Otto Ambagtsheer, Director Business Area Consumers, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is proud to have the first La Place Express at the airport. "The fresh assortment is a great completion to our food and beverage product range at Schiphol. Offering our passengers more and more healthy organic and fresh meals supports our ambition to become Europe's preferred airport."
HMSHost's culinary team will create delightful, fresh dishes made from organic ingredients at La Place Express. As with the recently opened Dutch Kitchen Bar & Cocktails, La Place takes special care to source products and ingredients from local Netherlands producers.
The assortment of dining choices includes freshly filled paninis, made from dough which is kneaded and baked on site. Oven fresh viennoiseries, and a wide variety of fruit and vegetable juices, organic iced teas, lemonades and vitamin waters are also available. Customers can buy salads and fresh meals from La Place Express 24 hours a day as well as dine on the spot, or take the meal home or to the office. From its Schiphol Plaza location in advance of passport control, the new quick service restaurant is accessible to everyone--from travelers to meeters & greeters, and airport staff.
Dawn Wilding, HMSHost EMEA Vice President said: "La Place is a very familiar and recognisable name for our national passengers so it is a highly valued brand for the airport. With La Place, we've brought another restaurant that brings the authentic Dutch experience to this airport. We're pleased to continue to enhance our food and beverage program here to make the traveler's day better."
Schiphol is one of Europe's leading aviation gateways, welcoming more than 43.6 million airport travelers last year. HMSHost operates more than 60 restaurants and coffee shops--including Dutch Kitchen Bar & Cocktails, Cafe Chocolat and Bubbles--that bring great choices in dining and genuine hospitality to the airport.
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About HMSHost
HMSHost is a world leader in creating shopping and dining for travel venues and is a part of Autogrill Group, the world's leading provider of food & beverage and retail services for people on the move. HMSHost operates in more than 100 airports around the globe, including 16 European airports and the 20 busiest airports in North America. The Company has annual sales in excess of $2.5 billion and employs more than 34,000 sales associates worldwide. Visit www.HMSHost.com for more information and become a Fan of HMSHost on Facebook.
HMSHost International, the EMEA development arm of HMSHost, operates restaurants at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, other airport locations including Belfast City, Cairo, Copenhagen, Cork, Dublin, Jersey, London City, Shannon, and Stockholm. The HMSHost Schiphol Airport branch employs 1,200 associates and manages more than 75 food and beverage venues including cafés, restaurants, food courts and a hotel.
Autogrill Group Background
Channels: Food & Beverage, Travel Retail & Duty Free Companies: Aldeasa, Alpha Group, HMSHost, World Duty Free
With sales of over EUR5.7 billion in 2009, the Group operates in 43 countries and employs some 70,000 people. It manages over 5,500 stores in more than 1,200 locations worldwide.
HMSHost International Susan Goyette, +1 240-694-4403 [email protected] or Schiphol Meddy de Graaff, +31 20 6034 653 [email protected]
Source: HMSHost International
