New airport vendors represent mix of local, regional and national brands
The Salt Lake City International Airport has selected the retail, news and gift stores for the first phase of its redevelopment program opening in the fall of 2020.
Hudson Group, Paradies Lagardére, Sweet Ventures, Inc. and XpresSpa — representing 29 stores — have been selected. The airport chose a mix of local, regional and national stores, including several brands new to airport: Coach, Frye, King’s English, Hip & Humble and MAC. Several shops already in the airport will remain, including Dufry Duty Free, No Boundaries and Utah!.
In April, the Salt Lake City Department of Airports issued a request for proposals for retail, news and gift stores for the first phase of airport redevelopment program. The deadline was June 15. A selection committee consisting of senior-level airport staff and a community representative reviewed the proposals to determine if the submissions met the minimum requirements before scheduling meetings with the top-ranked firms.
“Our team went through an extensive selection process to get the right combination of local, regional and national brands for those traveling through SLC,” said Bill Wyatt, executive director of the Salt Lake City Department of Airports. “We are thrilled with the outcome, and I think our passengers will be excited with the combination of dynamic shops opening in 2020.”
The airport will also implement street pricing in shops located in the new facilities, meaning passengers will pay the same price charged at the store locations outside of the airport.
The first phase of redeveloped airport will include a central terminal, the west end of two concourses and a parking garage. The first phase will be completed in the fall of 2020, with the second phase scheduled to be finished in late 2024 and will include the east end of the two concourses.
The current airport setup has about 25,000 square feet of retail concession space. The redevelopment project will have 30,781 square feet in the first phase and 14,554 square feet in the second phase.
In Concourse A and terminal will be CNBC, Central Pointe Market, Coach, Deseret News, Dufry Duty Free, Frye, Hip & Humble, iStore, Johnston & Murphy, KSL-TV/King’s English, Land Speed Depot, MAC, No Boundaries, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Something Silver, Tech on the Go/Wicked, Trip Advisor/King’s English, Tumi, Visit Salt Lake and XpresSpa. Concourse B will have Liberty Park Market with Hip & Humble, InMotion, Maverik, The Salt Lake Tribune, Tumi, Utah! and XpresSpa. The pre-security area will have Hudson News and Maverik.
The airport handles more than 25 million passengers per year, making it the 25th-busiest airport in North America and 85th-busiest in the world. More than 325 flights depart daily to more than 97 nonstop destinations.