The world’s busiest airport for international traffic, Dubai International, retained the title of Best Airport in the Middle East at the 2018 Business Traveller Middle East Awards. Held on Sunday evening in Dubai at the Palazzo Versace Hotel, the awards celebrates the best travel operators in the Middle East and worldwide.

DXB has held the award for several years on the strength of the range and continuous quality of its offering in particular around the food and beverage and retail offerings, baggage handling, transport connection and accessibility. In addition, the airport ranked highly in terms of security checks, check-in and customs. The awards are judged based on the feedback from frequent flyers and Business Traveller readers, many of whom regularly fly through Dubai International.

Dubai Airports EVP Commercial, Eugene Barry and SVP Communication and Reputation, Anita Mehra accepted the award on behalf of the airport.