Routes Americas Awards 2013 Winners Announced

Cartagena De Indias, Colombia (ots/PRNewswire) -

San Diego International Airport Takes Top Spot in First Regional
Heat of 2013

Last night during a spectacular networking evening at the Plaza de
la Proclamacion in Cartagena's beautiful Old Town, San Diego
International Airport was announced as the winner of the first heat
of this year's Routes Airport Marketing Awards. Over 400 aviation
professionals were gathered to witness the presentation of the awards
and to take part in the 6th Routes Americas - the largest route
development event for the entire Americas.

"We are absolutely delighted to pick up the overall winner award
in the Americas heat of the prestigious Routes Airport Marketing
Awards. We thank our airline partners for the investments they have
made in our community," said Hampton Brown, Director Air Service
Development for San Diego International Airport.

The Routes Airport Marketing Awards have become synonymous with
recognising and rewarding the highest standards of marketing
activities undertaken by airports. The 2013 awards will see a number
of innovations including taking a blended approach to the nomination
process, meaning the final nominees will include a number of airports
who will be shortlisted using our online voting form together with a
number of airports who have been selected by a panel of industry
experts drawn from the airline network planning community. This year
the awards were split into three categories based on the size of the
airport and also a new tourism award for best destination marketing
campaign by a tourism authority.

As overall winner of this regional heat of the Routes Marketing
Awards San Diego will be automatically shortlisted for the World
Routes Airport Marketing Awards which will take place at the event in
Las Vegas, 5th - 8th October 2013.

San Diego were also named as the winner from the 4-20 million
passengers category with George Bush Intercontinental Airport,
Houston honoured from the over 20 million passengers category. From
the under 4 million passengers category Queen Beatrix International
Airport, Aruba were ranked top and the Tourism Award went to Greater
Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Nigel Mayes VP & Commercial, Routes commented: "We would like to
congratulate all of the winners and highly commended airports and
tourism authorities in this first regional heat of the 2013 awards.
San Diego provided an excellent submission which detailed a
straightforward approach to air service development and illustrated
their partnership with its airlines. Partnering with four airlines,
Spirit, US, Alaska and Japan Airlines, for new air services in 2012
is a fantastic achievement. We would also like to thank our judges,
who are all senior members of the airline network planning
community."

The full list of companies shortlisted under each award category
were as follows:

Over 20 Million Passengers

- George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston - Winner
- Dallas Fort/Worth International Airport - Highly Commended
- El Dorado International Airport, Bogota
- San Francisco International Airport
- Toronto Pearson International Airport

4 - 20 Million Passengers

- San Diego International Airport - Winner & Overall Winner
- South West Florida International Airport - Highly Commended
- Tampa International Airport - Highly Commended
- Arturo Merino Benitez International, Santiago
- Tocumen International Airport, Panama

Under 4 Million Passengers

- Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba - Winner
- Lynden Pindling International Airport, Nassau - Highly Commended
- Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, Cuzco
- Hewanorra International Airport, St Lucia
- Owen Roberts International Airport, Grand Cayman

Shortlisted Destinations

- Fort Lauderdale - Winner
- Mexico - Highly Commended
- Aruba
- Guatemala
- Peru
- Trinidad & Tobago

Notes to Editors

About Routes

- Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events
through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year, there is one
global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and CIS
respectively. http://www.routesonline.com

- Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM Ltd.,
a consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports.
http://www.asm-global.com

- Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.
From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference and Exhibition
become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.

- UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across
five continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products, promote
their brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as MD&M, CPhI,
IFSEC, TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes portfolio of
events, Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions, conferences, awards
programs, publications, websites and training and certification programs are an
integral part of the marketing plans of companies across more than 20 industry
sectors. http://www.ubmlive.com

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