Category: Travel

Delaware North Companies, a leading global hospitality and food service provider, has named food service and financial executive Matt King president of its Travel Hospitality Services operating company. Delaware North made the announcement in advance of the busy summer travel season that will see millions of domestic and international passengers converge upon the nation’s airports.

Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services, one of the world’s leading airport food and retail providers, has unveiled new local and national concepts as part of Nashville International Airport’s $44 million renovation project.

Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services, one of the world’s leading airport food and retail providers, has opened two new locations of the famous Tootsies Orchid Lounge at Nashville International Airport.

Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services received high praise in a recent issue of renowned travel magazine, Condé Nast, which profiled premier airport dining operations around the country. Travel Hospitality Services had four concepts profiled by accredited travel writer Joe Brancatelli who compiled the list to feature those options focused on regional and local fare.

Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services recently opened Austin City Limits/Waterloo Records & Video in the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The Records & Video store offers thousands of CDs and DVDs from both Austin City Limits and Waterloo Records’ broad collection. The retail outlet caters to the growing number of travelers utilizing iPods and other electronic devices by featuring numerous iPod and album listening stations along with an internet music information kiosk.

When a 2004 survey conducted by the National Business Travel Association found sixty-two percent of U.S. business travelers said they add a leisure component to at least one business trip per year, and two-thirds of them bring family members, Delaware North Companies listened. The company is focused on making airports around the country more accommodating to families traveling with children

O’Charley’s Inc., a leading casual-dining restaurant company, and Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services, a new O’Charley’s franchisee and one of the world’s leading airport food service and retail providers, today announced the opening on Friday, July 6 of an O’Charley’s restaurant in the Nashville International Airport, Concourse C. The restaurant is part of Delaware North’s planned expansion of food and beverage operations at the airport under a long-term contract awarded by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA). It is the first O’Charley’s restaurant to be located in an airport.

Reaffirming its commitment to its long-standing airport and travel hospitality operating division, Delaware North Companies announced some important developments today. The announcement was made by Dennis Szefel, group president of the company’s hospitality operations. Delaware North Companies is a global leader in hospitality with operations in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services has named Lance Sanson the general manager of all food operations at Richmond International Airport.

Delaware North Companies Travel & Hospitality Services earned numerous honors at the announcement of Airport Revenue News’ 2007 Best Concessions Poll Winners. Delaware North Companies operations at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport helped the site pick up four first-place honors along with another second place award and a life-time achievement recognition.