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Posted: April 22, 2016
MarketPlace Development receives National Inclusion Award from Airports Council International
Shown (from left) are: Clarence LeJeune, president of LeJeune and Associates; Paul McGinn, pPresident of MarketPlace Development; and Michael DiCosola, executive VP of MarketPlace Development.Boston, MA According to New England Development, MarketPlace Development, its airport retail company, has been honored with the 2016 Airports Council International-North America Inclusion Champion Award, given to only one company each year that does business with airports.
Boston-based MarketPlace Development was recognized for its successful, innovative and sustainable practices that demonstrate commitment to diversity in airport business contracting, workforce inclusion and professional development in the airport industry. MarketPlace Development, a New England Development company and one of the nation’s premier airport retail development and management firms, was honored for its strong commitment to the inclusion of businesses that represent the diversity in the regions where the company develops and manages airport retail programs. MarketPlace’s dedicated approach to ensuring the participation of small, local and diverse businesses has resulted in the inclusion of these merchants at Philadelphia International Airport, LaGuardia Airport Terminal B, Ronald Reagan National Airport, and Washington Dulles International Airport.
In receiving ACI-NA’s Inclusion Champion Award, Paul McGinn, president of MarketPlace Development, thanked ACI-NA for the honor and recognized the MarketPlace staff for their strong and demonstrated commitment to the inclusion of businesses that represent the diversity in the regions in which MarketPlace does business. “Our MarketPlace staff in Boston, New York, DC, and Philadelphia should take pride in this award,” he said. “It is their work that enabled MarketPlace to be recognized for being in the forefront of providing meaningful participation by Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in all aspects of our business.”
The award was presented during an awards gala April 5th at the ACI-NA Business of Airports Conference in Orlando, Fla. The conference was attended by nearly 500 commercial management, human resource, and finance executives from the North American airport industry.
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