Hospitality & F&B advisory
Food and beverage planning for airport terminals and travel hubs, balancing high footfall and tight dwell times against the realities of a secure, always-on retail environment.
Airport F&B strategy is food and beverage planning for airport terminals and travel hubs, balancing high footfall, tight dwell times and concession commercial models against the practical realities of a secure, always-on retail environment.
Airport operators and travel retail concession teams planning or re-tendering an F&B offer, and restaurant or F&B brands considering their first travel-sector location.
F&B planning built around how a traveller actually moves through a terminal, not a high street format dropped into an airport unit.
Same guest, very different context.
| Term | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Airport F&B | A time-pressured, captive guest, a concession commercial model, and security and logistics constraints on delivery and operations. |
| High street F&B | A guest choosing to be there, a lease-based commercial model, and standard delivery and operating conditions. |
A brand that works well on the high street often needs real format and menu adaptation to work in a terminal, this is usually the first thing we test.
We work from passenger flow and dwell-time data outward, then adapt format, menu and service model to what's actually operable within security and logistics constraints.
A terminal-specific F&B plan covering tenant mix, format sizing and the commercial model for each airside and landside position.
Time-pressured guests, concession-based commercial terms, and security and logistics constraints that shape format, delivery and operating hours.
Both, advising operators on concession mix and tender structure, and brands on format adaptation and commercial terms.
Yes, this is one of the most common briefs, adapting menu, footprint and service model for a terminal environment.
Our team has delivered travel and leisure retail F&B work across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.