The World's Best Inflight Caterers Honored at Miami Beach Gala

Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) -

On February 25th in Miami Beach, Florida, awards for the world's
best airline caterers were announced at a gala celebration featuring
cocktails and dinner at the Raleigh Hotel Penthouse and Terrace. For
the second year running Kansai In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. at Osaka
Kansai International Airport (KIX) received the highest honors, the
Platinum Award for Worldwide Excellence.

The awards were presented by a global roster of major airlines
participating in the Quality and Safety Alliances In-flight Services
(QSAI), a programme developed and managed by Medina Quality. Awards
are given across three geographic regions, Asia, the Americas, and
Europe/Africa/Middle East. Gold, Silver and Bronze awards are named
for each region, making for a total of nine honorees of which one
accepts the Platinum Worldwide award as well. There were 220 catering
facilities located across 50 countries in the running for awards.

The Worldwide Platinum winner for the second year in a row is
Kansai In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. at Osaka International Airport
(KIX).

Here's a full list of the award-winners for 2013:

Platinum Worldwide: Kansai In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. - KIX Gold
Asia: Kansai In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. - KIX Gold Americas:
Goddard Catering Group - BON Gold Europe/Middle East/Africa: Saudi
Airlines Catering Company - DMM Silver Asia: ANA Catering Service
Co., Ltd. - NRT Silver Americas: LSG Sky Chefs - EZE Silver
Europe/Middle East/Africa: LSG Sky Chefs - MUC Bronze Asia: AAS
Catering Co., Ltd. - KIX Bronze Americas: LSG Sky Chefs - SCL Bronze
Europe/Middle East/Africa: LSG Sky Chefs Airo Catering Services - KBP

Although most travelers associate in-flight meals with whatever
airline they are traveling on, it's in fact the earth-bound caterers,
located in major airports working with airline food designers who
prepare what comes rolling down the aisle at meal-times. These
award-winners are recognized for their top marks in safety and
quality audits.

Medina Quality has been conducting audits of in-flight caterers
since 1983 and developed the QSAI programme in collaboration with its
airline clients. QSAI is the world's first auditing programme that
allows airlines to monitor and improve in-flight food supplier
compliance with internationally recognized standards while sharing
program costs. QSAI is designed to ensure that airline caterers are
rewarded for maintaining the highest standards of food safety and
quality. Medina Quality offers clients a variety of services besides
QSAI, including alleged food poisoning investigations, food and water
microbial analysis results investigations, and alleged foreign body
investigations. The company also develops management reporting tools
with clients, including operations dashboards, supplier dashboards
and performance snapshots.

The airlines that participate in QSAI include Aeroflot Russian
Airways, Air Canada, Air Canada Rouge, Air France, All Nippon
Airways, Japan Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air,
Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic.

For further information:
Kate Richardson
Client Manager
Tel: +1-514-485-9552 ext 210
krichardson@medinaquality.com

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