida Café – SSP Eastern Europe and Middle East, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

AJ1881 – Semolina Kitchens Pvt Ltd, JV between Travel Food Services Ltd, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd and AJ Holding Ltd, Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, India

Ampersand Coffee – AMPM Hospitality, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, USA

Blue Bird Speciality Coffee Roastery– KSG Catering, Dublin Airport, Ireland

Caffè Nero – SSP Eastern Europe and Middle East, King Khalid International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Cakes & Bakes – BTA, Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan

Dallah Coffee – Avolta, King Khalid International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

EL&N London – Lagardère  Travel Retail, King Khalid International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

FIX – Lagardère  Travel Retail, Dubai International Airport, UAE

Gateau – SSP, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden

Hudsons Coffee – Emirates Leisure Retail, Changi Airport Terminal 3, Singapore

Kabod Coffee – Kabod Coffee, Denver International Airport, USA

Le Petit Camion – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport, Qatar

Paragon Tea Room – Avolta, Vancouver International Airport, Canada

PAUL – Areas, Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain

Peet’s At Night – SSP America, Boston Logan International Airport, USA

T9 Premium Tea – Avolta, Shanghai Pudong Airport, China

Veneziano Coffee Roasters – SSP Asia Pacific, Melbourne Airport, Australia

Note: The exciting FAB 2026 venue will be revealed during a special handover ceremony at the Gala Dinner for this year’s FAB in Barcelona. The combination of FAB plus Airport Hospitality World will see the event take on an additional exhibition element next year.

More finalists revealed…

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• FAB Airport Food & Beverage Offer Best Representing Sense of Place 

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• FAB Airport Restaurant Design of the Year

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• FAB Airport Bar or Pub of the Year – Airport ≥20 million passengers finalists

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• FAB Airport Offer of the Year
• FAB Airport F&B Opening of the Year

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• FAB Airport Food & Beverage Marketing Campaign of the Year
• FAB Airport Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year – Airport ≤20M passengers
• FAB Airport Lounge of the Year finalists

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• FAB Airport Health-Centred Offer of the Year
• FAB Airport Food & Beverage Digital Initiative of the Year
• FAB Airport Customer/Hospitality Initiative of the Year
• FAB Airport Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year

And here for:

• FAB Airport Lounge Food & Beverage Offer of the Year
• FAB Airport Instagrammable Location of the Year

Our 11 superstar finalists in FAB Airport Chef of the Year can be found here.

And click here for the shortlisted entrants in:

• FAB Airport Lounge Opening of the Year
• FAB Airport Bar or Pub of the Year (≤20M passengers)
• FAB Airport Food Hall of the Year (≤20M passengers)

The Moodie Davitt Report is delighted to announce Airport Hospitality World, the latest edition to its wide-ranging, market-leading travel retail and airport non-aeronautical revenues publishing and event portfolio. Airport Hospitality World will cover all forms of airport lounges across international and domestic terminals, including various definitions globally as follows: Pay-per-use First Class and Business Class Airline-affiliated Alliance-based Credit card-linked Plus other hospitality-related platforms: Airport hotels Meet & Greet Concierge services Rewards Baggage wrap and other related services Miscellaneous passenger support programmes (buggies, porter services and more) Pet facilities and services Excitingly, the long-established Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards will embrace Airport Hospitality World from the 2026 edition – the event’s 15th anniversary. The event will take on an extended form, featuring an exhibition and the ultimate one-stop airport hospitality and food & beverage conference and awards platform.