Recognising Innovation, Sustainability, and Excellence in Shaping Tomorrow's Transportation Hub
HONG KONG, 16 June 2025 – Super Terminal Expo has announced the second edition of the Super Terminal Expo Awards 2025 – celebrating excellence in airport design, cargo innovation, ground handling, sustainability, and commercial breakthroughs.
With six award categories and multiple subcategories, the awards aim to honour airports, terminal operators, and suppliers achieving innovative designs, operational efficiency, and environmental progress.
Award Categories:
- Best Airport Design
Reserved for airports that enrich the overall journey for passengers and freight through thoughtful, intelligent design, spotlighting entities that blend aesthetic brilliance with operational excellence.
Submissions are divided into three subcategories:
- Airports serving under 5 million passengers
- Airports serving 5-20 million passengers
- Airports serving over 20 million passengers
Nominees should showcase:
- Integration of technology and design: Intelligent terminals and sustainability-driven projects.
- Adaptive infrastructure: Resilient designs ready for future challenges.
- User experience excellence: Seamless navigation, comfort, and reduced transfer times.
- Best Cargo Hub
Reserved for cargo hubs that exemplify unrivalled efficiency, innovation, and connectivity, transforming the logistics and freight sector.
Submissions are divided into three subcategories:
- Airports excelling in cargo services
- Facilities integrating next-gen freight handling methods
- Rail/port hubs advancing global trade connectivity
Nominees should showcase:
- Operational efficiency: Secure and streamlined movement of goods.
- Technological innovation: Incorporation of automation and advanced analytics.
- Global connectivity: Networks and partnerships driving international commerce.
- Best Ground Handler
Celebrates the ground handling entity that significantly elevate the efficiency, safety, and overall experience of airport operations for airlines, passengers, and cargo.
Nominees should showcase:
- Optimised operations: Faster turnaround times and resourceful management.
- Customer satisfaction: Positive feedback through exceptional service.
- Technological advancement: Use of tools to improve sustainability and streamline communication.
- Best Terminal Innovation
Honours the most groundbreaking innovations shaping the future of terminals, celebrating ventures that tackle critical challenges, redefine industry standards, and demonstrate exceptional potential for positive impact.
Submissions are divided into two subcategories:
- Airport innovations improving efficiency
- Vendor solutions delivering transformative tools
Nominees should showcase:
- Technological progress: Innovations such as AI, robotics, or automation.
- Quantifiable results: Measurable improvements to industry norms.
- Scalability: The ability for solutions to be deployed on a large scale.
- Best Sustainable Initiative
Honouring the airport and vendor that leads by example in environmental stewardship, this category spotlights initiatives and/or solutions that significantly reduce the airport’s environmental impact, promote sustainability, and contribute to the global effort against climate change.
Submissions are divided into two subcategories:
- Airport sustainability programmes
- Vendor solutions driving eco-friendly aviation
Nominees should showcase:
- Innovative practices: Reductions in environmental impact, backed by data.
- Compliance: Alignment with international sustainability standards.
- Community impact: Contributions to ecosystem health and social development.
- Best Commercial Innovation
Honouring the non-aeronautical vendor that redefines the commercial landscape through groundbreaking concepts, technologies, or services.
Nominees should showcase:
- Enhanced offerings: Improved retail, amenities, or customer-centric facilities.
- Customer experience: Boosted satisfaction and well-being for airport users.
- Financial impact: Increased revenue or operational efficiency.
Nominations are open now until 14 September 2025. Whether you’re working on advancing airport cities, optimising freight logistics, or championing sustainability, this is your opportunity to gain recognition.
Finalists will be announced in October, with winners announced during the Super Terminal Expo Gala Dinner & Awards on 4 November 2025. The panel of judges for this year’s awards will be announced soon.
Submit your nominations today! For further details, visit https://www.superterminalexpo.com/ste-awards-2025/ or email [email protected].
